September 1

1862:

U.S. Civil War: Battle of Chantilly - Confederate General Robert E. Lee leads his forces in an attack on retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia, driving them away.

1864:

U.S. Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege mounted by Union General William T. Sherman.

1903:

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's): Albainn Cu Brath (Scotland forever)

1939:

The German army invades Poland

1942:

The corvette HMCS MORDEN relentlessly depth charges a submarine off of Iceland. It would not be until a review of records in the late 1980's that U-756 is confirmed sunk.

1944:

Eisenhower establishes HQ in France, Allies liberate Arras, Verdun, Dieppe and Abbeville