[FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR AUGUST 2

[Nick Wynne]

TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY
AUGUST 2
1799            A joint U.S.-Spanish survey of the U.S. southern border at 
the 31st parallel from the Mississippi River experienced a delay because of 
the heavy rains at its Chattahoochee River base camp.

1864            William Miller, the head of the Confederate Conscript 
Bureau in Alabama and Florida, was commissioned as a brigadier general 
today.  Miller had been seriously wounded while on duty with the 3rd 
Florida Infantry regiment.  He had also previously served with the 1st 
Florida Infantry Regiment.
                 The schooner, U.S.S. Stonewall, moved up the Manatee River 
and destroyed a saw mill, a grist mill, and a sugar mill that reportedly 
belonged to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.  No Federal casualties 
were reported.

1894            The Suwannee Democrat began publication.  The Democrat was 
the result of a merger between two pioneering newspapers in Live Oak.

1898            Spain notified the United States that it would accept the 
American ultimatum to end the Spanish-American War.  Negotiations began to 
finalize the terms of the peace accord.
                 General Garcia, leader of the Cuban forces, captured Mayuri.
                 American army units regarded as "immune" from Yellow Fever 
were ordered to Cuba for garrison duty.

1991            STS 43 was launched from Cape Canaveral.