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| August 9, 1842 | Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed. Under the agreement, the U.S. and Great Britain will cooperate in suppressing the slave trade. | |
| Daniel Webster | ||
| August 9, 1848 August 10, 1848 |
The Free-Soil party is formed by dissatisfied Democrats and former Liberty Party members at a convention in Buffalo, N. Y. with delegates from all free states and Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. They nominate Martin Van Buren for President and Charles Francis Adams for Vice-President. | |
| Free-Soil Party | ||
| Charles Sumner | ||
| Election of 1848 | ||
| Martin Van Buren | ||
| Salmon P. Chase | ||
| August 9, 1862 | Battle of Cedar Mountain [US]
Battle of Slaughter Mountain [CS] Other names: Cedar Run, Cedar Run Mountain, Southwest Mountain Stonewall Jackson [CS] defeats Nathaniel Banks [US]. |
Virginia |
| A. P. Hill | ||
| Northern Virginia Campaign | ||
| Jubal Anderson Early | ||
| Battle of Cedar Mountain | ||
| Richard Ewell | ||
| Army of Virginia | ||
| Nathaniel Banks | ||
| August 9, 1864 | Federals lay siege to Fort Morgan at Mobile Bay | Alabama |
| Battle of Mobile Bay | ||
| August 9, 1864 | Explosion of an ordinance vessel rocks the wharves at City Point | Virginia |
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 |
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