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| Nathan Bedford Forrest |
April 1, 1621 - The Plymouth, Mass. colonists created the
first treaty with Native Americans.
April 1, 1748 - The ruins of Pompeii were found.
April 1, 1789 – In New York City, the United States House of
Representatives held its first quorum and elected Frederick Muhlenberg of
Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.
April 1, 1826 – Samuel Morey received a patent for his
compressionless “Gas or Vapor Engine,” known now as the internal combustion
engine.
April 1, 1843 – William S. Crosby of the Conecuh Guards was
born at Sparta, Ala. He entered Confederate service as a corporal on April 20,
1861 at Dalton, Ga. with Co. E of the 4th Alabama Infantry and continued with
them until he was paroled at the close of the war. He is buried in the Old
Evergreen Cemetery.
April 1, 1854 – The land office at Sparta, Ala. closed and
moved to Elba.
April 1, 1854 – Charles Dickens' novel “Hard Times” began
serialization in his magazine, Household Words.
April 1, 1860 - Author Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews was born
in Mobile, Ala.
April 1, 1861 – The Conecuh Guards organized at Sparta, Ala.
and Pinckney D. Bowles was elected captain.
April 1, 1861 - Abraham Lincoln was
sworn in as the 16th President of the United States.
April 1, 1862 - Federal gun boats proceeded from Pittsburg
Landing, Tenn., southward on the Tennessee River to Eastport, Miss. and
Chickasaw, Ala.
April 1, 1862 - As the first year of the Civil War came to a
close, an order by Gov. John Gill Shorter prohibiting the distillation of hard
liquors in Alabama went into effect. Shorter was willing to make some
exceptions but was determined to prevent distillers from "converting food
necessary to sustain our armies and people into poison to demoralize and
destroy them."
April 1, 1862 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought near Doniphan and another at Little Sni in Missouri
and at Salem, Va. A two-day Federal operation encompassing Strasburg, Woodstock
and Edenburg in Virginia also began.
April 1, 1863 - The first wartime conscription law went into
effect in the U.S.
April 1, 1863 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought at Clarendon and another at Chalk Bluff in Arkansas;
along the White River and another in Carroll County in Missouri; at Rodman’s
Point, N.C.; along the Columbia Pike in Tennessee; and near the mouth of Broad
Run, in Londoun County, Va.
April 1, 1863 – During the Civil
War, a Federal operation between Yorktown and Smith and Byrd’s Plantation, on
the Ware River, in Virginia began. A four-day Federal operation between Linden
and the White River in Missouri began. A 16-day Federal operation between
Franklin and the vicinity of the Hatchie River in Tennessee began. A seven-day
Federal operation encompassing Murfreesborough, Lebanon, Carthage and Liberty
in Tennessee began.
April 1, 1863 – 59TH ALABAMA: Pvt. William
McCormick of Co. D, 59th Alabama was taken a prisoner of war in the
Virginia hospital.
April 1, 1864 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought at Arkadelphia and another at Fitzhugh’s Woods, in
the vicinity of Augusta in Arkansas; near Bloomfield, Mo.; and in the vicinity
of Plymouth, N.C.
April 1, 1864 – During the Civil
War, a Federal operation from Palatka to Fort Gates in Florida began. The U.S.
transport, Maple Leaf, sank in the St. John’s River in Florida after striking a
Confederate torpedo. A Federal operation along the Louisiana side of the Peak
River was conducted.
April 1, 1865 – During the Civil War, at the Battle of Five
Forks, the Union Army, led by Philip Sheridan, decisively defeated the
Confederate States Army, led by George Pickett, leading to the breakthrough at
Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign. Union General Ulysses S. Grant also
closed Confederate supply lines with the defeat of General Robert E. Lee at the
Battle of Five Forks.
