Birthdays
Henry Bergh
Turns 50 on this date
William Gannaway Brownlow
Turns 58 on this date
Anna Ella Carroll
Turns 48 on this date
Cuvier Grover
Turns 35 on this date
George Washington McCrary
Turns 28 on this date
Frederick Enoch Woodbridge
Turns 45 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | An experimental Confederate submarine sinks in Charleston Harbor during a training accident, killing five | 08/29/1863 |
| Battles/Soldiers | An experimental Confederate submarine sinks in Charleston Harbor during a training accident, killing five | 08/29/1863 |
| Crime/Disasters | In Virginia, five deserters from the 118th Pennsylvania are executed before the entire V Corps, Army of the Potomac | 08/29/1863 |