Click 👉 TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) Dec. 21.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Dec. 21.
1862: Confederate War Clerk John Jones writes in his diary in the War Department in Richmond, Va.: "Nothing yet has been done by the immense Federal fleet of iron-clad gunboats which were to devastate our coast this winter. But the winter is not over yet, and I apprehend something will be attempted. However, we shall make a heroic defense of every point assailed." Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1810, Jones had built a successful career as a journalist and author before the war. He had been the editor of the Baltimore Sunday Visitor, authored a novel, Wild Western Scenes, and pro-Tyler publication Madisonian. He also served in the Tyler administration as the U.S. Consul at Naples, Italy. Jones later edited the Southern Monitor in Philadelphia. Jones moved to Richmond, Va. the same day as the firing on Fort Sumter occurred. His writing talent and keen observations in the War Department made his wartime diary one of the most important primary sources for historians ever since. He died Feb. 4, 1866, in Burlington, N.J.
1864: The Confederate city of Savannah, Georgia falls to Sherman and his "bummers." The fall of Savannah marked the end of Sherman's destructive march across Georgia from Atlanta to the sea (Atlantic Ocean) during which many war crimes were committed against civilians. "General Howard reported to Sherman, “We have found the country full of provisions and forage…. private dwellings…have been destroyed by fire…; also, many instances of the most inexcusable and wanton acts, such as the breaking open of trunks, taking of silver pate, etc.”
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Dec. 21.
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