Click 👉TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) Dec. 28.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Dec. 28.
1861: Battle of Mount Zion Church, Missouri--The Missouri State Guard (Confederate) with about 900 men under Col. Caleb W. Dorsey, clashes with the 3rd Missouri Cavalry, and Birge's Western Sharpshooters (both Union), 440 men, under Brig. Gen. Benjamin M. Prentiss. Most of the Confederates were local volunteers with civilian guns or unarmed. The Federals attacked the Confederate encampment and overrun it after three charges. The Confederates suffered 25 dead, 150 wounded, and 60 prisoners of war. The Federals lost three dead, 63 wounded, and four prisoners of war.
1862: First Day of the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi -- Brig. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, with 13,792, defended Vicksburg by blocking a Federal flanking movement north of the city at Chickasaw Bayou and the Walnut Hills. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman attacks with 30,720 bluecoats. The Northern invaders find the terrain rugged and well defended and their attempt at a flanking movement is blocked.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Dec. 28.
Major General William Booth Taliaferro was born on this day in 1822 in Gloucester County, Virginia. He gained military experience in the Mexican American War serving in both the 11th and 9th U.S. Infantry regiments. In the War for Southern Independence, Taliaferro was in command of the Virginia State Militia in 1861, then became colonel of the 23rd Virginia Infantry and led it in the Battle of Green River, W. Va., and became a brigadier general by the end of that year. His brigade served under Stonewall Jackson and rose to division major general in 1862. However, he and Jackson didn't get along. Taliaferro was severely wounded at the Second Battle of Manassas. Following the Battle of Fredericksburg, he was given command of the District of Savannah and led troops at the Battle of Fort Wagner on Morris Island, S.C. Taliaferro also commanded Confederates in the Battle of Olustee, Fla. in February of 1864, another Confederate victory. After the war, he served in the Virginia State Legislature and as a judge. He died Feb. 27, 1898, and was buried in Ware Church Cemetery, Gloucester, Virginia.
Brigadier General Charles Miller Shelley was born in 1833 in Sullivan County, Tennessee. He started the war as a first lieutenant in the 5th Alabama Infantry and was promoted steadily to and became brigadier general and led Cantey's Brigade at the Battle of Franklin in 1864. General Hood credited Shelley with saving Stewart's Corps from capture there. After the war, he was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1876. He died on Jan. 20, 1907, and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Talladega, Alabama.
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