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On This Day in Confederate History, Oct. 13.

1862: Confederate Col. Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler was put in command of all the cavalry of the Army of Tennessee. He was promoted to brigadier general on Oct. 30, 1862, and to major general on Jan. 20, 1863.

1863: The First Battle of Auburn, Va. was fought on this day in the Bristoe Campaign between 2,000 Federal infantry under Maj. Gen. William French and 3,000 Confederate cavalrymen under Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart. The Confederates were planning to attack a federal wagon train, but the Federals and Confederates stumbled into each other and had a brief firefight that lasted about 30 minutes. There were about 50 casualties on both sides.

1864: Col. John Singleton Mosby's 43rd Virginia Cavalry (Partisan Rangers), captured and burned a train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Kearneysville, Va., and also captured a Federal Army paymaster with $170,000.

Mosby's Rangers

• Top row (left to right): Lee Herverson, Ben Palmer, John Puryear, Tom Booker, Norman Randolph, Frank Raham.
• Second row: Robert Blanks Parrott, John Troop, John W. Munson, John S. Mosby, Newell, Neely, Quarles.
• Third row: Walter Gosden, Harry T. Sinnott, Butler, Gentry.

Confederate General Birthdays, Oct. 13.

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