11 March 2017

The Confederate Constitution

11 March 1861  


On this date in 1861...

The Confederate Congress unanimously adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America.  


Other Years:


  • 1824 - John C. Calhoun, U.S. Secretary of War, created the Bureau of Indian Affairs, within the War Department. Thomas McKenney was appointed its first commissioner.
  • 1861 - General Braxton Bragg assumed command of the Confederate forces in Florida.
  • 1862 - Confederate General Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson evacuated Winchester, Virginia.
  • 1897 - A meteorite entered the earth's atmosphere and exploded over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris caused damage but no injuries.
  • 1953 - A U.S. Air Force B-47 bomber accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb from 15,000 feet onto Mars Bluff, South Carolina. The bomb created a crater 75 feet across, but did not detonate due to its safety devices.
  • 1993 - Janet Reno of Florida was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the first female attorney general.


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