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ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Nov. 15
In 1861, USS San Jacinto with Confederate prisoners, Slidell and Masons, docks at Fort Monroe, Virginia. They are then transferred to Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. The diplomatic crisis deepened between the United States, Great Britain, and France.
In 1862, Confederate and Federal batteries engage in an artillery duel in Fayetteville, Virginia.
In 1863, General "Fighting Joe" Wheeler's Confederate cavalry unites the General Longstreet's forces for the Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee.
In 1864. Georgia State Militia fight with Federals around Atlanta while the bluecoats complete the destruction of the city prior to their "March to the Sea."
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Nov. 15
Major General Pierce Manning Butler Young, in 1836, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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