Today:
Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 75. Light southwest wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight:
Increasing clouds, with a low around 62. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light west in the evening.
Highs are expected to gradually remain in the 70s over the course of the week, with morning clouds giving way to afternoon sun.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
1780 Charleston, South Carolina falls to British forces.
1863 With a victory at the Battle of Raymond, Mississippi, Union General Ulysses S. Grant closes in on Vicksburg.
1864 Union General Benjamin Butler attacks Drewry’s Bluff on the James River.