Click 👉TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) March 5.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, March 5.
1862: SHILOH CAMPAIGN: General P.G.T. Beauregard at Jackson, Tennessee is put in charge of Confederate defenses in the Mississippi Valley as he concentrates all available reinforcements at Corinth, Mississippi. General A.S. Johnston is still in overall command. Meanwhile, Federal armies under command of Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant concentrates at Savannah, Tennessee, Crump's Landing, and Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. Confederates countered by sending the 18th Louisiana Infantry to keep an eye on Federal movements and the Louisianians drive off the first Federal landing attempt at Pittsburg Landing on March 1.
1864: The Confederate government ordered all ships to provide half of their cargo space for government shipments when needed. The order is intended to reduce profiteering and improve to address shortages in the Confederacy.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, March 5.
Brig. Gen. John Dunovant was born on this day in 1825 in Chester, South Carolina. He had gained military experience in the Mexican American War as a sergeant in the Palmetto Regiment and was wounded at the Battle of Chapultepec. Dunovant was commissioned a captain in 1855 in the U.S. Army. He resigned on Dec. 29, 1860, after South Carolina's secession from the Union. Initially a major in the South Carolina militia, he was at Fort Moultrie during the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Dunovant was promoted to colonel on July 28, 1863, and given command of the 5th South Carolina Cavalry. He was promoted to brigadier general in August 1864. His battles included Fort Sumter, Drewry's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Trevillian Station, and Peebles' Farm. He was killed in action on Oct. 1, 1864, while leading a cavalry charge during the Battle of Vaughan Road, Va. Dunovant was buried in the Dunovant Family Cemetery near Chester, South Carolina. He was one of two Confederate cavalry generals killed during the Siege of Petersburg.
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