Birthdays

Frederick Augustus Cockling
Turns 45 on this date

Thomas Treadwell Davis
Turns 51 on this date

Joseph Gillespie
Turns 52 on this date

William Selby Harney
Turns 61 on this date

Nathanial Harrison Harris
Turns 27 on this date

John Rogers McBride
Turns 29 on this date

Joseph Anthony Mower
Turns 34 on this date

Henry Eshleman Oakes
Turns 37 on this date

George Stoneman Jr.
Turns 39 on this date
Events
US/the World | Chinese Emperor Xian Feng dies at his summer palace in northern China, aged thirty | 08/22/1861 |
US/the World | Queen Victoria makes her third visit to Ireland |
08/22/1861 to 08/29/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “A Dismal Foreboding,” August 22, 1861 | 08/22/1861 |