Click 👉TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) March 10.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, March 10.
1863: Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner, commander at Port Hudson, La., reports that he has received intelligence that a lieutenant of the U.S.S. Essex has been arrested for treason. He also reports, "My advance pickets have been driven in."
1864: Brig. Gen. Alfred Mouton's Louisiana Infantry Brigade arrives in Lecompte, Louisiana as the Federal Army of the Gulf under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks prepares to push up the Red River, and Maj. Gen. A.J. Smith is pushing down from Vicksburg, Mississippi to reinforce Banks for the Red River Campaign.
1865: Battle of Wyse Fork, N.C.: General Braxton Bragg moves his Confederate forces away from Kinston, North Carolina, and plans to link up with General Joseph E. Johnston to try to stop Sherman's bummers from advancing further into North Carolina after ravaging South Carolina.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, March 10.
Major General Thomas James Churchill was born on this day in 1824 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. He gained military experience in the Mexican American War as a first lieutenant in the 1st Kentucky Cavalry. Churchill was made a P.O.W. by the Mexicans until near the close of the war. After the war, he moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, and married the daughter of a U.S. Senator. He was appointed a postmaster by President James Buchanan in 1858 and served in that capacity until 1861 when became the colonel of the 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles. Churchill was promoted to brigadier general in 1862 and later to major general. His battles included the battles of Wilson Creek, Elk Horn Tavern, Richmond, Ky., Arkansas Post, where he was captured, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry. After the war, he served as Treasurer of Arkansas, Governor of Arkansas, and died May 14, 1905, in Little Rock and was buried there in Mount Holly Cemetery.
Brigadier General Robert Lowry was born on this day in 1829 in Chesterfield District, South Carolina. Lowry was raised in Mississippi and was a prewar lawyer and member of the state legislature. With the coming of war in 1861, Lowry was elected the major of the 6th Mississippi Infantry. He then became colonel of the regiment, and given a brigade command while still a colonel. He was finally promoted to brigadier general in February 1865. Lowry's battles included Shiloh, Corinth, Port Gibson, Magnolia Church, the Atlanta campaign, Franklin, and Nashville. He finished the war in North Carolina. Following the war, Lowry resumed his law career and was active in Mississippi state politics. He died January 19, 1910, and was buried in the cemetery in Brandon, Mississippi.
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