Click 👉Today in History (general history) Sept. 7.
On This Day in Confederate History, Sept. 7.
1862: The ironclad USS Essex, with the USS Anglo-American, lashed to her starboard side, is ordered to reconnoiter the Port Hudson, La. batteries to test their strength. When she arrived within range of the Confederate guns after 4 o'clock on the morning of Sept. 7, the big Confederate guns, two 32-pounder, and two 20-pounder Parrott guns opened fire and struck the ironclad 14 times. The Essex responded with several rounds killing a horse and striking an empty house. But two of the ironclad's guns burst including a 10-inch gun. The Federals reported that they had no casualties but Southern sources said the ironclad had from 15 to 32 men killed and wounded. The Essex had to go to New Orleans for major repairs.
1863: The Confederate garrison at Fort Griffin, Sabine Pass, Texas is put on alert for a possible Federal invasion of Texas coming there. Sabine Pass is on the border with Louisiana and the Confederates have a small fort there with six heavy artillery pieces manned by 42 Irish Texans commanded by First Lieutenant Richard W. Dowling of Company F, Jefferson Davis Guard, 1st Texas Heavy Artillery Regiment. The Federals had four gunboats, 18 transport ships, and 5,000 Federal invasion troops under the command of Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin. The Federals were steaming from the New Orleans area and were supposed to land there on Sept. 7, but because the lead gunboat, USS Granite City, couldn't find the pass in the dar, the invasion fleet missed Sabine Pass. It eventually found the missing Granite City 37 miles to the east at Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana, and had to delay the invasion to the next day. Meanwhile, the Confederates had more time to get ready for what was coming.
In the Siege of Charleston, S.C., the Federal ships USS Ironsides and five Federal monitors attacked the Confederate Fort Moultrie and Sullivan's Island.
Confederate General Birthdays, Sept. 7.
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