August 2011

WASHINGTON, DC. The Departments of Northeastern Virginia, Washington, and the Shenandoah are merged with the Army of the Potomac.

WASHINGTON, DC. Lincoln officially proclaims commerce with the Confederate states illegal. All vessels and ships of the seceding states are subject to seizure.

WASHINGTON, DC. The War Department issues orders naming Brig. Gen. Robert Anderson as the new commander of the Department of the Cumberland, which encompasses the border states of Kentucky and Tennessee.

WASHINGTON, DC. Sixty-seven members of the 2nd Maine, stationed at Arlington Heights near Washington, DC, are also arrested for mutiny and likewise sent to the Dry Tortugas.

WASHINGTON, DC. Members of the 79th New York Volunteer Regiment, who suffered the highest casualties at Bull Run and endured a month of back breaking labor to build the defenses around Washington, mutiny after their requests for leave are denied. The ringleaders are later sent to prison in the Dry Tortugas, Florida.

ST. LOUIS, MO. Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont declares martial law in the state of Missouri.

RICHMOND, VA. Confederate Pres. Jefferson Davis issues his “Proclamation of Banishment,” which warns all adult males remaining loyal to the United States will be treated as enemies.

GRAFTON, VA. 12:00 P.M. Union Capt. J. H. Dayton and 50 men from the 4th Virginia Regiment surprise and route 200 Confederates under Zach Cochran.

LONDON, ENGLAND. Confederate Navy Cmdr. James Bulloch commissions two new ironclad gun boats.