Click 👉 TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) Dec. 27
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Dec. 27.
1861: A Missouri State Guard detachment under Col. Caleb Dorsey skirmishes with a company sent by Federal Brig. Gen. Benjamin M. Prentiss to disrupt secessionists near Hallsville, Missouri.
1862: Battle of Chickasaw Bayou: At Vicksburg, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman leads 32,000 bluecoats north of Vicksburg at Chickasaw Bayou to outflank the Confederates and take the city. Major General Martin Luther Smith was in command at Vicksburg at the time with 13,792 men.
1864: General Hood leads the Confederate Army of Tennessee to Tupelo, Mississippi where it regroups after the disastrous Battle of Nashville. This defeat wasn't the last chapter in the history of the Army of Tennessee. It had been reduced to just 4,500 stalwart men but was rebuilt by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston to over 20,000 and made its last stand in the Carolinas Campaign of 1865. His men loved Johnston and he was arguably the best commander of the Army of Tennessee.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Dec. 27.
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