Click 👉TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) April 4.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, April 4.
1861: At Virginia's Secession Convention, the delegates vote against a resolution to hold a referendum on secession.
1862: The Yorktown Peninsula Campaign begins in Virginia. General Joseph E. Johnston has 17,000 Confederate troops to resist Maj. Gen. George McClelland, 100,000 Federals.
1864: Red River Campaign: Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor's Army of Western Louisiana arrives in Mansfield, La., and goes into camp several miles outside the town. Taylor is determined to make a stand near there to block the Federals from reaching Sabine Crossroads which could give them access to several routes to Shreveport and the Red River. Also on this day, there is a skirmish at Campti, La.
1865: Appomattox Campaign: General R.E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia continues its retreat toward Farmville, Va., and skirmishes with pursuing Federals at Amelia Springs and Paine's Cross Roads. The general hopes to find food rations for his army at Farmville.
Wilson's Raid: In Alabama, Lt. Gen. N.B. Forrest's merged Confederate forces continue to fight Wilson's Raiders at Lanier's Mills, Sipsey Creek, and King's Store.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, April 4.
Maj. Gen. Edward Cary Walthall was born on this day in 1831 in Richmond, Virginia. He moved to Mississippi with his family as a child and became a lawyer and district attorney in Coffeeville. During the War for Southern Independence, he became a lieutenant in the 15th Mississippi Infantry, then became colonel of the 29th Mississippi Infantry, and was appointed a brigadier general on Dec. 13, 1862. Walthall was appointed a temporary major general on June 6, 1864. His battles and campaigns included Mill Springs, Corinth, Heartland, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Resaca, Missionary Ridge (wounded & captured), Resaca (wounded), Franklin (wounded), Nashville, and the Carolinas Campaign. Following the war, Walthall resumed the practice of law in Grenada, Miss., and served in the U.S. Senate from 1885 until his death on April 21, 1898, in Washington, D.C. His body was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Holly Springs, Miss.
Brig. Gen. John Caldwell Calhoun Sanders was born on this day in 1840 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He started the War for Southern Independence as a private in the 11th Alabama Infantry on June 11, 1861, and was promoted to colonel in 1862. Sanders was promoted to brigadier general on May 31, 1864. His battles included Seven Pines, Gaines Mill, Frayser's Farm (wounded), Second Manassas (wounded), Sharpsburg (wounded), Fredericksburg, Salem Church, Gettysburg (wounded), Bristoe Campaign, Mine Run Campaign, Overland Campaign, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, and the Crater. Sanders was killed in action on August 21, 1864, in the Battle of Globe Tavern along the Weldon Railroad in Virginia. He was buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Va. Sanders was one of the Confederacy's youngest brigadier generals.
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