Thursday August 8 1861

• Henry Hayes Lockwood, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, assumes the command of the District of Ironton, MO.
• Skirmish at Lovettsville, VA.

Friday August 8 1862

• Due to continued guerrilla firing into railroad cars, local ministers are arrested by the Union troops and placed aboard each train, at Huntsville, AL.
• West Florida is transferred from the Dept. of the South to the Dept. of the Gulf.
• Skirmish near Newtonia, MO.
• Skirmish on Panther Creek, MO.
• Skirmish near Stockton, Macon County, MO.
• Action near Madison Court-House, VA.
• Skirmish near Slaughter's House, VA.

Saturday August 8 1863

• Skirmish at Rienzi, MS.
• Affair on Clear Creek, near Ball Town, MO.
• Skirmish at Waterford, VA, as the Rebels attack the Federal Cavalry not far from Harper's Ferry, WV.
• Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, depressed over the results at Gettysburg, PA, offers his resignation to President Jefferson Davis, who flatly rejects such notion.

Monday August 8 1864

• James Deering Fessenden, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Fort Gaines, AL, Dauphin Island, in Mobile Bay, is surrendered by Col. Charles D. Anderson, CSA, without the approval of his superiors.
• Federal scout against Indians from Camp Anderson to Bald Mountain, CA, where the Indians flee into the thick timber in the direction of the Hoopa Valley. (Aug 8-12)
• Action with the Sioux Indians on the Little Missouri River, the Dakota Territory.
• Federal scout against Indians from Salina to Mulberry Creek, KS. (Aug 8-11)
• Skirmish at Salem, KY.
• Skirmish at La Fayette, TN.
• Skirmish at Fairfax Station, VA.

Tuesday August 8 1865