Editing 1862 (section)

=== August ===
*[[American Civil War]]: 
** [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Battle of Baton Rouge (1862)|Battle of Baton Rouge]] &ndash; Along the [[Mississippi River]] near [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], Confederate troops drive Union forces back into the city.
** [[August 6]] &ndash; Confederate ironclad {{ship|CSS|Arkansas}} is scuttled on the [[Mississippi River]] after suffering damage in a battle with {{USS|Essex|1856|6}}, near [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]].
** [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Battle of Cedar Mountain]] &ndash; Confederate General [[Stonewall Jackson]] narrowly defeats Union forces under General [[John Pope (general)|John Pope]] at Cedar Mountain, Virginia.
* [[August 14]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Abraham Lincoln]] meets with a group of prominent African-Americans, the first time an American President has done so. He suggests that Black people should migrate to Africa or to Central America, but this advice is rejected.
* [[August 17]] &ndash; The [[Dakota War of 1862]] begins in [[Minnesota]], as Dakota Sioux attack white settlements along the [[Minnesota River]]. They are overwhelmed by the U.S. Army six weeks later.
* [[August 19]] 
** [[Dakota War of 1862]]: During an uprising in [[Minnesota]], Dakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended [[Fort Ridgely]] and instead turn to the settlement of [[New Ulm, Minnesota|New Ulm]], killing white settlers along the way.
** [[Horace Greeley]] publishes an editorial, "The Prayer of Twenty Millions", in the ''New York Tribune'', in which he urges U.S. President [[Abraham Lincoln]] to make abolition of slavery an official aim of the Union war effort.
* [[August 21]] &ndash; The [[Stadtpark, Vienna|Vienna Stadtpark]] opens its gates.
*[[American Civil War]]: 
** [[August 28]]&ndash;[[August 30|30]] &ndash; [[Second Battle of Bull Run]] &ndash; Confederate forces inflict a crushing defeat on Union General John Pope.
** [[August 29]]&ndash;[[August 30|30]] &ndash; [[Battle of Richmond]], Kentucky &ndash; Confederate forces, led by General [[Edmund Kirby Smith]], inflict a crushing defeat on Union General [[William "Bull" Nelson]].