Birthdays
James Dixon
Turns 50 on this date
Joseph Gordon Hamblen
Turns 20 on this date
James Bedell McKean
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Duke Slavens
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Thomas Weston Tipton
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Erastus Wentworth
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Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In Mobile Bay, Alabama, U.S. naval forces win a comprehensive victory over the Confederate fleet | 08/05/1864 |