25 August 1862: Monday

Union - Government/Military
Secretary of War Stanton authorizes the commander of the Southern Department to "receive into the service of the United States" Negro soldiers up to five thousand in number and to train them as guards for plantations and settlements.

Union - Military
Kentucky
There are skirmishes at REd Bird Creek and Madisonville.

Tennessee
There is a skirmish at Fort Donelson.

Mississippi
There is a skirmish at Bolivar.

Virginia
There is a skirmish at Sulphur Springs.

Minnesota
After two days of fighting, the Sioux Indians attacking Neww Ulm were driven off. The garrison and civilian population of New Ulm were then evacuated as they feared another attack.

Confederates - Military
Virginia
Stonewall Jackson and his troops head north from below the Rapahannock, followed by Longstreet's corps. Lee's offensive had begun in earnest.


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