Category Archives: Fredericksburg

The Journey: March to Culpeper Court House

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

June 2, 1863. “Tuesday. Clear and warm. Our Brigade moved out of Fredericksburg tonight at 10 p.m.,” Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill wrote. “They went into camp near the Cot house on Telegraph [road] about 4 miles from town.” … Continue reading →

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Correspondence

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

Fredericksburg Va May 31st 1863 Dearest One, This sabbath I proceed to answer your verry loveing letter dated 13th inst. which came to my hands on wednesday last. The greatest privilege enjoyed by me is reading one of your verry … Continue reading →

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Gen. Barksdale’s new horse

Posted on August 6, 2011 by

Fredericksburg, Saturday, May 16, 1863. Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill recorded: “A horse, belonging to the Yankee army, swam the river this morning to our lines.” Independent historian Jess N. McLean noted that Gen. Barksdale took the horse for … Continue reading →

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A deserter

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

Fredericksburg, Wednesday, May 13, 1863. Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill wrote: Pettus Guards Private David W. Martin “deserted to the enemy last night by wading the [Rappahannock] river. He is a notorious coward and a scoundrel and was under … Continue reading →

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The death of Stonewall

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

Monday, May 11, 1863. Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill wrote: “Lt. General T.J. Jackson died near Guinea [Guiney's] Station at 2 o’clock last evening from wounds received in the battle of the 3rd inst near Chancellorsville. His body will … Continue reading →

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Back in Fredericksburg

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

May 5, 1863, a Tuesday, dawned clear and warm. That morning, Union troops the Rebels had driven from Marye’s Heights retreated across the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg and Barksdale’s Mississippi Brigade reoccupied the town. “The enemy shelled us as we came … Continue reading →

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Marching and countermarching

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

“All has been unusually quiet in front of us today,” 17th Mississippi diarist Robert A. Moore recorded on May 1, 1863 on Marye’s Heights above Fredericksburg. That changed the next day, Saturday, Moore wrote, with “some skirmishing and cannonading in … Continue reading →

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Skirmishing and cannonading

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

Gen. Barksdale, the brigade commander, later wrote that Gen McLaws moved some of the division north of Fredericksburg to meet the enemy. The Mississippians, however, were detailed to Gen. Early. The Thirteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Regiments were pulled back from … Continue reading →

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The ringing of the alarm bell

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

17th Mississippi Private Robert A. Moore’s weary return to Fredericksburg from his furlough home to Mississippi turned exciting two days later, Wednesday, April 29, 1863,  when “We were awoke this morning by the ringing of the alarm-bell…” “The enemy crossed … Continue reading →

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Fredericksburg’s sunken road

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

A portion of the defense line of Marye’s Heights, where Lee’s army fought the first Battle of Fredericksburg in December, 1862, and where Barksdale’s Mississippi Brigade would again in May, 1863.

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