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ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Nov. 18
1861: The Provisional Confederate Congress opens its fifth session in the capital of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia. In Russellville, Kentucky, a group forms a secession convention and voted to secede from the Union. They also elected a Confederate governor of the state.
1862: Fredericksburg Campaign: Burnside's Federals arrive a Falmouth, Virginia across from Fredericksburg, and begin skirmishing with Confederates.
1864: President Davis orders General Howell Cobb to mobilize the Georgia militia to oppose Sherman's rampage across Georgia. Also opposing Sherman's "scorched earth" policy was Lt. Gen. William Hardee, commanding the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and Maj. Gen. Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler commanded the cavalry in the department, but both had neither the manpower nor firepower to stop Sherman's bummers.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS
Brigadier General Jesse Johnson Finley, in 1812, at Lebanon, Tennessee. His brigade included all the Florida infantry in the Army of Tennessee. His brigade fought well in the rear guard of the Confederate retreat from Missionary Ridge. It also saw heavy fights in the Atlanta Campaign. Finley was wounded twice in battle. After the war, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives. He died Nov. 6, 1904, in Lake City, Florida, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Gainesville, Florida.
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