Request a brochure Civil War Encyclopedia Blue and Gray Trail Civil War in Georgia On the Blue and Gray Trail Civil War by state Today in the Civil War Battles Images Places Feature Stories Links Search Who we are	August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Civil War Timeline Chronology for August 28 Yesterday    Tomorrow January  February  March  April  May  June  July   August  September  October  November  December   August 28, 1861 Ulysses S. Grant is given command of federal forces in Southern Illinois and Southeastern Missouri Missouri Illinois   Ulysses S. Grant August 28, 1862 Federal Bureau of Printing and Engraving begins operations. August 28, 1862 Battle of Groveton Battle of Brawner's Farm Stonewall Jackson [CS] engages Rufus King [US] near Manassas after eluding John Pope [US]. Virginia   Northern Virginia Campaign   Stonewall Jackson   John Pope   Second Manassas - Second Bull Run   Richard Ewell   Army of Virginia August 28, 1862 Braxton Bragg [CS] leaves from north of Chattanooga, heading to join Kirby Smith in Kentucky Tennessee   Braxton Bragg   Army of Tennessee   Confederate Invasion of Kentucky   Army of Mississippi August 28, 1862 Robert E. Lee and James Longstreet arrive at Manassas from the peninsula Virginia   James Longstreet   Robert E. Lee August 28, 1864 Almost 60,000 Union troops are moving south, west of Atlanta to Jonesboro, Georgia, trying to outflank John Bell Hood and cut the Macon and Western Railroad 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 August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January  February  March  April  May  June  July   August  September  October  November  December   Yesterday     Tomorrow The best search in Civil War History
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