Today in History (general history)/ On This Day in Confederate General Birthdays, December 7.

Click 👉 THIS DAY IN HISTORY (general history) Dec. 7

ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Dec. 7.

1861: Confederates and Federals clash at Dam Number Five on the Potomac River in Virginia.

Another Confederate citizen, James Waters Zacharie of New Orleans, Louisiana, a Confederate purchasing agent, is illegally seized on the British ship Eugenia Smith, by the USS Santiago de Cuba. He was a veteran of the Battle of New Orleans in 1814-15. His son, Howard Henderson Zacharie who was a major in the Confederate Army with a distinguished record and was in command of a cavalry division at the end of the war. The 1st Louisiana Zouaves' battles include the Raid on Hampton, VA,

 

Maj. Howard H. Zacharie

He originally was commisioned the captain

of Co. C, 1st Bn. La. Zouaves, he was later

ordered to report to Maj. Gen. J.B. Magruder

to serve as the staff A.I.G. in Brig. Gen. J.P.

Major's Cavalry Brigade.

(Find A Grave) 

Click👉1st Louisiana Zouaves: Jeff Davis'd Pet Wolves

This is the story of one of the most unique and famed Louisiana units in the

 War for Southern Independence, the 1st Louisiana Zouaves. Made up largely 

of foreigners from many countries, the men wore the gaudy French Zouave

 uniform and fought with a fierce determination for the new Southern Republic. 

The battalion's battles included the burning of Hampton, VA, the battles of

Williamsburg, Gaines' Mill, Frayser's Farm, Cedar Mountain, Groveton, 

2nd Manassas, Chantilly, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg, 

Suffolk, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad (aka Jerusalem Plank Road) and went

 on special assignments behind enemy lines to gather intelligence for General 

Robert E. Lee. Commanding the battalion were Lt. Colonel Georges A.G.

 Coppens and M. Alfred Coppens, and Majors Fulgence DeBordenave and 

Waldemar Hyllested.

1862: Battle of Hartsville, Tennessee -- Confederate Colonel John Hunt Morgan, operating on Federal communication lines, attacks a crossing of the Cumberland River at Hartsville, Tennessee, captures the Federal outpost after a bombardment and charge, and withdraws with 2,004 prisoners.

The Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas -- A Confederate force under General Thomas Hindman attacks a Federal Force under General James G. Blunt. The Federals numbered about 9,000 men and the Confederates about 11,000. After the indecisive fight, the Confederates retreated, giving the Federals control of Northwestern Arkansas. Federal casualties numbered 1,251 and Confederate casualties, 1,251.

Maj. Gen. Thomas Hindman

1863: The fourth session of the First Confederate Congress convenes in Richmond, Virginia.

1864: Third Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, ends in defeat for the Confederates when two brigades of Federals venture out of their fortifications and drive off General Bates's infantry, while General Forrest's cavalry conducts an orderly retreat.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN HISTORY, Dec. 7.

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