Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Today in History for July 29, 2014

July 29, 1862 - Confederate spy Marie Isabella "Belle" Boyd was arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.


July 29, 1862 - The Confederate cruiser, “Alabama,” (known in Britain as “Enrica”) left Liverpool, unarmed, ostensibly on a trial run. On July 31, she proceeded from the Irish Sea into the Atlantic for a rendezvous to receive her arms and ammunition before commencing her attacks on Federal commerce shipping.

July 29, 1862 – During the Civil War, skirmishes occurred at Law’s Landing and Old Deposit Ferry, Ala.

July 29, 1864 – Robert W. McCants, who served with the Monroe County Militia in Beats 8 and 9 and with Co. C of the 5th Alabama Regiment, enlisted in the Confederate army. He is buried in the Bells Landing Presbyterian Cemetery in Tinela.

July 29, 1865 – John DeLoach was commissioned for his third term as Monroe County’s Circuit Court Clerk, and Samuel H. Dailey was commissioned as Monroe County’s Sheriff.

July 29, 1918 – During World War I, Army Pvt. James F. Smith of Brewton “died from wounds.”

July 29, 1946 – James Conrad Marshall was born on this day in Monroeville. On Jan. 31, 1968, he would be killed while defending the American Embassy in Vietnam as a United States Marine Corps Corporal.

July 29, 1972 – Army Col. Philip Doyle Sellers of Greenville was killed in action in Vietnam. 

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