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Events

• 1861 – Civil War: State troops seized Fort Marion at St. Augustine. Adam Slemmer meets with the command of the Navy Yard as to what action should be taken in case local citizens and/or militia try to take possession of the Yard, or any of the forts.
• 1862 – Union troops at Fort Pickens bombard the Confederate-held Fort Barrancas with cannon fire.
• 1977 – Joe Mooney begins his service as the first Escambia County Administrator.

Births

• 1861 – Charles Henry Bliss
• 1870 – Henry Clay Armstrong
• 1872 – Max L. Bear
• 1894 - Guy Spearman

Deaths

• 1925 — John Sunday