April 1, 1865 - Florida Governor John Milton committed
suicide at his plantation in Sylvania. Before his death, Milton had addressed
the Florida legislature and said that the Yankees "have developed a
character so odious that death would be preferable to reunion with them."
April 1, 1865 – Forces under Union Major General Frederick
Steele, with 75 wagonloads of supplies, began bombarding the Confederate fort
at Fort Blakeley, Ala.
April 1, 1865 – During the Civil War, the Federal ironclad,
USS Rudolph, was sunk by a Confederate torpedo. Skirmishes were also fought at
Centerville, Maplesville, Plantersville, Randolph and Trion in Alabama.
April 1, 1865 – 2nd Cpl. Fred G. Roach of Conecuh Guards
became the last member of Co. E to be killed during the Civil War when he was
killed at Petersburg, Va.
April 1, 1865 - On this afternoon, after skirmishing all
morning, General James H. Wilson's advanced guard ran into Confederate General
Nathan Bedford Forrest's line of battle at Ebenezer Church, where the Randolph
Road intersected the main Selma, Ala. road. Forrest had hoped to bring his entire
force to bear on Wilson. Delays caused by flooding, plus earlier contact with
the enemy, resulted in Forrest mustering fewer than 2,000 men, many of whom
were not war veterans but militia consisting of old men and young boys. The
outnumbered and outgunned Confederates fought bravely for more than an hour as
more Union cavalry and artillery deployed on the field. Forrest was wounded by
a saber-wielding Union captain, whom he killed with his revolver. Finally, a
Union cavalry charge broke the Confederate militia, causing Forrest to be
flanked on his right. He was forced to retreat under severe pressure.
April 1, 1865 – During the Civil
War, a four-day Federal operation between Pine Bluff and Bayou Bartholomew in Arkansas
began. Federal forces skirmished with Indians northwest of Fort Garland in the
Colorado Territory, and a Federal operation took place against Indians west of
Fort Laramie in the Dakota Territory. A four-day Federal operation between
Dalton, the Spring Place and the Coosawattee River in Georgia began. A 29-day
Federal operation originating from Licking, Mo. to Piney Fork and Hog Creek,
along the Gasconade River in Missouri began.
April 1, 1865 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought near Snow Hill, N.C.; at White Oak Creek, Tenn.;
and along the White Oak Road, near Petersburg, Va.
April 1, 1865 – 59TH ALABAMA: The 59th
Alabama became part of Moody’s brigade and Bushrod Johnson’s division,
Beauregard’s command, Dept. of North Carolina and southern Virginia.
April 1, 1865 – 59TH ALABAMA: Around 4 p.m., some
of the men began to hear the sounds of heavy guns and muskets being fired down
toward Five Forks. Lt. Gen. Anderson gave orders around 5:45 p.m. to move
Moody’s (including the 59th Alabama), Wise’s and Hunton’s men to
Church Crossing on the South Side Railroad, an order that was in motion at 6:39
p.m.
April 1, 1867 - Blacks voted in the municipal election in
Tuscumbia, Ala.
April 1, 1872 - The first edition of "The
Standard" was published.
April 1, 1873 – Pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff was
born in Novgorod, Russia.
April 1, 1877 - Ignoring the taunts of fellow miners who said he would only find his own tombstone, prospector Edward Schieffelin began his search for silver in the area of present-day southern Arizona. Later that year, Schieffelin was not only alive and well, but he had found one of the richest silver veins in the West. He named it the Tombstone Lode.
April 1, 1883 – Actor Lon Chaney was born in Colorado
Springs, Colo. Known as the “Man of a Thousand Faces,” he is best known for
starring in such silent horror films as “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1923)
and “The Phantom of the Opera” (1925).
April 1, 1903 - Luman Savage Jr. was to leave on this day
for Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where he planned to take a course in bookkeeping. He
planned to travel by ocean steamship from Savannah and was to be absent several
months.
