Click 👉 TODAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY (general history) Jan. 28.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Jan. 28.
1861: Fort Macomb, La. near New Orleans was seized on this day in 1861 by the 1st Louisiana Regiment of the state militia. It guarded one of the routes, Chef Menteur Pass, to Lake Pontchartrain, which borders New Orleans. The fort was built in 1822 and was first named Fort Chef Menteur but later changed to Fort Macomb. The Federals took control of the fort in 1862 when they invaded Louisiana.
1864: Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk took command of the Dept. of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana on the day in 1864. Polk had previously been given command of just the Department of Mississippi previously, Dec. 23, 1863, but when left the department to take command of the Army of Tennessee, Davis expanded the department to include Alabama.
1865: Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens, Senator Robert M.T. Hunter, and Assistant Secretary of War John A. Campbell are appointed by President Davis to represent the Confederacy at peace talks with the Lincoln administration.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Jan. 28.
Major General Thomas Carmichael Hindman, in 1828, Knoxville, Tennessee. He had some prewar experience with the 2nd Mississippi Regiment in the Mexican American War as a lieutenant and captain. Following that war, Hindman practiced law in Ripley and was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1854 to 1856. He then moved to Helena, Arkansas where he practiced law with future Confederate general Patrick R. Cleburne. Hindman was elected to the U.S. Congress and resigned because of the war and Arkansas secession, which he supported. During the War for Southern Independence, Hindman joined the Confederate Army and organized the 2nd Arkansas Infantry. He was commissioned a brigadier general on Sept. 28, 1861, and commanded a brigade at the Battle of Shiloh and was injured when his horse fell on him on April 6, 1862. He was promoted to major general on April 14, 1862. Hindman then commanded a corps at Corinth, Miss. before being made the commander of the Trans-Mississippi Department. His other battles included the Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., the Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., where he was again wounded, the Battle of Chattanooga, Tenn., the Atlanta Campaign during which he was wounded again in the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. He was disabled for the rest of the war and moved to Mexico after it was over. Hindman returned to Arkansas to practice law but was assassinated on Sept. 27, 1868, by unknown assassins and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Helena.
Brigadier General Henry Brevard Davidson was born on this day in 1831 in Shelbyville, Tennessee. He served in the Mexican American War as a private in the 1st Tennessee Infantry and was decorated for gallantry at the Battle of Monterrey. Promoted to sergeant, he was discharged in May 1847. His service earned him an appointment to West Point where he graduated in 1853, 33rd in his class. During his U.S. Army service, he served on the frontier and rose to captain by 1861. Davidson resigned and joined the Confederate Army as a captain and was given several staff assignments and received a promotion to colonel. He was captured at Island No. 10 in the Miss. River, April 7, 1862. After being exchanged, he was given command at Staunton, Va. Davidson was promoted to brigadier general in August 1863, and given command of a cavalry command, and fought at the Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., the Atlanta Campaign, and the Valley Campaigns of 1864 in Va. Davidson surrendered with Gen. J.E. Johnston in North Carolina and paroled May 1, 1865. Following the war, he moved to New Orleans, La. and was employed as a deputy sheriff. He moved to San Pedro, Calif. in 1868 and served in a variety of government jobs and as a railroad agent. Davidson died March 4, 1899, in Livermore, Calif. and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, Calif.
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