Click👉Today in History (general history) May 20.
On This Day in Confederate History, May 20.
1861: Confederate congressmen vote to move the capital of the Confederacy from Montgomery, Alabama, to Richmond, Virginia.
North Carolina seceded from the Union on this day. It was reluctant at first, but Lincoln's call for troops to subjugate the Southern states that had seceded pushed the Tar Heel State into finally seceding.
Lt. Robert Pryor James, Co. E, 20th NC Inf.
(Library of Congress)
1863: Maj. Edwin Waller Jr.'s 13th Texas Cavalry Battalion skirmished with the Federal Cavalry at Cheneyville, Louisiana, in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana. The Confederates lost 2 killed, 2 wounded, and 2 taken prisoner.
1864: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House continued when General Grant attempted to set a trap for General Lee, but before Grant's trap was carried out, Lee sent Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps to find the flank of the Yankee army. Ewell then runs into some Yankee units newly converted from heavy artillery to infantry moving along the Brock Road near the Harris Farm. The fighting lasts until 9 o'clock that night, and General Lee recalls Ewell so as not to bring on a general engagement.
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
This is the history one of the hardest fighting brigades in Gen. Robert E. Lee's legendary Army of Northern Virginia, the Second Louisiana Infantry Brigade. It was one of Lee's most reliable infantry brigades, often used in some of his most dangerous situations and it never let him down. The brigade included the 1st, 2nd, 9th, 10th, 14th, and 15th infantry regiments, and the 1st Battalion Louisiana Zouaves. The brigade was commanded over the course of the war by outstanding brigadiers, including Brig. Gen. William E. Starke, Brig. Gen. Francis T. Nicholls, and Brig. Gen. Leroy Stafford. The brigade fought in such epic battles as Second Manassas, Sharpsburg (Antietam), Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Petersburg, and many other smaller battles and skirmishes. The men of the brigade were representative of the diverse population of Louisiana of the time, including typical Southern farm boys, ruffians from the New Orleans waterfront, as well as refined gentleman from some of Louisiana's finest families. There was also a virtual Babylon of foreign languages spoken in the brigade. This is their story, from secession to Appomattox.
Confederate General Birthdays, May 20.
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