April 1, 1906 – Heavy rains, high waters and a rising
Alabama River, forced the steamer “Hard Cash” to tie up at the Claiborne, Ala.
wharf for two days for lack of fuel because all the wood on yards between
Claiborne and Mobile had been swept away.
April 1, 1906 – The Rev. B.H. Crumpton filled his regular
appointment at Excel Baptist church on this Sunday.
April 1, 1906 – The Rev. T.J. Hartzog filled his regular
appointment in the Skinnnerton community on this Sunday.
April 1, 1913 – Stock of the Manistee & Repton Railroad
was acquired by the law firm of Barnett, Bugg & Lee.
April 1, 1914 – National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rube
Waddell passed away at the age of 37 in Elmendorf, Texas. During his career, he
played for the Louisville Colonels, the Detroit Tigers, the Pittsburgh Pirates,
the Chicago Orphans, the Philadelphia Athletics and the St. Louis Browns. He
was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946.
April 1, 1915 – Camp William Lee No. 338 met at the Conecuh
County Courthouse in Evergreen, Ala. to elect delegates to the National Reunion
in Richmond, Va. T.A. Jones was the camp’s adjutant, and G.R. Boulware was
commander.
April 1, 1916 – The quarterly meeting of Camp William Lee,
No. 338, of the United Confederate Veterans was scheduled to be held at the
Conecuh County Courthouse at 10 a.m. on this Saturday. Delegates were to be
elected to the General Reunion, which was to be held May 16-18 in Birmingham.
G.R. Boulware was commandant of the local camp, and M.B. Salter was sergeant
major.
April 1, 1917 - The home of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Richardson of
Lenox was the scene of a beautiful wedding on this Sunday at 10 o’clock a.m.
when Miss Willa Richardson became the bride of Mr. Grady Ward of Ollie.
April 1, 1918 - Camp Wm. Lee, No. 338, United Confederate
Veterans, was scheduled to meet in Evergreen on this day. A full attendance was
desired as matters of importance to all were to be discussed and acted on. J.T.
Fincher was the camp’s commander.
April 1, 1918 - The British Royal
Air Force (RAF) was formed as an amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC)
and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), becoming the first autonomous military
Air Force in the world.
April 1, 1918 - The Wilcox County Board of Education was
scheduled to meet on this Monday at 9 a.m.
April 1, 1919 – Camp Capt. William Lee was scheduled to meet
at the Conecuh County Courthouse in Evergreen, Ala. J.T. Fincher was the camp’s
commander.
April 1, 1924 – Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in
jail for high treason for his participation in the "Beer Hall
Putsch." However, he spent only nine months in jail, during which he wrote
“Mein Kampf.”
April 1-6, 1925 - Kennesaw Mountain Landis, baseball czar,
was scheduled to speak to the Montgomery post of the American Legion between
these dates. He was to be in the south on a tour of big league training camps
and was to speak in behalf of the legion endowment campaign while in
Montgomery.
April 1, 1926 – Science fiction and fantasy author Anne
McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Mass. She's best known for her Dragonriders of
Pern series, about Earth colonists on the planet of Pern living in a
medieval-ish society with genetically engineered dragons.
April 1, 1929 – Czech author Milan Kundera was born in Brno,
Czechoslovakia.
April 1, 1930 - Leo Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs broke the
altitude record for a catch by catching a baseball dropped from the Goodyear
blimp 800 feet over Los Angeles, Calif.
April 1, 1931 - Jackie Mitchell became the first female in
professional baseball when she signed with the Chattanooga Baseball Club.
April 1, 1932 – A “Fiddler’s Convention” was scheduled to be
held at the Evergreen (Ala.) City School Auditorium at 8 p.m., sponsored by the
Order of the Eastern Star.
April 1, 1933
– The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organized a one-day boycott
of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic
acts.
April 1, 1935 - The first radio tube to be made of metal was
announced.
April 1, 1936 – Major League Baseball pitcher Ron Perranoski
was born in Patterson, New Jersey.
