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| August 19, 1846 | Zachary Taylor begins a move toward Monterrey | |
| Mexican American War | ||
| Zachary Taylor | ||
| August 19, 1861 | Henry Halleck promoted to Major General | |
| Henry Halleck | ||
| August 19, 1863 | 300 men under the command of William Quantrill, popularly known as Quantrill's Raiders, leave Blackwater Creek, Missouri heading for Lawrence, Kansas | Kansas Missouri |
| August 19, 1864 | President Lincoln meets with Frederick Douglass for a second time. He asks for Douglass's assistance in moving slaves north in case the war is unsuccessful | |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Frederick Douglass |
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 | ||
| August 3, 1864 August 23, 1864 |
Battle of Mobile Bay | Alabama |
| David Farragut | ||
| Gordon Granger | ||
| Battle of Mobile Bay | ||
| July 16, 1862 September 1, 1862 |
Northern Virginia Campaign - sometimes just called the Virginia Campaign. | Virginia |
| Northern Virginia Campaign | ||
| August 18, 1864 August 19, 1864 |
Battle of the Weldon Railroad
After gaining the railroad, 5th Corps commander G. K. Warren [US] spread out over a mile of track, then turned north towards Petersburg, but the didn't get far before Henry Heth's [CS] Confederates stopped them. A counterattack by A. P. Hill the next day contained Warren's advances, but in the end federal troops still controlled the railroad |
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