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On This Day in Confederate History, June 18.

1863: Confederate Brig. Gen. John C. Vaughn reports on the activities on his part of the line at the Siege of Vicksburg, Miss.: The usual sharpshooting along my line yesterday; considerable cannonading on the right during the early part of the day; also some artillery fire on my left about 11 a.m. Everything was unusually quiet last [night]. One killed in the Sixty-second Tennessee Regiment."

Pvt. W.P. Ward, Co. F, 40th Bn. Ga. Inf.

The battalion served in Barton's Brigade

in the Siege of Vicksburg.

(Liljenquist Collection, Library of Congress)

Unidentified Soldier of Co. D, 17th Va. Inf.

in Longstreet's Brigade.

(Liljenquist Collection, Library of Congress)

1864: At the Second Battle of Petersburg, Va., Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard gets more reinforcements with the arrival of the divisions of Maj. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw and Maj. Gen. Charles W. Field. The reinforcements now give Beauregard over 20,000 men. Lt. Gen. U.S. Grant also receives reinforcements and his numbers are now up to 67,000 men available. Maj. Gen. George Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac, tries another frontal assault and is repulsed. Beauregard's new defense line brings the Federal onslaught to a halt and Grant realizes it will take a siege to conquer Petersburg. The battle has cost the Federals 1,688 killed, 8,513 wounded, and 1,185 missing or captured for a total of 11,386. The Confederates lost 200 killed, 2,900 wounded, and 900 missing or captured.

Confederate General Birthdays, June 18.

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