Today in History (general history)/ On This Day in Confederate History/ Confederate General Birthdays, June 27.

Click 👉Today in History (general history) June 27. 

On This Day in Confederate History, June 27.

1862: The third battle of the Seven Days Battles occurred this day at the Battle of Gaines' Mill, Va. General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia attacked the V Corps of Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter, who is strongly dug in behind Boatswain's Swamp on Turkey Hill. The terrain was a nightmare for the attacking Confederates. Successive Confederate charges were repulsed. Finally, at 7 p.m., Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood led a successful charge with his Texas Brigade in the center, and the 20th North Carolina on the left broke the Federal line, and Porter's blue coats were driven back. The Confederates lost 894 killed, 3,107 wounded, and 2,836 missing or captured. The Federals lost 1,483 killed, 6,402 wounded, and 108 missing or captured.

Col. (later Brig. Gen.) Jerome B. Robertson

led the 5th Texas Infantry at the Battle of

Gaines' Mill.

Click👉Lt. Col. King Bryan of Hood's Texas Brigade

Freedom Fighter for Texas and Southern independence

This is the story of Lieutenant Colonel Kindallis "King" Bryan, original commander of Company F (Invincibles No. 1), 5th Texas Infantry Regiment, Hood's Texas Brigade. Bryan, a native of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, moved to Texas as a 16-year-old and then fought in the War for Texas Independence of 1835-36. He was a farmer and rancher in Liberty County, Texas, a county sheriff, and a state legislator before the War for Southern Independence. During the war, he led the company, and later his regiment, in some of the most famous battles of the war, including Gaines' Mill, Second Manassas, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness. Wounded three times, he commanded Hood's Texas Brigade for about three months in the winter of 1863-64. Bryan was one of the most aggressive and respected regimental officers in the brigade, but was also respected and admired by his men, who appreciated a leader who took the same or greater risks than they.

1863: At the Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., Brig. Gen. Francis Shoup reports: "Our mines at the Redan were sprung last night with success. The wire undercharged mines. No damage was done to the counter-scarp of the ditch. It is still perfect. Must have done the enemy much harm."

1864: The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Ga., occurred on this day. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee is strongly dug in on the mountain when Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman's three combined armies attack and are bloodily repulsed. Captain Samuel Foster of the 24th Texas Infantry, Granbury's Brigade, Cleburne's Division, writes, "Weather fine and cool, Firing (sic) all going on. At 9 AM, the cannon opened on our right and left from both Armies, and at about 10 AM, the Yanks charged (sic) our works on our left. Our men drive them back, capturing a good many of them. (One of Cleburne's Command, 1980). The Federals lost 3,000 men in the battle and the Confederates 1,000.

Confederate General Birthdays, June 27.

Brigadier General Junius Daniel was born on this day in 1828 in Halifax, North Carolina. He graduated 33rd out of a class of 42 cadets in the West Point Class of 1851. Daniel served in the U.S. Army and fought the Apache Indians in 1855 and resigned in 1858 to be a planter in Louisiana. In the War Between the States, Daniel became colonel of the 45th North Carolina Infantry. He then became a brigade commander as a colonel and served in the Seven Days Battles from June 26-July 1 1862 but his brigade was not involved in the fighting. He was then promoted to brigadier general on Sept. 1, 1862. His brigade played a key role on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg July 1, 1863. General Daniel was mortally wounded at the Battle of the Mule Shoe, Va. on May 12, 1864, and died the next day in a field hospital. He was buried in Colonial Cemetery in Halifax, N.C.

Brig. Gen. Junius Daniel