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ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Jan. 14.

1861: Fort Pike, which guards the Rigolets pass, which leads to Lake Borgne and the Gulf of Mexico, near New Orleans, Louisiana, is occupied by the Continental Guards, Co. B, Continental Reg't. La. Militia. Wearing tricorn hats was popular with some state militias and volunteer companies, both in the North and South, reminiscent of their Revolutionary War grandfathers. 

Some militia companies wore

uniforms inspired by the Revolutionary

War Continental Army uniforms. Pvt.

Albert B. Martin of the 3rd Co., 

Washington Artillery of New Orleans

 is wearing a tri-corn hat.

1862: Three general officers were made on this day by President Jefferson Davis, including John Clifford Pemberton to Major General, John Ring Jackson, and George Edward Pickett, all brigadier generals.

1863: The CSS J.A. Cotton, commanded by Captain Emelius Woods Fuller, battled four Federal gunboats, the Calhoun, Diana, Estrella, and the Kinsman, as well as troops under Brig. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel in Bayou Teche, La. near Brashear City (modern-day Morgan City). Outgunned, the Cotton battles the enemy valiantly on the river while the bluecoats and Southern infantry in trenches battle onshore. The fight would continue into the next day.

1865: In Tupelo, Mississippi, General P.G.T. Beauregard takes temporary command of the Army of Tennessee. Later Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor assumes command of the legendary Confederate Army and then Gen. Joseph E. Johnston is put in command for the remaining days of the war.

CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Jan. 14.

Brigadier General John Bullock Clark Jr. was born on this day in 1831 in Fayette, Missouri. He practiced law in Fayette until 1861 when he joined the Confederate Army as a lieutenant and was promoted successively to captain and major in the 6th Missouri Infantry. He fought in the battles of Springfield and Carthage, Mo., and was promoted to colonel and commanded a brigade at the Battle of Elk Horn Tavern, Ark. Clark was promoted to brigadier general on March 6, 1864, and fought in Price's Raid of 1864. After the war, Clark returned to practicing law in Fayette and was then elected to the U.S. Congress where he served for 10 years. He then worked as the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and remained in Washington D.C. until his death on Sept. 7. 1903. He was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Clark, Mo. which was named in his honor.

Brig. Gen. John B. Clark

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