1820
- Confederate Brigadier General Louis Hebert(i) was born in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Growing up on a plantation, Hebert received a
private education, from tutors. He would attend Jefferson College, but would graduate, third in his class, from West Point. He would manage his father’s plantation, and go on to be a state senator, in Louisiana. Entering Confederate service, as a colonel, he would lead the 3rd Louisiana Infantry. He would fight bravely, at Wilson’s Creek, and would be captured at Pea Ridge, not knowing he commanded a wing, of the army, after generals Ben McCullough, and James McIntosh were killed. After being exchanged, he would be promoted, to brigadier general in May, 1862. He would command a brigade in northern Mississippi, and participate in the battle of Iuka, and the siege of Corinth. After Vicksburg, Hebert would command the heavy artillery, at Fort Fisher, North Carolina. After the war, he would edit a newspaper, and teach school.
1862
- Confederate troops, under the command of CS Brigadier General John P. McCown bombarded federal forces commanded by US Brigadier General John Pope, at New Madrid, Missouri. McCown, believing New Madrid was untenable, would evacuate his troops to Island 10, on the Mississippi River. Total casualties were approximately 50 Federal troops wounded and 100 Confederate troops wounded.
1865
- Confederate President Jefferson Davis approves enlisting black soldiers in the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by CS General Robert E. Lee.
(i) Louis Hebert at BattlefieldPortraits.com was used to research this article.
