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 |