MAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY Birthdates May   7, 1826 ~ Varina Howell Davis, First Lady of the Confederate States of America May 15, 1802 ~ Major General Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, CSA, May 16, 1824 ~ General Edmund Kirby Smith, CSA May 19, 1812 ~ Brigadier General Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, CSA May 21, 1822 ~ Major General Dabney Herndon Maury, CSA May 26, 1835 ~ Brigadier General Edward Porter Alexander, CSA May 28, 1818 ~ General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, CSA May 28, 1838 ~ Brigadier General Basil Wilson Duke, CSA May 29, 1824 ~ Major General Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, CSA May 31, 1837 ~ Major General William Henry Fitzhugh ("Rooney") Lee, CSA May 31, 1837 ~ Major General Stephen Dodson Ramseur, CSA Battles May   2, 1863 ~ Battle of Chancellorsville May   3, 1863 ~ Wounding of Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan ("Stonewall") Jackson May   5, 1862 ~ Battle of Williamsburg May   5, 1864 ~ Battle of The Wilderness May 10, 1863 ~ Death of Stonewall Jackson May 11, 1864 ~ Battle of Yellow Tavern/Wounding of Major General James Ewell Brown ("JEB") Stuart May 12, 1864 ~ Death of J.E.B. Stuart May 15, 1864 ~ Battle of New Market May 18, 1863 ~ Battle of Vicksburg begins May 23, 1862 ~ Battle of Front Royal May 31, 1862 ~ Battle of Seven Pines