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On this day in 1864, the 14th U.S. Colored Troops, mostly former slaves, fought off a Confederate cavalry attack near Dalton. It was the first time that Black soldiers fought in the Civil War in Georgia. Confederates strongly opposed Blacks serving in combat. If they could meet the test of courage in battle, as Georgia’s Howell Cobb said, “our whole theory of slavery is wrong.” In the final days of the war, in desperation, the Confederate Congress authorized arming slaves, but none saw combat. However, nearly 200,000 African-Americans fought for the U.S. Armed Forces during the war. Learn more about the first Black soldiers to fight in Georgia during the Civil War and Today in Georgia History at =AT1ypoiPp2k9fHmnOv7sNiE8sWuYOJvYQ5UuNcZqCA7dkjfZgmaQ7LsfKhNMALczDhuwa9kGSIXL7ra2YSYdNp12TJw44yLPLQoJSM10Q-LfsrjN5nFfdoPRG0wJRMUfmHtoZb9-nCrd-2OWWtgtVeDiu4xY6IPJ3E8xfZbBM8MDjcoNWFPQBgaNRGkmF7drt9Gmo3ECybCzc5aMLgrDTUmEcJOuotL1V-i6nW5VFINlqaTgTzAze1mvtxlobW2nECmErBU"]https://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/.../first-black.../. 

Pettigrew lost 2,700 men (62 percent) and Trimble 885 (52 percent).

https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2013/06/8th_ohio_volunteer_infantry_wa.html

These men were intercepted by the 8th Ohio volunteers who were actually a couple hundred yds in front of the main Union lines. The 8th Ohio were isolated for two days in the center of the battlefield, their enfilade into Pickett's Charge sent two Confederate brigades streaming toward the rear. On the second day of the battle, Col. Franklin Sawyer, in command of the 8th Ohio, had been ordered by Col. William Carroll to dislodge a unit of Confederate sharpshooters from a ridge behind the Emmitsburg Road, about 600 yards ahead of the main Union line on Cemetery Ridge.

  13,000 Confederates came marching toward Cemetery Ridge, with Col. J.M. Brockenbrough's brigade of Virginians at the extreme left of the advance -- directly in front of the 8th Ohio. At this time, Sawyer and his men numbered no more than 250, probably less than 220.

TNT (Trinitrotoluene) was invented in 1863 by German chemist Julius Wilbrand. Initially, it was used as a yellow dye, and its potential as an explosive wasn't recognized until 1891 by Carl Häussermann.

Oooof.  Can't help but wonder how THAT "discovery" went down...?

1691 Yorktown, Virginia founded

1777 American militiamen defeat British forces at the Battle of Bennington near Vermont, during the American Revolutionary War

1780 British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, South Carolina

1812 General Hull surrenders Detroit and Michigan Territory to British forces under the command of Major General Sir Isaac Brock, who captures Fort Detroit with the help of Indigenous warriors led by Tecumseh

1888 John Pemberton,American pharmacist (inventor of Coca-Cola), dies of stomach cancer at 57,not a good product endorsement

1914 Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa overrun Mexico

1920 Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman is hit in the head by NY Yankees pitcher Carl Mays and dies the next day in the only MLB game-related fatality

1938 Robert Johnson,American blues singer-songwriter, and guitarist (King of Delta Blues Singers), poisoned at 27

1948 Babe Ruth, New York Yankee Hall of Fame slugger dies of cancer at 53

1956 Bela Lugosi, Austrian actor - Dracula, dies of a heart attack at 73

1962 Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as the Beatles' drummer, with the first official concert two days later

1964 St. Louis Cardinals center fielder Curt Flood gets eight straight hits in a doubleheader split against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium

1965 The American Football League's ninth franchise is officially awarded(Miami Dolphins) to Joe Robbie and television star Danny Thomas

1977 Elvis Presley, American King of Rock and Roll, dies at Graceland at 42, with the official cause of death being cardiac arrhythmia

1981 Highest score in World Cup soccer match (Australia-31, American Samoa-0)

1988 IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence

2003 Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator who killed an estimated 100,000 to 500,000 people, dies of kidney failure aged between 75-80

2018 Aretha Franklin known as "The Queen of Soul", dies of pancreatic cancer at 76

2023 The Northwest Territories in Canada declare a state of emergency due to wildfires and order an evacuation of the city of Yellowknife, affecting 22,000 people

So the Sultan of Swat, The King Of Rock & Roll, The Queen of Soul, the Inventor of Coca-Cola and the only player killed in a MLB game all checked out on the 16th of August, Tough date for the good old USA

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Miles Davis's Kind of Blue Is Released (1959)
Recorded in just two sessions in the spring of 1959, Miles Davis's Kind of Blue is widely considered to be one of the most important jazz albums ever produced. Davis assembled a group of talented musicians—including saxophonist John Coltrane and pianist Bill Evans—and gave them minimal instructions before recording. Possibly the best-selling jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue