Author Archives: Dick Stanley

About Dick Stanley

Retired Texas daily newspaperman

Monument-Rich Mississippi Is Vulnerable

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Dick Stanley

Practically every cemetery in the state, and nearly every county courthouse lawn bears a marker or monument to the Confederacy, usually but not always to the enlisted soldiers. It’s sad to think they might become the victims of ahistorical mob … Continue reading →

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Gettysburg Protests

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Dick Stanley

“Civil War re-enactors and the National Parks Service are bracing for Anti-Confederate—and Antifa—protests July 4th weekend as Gettysburg battlefield and memorial in Pennsylvania celebrates the 154th anniversary of the pivotal battle. “According to local media, rumors are swirling that several … Continue reading →

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Reprise: One of the Immortal Six Hundred

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Dick Stanley

While the 13th regiment was in the Shenandoah Valley, on Sept. 7, 1864, Third Lieutenant Absalom H. Farrar of the Kemper Legion arrived at Morris Island in the harbor opposite Charleston, SC. He was to become one of what the … Continue reading →

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Pvt Joseph Pearson Sanders

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Dick Stanley

Sanders, aka Josiah P. Saunders, was one of the oldest living veterans of the 13th Regiment, dying in 1927 at the age of 96. Buried in the Beauvoir Confederate Cemetery, one of six 13th veterans buried there. McLean lists him … Continue reading →

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“Official Records” now in Kindle

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Dick Stanley

Independent historian Jess McLean, whose book The Official Records of the 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment inspired my own, alerts us that his book is now available for Kindle users.

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Christmas 1861

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Dick Stanley

The 13th regiment spent its first Christmas Day, 1861, in camp near Leesburg. Private Mike Hubbert of the Minutemen of Attala wrote in his diary: “Camp is in quite a stir this morning. The boys all feel gay from the … Continue reading →

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Secession Again?

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Dick Stanley

“Secession is in the air again, ironically for the same reason the South seceded in 1860—dissatisfaction with the results of the presidential election. In 1860 it was Abe Lincoln; in 2016 it’s Donald Trump. And it’s not the South this … Continue reading →

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Wig Wag flags at Fort Sanders

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Dick Stanley

Artillery supported the 13th Regiment’s charge against Fort Sanders at Knoxville in the ice and snow of winter, 1863. The big guns were spread out so far around the southern curve of the battlefield that their commander had to use … Continue reading →

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