Gauley Bridge – Today In Southern History
1 November 1861
On this date in 1861…
Confederate General John B. Floyd’s troops attacked federals under Rosecrans at Gauley Bridge, Virginia.
Other Years:
1770 – Spanish troops and Opata Indians on an expedition to punish Apaches on the Pecos River in Texas reached their target village only to find it evacuated ahead of their approach.
1834 – Poker was first mentioned in print as a Mississippi riverboat game.
1859 – The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse was lit for the first time.
1951 – The first atomic test explosion was witnessed by troops who were unwitting test subjects in New Mexico.
1979 – The tanker Burmah Agate spilled 10.7 million gallons of oil off Galveston Bay, Texas, in the worst U.S. oil spill to date.
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