The Confederate Constitution – Today In Southern History
11 March 1861
On this date in 1861…
The Confederate Congress unanimously adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America.
Other Years:
1824 – John C. Calhoun, U.S. Secretary of War, created the Bureau of Indian Affairs, within the War Department. Thomas McKenney was appointed its first commissioner.
1861 – General Braxton Bragg assumed command of the Confederate forces in Florida.
1862 – Confederate General Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson evacuated Winchester, Virginia.
1897 – A meteorite entered the earth’s atmosphere and exploded over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris caused damage but no injuries.
1953 – A U.S. Air Force B-47 bomber accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb from 15,000 feet onto Mars Bluff, South Carolina. The bomb created a crater 75 feet across, but did not detonate due to its safety devices.
1993 – Janet Reno of Florida was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the first female attorney general.
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