Click 👉Today in History (general history), Nov. 2.
ON THIS DAY IN THE CONFEDERACY, Nov. 2
1863: TEXAS INVADED: Federal troops attempted to land at Brazos Santiago, Texas in the North's latest attempt to invade the Lone Star State. The boat, from the U.S.S. Owasco, swamped, and seven bluecoats and two blue jackets drowned in the attempt. Confederate Brig. Gen. H.P. Bee evacuated Confederate forces from Brownsville. The Northern invasion force included three brigades from the 3rd Army Corps numbering 6,000 men under Brig. Gen. Napoleon J.T. Dana. The Confederates had four companies of the 33rd Texas Cavalry numbering 150 troopers, and two companies of 3-month volunteers, about 25 men, commanded by Brig. Gen. Hamilton P. Bee.
BATTLE OF BAYOU BOURBEAU PRELUDE: Also, on this day in 1863, the Confederate cavalry of Gen. Richard Taylor's Army of Western Louisiana, under Brig. Gen. Tom Green skirmished with the rearguard of Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin's segment of the Army of the Gulf, under Brig. Gen. Stephen Burbridge at Bayou Bourbeau, La. This is just a prelude to the major battle that will occur on Nov. 3.
Brig. Gen. James Patrick Major, standing center, with his staff, played a major role in the
Battle of Bayou Bourbeau victory for the Confederates. Major commanded a cavalry
division in the Red River Campaign of 1864. (Doug York Collection)
1864: PRELUDE TO THE BATTLE OF JOHNSONVILLE: The former Federal vessels, the transports Venus and Chessman, and the gunboat Undine, now part of Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's fleet to support his Confederate raiders on the Tennessee River was attacked by two Federal gunboats at Davidson's Ferry. The Cheeseman and Venus were recaptured by the USS Key West and Tawah and the Undine escaped to the protection of the Confederate batteries at Reynoldsburg Island. But the Confederates burned the Undine on Nov. 4 to prevent its recapture. General Forrest was planning to attack the major Federal supply depot at Johnsonville, Tenn.
Confederate Generals Born Nov. 2
Major General Bryan Grimes was born on this day in 1828 in Pitt County, N.C. He was a planter before the War for Southern Independence. During the war, he commanded the 4th North Carolina Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia. He was promoted to brigadier general and commanded a North Carolina brigade and was then promoted to major general and commanded a division of infantry in the ANV. His battles included First Manassas, Seven Pines, the Peninsula Campaign, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Overland Campaign, Valley Campaigns, Petersburg, and Appomattox. After the war, he was farmed and was a trustee of the University of North Carolina. Grimes was assassinated on Aug. 14, 1880, in Pitt County, N.C. purportedly to prevent him from testifying in a criminal trial. He was buried in his family cemetery on his plantation, Grimesland.
Maj. Gen. Bryan Grimes
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Brigadier General James Byron Gordon on this day in 1822 in Wilkesborough, N.C. Prior to the war, he was a merchant, a Wilkes County commissioner, and a member of the state legislature. During the war, he served in the 1st N.C. Infantry, the 1st N.C. Cavalry and then led a cavalry brigade. Gordon was promoted to brigadier general in September 1863. His battles included Gettysburg and Yellow Tavern. He was mortally wounded on May 12, 1864, while leading his North Carolina Cavalry Brigade at the Battle of Meadow Bridge, Va., and died May 18, 1864, at Richmond, Va. He was buried in St. Paul's Episcopal Cemetery in Wilkesboro, N.C.
Brig. Gen. James B. Gordon
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Brigadier General Robert Hopkins Hatton on this day in 1826 at Steubenville, Ohio. Prior to the war, he practiced law in Lebanon, Tenn., and was elected to the state legislature, then to the U.S. Congress in 1858. During the war, he was elected colonel of the 7th Tennessee Infantry and was promoted to brigadier general on May 23, 1862. General Hatton was killed in action while leading his brigade of Tennesseans at the Battle of Fair Oaks on May 31, 1862. He was buried first in Knoxville, Tenn., and then reburied on March 23, 1866, in Lebanon, Tenn.'s Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Brig. Gen. Robert H. Hatton
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