Alabama timeline
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Battle of Fort Charlotte
On March 1, Gálvez sent a letter to Durnford offering to accept his surrender, which was politely rejected. Gálvez began setting up gun batteries... Read more
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Battle of Mobile
The British garrison nearest to Mobile was in West Florida's capital, Pensacola. The commander, General John Campbell, had under his command about... Read more
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Alabama is the 22nd State Admitted to the Union
CONSTITUTION OF 1819 RATIFICATION RESOLUTION FOR ADMISSION OF ALABAMA INTO THE UNION December 14, 1819 Resolution Declaring The Admission... Read more
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Montgomery Convention
Four days after his resignation, Davis was commissioned a Major General of Mississippi troops. On February 9, 1861, a Constitutional convention at... Read more
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Battle of Day's Gap
Description: Union Col. Abel D. Streight led a provisional brigade on a raid to cut the Western & Atlantic Railroad that supplied Gen. Braxton... Read more
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Battle of Athens - Union Victory in Northern Alabama
Description: Confederate cavalry, numbering about 600 men, attacked Athens, held by about 100 Union troops, around 4:00 am on the morning of... Read more
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Battle of Mobile Bay
The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was an engagement of the American Civil War in which a Federal fleet commanded by Rear Admiral David G.... Read more
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Siege of Fort Gaines
The Siege of Fort Gaines occurred between August 3 and 8, 1864, during the American Civil War. It took place in the Mobile Bay area of Alabama as... Read more
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Siege of Fort Morgan
Other Names: Passing of Forts Morgan and Gaines Location: Mobile County and Baldwin County Campaign: Operations in Mobile Bay... Read more
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Battle of Decatur
Description: As Gen. John B. Hood began the Franklin-Nashville Campaign during the fall of 1864, his Army of Tennessee demonstrated against... Read more
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Battle of Spanish Fort
Other Names: None Location: Baldwin County Campaign: Mobile Campaign (1865) Date(s): March 27-April 8, 1865 Principal Commanders: Maj.... Read more
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Battle of Fort Blakely
Other Names: None Location: Baldwin County Campaign: Mobile Campaign (1865) Date(s): April 2-9, 1865 Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen.... Read more
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Battle of Selma
Other Names: None Location: Dallas County Campaign: Wilson’s Raid in Alabama and Georgia (1865) Date(s): April 2, 1865 Principal... Read more
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Cahaba River Bridge Train Wreck
A special to the Commercial Appeal from Birmingham, Ala., says: Fiends in human form wrecked the Birmingham Mineral branch passenger train No. 40... Read more
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Alabama Erects A Monument To The Boll Weevil
In profound appreciation of the Boll Weevil and what it has done as the herald of prosperity this monument was erected by the citizens of... Read more
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Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door took place at Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on 11 June, 1963. George Wallace, the Governor of... Read more
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The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama is Bombed
[A]bout 10:22 on that morning 34 years ago today, worshipers heard a clicking noise, like the very loud click of a clock. ''What was that?'' Sunday... Read more
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"Bloody Sunday", First March from Selma to Montgomery
On March 7, demonstrators start a 54-mile march in response to an activist's murder. They are protesting his death and the unfair state laws and... Read more
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Big Bayou Canot Train Wreck
On September 22, 1993, about 2:45 a.m., barges that were being pushed by the towboat MAUVILLA in dense fog struck and displaced the Big Bayou Canot... Read more
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Jefferson County, Alabama, Files Largest Municipal Bankruptcy in U.S. History
Birmingham, Alabama, the most prominent industrial center in the Southeast before the civil- rights era, has been on a long losing streak that just... Read more