Click 👉Today in History (general history) Dec. 15.
On This Day in Confederate History, Dec. 15.
1862: Last Day of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.: Confederate Brig. Gen. Maxcy Gregg died on this day from his mortal wound in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. While Gregg and the other Confederate casualties were mourned in the South, the overwhelming and lopsided victory of Gen. Robert E. Lee and his men was greeted by Southerners with jubilation. Topping off other Confederate victories in the South in 1862, hopes of Southern Independence grew. In Tennessee, the Army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg is in winter quarters in Middle Tennessee, but Federal Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans and his Army of the Cumberland is planning to attack Bragg late in the month.
1863: The second day of the Battle of Bean's Station, Tenn. took place on this day. On the first day, Brig. Gen. Bushrod Johnson's, Brig. Gen. Lafayette McLaw's, and Brig. Gen. Jospeph Kershaw's Brigade of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's Corps clashed with a brigade of Federal Brig. Gen. John Shackelford's Brigade of mounted and cavalry at Bean's Station. Johnson's Tennessee Brigade attacked from the South and Brig. Gen. Archibald Gracie's and Kershaw's brigades from the North. The blue coats fought a fighting retreat and broke through the encircling Confederates. The battle continued the next morning, the 15th, with Longstreet's Confederates advanced against the Federals but they managed to entrench before reinforcements arrived, and the Southerners were able to get their forces up. Confederate casualties totaled about 900 and Federal casualties about 700. Longstreet's Corps returned to Bean's Station which ended the Knoxville Campaign with a Confederate victory.
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