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Friday, August 12, 2011

12 August, 1862: Tuesday

Confederates - Military
Tennessee

John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture the town of Gallatin and the Union garrison there.

Missouri
There are skirmishes between Stockton in Cedar County and Humansville, and at Van Buren.

Union - Military - Naval
Texas

The USS Arthur captures the Southern vessel Breaker at Aransas Pass, and their Southern crews burn the Elma and Hannah to avoid capture by Union troops off Corpus Christ, Texas.
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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971

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