Birthdays
Theodore Washington Brevard
Turns 26 on this date
James Harlan
Turns 41 on this date
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys
Turns 53 on this date
John Auchincloss Inglis
Turns 48 on this date
John Edward McCahan
Turns 29 on this date
John McKinney
Turns 64 on this date
Samuel James Powell
Turns 37 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Queen Victoria makes her third visit to Ireland |
08/22/1861 to 08/29/1861 |
| US/the World | The King of the Hawaiian Islands announces his kingdom's neutrality in the American War | 08/26/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Virginia regiments surround, defeat, and scatter the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Cross Lanes, Virginia | 08/26/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Impatience,” August 26, 1861 | 08/26/1861 |