Today in History (general history)/ On This Day in History/ Confederate General Birthdays, Oct. 22.

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On This Day in Confederate History, Oct. 22.

1861: The soon-to-be-famous Department of Northern Virginia (informally Army of  Northern Virginia) was constituted today with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in overall command; and district commanders Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, Potomac District; Maj. Gen. Theophilus Hunter Holmes, Aquia District; and Maj. Gen. T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson, Valley District.

Gen. Joseph E. Johnston

The first commander of the 

Confederate Department of Northern Virginia.

1862: There was widespread skirmishing between Federals and Confederates including Helena, Arkansas, Fort Wayne  I.T.,  London, Ky. Van Buren, Missouri, Coosawatchie, South Carolina, and Snickersville, Va.

1863: In the aftermath of a skirmish near Volney Logan County, Kentucky, the Federals were confiscating the horses of private citizens. A blue coat soldier fatally shot one local citizen when he objected to his horse being taken.

1864: Confederate partisans attack a Federal transport on the White River in Arkansas on this day resulting in three killed and 14 wounded soldiers of the 53rd U.S. Colored Troops.

 

Pvt. Jeremiah Upton, 1st Arkansas Cavalry

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