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Confederate Holidays
January 8: General James Longstreet's Birthday [1821]

January 16: General Pickett's Birthday

January 19: General Robert E. Lee born [1807]; Texas Confederate Heroes' Day

January [3rd Monday]: Confederate Heroes Day

January 21: This day in 1824 General Thomas J. [Stonewall] Jackson was born in West Virginia

February 2: The Birthday of General Albert S.Johnston

February 3: The Birthday of General Joseph E. Johnston

February 8: Establishment of the Confederate States of America [1861]

February 22: President Jefferson Davis Inaugurated [1862]

March 4: Flag Day

April 12: Confederate batteries opened fire on Fort Sumter, War for Southern Independence began [1861]

April 26: Memorial Day [Ala., Fla, Ga., and Miss.]

May 10: General Thomas J. Jackson died [1863] Memorial Day [N.C. and S.C.]

May 30: Memorial Day [Va.]

June 3: Jefferson Davis born [1808] Memorial Day [Ky., La., and Tenn.]

October 12: General Robert E. Lee deceased [1870]

December 6: President Jefferson Davis deceased [1889]