Tuesday August 27 1861

• Skirmish at Antietam Iron Works, MD, north of the Potomac.
• The US expeditionary force lands Federal troops at Cape Hatteras, Hatteras Inlet, NC.
• The Confederates abandon Fort Clark, NC, near Cape Hatteras.
• Skirmishes at Ball's Cross-Roads, VA. (Aug 27-28)

Wednesday August 27 1862

• Skirmish at Bridgeport, AL, and the attack on Fort McCook, Battle Creek, TN, as the Federals burn the fort and retreat.
• Skirmish near Kossuth, MS.
• Skirmish near Cumberland Gap, TN.
• Skirmish near Murfreesborough, TN.
• Skirmish near Reynolds' Station, on the Nashville and the Decatur Railroad, TN.
• Skirmish on Richland Creek, near Pulaski, TN.
• Skirmish at Round Mountain, 2.5 miles from Woodbury, TN, as Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's, CSA, Cavalry is repulsed.
• Operations of Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry in Tennessee and Kentucky. (Aug 27-Oct 22)
• Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's CSA command crosses the Tennessee River at Chattanooga.
• The Confederate Army of the Mississippi, under Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, crosses the Tennessee River. (Aug 27-28)
• Skirmish at Buckland Bridge (Broad Run), VA.
• Action at Bull Run Bridge, VA, between Maj. Gen. John Pope, USA, and Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, CSA.
• Engagement at Kettle Run, near Bristoe Station, VA, results in a Union victory by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, USA.
• Skirmish near Salem, VA.
• Skirmish at Waterford, VA.

Thursday August 27 1863

• Affair at Fort Bowie, the Arizona Territory, as Indians on horseback on the road from Tuscon, surround and run off with the entire stock of Union horses.
• Action at Bayou Meto, or Reed's Bridge, AR.
• Skirmish in Carter County, KY.
• Skirmish at Clark's Neck, Lawrence County, KY.
• Skirmish at Mount Pleasant, MS.
• Skirmish near Vicksburg, MS.
• Skirmish at the Narrows, near Shellmound, TN, the Chickamauga Campaign. (Aug 27-28)
• Cavalry operations in Virginia, with Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart, CSA. (Aug 27-Sep 2)
• Skirmish at Edwards Ferry, MD, with Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart, CSA.
• Skirmish at Little Washington, VA.
• Skirmish at Weaverville, VA.
• Skirmish at Ball's Mill, WV.
• Brig. Gen. William W. Averell's US Cavalry command retreats to Beverly, WV., ending his raid in West Virginia. (Aug 27-31)

Saturday August 27 1864

• Federal scout 30 miles down the Arkansas River, near Pine Bluff, AR, with skirmishes. (Aug 27-28)
• Skirmish at Fayetteville, AR.
• Federal expeditions from Little Rock and DevalFs Bluff to Searcy, Fairview, and Augusta, AR. (Aug 27-Sep 6)
• Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum, USA, assumes the command of the 20th US Army Corps, GA.
• Federal expedition against the Oywhee Indians from Fort Boise to Salmon Falls, the Idaho Territory, with skirmishes. (Aug 27-Oct 5)
• Skirmish at Owensborough, KY.
• Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord, USA, is temporarily in command of the Army of the James, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
• Skirmish at Duffield's Station, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.
• Skirmish at Nutter's Hill, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.

Sunday August 27 1865