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On This Day in Confederate History, Oct. 18.

1861: Maj. Gen. David Twiggs, in poor health and over 70 years of age resigned on Oct. 11, 1861, his command of the Department of Dept. No. 1 in Louisiana and was succeeded by Maj. Gen. Mansfield Lovell on this day in 1861. Department No. 1 headquarters was in New Orleans, which was already under threat by Federal blockade runners and a build-up of Federal forces on Ship Island in the Gulf of Mexico.

1862: Brig. Gen John Hunt Morgan's Confederate cavalry brigade captured Lexington, Ky. after a short firefight during which Morgan's brother, Wash Morgan, was killed by friendly fire. The Confederates proceeded to destroy Federal military supplies in Lexington. The Southron forces then left the city.

1863: Confederate cavalry under Brig. Gen. Tom Green continued to harass Federals under Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin's Army of the Gulf at Carrion Crow (Carencro) Bayou in Louisiana during the Texas Overland Expedition. The Federal Army was trying to invade Texas by going across Southwest Louisiana after the defeat of the Second Battle of Sabine Pass on Sept.8, 1863. 

Pvt. James Dallas Collier, Co. D,

11th Battalion  (Spaight's) Texas Volunteers

(Musician) (Find A Grave)

1864: Gen. John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee skirmished with Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Federals near Huntsville, Alabama, and then headed for Gadsen, Alabama. Hood then switched from attacking Sherman's supply lines to begin his Tennessee Campaign.

Confederate General Birthdays, Oct. 18.

Brigadier General Samuel Benton was born on this day in 1820 in Williamson County, Tennessee.  He was mortally wounded in the chest in the Battle of Atlanta, Ga. and died six days later, two days before his promotion to brigadier general reached him.

 Brig. Gen. Samuel Benton

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Brigadier General John Breckinridge Grayson was born on this day in 1806 in Fayette County, Kentucky. He died of pneumonia and tuberculosis on Oct. 21, 1861, in Tallahassee, Florida.

Brig. Gen. John B. Grayson

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Brigadier General Lucius Marshall Walker was born on this day in 1829 in Columbia, Tennessee. He died of wounds Sept. 7, 1863, received in a duel with Confederate Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke.

Brig. Gen. Lucius M. Walker

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Brigadier General Charles Sidney Winder was born on this day in 1829 in Talbot County, Maryland. He was mortally wounded on Aug. 9, 1862, in the Battle of Cedar Run, Va., and died later that evening.

Brig. Gen. Charles S. Winder

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