Good morning, Whitewater.
We have a lovely day ahead: sunny, with a high of sixty-seven, and southwest winds of ten to fifteen mph.
On this day in 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano explodes, killing dozens.
1863 – (Civil War) Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, Begins
After nearly three weeks spent encircling Vicksburg, Mississippi, Union forces had bottled up their enemy inside the city and prepared to attack it. Seventeen different Wisconsin regiments were involved in the assault that began the next day (8th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th and 33rd Wisconsin Infantry regiments and the 1st, 6th and 12th Wisconsin Light Artillery batteries as well as the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry).