Today In History
A Day in the History of the Civil War
Today is Saturday, September 24, 2022.
Birthdays
1824 Truman Seymour, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1891
1827 Henry Warner Slocum, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
1829 James St Clair Morton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1833 Henry Alanson Barnum, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
Events
1862 Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal
1864 Battle of Pilot Knob MO
1864 Invasion of MO by Price
1865 James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks, SF
That's all for today
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