Click 👉TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) March 9.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, March 9.
1862: The Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia enters its second day. The Confederate ironclad C.S.S. Virginia and the Federal ironclad U.S.S. Monitor fight a titanic battle for about two hours but neither could score a knockout blow. In the two-day battle, the Confederates succeeded in destroying two major Federal warships, and two disabled by running aground. The Federals lost 261 men killed, and 108 wounded. The Confederate suffered seven killed and one wounded. Both ironclads had some minor damages. Both sides claimed victory but the scorecard of casualties indicates a clear Confederate win overall.
1863: Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner continues to receive reinforcements totaling about 16,000 at Port Hudson, the Confederate bastion on the Louisiana side of the Mississippi River, about 200 miles downstream. Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks' Federal Army of about 12,000 men, and Admiral David G. Farragut's Federal powerful fleet, continue to close in on the Confederate bastion.
1865: The Battle of Wyse Fork, North Carolina continues with skirmishing. This was one of the battles of the Carolinas Campaign. Maj. Gen. John M. Scofield and Maj. Gen. Jacob D. Cox were the Federate commanders and Gen. Braxton Bragg the Confederate commander. The Federals had 12,000 men and the Confederates had 8,500.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, March 9.
Brigadier General Felix Huston Robertson was born on this day in 1839 in Washington, Texas. He was the son of another Confederate General, Brigadier General Jerome Robertson, and the only native-born Texan to become a general. He attended Baylor University in Texas and then went to West Point in 1857 but left to join the Confederacy in 1861 as a second lieutenant in the artillery. He was promoted to captain in 1862 and to major later in 1862. In 1863 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and then to brigadier general in 1864in the cavalry. His battles included Fort Sumter, Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, the Atlanta Campaign, Saltville, and Buck Head Creek. Following the war, he became a lawyer in Texas, speculated in real estate, invested in railroads, and was active in the United Confederate Veterans. When he died on April 20, 1928, he was the last surviving Confederate general.
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