Civil War Day-By-Day

August 29, 1861

• The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• Lexington, Mo., attacked by 2,000 rebels. The place was defended by 250 men, who successfully beat off their assailants.
• Twenty~three rebels captured at Greytown, Mo.

1. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863