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On This Day in Confederate History, Aug. 29.
1862: The second day of the Second Battle of Manassas, Va. brings more heavy fighting as Stonewall Jackson set his wing of the Army of Northern Virginia in a good defensive position along an unfinished railroad grade. Maj. Gen. John Pope's Federals attacked the Confederates in a series of bloody frontal assaults in desperate fighting. General Robert E. Lee arrived with General Longstreet's wing of the army on Jackson's right flank in a perfect position to launch a massive flank attack on Pope's left flank. Jackson says in his report of this day's fighting: "For a short time Gregg's brigade, on the extreme left, was isolated from the main body of the command; but the Fourteenth South Carolina Regiment, then in reserve with the Forty-ninth Georgia, left of Colonel Thomas, attacked the exultant enemy with vigor, and drove them back across the railroad track with great slaughter." Also, the First Louisiana Tiger Brigade slammed into Grover's Federal Brigade and steadily drove them back. Meanwhile, Pope is oblivious to the arrival of Longstreet's 25,000 men on his left flank.
1863: Siege of Charleston, S.C.: Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard reported on this day: "The enemy did not fire at Fort Sumter during the 29th but worked industriously at his fortifications on Morris Island. His advanced works were shelled throughout the day by Battery Wagner, Fort Moultrie, and James Island batteries." Also on this day, Lt. John A. Payne, commander of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley makes a fatal mistake when he accidentally steps on the diving lever while cruising on the surface. The submarine then dives with the hatches open. Only Payne and one other man escape, and five crewmen drown.
1864: Price's Missouri Campaign: At Camden, Arkansas, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price began a major expedition through Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas with the goal of driving the enemy out of Missouri. Price's Army of Missouri consisted of 12,000 men and 14 artillery pieces. He has three Confederate cavalry divisions, including those of Maj. Gen. James F. Fagan, Maj. Gen. John S. Marmaduke, and Brig. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby. However, the infantry he had planned to take was sent to another area. Price was opposed by the Federal Gen. Samuel R. Curtis and his Army of the Border which consisted of about 35,000 men of all arms.
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