Click 👉TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) March 11.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, March 11.
1861: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted on this day in Montgomery, Alabama. It is the supreme law of the new Southern Republic. The document is basically a reform of and improvement of the United States Constitution. The Confederate Constitution recognizes each state is sovereign and independent in character and specifically invokes the favor and guidance of "Almighty God."
1862: President Jefferson Davis refuses to accept the reports of generals Gideon Pillow and John Floyd, who abandoned Fort Donelson and left the surrender to General Simon B. Buckner. Both Pillow and Floyd are removed from their commands.
1863: Vicksburg Campaign: After six days of bombardment, Federal forces under Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant fails to take Fort Pemberton on the Yalobusha River near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Confederate Maj. Gen. W.W. Loring is in command of the fort.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, March 11.
Brigadier General William Ruffin Cox was born on this day in 1832 in Halifax County, North Carolina. His family moved to Nashville, Tenn. when he was 4 where he was raised. Cox practiced law in Tennessee until 1857 and moved back to North Carolina where owned a plantation. In 1861 he raised and outfitted the Ellis Artillery Company and became a major in the 2nd N.C. Inf. Reg't. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1862, to colonel in 1862, and to brigadier general in 1864. Cox was distinguished in the battle for his personal valor and survived 11 wounds during the war. His battles included Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Valley Campaign of 1865, Siege of Petersburg, and Appomattox Campaign. Following the war, he resumed practicing the law in Raleigh, was involved in politics, served as a Superior Court Judge and three terms in the U.S. Congress, and later the Secretary of the U.S. Senate, an appointed position. Cox retired to his plantation in Edgecomb County where he died on Dec. 26, 1919, and was buried in Historic Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh.
Brigadier General Allison Nelson was born on this day in 1822 in Fulton County, Georgia. Prior to the war he served as mayor of Atlanta Georgia and then moved to Meridian, Texas, served in the Mexican-American War, then as a brigadier general in the filibuster expedition of General Narciso Lopez in Cuba in the 1850s. Nelson was elected to the Texas state legislature in 1860. During the War for Southern Independence, Nelson organized the 10th Texas Infantry Regiment as a colonel and was promoted to brigadier general. But he contracted typhus and died October 7, 1862, at Camp Nelson, Arkansas. Nelson was buried in Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Brigadier General John Wilkins Whitfield was born on this day in 1818 in Franklin, Tennessee. Before the war, he served as a lieutenant colonel in the Mexican-American War represented the Territory of Kansas in the U.S. Congress from 1854 to 1856, and was involved in controversies related to Kansas. During the War for Southern Independence, he served as a captain in the 27th Texas Cavalry Regiment and was promoted to colonel, then a brigadier general, and led Whitfield's Brigade. His battles included Elk Horn Tavern, Iuka, where he was severely wounded, and the Vicksburg Campaign. Following the war, he was a rancher and farmer in Lavaca County, Texas, and was a state representative. Whitfield died Oct. 27, 1879, in Hallettsville, Texas, and was buried there in the city cemetery.
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