April 1, 1937
– During the Spanish Civil War, Jaén, Spain was bombed by Nazi forces.
April 1, 1938 - The Baseball Hall of Fame opened in
Cooperstown, New York.
April 1, 1938 - Baseball claimed the attention of students
at Evergreen High School on this Friday afternoon thanks to two very
interesting games. The Senior II and Senior III girls won over the Senior I girls
by a score of 14 to 2. The Senior III boys won over the Senior II boys by a
score of 7 to 1.
April 1, 1939 – National Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro
was born in Blaine, Ohio. He would go on to play for the Milwaukee Braves, the
Atlanta Braves, the New York Yankees, the Cleveland Indians and the Toronto
Blue Jays. He was inducted into the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.
April 1, 1941 - The first contract for advertising on a
commercial FM radio station began on W71NY in New York City.
April 1, 1941 - Alabama author Lillian Hellman's play “Watch on the Rhine” opened on Broadway.
April 1, 1941
– A military coup in Iraq overthrew the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installed
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
April 1, 1941 – On this Tuesday, the Monroe County 4-H Club
girls and boys participated in one of the biggest Rally Days the County Council
of 4-H Clubs had ever sponsored. The Monroeville square was crowded with
clubsters by nine o’clock, each wearing green and white caps. As busloads continued
to pour into town, boys and girls began to fall in line for the 4-H Club
parade. By 9:30, the day’s activities were in full swing as the Monroe County
High School band led the parade around the square. Around 1,500 girls and boys
marched in the parade back of the huge banners which signified the club from
which they were a member.
April 1, 1944 – Major League Baseball right fielder,
designated hitter and first baseman Rusty Staub was born in New Orleans, La.
During his career, he played for the Houston Colt .45s, the Houston Astros, the
Montreal Expos, the New York Mets, the Detroit Tigers and the Texas Rangers.
April 1, 1947 – Novelist Francine Prose was born in
Brooklyn, N.Y.
April 1, 1947 - Effective on this day, B.L. Hendrix became
the new chief of police of Monroeville, replacing Charlie Sizemore, who had
held that place for about eight months. Chief Hendrix was a former mayor of
Monroeville and currently held the post of clerk of the town. During World War
II, Hendrix was connected with the Office of Price Administration for Monroe
County.
April 1, 1947 - On this Tuesday, Byron L. Hughes of Century,
Fla., took over the agency for Sherill Oil Co., dealer in Pure Oil products, in
Monroeville. Late that March, Hughes purchased the business from J.L. Reddoch.
Hughes expected to move his family to Monroeville in the very near future.
William Simmons also sold his interest in the Monroe Motor Co. to S.L. Martin
and Owen T. Ivey, the other two partners in the motor company. Simmons severed
his connection also on April 1.
April 1, 1948 – Major League Baseball first baseman and
outfielder Willie Montanez was born in Catano, Puerto Rico. He would go on to
play for the California Angels, the Philadelphia Phillies, the San Francisco
Giants, the Atlanta Braves, the New York Mets, the Texas Rangers, the San Diego
Padres, the Montreal Expos and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
April 1, 1963 - Workers of the International Typographical
Union ended their strike that had closed nine New York City newspapers. The
strike ended 114 days after it began on December 8, 1962.
April 1, 1965 – The winners of the Monroe County spelling
contest, which was held at Monroe County High School on this Thursday, were
Judy Huggins of Excel, fourth place; Janice Nettles, MCHS, first; Sandy Cline,
MCHS, second; and Jan Bush, Monroeville Elementary, third.
April 1, 1966 – In Evergreen High School’s “Green and White”
spring football game, the Greens beat the Whites, 19-14. Evergreen’s head coach
was Cliff Little, and Perry Outlaw was an assistant coach.
