On May 11th in US History
Part II
On May 11th in 1862 The Confederates scuttled the CSS Virginia off Norfolk, Virginia.
On May 11th in 1864 Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart was mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern.
On May 11th in 1866 Confederate President Jefferson Davis became a free man after spending two years in prison for his role in the American Civil War.
On May 11th in 1894 Workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company in Illinois went on strike. The American Railway Union, led by Eugene Debs, subsequently began a boycott of Pullman that blocked freight traffic in and out of Chicago. Pullman had cut wages due to the recession but left high rents in his company town. Mail cars were coupled to Pullman cars and President Cleveland ordered federal troops onto the trains to insure the delivery of mail. 34 union workers were killed when federal troops intervened.
On May 11th in 1910 Glacier National Park in Montana was established.
On May 11th in 1935 The US Rural Electrification Administration was established.
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