Click 👉 TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) Jan. 3.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Jan. 3.
1861: Georgia Gov. Joseph E. Brown ordered on Jan. 2 to seize control of Fort Pulaski. The next day, Jan. 3, Georgia State Troops under Colonel Alexander R. Lawton execute the governor's order. There were no Federal troops to resist. Colonel Charles H. Olmstead becomes the Confederate commander of the fort.
1862: Romney, Va. Campaign: General Stonewall Jackson begins his winter campaign from Winchester, Va. to destroy the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. He had 9,000 men and was hit by a severe winter storm that hampered the campaign.
1863: Boomerang Bragg: In spite of holding his position after the Battle of Murfreesboro, General Braxton Bragg decides to move away, in spite of his believing he had won the battle. This has become a pattern with Bragg, and it costs him the respect of much of his command.
1864: The Battle of Jonesville, Va. took place in and around the Cumberland Gap when Brig. Gen. William E. "Grumble" Jones with the 8th, 21st, 27th, and 37th Virginia battalions rode toward the town. Meanwhile, the 64th Virginia and the 10th Kentucky, which were camped nearby, attacked the 16th Illinois Cavalry under Major Charles H. Beeres. The battle started early in the morning and continued through the day and when the Confederates captured the enemy artillery, the Federals surrendered. Jones with his brigade then arrived and captured almost all the enemy forces. Besides the bluecoat troopers, the Confederates also captured three artillery pieces of the 22nd Ohio Battery and 27 wagons. The battle gives the Confederates control of Lee County until the end of the war. Federal casualties were 12 killed, 48 wounded, and 350 captured. The Confederates lost 4 killed and 12 wounded.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Jan. 3.
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