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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
August 27 Birthdays
1809 - Hannibal Hamlin, American attorney and 15th Vice President of U.S. (1861-65), born in Paris, Massachusetts (d. 1891)
1824 - Hiram Gregory Berry, American politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Thomaston, Main (d. 1863)
1826 - Frank Stillman Nickerson, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Swanville, Maine (d. 1917)
1832 - James A. Walker, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Augusta County, Virginia (d. 1901)
1839 - Emory Upton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), born in Batavia, New York (d. 1881)
August 27 Antebellum Events
1858 - Second Lincoln-Douglas debate, Freeport, Illinois.
Tuesday August 27 1861
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
August 27 Birthdays
1809 - Hannibal Hamlin, American attorney and 15th Vice President of U.S. (1861-65), born in Paris, Massachusetts (d. 1891)
1824 - Hiram Gregory Berry, American politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Thomaston, Main (d. 1863)
1826 - Frank Stillman Nickerson, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Swanville, Maine (d. 1917)
1832 - James A. Walker, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Augusta County, Virginia (d. 1901)
1839 - Emory Upton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), born in Batavia, New York (d. 1881)
August 27 Antebellum Events
1858 - Second Lincoln-Douglas debate, Freeport, Illinois.
Tuesday August 27 1861
- Skirmish at Antietam Iron Works, MD, north of the Potomac.
- The US expeditionary force lands Federal troops at Cape Hatteras, Hatteras Inlet, NC.
- The Confederates abandon Fort Clark, NC, near Cape Hatteras.
- Skirmishes at Ball's Cross-Roads, VA. (Aug 27-28)
- Skirmish at Bridgeport, AL, and the attack on Fort McCook, Battle Creek, TN, as the Federals burn the fort and retreat.
- Skirmish near Kossuth, MS.
- Skirmish near Cumberland Gap, TN.
- Skirmish near Murfreesborough, TN.
- Skirmish near Reynolds' Station, on the Nashville and the Decatur Railroad, TN.
- Skirmish on Richland Creek, near Pulaski, TN.
- Skirmish at Round Mountain, 2.5 miles from Woodbury, TN, as Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's, CSA, Cavalry is repulsed.
- Operations of Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry in Tennessee and Kentucky. (Aug 27-Oct 22)
- Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's CSA command crosses the Tennessee River at Chattanooga.
- The Confederate Army of the Mississippi, under Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, crosses the Tennessee River. (Aug 27-28)
- Skirmish at Buckland Bridge (Broad Run), VA.
- Action at Bull Run Bridge, VA, between Maj. Gen. John Pope, USA, and Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, CSA.
- Engagement at Kettle Run, near Bristoe Station, VA, results in a Union victory by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, USA.
- Skirmish near Salem, VA.
- Skirmish at Waterford, VA.
- Affair at Fort Bowie, the Arizona Territory, as Indians on horseback on the road from Tuscon, surround and run off with the entire stock of Union horses.
- Action at Bayou Meto, or Reed's Bridge, AR.
- Skirmish in Carter County, KY.
- Skirmish at Clark's Neck, Lawrence County, KY.
- Skirmish at Mount Pleasant, MS.
- Skirmish near Vicksburg, MS.
- Skirmish at the Narrows, near Shellmound, TN, the Chickamauga Campaign. (Aug 27-28)
- Cavalry operations in Virginia, with Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart, CSA. (Aug 27-Sep 2)
- Skirmish at Edwards Ferry, MD, with Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart, CSA.
- Skirmish at Little Washington, VA.
- Skirmish at Weaverville, VA.
- Skirmish at Ball's Mill, WV.
- Brig. Gen. William W. Averell's US Cavalry command retreats to Beverly, WV., ending his raid in West Virginia. (Aug 27-31)
- Federal scout 30 miles down the Arkansas River, near Pine Bluff, AR, with skirmishes. (Aug 27-28)
- Skirmish at Fayetteville, AR.
- Federal expeditions from Little Rock and DevalFs Bluff to Searcy, Fairview, and Augusta, AR. (Aug 27-Sep 6)
- Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum, USA, assumes the command of the 20th US Army Corps, GA.
- Federal expedition against the Oywhee Indians from Fort Boise to Salmon Falls, the Idaho Territory, with skirmishes. (Aug 27-Oct 5)
- Skirmish at Owensborough, KY.
- Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord, USA, is temporarily in command of the Army of the James, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
- Skirmish at Duffield's Station, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.
- Skirmish at Nutter's Hill, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.