Click 👉Today in History (general history) August 4.
On This Day in Confederate History, August 4.
1863: Siege of Charleston, S.C. (1863-1865): The Federal forces continue their bombardment of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. It is also preparing to step it up with a 200-pound Parrott gun, which can fire incendiary shells. The bombardment of Charleston had begun in 1863 and continued for 587 days.
2nd Lt. Francis M Godbold
Co. C, Manigault's S.C. Light Artillery Battalion.
The unit participated in the defense of Charleston Harbor
in 1863 and the Siege of Petersburg, Va. in 1864.
(Liljenquist Collection, Library of Congress)
A member of the Charleston Zouave Cadets.
This was one of the most colorfully uniformed
volunteer units from Charleston early in the war.
The trim on the uniform is red.
1864: In preparation for the Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama, which would take place the next day, the Confederate garrison at Fort Gaines was reinforced when the Federal Army prematurely landed on Dauphin Island. Fort Gaines was a pentagonal masonry fort on Dauphin Island at the entrance of Mobile Bay with 26 guns and manned by a garrison of 600 under Colonel Charles D. Anderson.
Confederate General Birthdays, August 4.
None.
General Robert E. Lee is one of the most admired men of history, not only by Southerners but by some of the other great men of history. Reprinted here is an article by Lord General Garnet Joseph Wolseley, a great British general of the last half of the 19th Century. Wolseley personally met Lee on a visit to the Army of Northern Virginia in October 1862. He was so impressed by Lee, he called the Confederate general the most perfect man he had ever met. Wolseley's article defending Lee against critics is reprinted in this volume, along with excerpts from President Jefferson Davis' memorial address on Lee, and other essays by people who knew Lee personally. The book is illustrated by photographs of Lee and places and people of importance in his life.
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