6 September 1864
On this date in 1864 Federal troops bombarded civilians in Charleston…
Charleston, South Carolina suffered heavy bombardment. Federals fired more than 600 rounds against the Confederate defenders at Fort Sumter and countless incendiary bombs into the city. Large civilian areas of the city were reduced to ashes.
Other Years:
1622 – A large Spanish silver fleet disappeared in storms off the Florida Keys; claiming thousands of lives.
1861 – Federal troops under General Ulysses S. Grant occupied Paducah, Kentucky.
1863 – Confederate general John S. Marmaduke killed fellow general Lucius M. Walker in a duel at the Lefevre plantation within sight of the federal lines during the seige of Little Rock due to Walker’s conduct at Helena and Bayou Meto
1864 – Federal General W.T. Sherman ordered the evacuation of all citizens from Atlanta, Georgia.
1916 – The first Piggly Wiggly self-service grocery store was opened in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders.
1966 – Race riots broke out in Atlanta, Georgia.
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