Click 👉TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) APRIL 3.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, April 3.
1861: Confederate batteries fired on the schooner Rhoda H. Shannon in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The ship was not seriously damaged.
1862: Shiloh Campaign: The newly organized Army of the Mississippi of Gen. A.S. Johnston had little march discipline and made too much noise on its way to Shiloh. On this day the rain greatly hampered the march and there were several skirmishes along the way. The noise included the beating of drums and soldiers firing their weapons. There was also much confusion in the line of march causing traffic jams.
1864: Red River Campaign: Confederate pickets are driven by Brig. Gen. Albert Lee's Federal cavalry at Grand Ecore, La., but he retreats when he sees the Army of Western Louisiana infantry drawn up in line of battle. The addition of Brig. Gen. Thomas Green's Texas/Louisiana Cavalry Division added mobility and aggressiveness to Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor's army.
1865: Appomattox Campaign: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet arrive in Danville, Va. after evacuating Richmond the day before. The president brought with him the Confederate Treasury and archives.
Battle of Tuscaloosa: Also, on this day Federal troops enter Richmond, Va., and Lt. Gen. N.B. Forrest skirmishes with Croxton's Raiders outside Tuscaloosa, Ala. Confederate forces consisted of Capt. Benjamin Eddins' Tuscaloosa Home Guard and the University of Alabama cadets under university commandant Col. James T. Murfee, numbering some 300. Eddins was killed in the action.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, April 3.
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