01/19/11 - NNHS Newsletter -
Robert E. Lee’s 204th Birthday

“Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more,
you should never wish to do less.”

- Robert Edward Lee
(19 Jan 1807 - 12 Oct 1870)

January 19, 1861 - Following two days of debate and a day of hammering out the wording of the secession document, Georgia voted to leave the Union.

January 19, 1862 - Confederates were defeated at Mill Springs, Kentucky by Northern soldiers in a battle that claimed 39 Union lives, wounded 207, and saw 15 Federals captured. The Southern forces indicated 125 killed, 309 wounded, and 99 missing. Due to Zolliecoffer's poor strategy, the Southerners were obliged to retreat across the Cumberland River when Union General Thomas' men forced them to fall back. Zolliecoffer was killed in this battle; Crittenden, as senior officer, was castigated for having lost control of the positioning of troops. This exchange was perhaps most significant because the Southern defeat meant a gap in the Confederate line of defense in the Tennessee-Kentucky area. This clash proved invaluable to the North as it enabled the capture of ten cannon, one hundred wagons, over 1,000 horses, and a large number of boats as well as munitions and provisions.

January 19, 1863 - The Federal Army of the Potomac was about to engage in its second attempt to gain control of Fredericksburg, Virginia.  General Burnsides made preparations to cross the Rappahannock River with his troops and was aided by division commanders Hooker and Franklin.  There was some minor skirmishing elsewhere in Virginia, near Williamsburg, and Burnt Ordinary. 

January 19, 1865 - After much prodding from President Davis, General Robert E. Lee agreed to accept the position of General-in-Chief of all of the armies of the Confederacy.  Davis was anxious to head off mounting criticism of his control of the armies by acceding to Congress's "advice" to appoint Lee as Military Commander of all military forces. 

January 19, 1865 - General Sherman issued orders commanding the units of his army to begin their march into South Carolina.  Heavy rains would delay the march until early February, but some troop movement commenced.

Charles Schneider
Class of 1960

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   (Am I the only one who sits wide-eyed gaping at the computer screen with my mouth hanging open like a little kid?!?!)

  Dan Crockett

I know that people who have never seen snow like this cannot possibly believe just how absolutely beautiful it can be........maybe this will help. And, just think, you don't even have to get cold to enjoy it !

Happy New Year from our house to yours ….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkbTM68X0CE - 42 Lessons in Life

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     Thanks, Jude!

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     Thanks again, Dools!