Stonewall Jackson Dead – Today In Southern History
10 May 1863
On this date in 1863…
Confederate general Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson died of wounds received from an accidental shooting after the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Other Years:
1652 John Johnson, a free African-Virginian, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Virginia by his father
1676 Bacon’s Rebellion begins, frontiersmen vs Virginia government
1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America
1823 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Fort Snelling
1861 Union troops march on state militia in St Louis, Missouri
1864 Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
1865 Confederate President Jefferson Davis captured by Union troops at Irwinsville Georgia (US Civil War)
1865 Yankee soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
1908 – Mother’s Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
1922 WHB-AM in Kansas City MO begins radio transmissions
1953 KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1969 US troops begin attack on Hill 937 (“Hamburger Hill”), Vietnam. The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill
1970 Atlanta Braves’ Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Cards 6-5
1975 MTSU’s Brian Oldfield S put shot 75′, an unofficial record
1976 Paul Harvey’s daily syndicated program “The Rest of the Story” premieres on the ABC Radio Networks, continuing until his death in 2009
2005 – A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 20 m from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it did not detonate.
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