Click 👉Today in History (general history) Oct. 28.
On This Day in Confederate History, Oct. 28.
1862: Brigadier General Alfred Mouton
skillfully extricated his badly outnumbered Louisiana infantry brigade
and a Yankee trap in South Louisiana's bayou country. Here is an excerpt
from his report: "On
the 28th, whilst slowly receding, I held the enemy in check, and at
about 12 m. concluded that I was reduced to the sad alternative of
evacuating the place or having my entire command captured. Resistance
with the small force I had was no longer possible, especially as the men
were worn-out with fatigue and loss of rest besides, the mounted picket
at Boutte had been driven in by the enemy, who was advancing by the Des
Allemandes to re-enforce the enemy in front of me, and vague rumors
were afloat that the expedition to Berwick Bay had reached its
destination. Information also came to me that two transports and two
gunboats had gone down from Donaldsonville to New Orleans and that they
had returned and were landing re-enforcements at the Assumption Cut-off.
Hence, I fell back to the Terre Bonne Station, embarked all the stores
and troops, and moved them over to Berwick Bay. Colonel [T.E.] Vick’s
command [the La Fourche militia 500 strong] had not yet arrived, and I
remained at the station with the cavalry to protect and cover it, while I
sent on the artillery and wagon train via Chucahoula by land to
rendezvous at Tigerville for transportation, the cars being already
filled with troops and stores. About 3 p. m. such portion of Colonel
Vick’s command as he could bring up arrived, and it was sent on over the
railroad track till it met a return train which had been ordered up to
receive it. "At
4 p. m. all the troops which could be collected having been sent
forward I caused the Thibodeaux Bridge, the La Fourche Crossing Bridge,
and the Terre Bonne Station to be burned, and moved on with the cavalry,
reaching the bay on the 29th, and crossing everything by the 30th. The
casualties in the engagement of the 27th are, according to returns
made, as follows, viz: Killed, 5; wounded, 8; missing, 186; 3 horses
were killed and 9 wounded; one 12-pounder howitzer axle broken since
replaced by one
Brig. Gen. Alfred Mouton
(Lafayette Museum)
from Des Allemandes. The
enemy’s loss reaches fully 250 to 300, as I have been informed by an
officer of the Eighteenth Regiment, who was taken prisoner and released
on parole. It
is my painful duty to record the death of Colonel McPheeters,
commanding the Crescent Regiment, who fell gallantly and nobly defending
our sacred cause at the head of his command."
1863: Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's Corps attacked at night the Federal forces of Brig. Gen. John W. Geary in the Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn.
Leading the attack was Brig. Gen. Micah Jenkins. The battle started
slightly after midnight the Confederates attacked both fronts of the
Federal V-shaped position. The yelling Confederates pushed the Federals
back, but the bluecoats managed to hold on until reinforcements came.
The reinforcements in the form of Federal Brig. Gen. Carl Schurz
division first had to get by Confederate Brig. Gen. Evander M. Law's
brigade, which was greatly outnumbered. Law's brigade had to withdraw,
and Schurz then arrived with the reinforcements for Geary and the
Jenkins Confederates at Wauhatchie also withdrew. The Federals lost 28
killed, 327 wounded, and 15 captured or missing. The Confederates lost
153 killed, 305 wounded, and 69 captured or missing.
1864: The Second Battle of Newtonia, Mo.
took place on this day in 1864. Brig. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby, of Maj.
Gen. Sterling Price's command led an estimated 2,000 troops against Maj.
Gen. James G. Blunt's 2,000 bluecoats. Shelby initially outnumbered the
Federals and managed to outflank them, but then his men ordered a
retreat when Federal reinforcements came up. Both sides claimed victory
and the losses of both sides are disputed.
Confederate General Birthdays, Oct. 28.
Brigadier General Dudley McIver DuBose was born on this day in 1834 in Shelby County, Tennessee. A
prewar lawyer, DuBose started the War for South Independence as a
lieutenant colonel of the15th Georgia Infantry in Brig. Gen. Robert
Toombs's brigade, his father-in-law. His battles and campaigns included
the Seven Days Battles, the Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Suffolk,
Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Knoxville, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court
House, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Appomattox. Following the war he was
elected to the U.S. Congress for one term, and practiced law in Washington, Georgia where he died on March 2, 1883 and was buried in Rest Haven Cemetery.
Brig. Gen. Dudley DuBose
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Brigadier General Adley Hogan Gladden was
born on this day in 1810 in Fairfield, South Carolina. A cotton broker
in Columbia, S.C., Gladden got plenty of military experience in the
Mexican-American War as the lieutenant colonel of the Palmetto Regiment.
He fought at the Battle of Churubusco and the Battle of Mexico City
where he was severely wounded. Gladden was also was also the lieutenant
colonel of the 1st South Carolina Infantry in the state militia but
resigned to become a delegate in the Louisiana Secession Convention in
1861. Gladden then became the colonel of the 1st Louisiana Infantry
(Regulars) and was promoted to brigadier general September 30, 1861 and
commanded the fortifications at Pennsacola, Fla. He was mortally wounded
on April 6, 1862, at the Battle of Shiloh, Tenn. while leading his
brigade. Gladden died April 12, 1862, and is buried at Magnolia Cemetery
in Mobile, Alabama.
Brig. Gen. Adley H. Gladden
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