24 September 1864
#KnowSouthernHistory
On this date in 1864 - Federal armies begin a campaign to burn all crops and civilian property in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
Other Years:
1862 - Federal General W.T. Sherman ordered his subordinates to destroy every house in Randolph, Tennessee in retaliation for Confederate fire upon supply boats.
1883– The first National Black Convention met in Louisville, Kentucky.
1935 - Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produced the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi.
2005 - Hurricane Rita made landfall on the Gulf Coast, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana, while causing severe damage as far north as Arkansas.
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