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| March 8, 1817 | The New York Stock Exchange is organized. It will open later this month. | New York |
| March 8, 1862 | The Merrimac (CSS Virginia) battles the USS Congress and the USS Cumberland, destroying both frigates and killing more than 240 of their crewmen. | |
| March 8, 1862 | Joseph E. Johnston orders the Confederate Army of the Potomac to withdraw from Centerville/Manassas to the Rappahannock River based on reports from JEB Stuart of increased Yankee activity | Virginia |
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| J. E. B. Stuart | ||
| March 8, 1862 | Abraham Lincoln, chagrined at George McClellan for not appointing corps commanders, names Edwin Vose Sumnner, Samuel Heintzelman, Erasmus Keyes and Irvin McDowell for him. | |
| Irvin McDowell | ||
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| George McClellan | ||
| Edwin Vose Sumner | ||
| Samuel Heintzelman | ||
| March 8, 1865 March 10, 1865 |
Battle of Kinston | North Carolina |
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 | ||
| March 6, 1862 March 8, 1862 |
Battle of Pea Ridge [US]
Battle of Elkhorn Tavern [CS] |
Arkansas |
| Earl Van Dorn | ||
| Sterling Price | ||
| February 28, 1862 April 8, 1862 |
The Battle of New Madrid / Island No. 10
After withdrawing from New Madrid Confederates control Island No. 10, blocking shipping on the Mississippi. Over 5,000 Confederate soldiers on the island surrender to Major General John Pope on April 8. |
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