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| August 16, 1841 | President Tyler vetoes a bill creating a National Bank. Fellow Whigs "riot" in front of the White House following the veto. | |
| John Tyler | ||
| August 16, 1856 | Battle of Fort Titus | Kansas |
| Bleeding Kansas | ||
| August 16, 1862 | Carter Stevenson [CS] appears at the entrance to the Cumberland Gap in eastern Tennessee. | Kentucky Tennessee |
| E. Kirby Smith | ||
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| August 16, 1862 | George McClellan completes the evacuation of Harrison's Landing, ending the Peninsula Campaign. His men land at Aquia Creek, VA and Alexandria, VA, within the week, but most are reassigned to John Pope's Army of Virginia | |
| Peninsula Campaign | ||
| John Pope | ||
| George McClellan | ||
| August 16, 1862 | Don Carlos Buell orders William "Bull" Nelson to assume command of federal forces in Kentucky. | Kentucky |
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| Don Carlos Buell | ||
| William 'Bull' Nelson | ||
| August 16, 1862 | Brigadier General Charles Stone is released from prison in New York. |
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 | ||
| August 3, 1864 August 23, 1864 |
Battle of Mobile Bay | Alabama |
| David Farragut | ||
| Gordon Granger | ||
| Battle of Mobile Bay | ||
| July 16, 1862 September 1, 1862 |
Northern Virginia Campaign - sometimes just called the Virginia Campaign. | Virginia |
| Northern Virginia Campaign |
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