Oct. 9, 1861

Oct. 9, 1861: Santa Rosa Island, Pensacola Bay, Florida - Gen. Richard H. Anderson of the Confederate Army, with a few regiments, assaults the Federal shore batteries on this island guarding the approaches to Ft. Pickens, now in Union hands. Reinforcements from Fort Pickens arrive and drive off the Confederate attack, and Pensacola remains in Federal hands.