Click👉 TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) Dec. 12
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, Dec. 12
1862: The second day of the Battle of Fredericksburg--The Federal army lands more troops in Fredericksburg and fights house to house clearing out Confederate sharpshooters of Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade. The main Confederate battle line is firmly dug in on Marie Heights beyond the city. Looting and violence in the city by the Northern soldiers become out of control. Federals also land troops south of the city. Confederate Brig. Gen. Maxcy Gregg was among the casualties on this day in the battle. His men were taking a break when they were unexpectedly fired upon by some Federals.
1864: In the Siege of Savannah, Ga., Sherman's army, numbering some 62,000 men, moved into positions north, west, and south of the city. Confederate Lt. Gen. Willam J. Hardee, with his 10,000-man defense force, is occupying prepared fortifications around the city and the terrain including swamps, rivers, and rice fields helps the Confederates as well. The Southerners now wait for the blue coats, who were in contact with the Federal blockading fleet, to make a move.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL Birthdays, Dec. 12
Brigadier General Paul Octave HĂ©bert was born on this day in 1818 in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. HĂ©bert graduated from West Point at the top of his class in 1840. He resigned from the army in 1845 but returned the next year for the Mexican-American War. His battles included Contreras, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, Chapultepec, and Mexico City. In the years that followed served as the Louisiana state engineer and the Louisiana governor. During the War for Southern Independence, HĂ©bert commanded the Department of Texas and was in the Battle of Milliken's Bend, La. He returned to Texas and served there for the rest of the war. Following the War, HĂ©bert became a Republican and was appointed to the state Board of Engineers and the U.S. Engineers for the Mississippi River Commission. He died Aug. 29, 1880, on his plantation at Bayou Goula, La., and was buried in St. Paul's Cemetery in Bayou Goula. Later, because of encroachment by the Mississippi River, he had to be reburied at St. Raphael Catholic Church Cemetery in Point Pleasant, La.
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