29 February 1836
On this date in 1836...
Chief Osceola’s force of 1,500 Seminole warriors mounted a major attack on the stockade of General Edmund Gaines on the Withlacoochee River in Florida. Many men on both sides are wounded during the attack.
Other Years:
- 1912 - South Carolina increased the minimum age for factory, mill, and mine workers to fourteen.
- 1892 - The city of St. Petersburg, Florida was incorporated.
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