Click 👉Today in History (general history) June 29.
On This Day in Confederate History, June 29.
In 1862: The Battle of Savage Station, Va. takes place in the Seven Days Battles. The battle began at 9 o'clock in the morning along the Richmond & York Railroad and when Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder's Confederate division numbering 14,000 men, attacked Brig. Gen. Edwin Sumner's 26,000-man II Corps, which was the rear guard of Maj. Gen. G.B. McClellan's retreating Army of the Potomac. Stonewall Jackson's divisions were supposed to reinforce Magruder but did not show up because they were stalled at the Chickahominy River. The battle ended in a stalemate. Confederate casualties totaled 473 while the Federal casualties totaled 1,038.
1863: At the Siege of Vicksburg, Brig. Gen. Francis A. Shoup reports: "Enemy seems to change his point of attack. It is at work in front of stockade [redan], between Redan and [27th Louisiana] lunette. The declivity is so great that we can do him little harm. Are using hand grenades on him."
In the Gettysburg Campaign, the Battle of Westminster, MD occurred on this day between Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate Cavalry and Maj. Napoleon B. Knight's Federal 1st Delaware Cavalry. Maj. Knight was absent and Captain Charles Corbit was in charge. When Corbit got word Confederate cavalry was approaching the town, Corbit led the 1st Delaware with less than 100 men in a futile charge, not realizing he was facing Stuart's whole corps. There was a sharp clash between the two sides before the Delaware horse soldiers were overpowered and many were captured, including Captain Corbit. Two Federal cavalrymen were killed and 11 were captured. The Confederates lost two officers killed and 10 enlisted men wounded. This skirmish became known as "Corbit's Charge."
1864: In the Atlanta Campaign on this day, Captain Samuel Foster of the 24th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted), Granbury's Brigade, Cleburne's Division, along the Kennesaw Line, writes: "We are ordered to make preparations to clean the ground in rear of our breastworks, and make preparations for a regular campground. There is still a cessation in our front, but our pickets are still at their posts. They talk across the lines and occasionally exchange newspapers, and our men give them Tobacco for Coffee." (One of Cleburne's Command, 1980)
Confederate General Birthdays, June 29.
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