THIS WEEK IN DELAWARE
HISTORY
JUNE 1
1862: Brigadier General
James Pettigrew, of the Confererate Army , wounded and
captured during the battle
of Seven Pines at Richmond, was imprisoned at Fort
Delaware and later
paroled, was killed two weeks later, leading Heth's Division in
Pickett's charge at
Gettysburg.
1914: Dare Devil Oliver
and his wonder dog Uno appeared at the opening of New Castle's
Battery Park. Uno
would dive from 104 feet high into 54 inches of water.
1937: Quick marriages at
Elkton came to an end and 10000 heretofore marriages per
year were lost. New
legislation called for a wait of 48 hours.
1957: Vice President
Richard Nixon was in Selbyville at former Senator John Gillis
Townsend's 86 birthday
celebration.
JUNE 2
1864: Civil War Delaware
Regiments 1 & 4, during the battles of Cold Harbor and
Bethesda Church outside
Richmond, the 4th Regiment got the worst with 17 dead
and
wounded. Killed was
Adjutant Purnell Pettyjohn. The 3rd Regiment lost
Lieutentanrt
Richard Webb, three
enlisted men dead and eighteen wounded.
1920: The 19th
Amendment, woman suffrage, was not brought out of committee so
Delaware missed the
opportunity to become the 36th state to ratify it.
1943: Delaware's farmers
fields stood idle as they awaited fuel for tractors.
2002: Old St. Anne's
Episcopal Church in Middletown is 297 year old.
JUNE 3
1776: The Flying Camp of
Revolutionary Army Troops , commanded by Colonel Sam
Patterson, was formed at
Christiana with duty to protect the shores of Chesapeake and
Delaware Bays.
1896: The shoaling at
Lewes Breakwater required legislation to build a new
Breakwater
1918: The tanker Herbert
Pratt was hit by a U-boat off Capes Henlopen but reached
port with loss of one man.
38 crew were brought into Lewes.
1936: A new building for
Friends School, at Alapocas , near Wilmington, has been
started.
Abstract: Sussex
Countian, May 28, 2003, Roger Martin's History, by Harrison H.
2018.
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