Click 👉 TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) Feb. 17.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Feb. 17.
1863: Confederate partisans attack the federal steam tug Hercules and in retaliation, two days later, the Federal troops drive the civilian residents of Hopefield, Arkansas, from their homes and burn the town.
1864: The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley makes military history by sinking the USS Housatonic off Charleston, South Carolina. This was the first successful sinking by a submarine of an enemy warship. The Southern submersible, however, was also lost in the attack. The vessel was commanded by Lt. George E. Dixon who lost his life along with seven other crewmen. The inventor of the Hunley was Horace Lawson Hunley who lost his life in an earlier test dive. The crew that lost their lives in the attack were later awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor posthumously by the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
1865: Carolinas Campaign: City officials of Columbia, South Carolina formally surrendered the state capital to Sherman's vengeful army. The bluecoats go on a wild spree of rape and arson and burn the city. Such lawless soldiery leaves a black mark of shame on Sherman and his soldiers.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Feb. 17.
Brigadier General Samuel Read Anderson was born on this day in 1804 in Bedford County, Virginia. Prior to the war, Anderson was a successful businessman in Nashville, Tennessee. During the Mexican- American War, he was the lieutenant colonel of the 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment. In the War for Southern Independence, Anderson was made a major general in the Tennessee militia and then transferred to the Confederate Army on July 9, 1861, as a brigadier general. He led his brigade in the Battle of Cheat Mountain, Va. under the leadership of General Robert E. Lee. But his health suffered, and he resigned on May 10, 1862. However, he returned to active duty Nov. 7, 1864, to a position more suited to his age, supervisor of the Confederate Bureau of Conscription for Tennessee in Selma, Alabama. Following the war, Anderson resumed his business career in Nashville, died there on Jan. 2, 1883, and was interred in the Nashville City Cemetery.
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