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On This Day in Confederate History, Aug. 25.
1862: The Skirmish at Waterloo Bridge was fought this day as part of the Second Manassas Campaign. The skirmish followed a raid by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry on Aug. 23 at Catlett Station on Maj. Gen. John Pope's headquarters. This and other skirmishes along the Rappahannock River pinned Pope's army there while Lt. Gen. Stonewall Jackson successfully made his flank march and gained the rear of Pope's army. General Lee sent Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's wing of the army after Jackson. There were about 225 casualties in both armies at Waterloo Bridge.
1863: General P.G.T. Beauregard gives another report on the Siege of Charleston, S.C.: "Until 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 25th, the enemy's fire was principally directed against Fort Sumter. After that time Battery Wagner was fiercely bombarded, as well as the space between our rifle pits and work. At dusk, the enemy endeavored to carry the position held by our pickets but were repulsed. Our loss was 5 killed and 19 wounded. A very large amount of ammunition and ordnance stores were removed from Fort Sumter during the night."
1864: The Second Battle of Ream's Station, Va. takes place when Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia attacks and drives back Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott's Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Hill has between 8,000 and 10,000 men to Hancock's 9,000. The Federals had been tearing up the railroad tracks there. Hancock ordered a withdrawal at nightfall back to Petersburg. The Northerners lost 117 men killed, 439 wounded, and 2,046 missing or captured. The Southerners' casualties totaled 814.
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