Category Archives: Fredericksburg

Christmas 1864: A serenade by the band

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Dick Stanley

There wasn’t a good Christmas noted by a 13th Regiment letter writer, diarist or memoirist after 1861 in Leesburg. That was the last one where food was plentiful with all the comforts, even if furloughs had been revoked. Christmas 1862 was … Continue reading →

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Barksdale’s Brigade at Fredericksburg

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Dick Stanley

Union Captain Andrew Joseph Russell took this photograph of a portion of Barksdale’s Mississippi Brigade in Fredericksburg on April 8, 1863. They were posing for Russell— said to be the first official U.S. Army photographer—at the town end of a … Continue reading →

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The Journey: March to Culpeper Court House

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Dick Stanley

June 2, 1863. “Tuesday. Clear and warm. Our Brigade moved out of Fredericksburg tonight at 10 p.m.,” Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill wrote. “They went into camp near the Cot house on Telegraph [road] about 4 miles from town.” … Continue reading →

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Correspondence

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Fredericksburg Va May 31st 1863 Dearest One, This sabbath I proceed to answer your verry loveing letter dated 13th inst. which came to my hands on wednesday last. The greatest privilege enjoyed by me is reading one of your verry … Continue reading →

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Gen. Barksdale’s new horse

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Fredericksburg, Saturday, May 16, 1863. Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill recorded: “A horse, belonging to the Yankee army, swam the river this morning to our lines.” Independent historian Jess N. McLean noted that Gen. Barksdale took the horse for … Continue reading →

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A deserter

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Fredericksburg, Wednesday, May 13, 1863. Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill wrote: Pettus Guards Private David W. Martin “deserted to the enemy last night by wading the [Rappahannock] river. He is a notorious coward and a scoundrel and was under … Continue reading →

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The death of Stonewall

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Monday, May 11, 1863. Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill wrote: “Lt. General T.J. Jackson died near Guinea [Guiney’s] Station at 2 o’clock last evening from wounds received in the battle of the 3rd inst near Chancellorsville. His body will … Continue reading →

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Back in Fredericksburg

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Dick Stanley

May 5, 1863, a Tuesday, dawned clear and warm. That morning, Union troops the Rebels had driven from Marye’s Heights retreated across the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg and Barksdale’s Mississippi Brigade reoccupied the town. “The enemy shelled us as we came … Continue reading →

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