Today in History (general history)/ On This Day in Confederate History/ Confederate General Birthdays, Jan. 9.

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ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Jan. 9.

1861: The State of Mississippi's Secession Convention votes 85-15 to secede from the Union.

Federal transport The Star of the West bringing 250 reinforcements to the Federal garrison at Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina, is fired upon by a battery manned by South Carolina Military Academy (The Citadel) cadets and assisted by Charleston Zouave Cadets. The cadets were operating four, 24-pounders under the command of Maj. P.F. Stevens on Morris Island fired a shot across the bow of the steamer. It continued on and Fort Moultrie joined in the firing. After being fired upon and hit, the ship turned around and headed back to New York without reaching Fort Sumter. No one was injured and the garrison at Fort Sumter did not return fire. Negotiations with the Buchanan administration resumed.

Cadets from S.C. Military Academy fire

on the steamer Star of the West bringing

reinforcements for Fort Sumter.

Citadel Cadets of the South Carolina Military Academy

like these fired the first shot of the war.

1865: General Hood's Army of Tennessee arrives in Tupelo, Mississippi where it can regroup and recover from the defeat at the Battle of Nashville, Tenn. Lt. Gen Richard Taylor, commander of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana briefly in command of the Tennessee army after Gen. John Bell Hood resigned. Tupelo was an important refuge for Confederate armies throughout the war at Town Creek as well as a strategic railroad center and food growing area that soldiers considered "good duty." It usually had plenty of food for them to eat with kitchens to cook it and canvas tent flies for them to sleep under. Tupelo was also the site of the Battle of Tupelo on July 14, 15, 1864.

CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Jan. 9.

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