Category Archives: Confederate Veteran Magazine

The Battle of Fort Sanders

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Dick Stanley

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 →

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Gettysburg: The Third Day

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Friday, July 3, 1863, dawned clear on the battlefield south of Gettysburg, according to Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill who added that it became very warm as the day progressed. Friends of Private Nimrod Newton Nash buried him, and … 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: Malvern Hill

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Dick Stanley

The Union had massed artillery almost wheel hub to wheel hub on the crest of a plateau 150-feet above the James River to cover its retreat to the river from Gen. Lee’s pursuing Rebels. The position had clear fields of … Continue reading →

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The Journey: Kingsmill Wharf to Lee’s Mill

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Dick Stanley

The Spartan Band diarist Albert Wymer Henley on Wednesday, April 9: “About 4 p.m. we landed at ‘Kings Mills’ on the James River when under a drenching rain and in places nearly knee deep, we proceeded to march about 8 … Continue reading →

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Another veteran crosses the river

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Dick Stanley

From the May, 1908 edition of Confederate Veteran Magazine: “WALLACE. Virgil H. Wallace, of Kosciusko, Miss., entered into rest on February 12, 1908. He was among the first to enlist for his State in 1861, becoming a member of the … Continue reading →

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News from Confederate Veteran

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Dick Stanley

From the April, 1909 edition of the magazine: “C. D. Eastland, Louisville, Miss.: ‘If the Federal soldier who captured the flag of the 13th Mississippi Regiment April 6, 1865, in the battle of Harper’s Farm or Sailor’s Creek will write … Continue reading →

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