Click 👉Today in History (general history) Sept. 20.
On This Day in Confederate History, Sept. 20.
1861: Federals in Lexington, Mo. under Col. James Mulligan surrendered on this day to the Missouri State Guard under Maj. Gen. Sterling Price. The siege of the town lasted seven days. The pro-Confederate MSG suffered 30 men killed, and 120 wounded for a total of 150. The Federals lost 36 wounded, 117 wounded, 8 missing, and 3,000 captured.
1863: The Confederate Army of Tennessee under Lt. Gen. Braxton Bragg wins its biggest victory on this day at the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. The key to victory was a breakthrough assault under Lt. Gen. James Longstreet commanding the left-wing, with Maj. Gen. Bushrod Johnson's Division of the AOT is in the forefront followed by two divisions from the Army of Northern Virginia with Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood led all three divisions. The Federal right flank was crushed. Hood was severely wounded and had to have a leg amputated. He was later promoted to lieutenant general to date from Sept. 20, 1863. Confederate Brig. Gen. Benjamin H. Helm was wounded mortally. Brig. Gen. James Deshler was killed in action. Federal Brig. Gen. William H. Lytle was killed in action. Federal losses were 1,657 killed, 9,756 wounded, and 4,757 captured or missing for a total of 16,170 casualties. Confederates suffered 2,312 killed, 14,674 wounded, and 1,456 captured or missing for a casualty total of 18,454.
1864: Simon Bolivar Buckner was promoted to lieutenant general and was assigned to important commands in the Trans-Mississippi Department. Also promoted on this day were Edwin Gray Lee, Patrick Theodore More, and William Henry Wallace, all to brigadier general.
Confederate General Birthdays, Sept. 20.
Major General Sterling Price was born on this day in 1809 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He was a prewar Missouri politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives. elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1844 and was governor from 1853-1857. During the Mexican American War, Price was colonel of the 2nd Missouri Mounted Infantry Regiment. During the War for Southern Independence, commanded the Missouri State Guard as a major general and was appointed a major general in the Confederate Army. His battles and campaigns included Carthage, Oak Hill, Lexington, Elk Horn Tavern (wounded), Iuka, Corinth, Helena, the Little Rock Campaign, Camden Expedition, and the Missouri Expedition. Following the war, he lived in Mexico and when his health declined, he moved to St. Louis, Mo. where he died on Sept. 29, 1867, and was buried there in the Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Brigadier General Edward Asbury O'Neal was born on this day in 1818 in Madison County, Alabama. He was a prewar lawyer and judge who believed in secession. During the War Between the States, O'Neal was appointed the major of the 9th Alabama Infantry Regiment, then colonel of the 26th Alabama Infantry, and was appointed a brigadier general on June 6, 1863, but General R.E. Lee held up the appointment and President Jefferson Davis canceled it. His battles and campaigns included the Peninsula Campaign, Seven Pines (severely wounded), Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Manassas Gap, Mine Run, and the Atlanta Campaign. Following the war, O'Neal practiced law in Alabama and was elected to the Alabama Constitutional Convention in 1875. He was an elector for 1880 Democratic Party presidential candidate Winfield Scott Hancock. O'Neal served as governor of Alabama from 1882 to 1886. He died on Nov. 7, 1890, in Florence, Alabama, and was buried in the Florence City Cemetery.
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