Timeline August 1862

Events in August 1862 4

• 1862 Dakota War in Minnesota Sioux uprising against broken treaty promises Dakota Sioux, facing broken treaty payments and starvation, attacked white settlements across the Minnesota River valley. The conflict ended with the mass execution of 38 Dakota men in Mankato, the largest single-day execution in US history.
• 1862 – 1918 Claude Debussy Impressionist composer French composer whose Clair de Lune, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and La Mer created a new musical language based on colour and atmosphere.
• 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run Confederate victory in Virginia General Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson defeated Union forces under John Pope near Manassas, Virginia. The victory opened the way for Lee's first invasion of the North.
• 1862 Garibaldi wounded at Aspromonte Italian army halts march on Rome Giuseppe Garibaldi was wounded and captured by the Italian royal army while leading volunteers toward Rome, which remained under papal and French protection. The clash ended his attempt to complete Italian unification by force.