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| August 1, 1789 | First tariff goes into effect (Tariff of 1789) | |
| Civil War Firsts | ||
| August 1, 1832 | Alexander Stephens graduates from Franklin College, Athens, Georgia (now part of UGA) | Georgia |
| Alexander Stephens | ||
| August 1, 1854 | City of Lawrence, Kansas is founded | Kansas |
| Bleeding Kansas | ||
| August 1, 1856 | Preston S. Brooks is elected to Congress to fill the vacancy he created by resigning | South Carolina |
| Preston S. Brooks | ||
| August 1, 1857 | Utah organizes its militia, the Nauvoo Legion. | |
| Utah War | ||
| August 1, 1861 | Tennessee votes to adopt the Constitution of the Confederate States of America | Tennessee |
| August 1, 1863 | Federal forces begin a prolonged bombardment of entrenchments around Charleston Harbor | South Carolina |
| Siege of Charleston | ||
| August 1, 1863 | David Porter assumes command of federal Navy forces on the Mississippi River. | |
| David Porter | ||
| August 1, 1864 | Phil Sheridan [US] is named commander, Army of the Shenandoah | Virginia |
| Philip Sheridan |
Ongoing on this day:
| June 15, 1864 April 2, 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg | Virginia |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 |
The American Civil War | |
| The Civil War | ||
| July 16, 1862 September 1, 1862 |
Northern Virginia Campaign - sometimes just called the Virginia Campaign. | Virginia |
| Northern Virginia Campaign |
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