Difference between revisions of "1861"
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==Births== | ==Births== |
Latest revision as of 15:18, 19 September 2009
Births[edit]
- January 7 – Charles Henry Bliss
- May 19 – Richard Miles Cary, Jr.
- July 20 – William Kopman Hyer, Jr.
- July 26 – E. Dixie Beggs, Sr.
Events[edit]
- January 8 – A group of men under Colonel William H. Chase attempt to take control of the Union-held Fort Barrancas but are repelled by gunfire at around 11:00 PM.
- July 26 – Confederate President Jefferson Davis appointed Thomas E. Jordan as postmaster of Pensacola and Chandler Cox Yonge as attorney for the Florida district of the Confederacy
- October 9 – Battle of Santa Rosa Island