Birthdays

Robert Woodward Barnwell
Turns 60 on this date

John Allen Campbell
Turns 26 on this date

William Parish Chilton
Turns 51 on this date

Thomas Coursey
Turns 29 on this date

John Clifford Pemberton
Turns 47 on this date

Edman Spangler
Turns 36 on this date

Horace White
Turns 27 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | At Wilson's Creek in Missouri, a bold Union attack is thrown back and General Nathaniel Lyon killed | 08/10/1861 |
Science/Technology | The Great Comet of 1861 visible to the naked eye over North America and Europe |
06/30/1861 to 08/15/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Boston (MA) Advertiser, “The Kentucky Victory,” August 10, 1861 | 08/10/1861 |
Letter | John P. Crawford to Abraham Lincoln, August 10, 1861 | 08/10/1861 |