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Category Archives: The Lauderdale Zouaves
Battles: Cold Harbor
On the night of May 31, 1864, the First Corps, including the 13th Mississippi Regiment, marched for Cold Harbor. Plans called for getting onto Grant’s left flank and rolling it up while the rest of Lee’s army attacked Grant’s front. … Continue reading
Posted in Battles: Cold Harbor, Humpreys Mississippi Brigade, Jess N. McLean, Newton Rifles, The Alamutcha Infantry, The Kemper Legion, The Lauderdale Zouaves, The Minute Men of Attala, The Pettus Guards, The Secessionists, The Spartan Band, The Winston Guards, Wayne Rifles
Tagged 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Battle of Cold Harbor, Humphreys Mississippi Brigade at Cold Harbor
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Thirteenth private buried at Arlington
Sometime in about May, 1864, a private from the Lauderdale Zouaves who had been captured by the Union was buried on a hillside near Washington City. Private Michael Quinn was an unmarried 35-year-old “ditcher” when he enlisted at Lauderdale Station … Continue reading
The Battle of Fort Sanders
By Nov. 28, 1863, the siege of Knoxville was entering its second week. Longstreet, who had been dithering on the question of where best to attack the Union defenses, had finally settled on one—the red-dirt Fort Sanders (above, looking west) … Continue reading
Posted in Battles: Fort Sanders, Confederate Veteran Magazine, Gen. Benjamin G. Humphreys, Gen. James Longstreet, Gen. Lafayette McLaws, Humpreys Mississippi Brigade, Jess N. McLean, Nimrod Newton Nash, Siege of Knoxville, The Battle Flags, The Lauderdale Zouaves, The Minute Men of Attala, The Spartan Band, William H. Hill Diary
Tagged 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Battle of Fort Sanders
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A train collision on the way to Richmond
Humphreys’ Brigade broke camp at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1863, and marched eight miles to Hanover Junction. They camped there while Hood’s Division boarded the railroad cars and left for Richmond—enroute to Chattanooga, TN. “The waggons and teams … Continue reading
The 13th at Old Capitol Prison and Fort Delaware
Of the sixteen soldiers of the 13th Mississippi who were captured on Marye’s Heights at Fredericksburg on May 3, 1863, fourteen were sent to the Old Capitol Prison in Washington City, according to Jess N. McLean. He lists them as … Continue reading
Battles: Garnett’s Farm
For the larger part of the Army of Northern Virginia, this was the Battle of Gaines Mill, north of the Chickahominy River, a costly but clear victory. The 13th Regiment was south of the river with Magruder’s division (as at … Continue reading
Posted in Albert Wymer Henley Diary, Battles: Garnett's Farm, Battles: The Seven Days, Jess N. McLean, Mike M. Hubbert Diary, Newton Rifles, The Lauderdale Zouaves, The Minute Men of Attala, The Spartan Band
Tagged 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Battle of Garnett's Farm, Seven Days Battles
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Reorganization
Still confronting the enemy on the Warwick, the army was reorganized on April 26, 1862 with a new election of commissioned and non-commissioned officers. In the 13th, at least, each company also got a new alphabetical designator which determined its … Continue reading
The Conscription Act
On April 16, 1862, the Confederate Congress in Richmond passed the first of three conscription acts. It called most white men between ages eighteen and thirty-five to military service for three years. Later amendments created exceptions, including the owners of … Continue reading
The 13th at Ball’s Bluff and Edwards Ferry
The 13th regiment spent an uncomfortable Sunday, Oct. 20, entrenched at Goose Creek on the Leesburg turnpike near Edwards Ferry. They were wet from drizzling rain, cold without the blankets they had left with their baggage at Fort Evans and … Continue reading
Posted in Battles: Leesburg, Gen. Nathan G. Evans, Mike M. Hubbert Diary, The Lauderdale Zouaves, The Minute Men of Attala, The Secessionists, The Spartan Band, Wayne Rifles
Tagged "A Little Short of Boats: The Fights at Ball's Bluff and Edwards Ferry", 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Battle of Ball's Bluff, Battle of Leesburg, James A. Morgan III
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