Click 👉Today in History (general history) Oct. 12.
On This Day in Confederate History, Oct. 12.
1861: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomats John Murray Mason of Virginia and John Slidell of Louisiana to Europe to promote recognition of the Confederacy, successfully ran the blockade from Charleston, South Carolina in the steamer Gordon renamed the Theodora bound for Cuba en route to Europe.
1862: Stuart's Maryland/Pennsylvania Raid: Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and his Confederate cavalry, en route to Virginia after his successful raid into Pennsylvania, evaded the Federal cavalry under Brig. Gen. George Stoneman guarding the crossing of the Potomac River at Poolesville, Md., and crosses at White's Ford into Loudon County, Virginia. The Confederates then rode safely into Leesburg, Va. with their captured horses, supplies, and civilian hostages to be exchanged for Confederate civilians being held by the Federals. Stuart didn't lose a man or a horse in the raid.
1863: The Skirmish at Buckhorn Tavern, Alabama occurred on this day when Confederate Brig. Gen. Phillip D. Roddey's Alabama Cavalry Brigade intercepted Federal Brig. Gen. Robert Mitchell's Cavalry brigade in the darkness south of the town of New Market. The Confederates and Federals were close enough to see each other when their carbines flashed upon firing. However, neither side wanted to charge in the dark.
1864: Franklin, Tenn. Campapain: Units of Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee and Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Federal armies skirmished on this day near Kingston, LaFayette, Resaca, and Rome, Ga. Gen. Hood was maneuvering for the opportunity to attack an isolated portion of Sherman's massively larger armies, which included the armies of Tennessee, Cumberland, and Ohio.
Confederate General Birthdays, Oct. 12.
Lieutenant General William Joseph Hardee was born on this day in Camden County, Georgia. Gen. Hardee graduated from West Point in 1838 26th in a class of 45 cadets. In the Mexican-American War, he won two brevet promotions. He also wrote the infantry manual in 1855 that was used by both sides in the War for Southern Independence. During the war, he led a corps that led the attack at Shiloh on April 6, 1862, and was wounded in that battle. He went on to lead his corps in battles at Perryville, Ky., Murfreesboro, Tenn., Third Chattanooga, Tenn. Peachtree Creek, Atlanta in Ga., and Averasborough and Bentonville in N.C. His 16-year-old son Willie was tragically mortally wounded at Bentonville. After the war, Hardee and his family settled in Selma Alabama where he was president of the Selma and Meridian Railroad. He died on Nov. 6, 1863, in Selma and is buried there at Live Oak Cemetery.
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