The Great Chickamauga Footrace – Today In Southern History
31 March 1793
On this date in 1793…
Chickamauga Chief Captain Bench, and his followers attacked Moses Cockrell and several other whites leading pack animals across Powell’s Mountain. Cockrell was the only survivor of the party after outrunning Bench and the rest of the war party.
Other Years:
1818 – U.S. Troops commanded by General Andrew Jackson burned the Seminole town of Tallahassee in Florida during the First Seminole War.
1861 - The Confederate Syates government took over operation of the US Mint at New Orleans, Louisiana.
1863 – John S. Mosby’s cavalry defeated Federals at Drainesville, Virginia.
1862 – Naval action at Island #10 on Mississippi River.
1902 – In Tennessee, 22 coal miners were killed by an explosion.
1945 – “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway.
1980 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter of Georgia deregulated the banking industry.
2023 - A deadly tornado outbreak struck Arkansas, including one with a 37 mile path through a heavily populated section of Little Rock. Miraculously, there was only one fatality.
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