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| August 29, 1857 | Sidney Johnson ordered to take command of the Utah expedition | |
| Albert Sidney Johnston | ||
| Utah War | ||
| August 29, 1862 August 30, 1862 |
Second Manassas[CS]
Second Bull Run[US] General John Pope [US] lost to General Robert E. Lee[CS]. General James Longstreet's [CS] 28,000 man assault on August 30 was the largest simultaneous assault of the war in this Confederate victory. Union losses 13,830 Confederate losses 8,350 Also includes: Manassas Plains, Gainesville |
Virginia |
| James Longstreet | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Second Manassas - Second Bull Run | ||
| Fitz-John Porter | ||
| Northern Virginia Campaign | ||
| John Pope | ||
| Gouverneur K. Warren | ||
| John Reynolds | ||
| Army of Virginia | ||
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| Samuel Heintzelman | ||
| August 29, 1862 | General P. G. T. Beauregard assigned to command the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida | |
| August 29, 1863 | The Army of the Cumberland begins the Chickamauga Campaign, heading east for passes in Lookout Mountain | Alabama Georgia |
| Army of the Cumberland | ||
| Chickamauga Campaign | ||
| August 29, 1864 August 31, 1864 |
Democrats nominate George B. McClellan for President and George H. Pendleton for Vice-president. Although the party platform called for an immediate end to the war McClellan advocated continuing the conflict. | |
| Election of 1864 | ||
| George McClellan |
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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