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ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Dec. 10
1861: The Confederate Congress admits Kentucky to the Confederacy as the 13th State. Both President Davis and President Lincoln are native-born Kentuckians. George W. Johnson was the first Confederate governor of Kentucky and was the one who applied to President Jefferson Davis for his state's admission to the Confederacy. He served as a volunteer aide to Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge at the Battle of Shiloh. He was then sworn in as a private in the 4th Kentucky Infantry and fought on the second day of the battle and was mortally wounded and captured. He died in captivity on April 8, 1862, and his body was shipped to Georgetown, Ky. where he was buried.
1862: Port Royal, Virginia is bombarded by Federal gunboats. The Federals were responding to the Confederate shore batteries that bombarded them.
1864: Confederate Lt. Gen. William Hardee, commander at Savannah, Georgia, floods rice fields to narrow the avenues of attack by the Federals. Sherman's bummers arrive outside the city. Hardee has 18,000 men to defend the city and Sherman has 60,000. The scene was set for the Battle of Fort McAllister, Ga. three days later.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Dec. 10
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