Category Archives: Battles: Peninsula Campaign

A picket fight

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Tuesday, May 27, 1862: “Cloudy and raining,” wrote Minutemen of Attala Private Mike Hubbert. “We had quite a picket fight this morning.” Six of the Winston Guards, sent out at noon as scouts, according to Private Thomas David Wallace, got … Continue reading →

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Picket duty in the siege of Richmond

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Dick Stanley

“Saturday [May 24, 1862]. Warm and showery. Heavy Skirmishing all day [on the Chickahominy battle line]. Our regiment left at sunset to go on picket.” Quartermaster clerk William H. Hill’s diary entry (the day the Federals seized Mechanicsville, 5 miles … Continue reading →

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Marching and countermarching

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Dick Stanley

The regiment didn’t stay near Richmond long. The men were soon set in motion for other duties, though of just what kind was not explained to them. It turned out to be a lot of hurry up and wait on … Continue reading →

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With the sick and dying in Richmond

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Dick Stanley

Throughout the Peninsula Campaign and during their cold, wet and hungry evacuation, the 13th kept contributing its share of the army’s sick and dying to the new Richmond hospitals. Official correspondence on April 26 showed the regiment reduced to 640 … Continue reading →

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Evacuating the Peninsula

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Dick Stanley

The Yankees, having (with the help of Professor Thaddeus Lowe’s observation balloons) finally caught on to the Confederate evacuation, pushed ahead in pursuit Sunday, May 4, until some of their advance made contact with the rear of the Rebel retreat … Continue reading →

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Withdrawal to Williamsburg

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Dick Stanley

On May 1, 1862, the 13th was ordered to prepare two days rations and be ready to march at midnight. Gen. Joseph Johnston, who wanted to fight Union Gen. George McClellan’s army closer to Richmond, was going to withdraw slowly … Continue reading →

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Picket duty on the peninsula

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Dick Stanley

It was a miserable few weeks the 13th spent on the Warwick, a tidal river. No tents, little food, intermittent rain and camp sites so low in the swampy ground they accumulated rain water everyone had to slosh through—and try … Continue reading →

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Union siege on the Peninsula

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dick Stanley

These giant mortars, in these positions, were part of Union Gen. George McClellan’s siege of the Confederate defense line along the Warwick River. These 13-inch (bore diameter) guns lofted heavy explosive shells (balls at right) onto the vicinity of the … Continue reading →

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