19 August 1862: Tuesday

Union - Military/Government
The Federal Department of the Ohio is created, made up of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana. Illinois, Wisconsin and Kentucky east of the Tennessee River and including Cumberland Gap. Major General H. G. White is named to the command.

Union - Civilian
New York
Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune in a letter dated the nineteenth and printed in the paper on the 20th, and labeled "The Prayer of Twenty Millions" questions the President's policy on slavery. "We complain that the Union cause has suffered...from mistaken deference to Rebel slavery...All attempts to put down the Rebellion and at the same time uphold its inciting cause are preposterous and futile."

Union - Military
Tennessee
Union troops carry out an extensive raid on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad from August 19-21, with skirmishes at Pilot Knob, Drake's Creek, and Manscoe Creek, near Edgefield Junction, and on the Hartsville Road near Gallatin.

Mississippi
Also from 19-21 Aug, a Union expedition operates from Rienzi to Marietta and Bay Springs.

Alabama
There is a Union scout today and tomorrow from Woodville to Guntersville.

Idaho
A Union expedition against the Snake Indians lasts from this day until October 11.

Arkansas
There is a skirmish on Clear Creek

Minnesota
The Sioux move past Fort Ridgely toward New Ulm, killing and burning the homes of settlers.

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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971