Click 👉TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) April 5.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, April 5.
1862: PENINSULA CAMPAIGN: Confederate troops under Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder at Lee's Mill is approached by the IV Corps of Brig. Gen. Erasmus D. Keyes, which officially starts the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia. Magruder badly outnumbered, successfully uses deception to convince the Federals he has more troops than he has.
1864: Red River Campaign: Confederates stand fast at Mansfield, La. waiting for the Federal juggernaut under Maj. Gen. N.B. Banks to arrive. Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor is planning to spring a trap on the approaching enemy army.
1865: Appomattox Campaign: At Amelia Springs, Va., Confederate and Federal cavalry clash. The Confederates are under Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee versus Federal Maj. Gen. George Crook. The fighting is inconclusive, and the Confederates lose about 100 men to 158 for the Federals.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, April 5.
Maj. Gen. David Rumph "Neighbor" Jones was born on this day in 1825 at Orangeburg District, South Carolina. He was an 1846 graduate of West Point. During the Mexican American War, Jones was breveted a first lieutenant for gallantry. He reached the rank of brevet captain in the U.S. Army before he resigned in 1861 to join the Confederate Army. He served on Gen. Beauregard's staff at the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, S.C. in 1861 and reportedly hauled down the U.S. flag after the surrender of the fort. Jones was promoted to brigadier general on June 17, 1861, and commanded a brigade in the First Battle of Manassas on July 21, 1861, and the Peninsula Campaign in 1862. He was promoted to major general on March 10, 1862. He led a division in the Seven Days Campaign, the Second Battle of Manassas, and the Battle of Sharpsburg. Jones died of a heart attack on January 15, 1863, in Richmond, Virginia, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.
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