Today in History (general history)/ On This Day in Confederate History/ Confederate General Birthdays, Jan. 26.

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ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Jan. 26.

1861: On the fourth day of the Louisiana Secession Convention, the State of Louisiana seceded from the Union and became an independent republic. With this action, Louisiana brought to the soon-to-be Confederate States of America the largest city in the South, New Orleans, the largest port in the South, the largest manufacturing city in the South, and control of the mouth of the Mississippi River. It also brought to the Confederate Army one of its ablest generals, P.G.T. Beauregard. The convention voted 113 to 17 in favor of the Ordinance of Secession. Convention President Alexandre Mouton pronounced the connection between Louisiana and the United States dissolved and declared Louisiana "a free, sovereign, and independent power." The president then had a beautiful Pelican flag unfurled at his table. Around the state, the news was greeted with ringing church bells and volleys fired by the state militia.

Louisiana Secession Flag

Louisiana Ordinance of Secession

 

Also, on this day in 1861, the Georgia State Militia took possession of Oglethorpe Barracks and Fort Jackson in Savannah. Oglethorpe Barracks was built in the 1820s and Fort James Jackson was constructed between 1808 and 1812. The fort was shelled by Federal blockade warships in 1862 and was held until 1864 until the Federal overran it in December 1864. Oglethorpe Barracks was taken when the Confederate Army retreated from Savannah in that same month.

Three Georgia Confederates

1865: Confederate troops skirmish with Federals near Pocotaligo, South Carolina as Sherman's Federals burn their way across the state which they particularly hate the most. Pocotaligo was an important depot on the Charleston and Savannah Railway and for a short time General Robert E. Lee in 1862 served in the state to protect the railway. 

CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Jan. 26.

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