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<noinclude>{{On this day/doc}}</noinclude>'''[[{{#titleparts:{{PAGENAME}}|1|2}}October 8]]''':
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*[[1861]] &ndash; '''[[Battle of Santa Rosa Island]]''': A [[Confederate]] force of over 1,000 men under general [[Wikipedia:Richard H. Anderson|Richard H. Anderson]] set out from Pensacola, landing on [[Santa Rosa Island]] about four miles east of Union-held [[Fort Pickens]].