Click 👉Today in History (general history) Sept. 15.
On This Day in Confederate History, Sept. 15.
1861: General Albert Sidney Johnston became the commander of Confederate Department No. 2 in Missouri. He had been given command of the Western Military Department. Johnston had less than 40,000 troops to defend this massive area, which included Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri. After the disasters of early 1862 befell the Confederacy, General P.G.T. Beauregard was appointed his second in command.
1862: Siege of Harper's Ferry: On this day, Sept. 15, Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson orders a bombardment of the Federal garrison of Harpers Ferry, western Virginia. The shelling began at 8 o'clock that morning, the last day of the siege there. Federal commander Col. Dixon S. Miles, running low on ammunition, and not expecting relief from McClellan in time, decides to surrender his entire garrison. Miles was mortally wounded and died the following day. Jackson had gained one of the war's greatest victories for the Confederacy. The Federals lost 44 men killed, 173 wounded, and 12,419 captured. The Confederates lost 39 men killed, and 247 wounded. The Confederates also captured 13,000 small arms, 200 wagons, and 73 artillery pieces. Gen. Lee ordered Jackson to immediately concentrate his forces at Sharpsburg along Antietam Creek. Maj. Gen. A.P. Hill's division was left behind to parole the Harper's Ferry prisoners.
1863: While Confederate Lt. Gen. Braxton Bragg concentrates his Army of Tennessee around Chickamauga Creek in Georgia. Skirmishing with Federals under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continues at Summerville, Catlett's Gap, Pigeon Mountain, and Trion Factory, Georgia in the Chickamauga Campaign.
Confederate General Birthdays, Sept. 15.
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