August is the eighth month of the year (between July and September) in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.
August symbols: The birthstones of August are the peridot and sardonyx. Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family. The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).
Historical Events for August, 1862
Day of Week 5th » American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge (1862) or Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate States of America e.g Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunbo
Day of Week 6th » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America Confederate Ironclad warship ironclad Ship CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Day of Week 9th » American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain At Culpeper County, Virginia Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate States of America Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats United States Union forces under General John Pope (
Day of Week 17th » American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota people or Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
17th » American Civil War: Major General J.E.B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate States of America named Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Day of Week 19th » American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota people or Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, Minnesota known as New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
Day of Week 28th » American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.
Day of Week 30th » American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederate States of America e.g Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union Army named Union forces under General Horatio Wright.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1862
5th » Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (d. 1890)