Click 👉 TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) Nov. 28
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Nov. 28
1861: The State of Missouri is admitted to the Confederate States of America as the 13th state. Missouri Gov. Claiborne Fox Jackson was solid with the South. He died in exile on Dec. 6, 1862, in Little Rock, Arkansas.
1862: In the BATTLE OF CANE HILL, ARKANSAS, 2000 Confederates under General John Marmaduke held off 5000 Federals under General James G. Blunt for 15 hours in a rearguard action. The Southrons then made a successful withdrawal to Van Buren, Arkansas ending the Federal pursuit.
1864: Battle of Columbia, Tenn: Confederate General Stephen D. Lee's Corps of the Army of Tennessee demonstrate before the Federals dug in at the Duck River in Columbia, Tennessee while General Hood takes the rest of the army outflanks the Yankees army in an attempt to cut off its retreat at Spring Hill, Tennessee.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Nov. 2
Brigadier General Lawrence O'Brien Branch was born in 1828, in Enfield, North Carolina. Prior to the war, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the 34th, 35th, and 36th Congresses. In 1859, he challenged Rep. Galusha Grow after an argument on the House floor. However, both men were arrested before the duel could take place. Branch joined the Confederate Army in May 1861 and in September was elected colonel of the 33rd North Carolina Infantry. The North Carolinian was appointed brigadier general and led this brigade at the Battle of Hanover Courthouse, the Seven Days Battles, Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas, Chantilly, and Harper's Ferry. At the Battle of Sharpsburg, Md., he and his brigade arrived at the battle with A.P. Hill's Division in time to stop a Federal breakthrough. After the fighting stopped, while talking with other Confederate generals, he was hit in the head by a bullet from a Federal sharpshooter, which killed him instantly and mortally wounded Brig. Gen. Maxcy Gregg. Branch was buried in Raleigh, North Carolina at Old City Cemetery.
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