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Category Archives: William H. Hill Diary
Deserter: Brigade down to 800 men
With the end of our last known diary by a 13th Regiment soldier [i.e. the Spartan Band's William H. Hill] or, for that matter, any Humphreys’ Brigade soldier, we’re left to use the words of those outside either unit in … Continue reading
Their feet bleeding at every step
On New Year’s Eve, a Thursday, it was sleeting while Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill wrote the last entry in what is apparently his last extant diary. “It turned very cold suddenly and sleeted for several hours. Our men … Continue reading
Furloughs
Most of the senior officers had already left on furlough, despite continued cannonading and rifle firing for several miles around nearly every day, when General Longstreet issued a Dec. 27, 1863 order on the subject for the junior officers and … Continue reading
Building huts on Christmas Day
On Dec. 21, 1863, a clear and icy cold Monday, Humphreys Mississippi Brigade and the 13th Regiment “left camp at Clinch Gap at 10 a.m. and marched 9 miles to Longs Ferry on the Holston River and camped,” Spartan Band diarist William … Continue reading
Longstreet relieves McLaws, who is challenged to a duel
The 13th Regiment lost its longtime division commander on Dec. 18, 1863. “Friday. Cloudy and very windy and cold,” Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill recorded. “General Longstreet today relieved General McLaws from command of this division. “The reasons that … Continue reading
The Fights at Bean Station and environs
On Sunday, Dec. 13, 1863, Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill wrote that Humphreys Brigade was put to work against General Burnside’s pursuing Yankees. It was raining steadily again and rations were short. “The roads are very muddy and the … Continue reading
Withdrawal: Miles of fence on fire
After the failed first-light attack on Fort Sanders, General Burnside offered his old West Point classmate General Longstreet a flag of truce. “The morning being very cold and frosty, and the enemy’s wounded in our ditch and in front of … Continue reading
Posted in Battles: Fort Sanders, Gen. James Longstreet, Gen. Lafayette McLaws, Humpreys Mississippi Brigade, Siege of Knoxville, The Commanders, The Spartan Band, William H. Hill Diary
Tagged 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, General Lafayette McLaws, Longstreet withdraws from Knoxville
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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 Jess N. McLean, William H. Hill Diary, Nimrod Newton Nash, The Battle Flags, Confederate Veteran Magazine, The Minute Men of Attala, The Lauderdale Zouaves, The Spartan Band, Gen. James Longstreet, Gen. Lafayette McLaws, Gen. Benjamin G. Humphreys, Humpreys Mississippi Brigade, Siege of Knoxville, Battles: Fort Sanders
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The siege of Knoxville
“The enemy is in full retreat,” Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill recorded on Monday evening, Nov. 16, 1863. “The loss of the enemy in killed and wounded [at Campbell's Station] was large, our loss was small.” Indeed, “[m]any of … Continue reading
The fight at Campbell’s Station
General Burnside’s federal army was retreating to Knoxville. Pursuing them, after crossing the Tennessee River on Nov. 15, General Longstreet divided his two divisions. He accompanied Hood’s Division along the Hotchkiss Valley Road to Lenoir City and sent McLaws’ Division … Continue reading
