Buena Vista – Today In Southern History
23 February 1847
On this date in 1847…
Jefferson Davis became a national hero at the head of his Mississippi Rifles in the Mexican War Battle of Buena Vista.
Other Years:
1836 – A large Mexican force commanded by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna arrived suddenly at San Antonio to begin the siege of Texas patriots in the Alamo.
1838 – Confederate General Gilbert Moxley Sorrel was born in Savanah, Georgia.
1861 – Texas became the 7th state to secede from the Union.
1869 – The Louisiana reconstruction governor signed the public accommodations law.
1870 – Mississippi was readmitted to the union.
1883 – Alabama became the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust law.
1983 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency announced its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
1998 – Tornadoes struck Florida killing at least 31 people.
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