Click 👉TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) Jan. 25.
THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Jan. 25.
1861: On the 3rd day of the Louisiana Secession Convention, Charles Bienvenu introduced a resolution that would require the voters to approve an Ordinance of Secession from the Union. The proposal is defeated on an 84-43 vote. Also, that day former South Carolina Gov. John L. Manning and former Alabama Gov. John A. Winston spoke to the convention and proposed the rapid formation of a Southern Confederacy. Winston says the Confederacy will be the greatest nation on earth within two years.
1864: Federal bombardment of Fort Sumter has been continuing since 12 Aug. 1863. The Charleston Courier reported there was only one casualty, Private Westbury of 11th S.C. Volunteers who "accidentally discharged his own gun, the ball from the gun entering his head and taking off a part of his skull."
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Jan. 25.
Brigadier General Xavier Debray was born on this day in 1816, in Espinal, France. Debray reportedly attended École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr [A French Military Academy established in 1802]. He was also in the French diplomatic service. Debray came to the U.S. in 1848 and joined the U.S. Army in the 2nd Dragoons. After his service, he moved to Texas in 1852 and became a naturalized citizen in 1855 and a newspaper publisher in San Antonio. He also started a military academy and was a translator for the General Land Office. When war erupted in 1861, Debray raised a regiment of cavalry, the 26th Texas, and took part in the Battle of Galveston, on Jan. 1, 1863. During the Red River Campaign of 1864, Debray led the 26th Texas Cavalry at the Battle of Mansfield on April 8, 1864, and the Battle of Pleasant Hill on April 9, 1864, as a colonel, and was put in command of his cavalry brigade. Department commander Gen. E. Kirby Smith promoted him to brigadier general on April 13, 1864, but his appointment was never confirmed by President Jefferson Davis. After the war, he lived in Houston, Galveston, and San Antonio where he became a translator for the Texas General Office. Debray died on Jan. 6, 1895, and is buried in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin.
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