Comments for 13TH MISSISSIPPI INFANTRY REGIMENT

Comment on Surgeon Simon Baruch by Dick Stanley

Dick Stanley — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:39:04 +0000

I found it somewhere on the Web, after an extensive search on his name and honorific. Don’t remember exactly where. Sorry. You’re welcome to download a copy of it if you like. Just right click on it and save it to your location. Thanks for the comment.

Comment on Surgeon Simon Baruch by Debra Smith

Debra Smith — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:40:00 +0000

Please tell me where you found the photo of Dr. Simon Baruch.

Comment on Orange Court House by Winston Cameron

Winston Cameron — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:18:44 +0000

Hello Dick. I will try to send you a scanned copy of their correspondence. I also have an actual letter from Captain Hugh Cameron to an officer in Mobile ordering the return of a 13th MS soldier to VA to answer for some sort of military offense, postmarked from Winchester, VA, which is where we live, which a benevolent providence somehow allowed me to find out of the blue in an antiquarian bookstore in Georgetown. I’ll see if I can scan this also.

Comment on Orange Court House by Dick Stanley

Dick Stanley — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:56:39 +0000

BTW, occurs to me I’d love to have a scanned copy of the correspondence you mention between your ancestor and Longstreet’s staff. If you email me a scanned copy, I’ll post it where others can see it too.

Comment on The Battle of Chickamauga by S. Thomas Summers

S. Thomas Summers — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:50:31 +0000

Hi Dick,

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Comment on Orange Court House by Winston Cameron

Winston Cameron — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:51:26 +0000

Thanks for your response. I’m hoping to someday stumble across some additional trove of information.

Comment on Orange Court House by Dick Stanley

Dick Stanley — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:02:12 +0000

Okay, thanks. Grady Howell has for the “Alamutcha Infantry” a Hugh D. Cameron, pvt., O.S., 1st Sgt, 2nd Lieut., Capt.; and a John A. Cameron, pvt., 3rd Sgt, 3rd, 1st Lieut. Howell doesn’t list the command at the time of Saylor’s Creek. He only says that in the final returns (presumably meaning Appomattox) the 13th was commanded by Lieut. W. H. Davis.

That’s all I know. I’m sure McLean has more.

You confused me because I never worry about the A to E or D to I business from the reorganization in 1862, except when doing research. I just go with the name the companies chose for themselves, which makes everything simpler. Howell goes with the last alphabetic. So does McLean.

Comment on Orange Court House by Winston Cameron

Winston Cameron — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:46:57 +0000

Co. A became Co. E (Alamutcha Rifles) in 1862 and I should have mentioned this. You will find them both there, Captain Hugh Cameron and Lieutenant John Cameron. I apologize for my earlier disorganized inquiry.

Comment on Orange Court House by Dick Stanley

Dick Stanley — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:22:53 +0000

Thanks for the comment. Neither McLean nor Grady Howell lists a Cameron of any rank at any time in Co. A, also known as the Winston Guards. But I’m assuming that’s the surname, Cameron, since you didn’t give one. What is the full name of the lieutenant?

Comment on Orange Court House by Winston Cameron

Winston Cameron — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:02:45 +0000

Hello Dick. This is a very compelling site you have established. I am descended from 2 officers of the 13th Miss infantry, one of whom commanded Co. A at the age of 18 until his capture at Sayler’s Creek at the age of 21. He is listed as commanding the regiment on several orders of battle for small engagements late in the war and I have a copy of correspondences between him and Gen. Longstreet’s staff after the battle of Cedar Creek in which he is authorized as 2nd in command of the regiment to forage for a horse. Needless to say I am very intrigued by this young man and wonder if you have any information about him. I have Mr. Mclean’s book. Thanks for any information you may have. Winston Cameron