Today in History (general history)/ On This Day in Confederate History/ Confederate General Birthdays, Jan. 7.

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ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Jan. 7.

1861: Louisiana Secession: Louisianians go to the polls and elect a majority of pro-secession delegates to the Louisiana Secession Convention, which is to convene on Jan. 23, 1861. Elected were 80 secessionists, 44 co-operationists (meaning cooperating with other Southern states in secession), and six "doubtful" delegates.

Seizure of Fort Marion, Fla.: Florida state militia seizes Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. The seizure was carried out peacefully and with no violence. Only one Federal sergeant was on duty. About 125 Florida militiamen took part in the seizure.

Confederate soldier with musket, pistol, and secession

badge and ribbon. (Library of Congress)

1862: Romney Expedition, Va.:Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson runs into a blinding snowstorm during his campaign for Romney, W. Va. while the advance guard of his army was repelled by a Federal force at Blue's Gap. The historical marker at the site reads: "Confederate troops under Captain George F. Sheets were defeated by Colonel S. H. Dunning's 5th Ohio Infantry here, Jan. 7, 1862. North River Bridge and a number of buildings were burned by the Federals."

CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Jan. 7.

Brigadier General Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell was born on this day in 1821 in Wilkes County, Georgia. He was a pre-war Georgia politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives and for two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. He resigned from Congress in 1861 and organized the 7th Georgia Infantry and was then elected to the Confederate Congress. In 1864 he was appointed a brigadier general in the Confederate Army. Following the war, he served in the Georgia constitutional convention in 1877. He also ran for governor in 1882 but was beaten by Alexander Stephens. Gartrell died April 7, 1891, in Atlanta, Ga., and is buried in Oakland Cemetery there.

Brig. Gen. Lucius J. Gartrell

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Brigadier General James Morrison Hawes was born on this day in 1824 in Lexington, Kentucky. He graduated from West Point in 1845 and served as a second lieutenant of dragoons and fought in the Mexican American War in the Siege of Veracruz, the battles of Contreras, Churubusco, and Molino del Rey. He achieved the rank of first lieutenant in the war. He resigned in 1861 to first serve as a captain in the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry. He was promoted to colonel of the regiment but then resigned for a commission as major in the regular Confederate Army. Promoted to brigadier general, Hawes fought at the Battle of Shiloh, the Battle of Milliken's Bend, and the Battle of Young's Point, and served in Mobile, Alabama, and at the end of the war was in Galveston, Texas. After the war, he lived in Covington, Ky., and became a hardware merchant. Hawes died on Nov. 22, 1889, at his home.

Brig. Gen. James M. Hawes

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