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 30 Yesterday    Tomorrow January  February  March  April  May  June  July   August  September  October  November  December   August 30, 1843 Meeting in Buffalo, New York, the Liberty Party again selects James Birney as its presidential candidate.   James Birney   Election of 1844 August 30, 1856 Battle at Osawatomie - 12 Free-staters under Capt. John Brown are attacked by 250 pro-slavery men   Bleeding Kansas   John Brown August 30, 1861 John C. Fremont declares martial law in Missouri and frees slaves of Missouri Confederates. Missouri   John C. Fremont   The Emancipation of Slaves August 30, 1862 Battle of Richmond In an impressive victory, E. Kirby Smith [CS] defeats William "Bull" Nelson [US] Kentucky   Army of Tennessee   Confederate Invasion of Kentucky   E. Kirby Smith   William 'Bull' Nelson August 30, 1864 Sherman's army descends in force south of Atlanta. Hood responds by sending corps under Patrick Cleburne and Stephen Lee to defend the Macon and Western Railroad Georgia   William Tecumseh Sherman   John Bell Hood   Patrick Cleburne 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 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, 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 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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