Click 👉TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) March 5.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, March 5.
1862: SHILOH CAMPAIGN: General P.G.T. Beauregard at Jackson, Tennessee is put in charge of Confederate defenses in the Mississippi Valley as he concentrates all available reinforcements at Corinth, Mississippi. General A.S. Johnston is still in overall command. Meanwhile, Federal armies under the command of Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant concentrates at Savannah, Tennessee, Crump's Landing, and Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. Confederates countered by sending the 18th Louisiana Infantry to keep an eye on Federal movements and the Louisianians drove off the first Federal landing attempt at Pittsburg Landing on March 1.
1863: Confederates win a decisive victory at the Battle of Thompson's Station in Williamson County, Tennessee. The forces included a Federal reinforced infantry brigade under Col. John Coburn versus the Confederate First Cavalry Corps under Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn. Confederates under Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest turn the Federal left flank when another division of Confederates stormed and took the hilltop, forcing Coburn to surrender his entire force. Federal casualties total 1,906 to 300 for the Confederates. The victory gave the Confederates control of Middle Tennessee.
1864: The Confederate government ordered all ships to provide half of their cargo space for government shipments when needed. The order is intended to reduce profiteering and to address shortages in the Confederacy.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, March 5.
Brig. Gen. John Dunovant was born on this day in 1825 in Chester, South Carolina. He had gained military experience in the Mexican-American War as a sergeant in the Palmetto Regiment and was wounded at the Battle of Chapultepec. Dunovant was commissioned a captain in 1855 in the U.S. Army. He resigned on Dec. 29, 1860, after South Carolina seceded from the Union. Initially a major in the South Carolina militia, he was at Fort Moultrie during the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Dunovant was promoted to colonel on July 28, 1863, and given command of the 5th South Carolina Cavalry. He was promoted to brigadier general in August 1864. His battles included Fort Sumter, Drewry's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Trevillian Station, and Peebles' Farm. He was killed in action on Oct. 1, 1864, while leading a cavalry charge during the Battle of Vaughan Road, Va. Dunovant was buried in the Dunovant Family Cemetery near Chester, South Carolina. He was one of two Confederate cavalry generals killed during the Siege of Petersburg.
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