Click 👉Today in History (general history) May 30.
On This Day in Confederate History, May 30.
1862: CORINTH CAMPAIGN: General P.G.T. Beauregard successfully evacuates his Army of the Mississippi from Corinth, Miss. Federal Maj. Gen. Henry Halleck had planned to besiege the city and completely capture the Confederate Army there. The Confederates go into a much better camp at Tupelo, Miss., and will be able to fight the enemy for years to come.
1863: Siege of Vicksburg: Here's Colonel Samuel H. Lockett, chief Confederate engineer at Vicksburg's report for this days activity in 1863: "On the 30th, but little work was done on the line under Captain Robinson’s charge, excepting along General Lee’s front, and during the whole siege our works, from Fort Garrott to the right, were but little injured, the enemy is kept at a considerable distance by a line of pickets kept in protected places along the ridge in front of our main line, excepting on the Hall’s Ferry road. Captain Winter and his assistants were kept constantly busy putting obstructions on the Yazoo Valley and other roads, repairing the embrasures of batteries, and thickening the parapets, which had begun to show the effects of the enemy’s continual battering. The new battery in the rear of General Moore’s center was commenced by running a covered approach to the position selected. On this day I also started a number of excavations on the Baldwin’s Ferry road, in a deep cut, for the purpose of scattering our ammunition, which was much exposed to the enemy’s fire at the depot magazine.
1864: Colonel George T. Madison's 3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment numbering just 200 men camped along the Atchafalaya River in Louisiana is attacked by a large force of Federals. The Federals, including 6,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalrymen were sent to the area, called the Morganza Expedition, to disperse what they were told was a large force of Confederates crossing the river, but only found Madison's men. The Confederates are at first dispersed, but after retreating to Bayou Lafourche, the Texas cavalrymen succeed in pushing the Federals back toward Morganza. The report of Federal Maj. Gen. W.H. Emory claims the bluecoats killed 20 or 30 Confederates and captured 10. No Federal casualties are given.
Confederate General Birthdays, May 30.
Brigadier General George Doherty Johnston was born on this day in 1832 in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Prior to the war, he was the mayor of Marion, Alabama, and when war came he joined the Confederate Army as a second lieutenant in Co. G, 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment. After fighting in the First Battle of Manassas, Va., Johnston was promoted to major in the 25th Alabama Infantry and took part in every battle of the Army of Tennessee from Shiloh to Bentonville. He was promoted to colonel in September 1863 and was wounded in the leg at the Battle of Ezra Church and promoted to brigadier general in 1864. Following the war, he served as commandant of cadets at the University of Alabama. During the administration of President Grover Cleveland, he was appointed to U.S. Civil Service Commissioner. Johnston was also elected to the Alabama State Senate. Johnston died Dec. 10, 1910, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery there.
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