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 |