THIS DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THE SUNSHINE STATE (Post appears one day before the actual date) MARCH 29 1856 Companies E and G of the 2nd United States Artillery fought an engagement with Seminole warrior today near Chocoliska (sp?). The U.S. Army contingent was led by Captain Arnold Elzey. Two enlisted men were killed and one wounded. Seminole casualties were not known. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Elzey and cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/856XAA.pdf 1862 Federal officers in Jacksonville sent five companies of soldiers to investigate a report that a large force of Confederates are in the vicinity of Three Mile Creek. The Union soldiers determined that a force of nearly 100 Confederates had been the area earlier today, but had since left. 1863 Federal army and naval forces evacuated Jacksonville today. As they evacuated, Union soldiers set fire to much of the town. See floridamemory/blog/2013/03/21/florida-and-the-civil-war-march-1863/ 1891 The Florida State Board of Health published its first report today. The Board lists the establishment of quarantine stations at Tampa and Pensacola as its primary activities. 1927 H. O. Seagrave became the first person to drive a car faster than 200 miles-per-hour today at Daytona Beach. See news.google/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19270402&id=YF1PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lkwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7009,1842471 1953 Tragedy struck Largo today when the Littlefield Nursing Home burned and some thirty-three persons died. See tampabay/news/humaninterest/recalling-a-countys-tragedy-55-years-later/435274
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