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| August 27, 1858 | Second Lincoln-Douglas debate, Freeport, Illinois | Illinois |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| August 27, 1861 | Union forces take fortifications on Cape Hatteras | North Carolina |
| August 27, 1862 | Battle of Kettle Run | Virginia |
| Northern Virginia Campaign | ||
| Second Manassas - Second Bull Run | ||
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| August 27, 1862 | Stonewall Jackson [CS] destroys Army of Virginia supply base at Manassas Junction | Virginia |
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| Northern Virginia Campaign | ||
| Second Manassas - Second Bull Run | ||
| Army of Virginia | ||
| August 27, 1862 | With Stonewall Jackson on his flank, John Pope is forced to withdraw from the Rappahanock. Pope does not realize that roughly half the Confederate army is between his position and Washington, D. C. | Virginia |
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| Northern Virginia Campaign | ||
| John Pope | ||
| Second Manassas - Second Bull Run | ||
| August 27, 1863 | Ford's Theater reopens as Ford's New Theater | |
| Ford's Theater | ||
| August 27, 1864 | Forward elements of Sherman's army move south to cut Hood's last supply line to Atlanta, the Macon and Western Railroad | Georgia |
| William Tecumseh Sherman |
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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