Click 👉 Today in History (general history) Oct. 17.
On This Day in Confederate History, Oct. 17.
1862: Brig. Gen. George Burgwyn Anderson, mortally wounded on Sept. 17, 1862, at the Battle of Sharpsburg, MD, died on this day in Raleigh, N.C., of complications from his wound. He had hoped to avoid amputation, but on Oct. 17, his foot was amputated, and he died following surgery. Anderson was buried in Historic Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, N.C. He left behind a wife and child. The general was 31 years old.
1863: In Gen. Lee's Bristoe Campaign in Virginia, the Confederates and Federals skirmished at Groveton, Manassas Junction, Frying Pan Church, and other places, following which the Army of Northern Virginia moved back into its defenses at the Rappahannock River. The campaign concludes indecisively. But before the year ends, there will be one more campaign, the Mine Run Campaign.
1864: After recovering from his serious wound from the Battle of the Wilderness, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet resumed command of the First Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, which was engaged in the fateful Petersburg Campaign. Although his right arm was paralyzed and in a sling, he spent the rest of the Siege of Petersburg in command of forces in front of Richmond, the James River, and Bermuda Hundred. Longstreet taught himself to write with his left hand and eventually regained use of his right hand.
Confederate General Birthdays, Oct. 17.
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