CLICK 👉TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) May 2.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, May 2.
1863: On the second day of the Battle of Chancellorsville, Va., Generals R.E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson plan the most brilliant flanking maneuver of the war, based on Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's scouting information. Lee sends Jackson with the bulk of the army on the Federal right flank and Jackson rolls up the enemy flank at that point, while Lee keeps the Federal left busy and Gen. Hooker confused. The bluecoats are dispersed and driven back to Chancellorsville in confusion. However, while scouting the Federal line in the dark for the best spot to attack in the morning, Jackson is mistakenly fired upon by Confederates and mortally wounded. Maj. Gen. A.P. Hill is also wounded. Gen. Stuart is given command of Jackson's corps for the next day's battle.
GRIERSON'S RAID: At Baton Rouge, La. the Federal raiding force under Colonel Grierson completes its epic raid from Tennessee, through Mississippi after skirmishing with the Confederates at several points. At the skirmish at Wall's Bridge at the Tickfaw River, May 1, the Federals are temporarily delayed but two small (2-pounder smoothbores) Woodruff cannons dislodge the Confederates defending the bridge.
1864: More widespread skirmishing occurs in Louisiana with clashes between the Blue and the Gray at La. Gov. Thomas O. Moore's plantation in Rapides Parish, at Wilson's Landing, and Wells' Plantation.
1865: CHASING JEFFERSON DAVIS: President Davis' party reaches Abbeville, South Carolina. The president wants to continue the war in the Trans-Mississippi Department but the remaining cabinet members disagree. Northern President Andrew Johnson offers a $100,000 reward for the capture of the Confederate Davis and accuses the Confederate government of complicity in the Lincoln assassination.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, May 2.
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