Click👉Today in History (general history) July 2.
On This Day in Confederate History, July 2.
1863: The second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa. brings on major fighting and casualties to both sides. Gen. Robert E. Lee has Maj. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps attacked from Seminary Ridge on Cemetery Ridge and at the Confederate center. Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell commanding Second Corps on the left has Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson's Division attacked Culp's Hill and Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Division attacks Cemetery Hill. And Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's First Corps attacks at the Peach Orchard, Rose Woods, Devil's Den, Wheatfield, and Little Round Top on the Confederate right. Fighting continued until late in the night but the Federals under Maj. Gen. George Meade manages to hang on.
At the Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., Brig. Gen. Francis Shoup reports: "Enemy advancing his sap in front of stockade. Protects himself from hand grenades by covering his track with rails, thus making a sort of gallery. We are running a gallery from our trenches to blow in the enemy's works."
1864: In the Atlanta Campaign, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman once again outflanks Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee so Johnston orders the army to move out of the Kennesaw Line and fall back to the prepared positions at the Chattahoochee River, the last natural barrier before Atlanta.
Confederate General Birthdays, July 2.
Brigadier General Robert Augustus Toombs was born on this day in 1810 in Wilkes County, Georgia. A prominent Georgia lawyer and politician, Toombs served in the Georgia House of Representatives, the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, and was active in Whig Party politics nationally. When the Confederacy was formed, Toombs was considered for president but was rejected because of his drinking problem. He was chosen as the first Confederate secretary of state but only served for a short time before resigning to join the Confederate army as a brigadier general. Toombs led his brigade in the Peninsula Campaign, the Seven Days Battles, and was wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg. He resigned from the Confederate Army and returned to Georgia where he was active in the Georgia Militia as a colonel and brigadier general. He led troops in the Battle of Columbus, Ga. in 1865. Following the war, Toombs evaded arrest by U.S. troops and spent time in Cuba and France. He returned to Georgia in 1867 and refused to ask for a pardon. He died on Dec. 15, 1885, and was buried in Resthaven Cemetery in Wilkes County, Ga.
Brigadier General John Bordenave Villepigue was born on this day in 1830 in Camden, South Carolina. He attended the South Carolina Military Academy and the Military College of South Carolina before entering West Point and graduating in 1854. He served in various frontier posts with the U.S. Army and was active in the Utah War. He resigned from the U.S. Army on March 31, 1861, and joined the Confederate Army and was colonel of the 36th Georgia Infantry Regiment. He defended Fort McRee in Pensacola, Fla. during the bombardment there on Nov. 22, 1861, and was seriously wounded. He then commanded Fort Pillow, Tenn., and was appointed a brigadier general in early 1862. He commanded a brigade at the Second Battle of Corinth, Miss. He died of pneumonia on November 9, 1862, at Port Hudson, Louisiana. General Villepigue was buried in the Old Quaker Cemetery in Camden, S.C.
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