Click 👉Today in History (general history) Sept. 21.
On This Day in Confederate History, Sept. 21.
1863: CHICKAMAUGA AFTERMATH--The defeated Federal Army of the Cumberland retreats back into the fortifications in Chattanooga, Tennessee, while Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg fails to send his victorious Army of the Tennessee immediately into Chattanooga before the Northerners can get reorganized and reinforced. Braggs's failure to follow up victories is a major reason why much of his army has lost confidence in him. Instead, Bragg puts Chattanooga under siege in one of the biggest mistakes of the war. Skirmishing continues around the area, including Rossville, Lookout Church, and Dry Valley, Georgia.
1864: The Battle of Fisher's Hill, Virginia begins as the Federals under Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan follow up their victory at the Third Battle of Winchester on Sept. 16. Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early thought Fisher's Hill would be another "Rock of Gibraltar." Early has only 9,500 men left in his Army of the Valley while Sheridan has $35,000. In the skirmishing, on this day the Northerners capture the high ground and prepare for an assault the next day.
Confederate General Birthdays, Sept. 21.
Major General Carter Littlepage Stevenson was born this day in 1817 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He graduated from West Point in1838 and served as a second lieutenant in the 5th U.S. Infantry. Steveson, promoted to the first lieutenant, participated in the Second Seminole War, the Mexican-American War, the Third Seminole war, and the Utah War. He resigned from the U.S. Army in `861, returned to Virginia, and was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army. Promoted to colonel, he commanded the 53rd Virginia Infantry. He was promoted to brigadier general in February 1862, and to major general in October 1862. His battles and campaigns included Champion's Hill, the Siege of Vicksburg, the Atlanta Campaign, the Battle of Nashville, and the Carolinas Campaign. Following the war, Stevenson was a civil and mining engineer in Caroline County, Virginia. He died August 15, 1888, in Caroline County, Va., and was buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Va.
Brigadier General Williams Carter Wickham was born on this day in 1820 in Richmond, Virginia. He was a lawyer, politician, and plantation owner prior to the war. He was elected to both the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate. In 1859, in response to John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry, he organized the Hanover Dragoons and was commissioned a captain in the Virginia militia. He was against secession and twice against it in the Virginia Secession Convention. But when Virginians voted to ratify Virginia's secession, he led his Hanover Dragoons into the Confederate Army and became lieutenant colonel and colonel of the 4th Virginia Cavalry, and was promoted to brigadier general on Sept. 9, 1863. His battles and campaigns included First Manassas, Williamsburg, Sharpsburg, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Gettysburg Campaign, and Yellow Tavern. Following the war, he became a Republican, president of the Virginia Central Railroad, and the president of the Covington & Ohio Railroad. He was also elected to the Virginia Senate. Wickham died on July 23, 1888, in Richmond, Va., and was buried in Hickory Hill Cemetery in Hanover County, Va.
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