April 1, 1967 - Wolfe Ambulance Service, owned by Frank
Wolfe of Monroeville, began offering ambulance service to all of Conecuh
County, Ala. Cope Funeral Home stopped providing this service on this date.
April 1, 1969 - The final episode of "The Andy Griffith
Show" aired.
April 1, 1972 - The Major League Baseball Players
Association went on strike. The strike lasted 12 days and canceled 86 games.
April 1, 1973 – Talk show host and author Rachel Maddow was
born in Castro Valley, Calif.
April 1, 1976 – The Jayvilla Plantation Site in Conecuh
County, Ala. and the Bladon Springs Historic District in Choctaw County, Ala.
were added to Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
April 1, 1976 – Apple Computer was officially incorporated.
April 1, 1978 - Several hundred Conecuh Countians, mostly
students in county schools, were to take part in Super Walk 78 on this Saturday
to raise funds for the March of Dimes. Those funds were to be used in the
National Foundation’s fight against birth defects. The walkers were to meet at
Fort Dave Lewis National Guard Armory at eight o’clock on this Saturday
morning. After final instructions were given, the walkers were to get underway
as near nine o’clock as possible. The walk was to begin and end at the Armory
and was to cover 12 miles. Lunch was to be served at the Armory at the
conclusion of the walk. Awards and prizes were also be given to the walkers at
that time.
April 1, 1983 – Two donkey basketball games were scheduled
to be played at Evergreen High School’s Memorial Gymnasium on this Friday
night, starting at 7 p.m. Band members were to play students in the first game,
and teachers and community leaders were to get into action in the second
fun-filled “contest.’
April 1, 1990 – Susie Pittman, a resident of Evergreen
Nursing Home, celebrated her 106th birthday. She received a telegram from
President and Mrs. George Bush wishing her a Happy Birthday, and Willard Scott
of The Today Show on NBC wished her a Happy Birthday during his segment of the
show on April 2.
April 1, 1991 - Al and Gail Reymundo killed two big gobblers
early on this Monday morning. Gail’s turkey weighed 16-1/4 pounds and had an
8-1/2-inch beard. Al’s weighed 17 pounds, had a 9-1/2-inch beard and ¾-inch
spurs.
April 1, 1992 – The Monroe County Heritage Museum in
Monroeville, Ala. was officially incorporated and became an official part of
the county government.
April 1, 1994 – Episode No. 19 of “The X-Files” – entitled
“Shapes” – aired for the first time.
April 1, 1996 - U.S. President Bill Clinton threw out the
first ball preceding a game between the Kansas City Royals and the Baltimore
Orioles.
April 1, 1996 - Baseball umpire John McSherry died after
collapsing during a game between the Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos.
April 1, 1997 – Comet Hale-Bopp was seen passing over
perihelion.
April 1, 1999 - The 35th
Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force officially began operating in Monroe and
Conecuh counties in Alabama. Monroe County Sheriff Tom Tate said the purpose of
the Task Force was to combine the investigative resources of the participating
law enforcement agencies to create a single unit to fight drugs and
drug-related crime. Funding for the new unit came from a $237,000 federal grant
administered by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.
April 1, 2003 - The Castleberry Town Council approved a new
ordinance pertaining to property clean up in the town limits at their regular
meeting on this Tuesday night. The council approved the ordinance to give the
town more power to get citizens to clean up their property and maintain the
town’s looks.
April 1, 2005 - Alabama author Max Weatherly died in Fort
Walton Beach, Fla.
April 1, 2008 - The Pentagon made public a legal memo dated
March 14, 2003, that approved the use of harsh interrogation techniques against
terror suspects. The memo stated that President George W. Bush's wartime
authority trumped any international ban on torture.
April 1, 2010 – McKenzie High School in McKenzie, Ala. was
added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
April 1, 2014 – By proclamation of Mayor Pete Wolff, the
City of Evergreen officially became one of the first cities in Alabama to
become a “Purple Heart City” in honor of local Purple Heart recipients.
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