Search Results for: John M. Bradley

The Bradley brothers at Gettysburg

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Dick Stanley

The Civil War blog Battlefield Back Stories has a poignant tale of the Bradley brothers, John and George, who were killed at Gettysburg. Both had started out in the Winston Guards of Louisville, Mississippi, as had their younger brother, Joseph, … Continue reading →

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The Mississippi Brigade attacks

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Dick Stanley

By some accounts, Gen. William Barksdale, of Columbus, Mississippi, the 13th Regiment’s colonel at muster in 1861, spent the late afternoon of July 2, 1863, in frustration. He was trying to get his division and corps commanders to allow his … Continue reading →

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Battles: Maryland Heights

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Minutemen of Attala Private Mike Hubbert wrote in his diary on Sept. 12, 1862: “We went up [Elk Ridge] through Solomon’s Gap and advanced [south] in the line of battle some 4 or 5 miles down the top of the … Continue reading →

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Slave-owning officers of the 13th

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dick Stanley

I finally found the time to run the names of some of the 13th’s commissioned and non-commissioned officers through the federal 1860 Slave Schedules Census search engine at Ancestry.com I have, so far, found the following slave ownership (or lack … Continue reading →

Posted in Gen. William Barksdale, Mississippi, Slavery, The Alamutcha Infantry, The Kemper Legion, The Minute Men of Attala, The Pettus Guards, The Secessionists, William H. Hill Diary | Tagged , , , | 10 Comments

Battles: Sharpsburg

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Dick Stanley

The Spartan Band’s “boiled meat and crackers” eaten, the 13th and the rest of the Mississippi Brigade marched through the dawn’s early light into the western suburbs of Sharpsburg, Maryland (above), headed for Gen. Lee’s headquarters.It was a clear and … Continue reading →

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