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06/14/1860 |
Alabama lighter capsizes in Mobile Bay during a squall and two men drown |
Crime/Disasters |
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12/28/1867 |
Alabama U.S. Attorney shoots down Alabama U.S. District Judge in the streets of Mobile. |
Crime/Disasters |
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11/28/1865 |
Alabama's African-Americans hold their First Freedmen's Convention at Mobile |
Slavery/Abolition |
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04/27/1863 |
American child prodigy pianist Willie Pape plays his first public concert in London |
Education/Culture |
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06/08/1863 |
Confederate sailors capture a Union steam tug towing a ship up the Mississippi to New Orleans |
Battles/Soldiers |
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01/17/1867 |
In Alabama, a steamboat burns on the Black Warrior River and several passengers lose their lives. |
Crime/Disasters |
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07/08/1860 |
In Alabama, the last Africa slaves transported and sold on United States soil landed on the Mobile River |
Slavery/Abolition |
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04/08/1865 |
In Alabama, the Union's capture of Spanish Fort makes the city of Mobile's fall only a matter of time |
Battles/Soldiers |
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10/03/1866 |
In an Atlantic hurricane, a passing ship rescues all the passengers and crew of a foundering vessel. |
Crime/Disasters |
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08/05/1864 |
In Mobile Bay, Alabama, U.S. naval forces win a comprehensive victory over the Confederate fleet |
Battles/Soldiers |
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05/14/1867 |
In Mobile, Alabama, deadly rioting disrupts a Republican public meeting and two die. |
Crime/Disasters |
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02/13/1866 |
In Mobile, Joe Cain and friends revive the city's traditional Mardi Gras celebrations with an irreverent parade |
Education/Culture |
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05/25/1865 |
Recently captured Mobile, Alabama is rocked with a massive explosion that kills hundreds |
Crime/Disasters |
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10/29/1860 to 11/05/1860 |
Stephen Douglas ends his presidential campaign with speeches in Georgia and Alabama |
Campaigns/Elections |
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10/19/1860 to 10/28/1860 |
Stephen Douglas makes his final campaign tour, through the Deep South |
Campaigns/Elections |
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11/06/1860 |
Stephen Douglas receives updates on election returns while in Mobile, Alabama |
Campaigns/Elections |
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04/25/1865 |
Transporting Union cavalry near Mobile, Alabama, a steamer hits a mine and sinks with loss of life |
Crime/Disasters |
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09/15/1858 |
Yellow Fever epidemic declared in Mobile, Alabama |
Crime/Disasters |
