Tuesday, August 25, 1863
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| Raid: | Averill's Raid | August 5 - 31, 1863 | Expedition from: | Batesville, AR | May 30 - February 3, 1864 | Skirmish: | Brownsville, AR | August 25, 1863 | Expedition from: | Cape Girardeau, MO | August 17 - 26, 1863 | Bombardment: | Charleston, SC | August 21 - December 31, 1863 | Campaign: | Chickamauga, GA | August 16 - September 22, 1863 | Reconnaissance to: | Covington, VA | August 5 - 31, 1863 | Reconnaissance to: | Crow Creek, AL | August 1863 | Campaign: | East Tennessee | August 16 - October 19, 1863 | Operation: | Fort Gregg, SC | July 10 - September 7, 1863 | Expedition from: | Fort Lapwai, Idaho Territory | August 22 - September 20, 1863 | Bombardment: | Fort Sumpter, SC | August 17 - December 31, 1863 | Operation: | Fort Wagner, SC | July 10 - September 7, 1863 | Raid: | Hampshire County, WV | August 5 - 31, 1863 | Skirmish: | Hartwood Church, VA | August 25, 1863 | Skirmish: | Hopewell, MO | August 25 - 26, 1863 | Skirmish: | Independence, MO | August 25, 1863 | Affair: | Jackson's River, VA | August 25, 1863 | Affair: | Johnson County, MO | August 25, 1863 | Skirmish: | Lamb's Ferry, VA | August 25, 1863 | Expedition to: | Little Rock, AR | August 1 - September 14, 1863 | Expedition to: | Meadows, The, Idaho Territory | August 22 - September 20, 1863 | Expedition to: | Monroe, LA | August 20 - September 2, 1863 | Operation: | Morris Island, SC | July 10 - September 7, 1863 | Operation: | Navajo Indians, New Mexico Territory | August 20 - December 16, 1863 | Expedition from: | Pilot Knob, MO | August 17 - 26, 1863 | Raid: | Pocohontas County, WV | August 5 - 31, 1863 | Expedition to: | Pocohontas, AR | August 17 - 26, 1863 | Raid: | Quantrell's Kansas Raid, KS | August 20 - 28, 1863 | Scout: | Sedalia, MO | August 25 - 28, 1863 | Expedition: | Sioux Expedition, Dakota Territory | June 16 - September 13, 1863 | Expedition: | Sioux Expedition, Dakota Territory | August 13 - September 11, 1863 | Expedition against: | Snake Indians, Idaho Territory | May 4 - October 26, 1863 | Expedition from: | Vicksburg, MS | August 20 - September 2, 1863 | Siege: | Wagner Battery, SC | July 18 - September 7, 1863 | Skirmish: | Waynesville, MO | August 25, 1863 | Skirmish: | Wellington, MO | August 1863 | Raid: | Winchester, VA | August 5 - 31, 1863 |
| Appointment: | Jeremy Francis Gilmer, CSA, to Brigadier General | Appointment: | William Andrew Quarles, CSA, to Brigadier General |
(Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Vol. I, p. 660-991. Frederick H. Dyer; The Chronological Tracking Of The American Civil War Per The Offical Records Of The War of the Rebellion pp. 1-336. Ronald A. Mosocco.)
Naval Events:
The recently captured U.S.S. Satellite, now commanded by Lieutenant Wood, CSN, seized schooners Golden Rod, with cargo of coal, Coquette, and Two Brothers with cargoes of anchor and chain, at the mouth of the Rappahannock River; the schooners were taken up river by their captors. "The Golden Rod," Wood wrote, "drawing too much water to go up, was stripped and burned. The other two were towed up to Port Royal . . . ... There they, too, were stripped of useful parts and destroyed together with ex-U.S.S. Reliance and Satellite which Wood had taken by boarding just two days earlier.(Source: Civil War Naval Chronology 1861-1865. pp. I:1-41; II:1-117; III:1-170; IV:1-152; V:1-134. 1971: Naval History Division, Navy Department.)Reviewing the effect of the joint operations at Charleston, Secretary Welles noted in his diary: "The rebel accounts of things at Charleston speak of Sumter in ruins, its walls fallen in, and a threatened assault on the city. I do not expect immediate possession of the place, for it will be defended with desperation, pride, courage, nullification chivalry, which is something Quixotic, with the Lady Dulcineas to stimulate the Secession heroes; but matters are encouraging. Thus far, the Navy has been the cooperating force, aiding and protecting the army on Morris Island."
U.S.S. WIlliam G. Anderson, commanded by Acting Lieutenant F. S. Hill, captured schooner Mack Canfield off the mouth of the Rio Grande River with cargo of cotton.
Additional Information:
The Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina. (SC007) (Operations Against the Defenses of Charleston [April-September 1863]).
Because of the August 21, 1863, Confederate massacre at Lawrence, Kansas, by William Clarke Quantrill, Brigadier General Thomas Ewing, USA, at Kansas City, Kansas, orders all residents of Bates, Cass, and Jackson counties, Kansas, to leave their homes, allowing citizens loyal to the Union to take refuge at Federal military posts. Great resentment that will last for decades is generated by the estimated 20,000 residents forced to evacuate their homes.
(Source: Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report: Battle Summaries. National Park Service. In The Civil War Battlefield Guide, 2nd ed., 1998. Edited by Frances H. Kennedy; The Chronological Tracking Of The American Civil War Per The Offical Records Of The War of the Rebellion pp. 1-336. Ronald A. Mosocco.)