Category Archives: Gen. Daniel H. Hill

Furloughs

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Dick Stanley

The senior officers, as usually, took advantage of the winter lull and went home on  furlough. There was controversy over whether the junior officers and privates should enjoy the same privilege. The brigade’s former commander, Gen. D.H. Hill, for instance, … Continue reading →

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The Journey: Joining the rest of the army

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Dick Stanley

After two weeks of marching and picket duty around Malvern Hill, the 13th left Camp Holly on Aug. 20, 1862, a Wednesday, and marched through Richmond. They turned northeast and camped two miles from the city on the Mechanicsville Pike. … Continue reading →

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The Warwick-Yorktown Defense Line

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Dick Stanley

The 13th’s camp near Lee’s Mill was near the site of an April 4 collision between less than 2,000 Confederates under Gen. Lafayette McLaws and Brig. Gen. William F. “Baldy” Smith’s much larger division in the vanguard of the Union’s … Continue reading →

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The Journey: Marching On

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Dick Stanley

On a cool and clear Wednesday, March 19, the regiment broke camp and marched twelve miles along the tracks of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad and camped there, a mile from the Rapidan River. Winston Guards Thomas D. Wallace diary: … Continue reading →

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The Journey: the retreat continues

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Dick Stanley

The 13th marched on through Middleburg to pick up its tents and baggage and, after an additional 16 miles, camped Saturday night at White Plains on the Manassas Gap Railroad. They resumed marching south the next morning, March 9th, this … Continue reading →

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The Journey: Scorched earth

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Dick Stanley

On March 6, 1862, a Thursday, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, commander of the Rebel armies in Virginia, ordered their withdrawal from Northern Virginia. Johnston, anticipating a Union move on Richmond, was indulging his preference for defensive operations by bringing his … Continue reading →

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The Dranesville fight

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Dick Stanley

The Dranesville fight which Newt Nash mentioned in his Jan. 1st letter to wife Mollie was the Dec. 20 battle between Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry, riding a reconnaissance north from Centerville, and Union troops under Gen. Edward Ord. Nash relied … Continue reading →

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Brigadier Gen. D.H. Hill

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Dick Stanley

Daniel Harvey Hill, like Evans a South Carolinian, was the hero of Big Bethel, an early skirmish of the war near Fortress Monroe on the Virginia peninsula. Also like Evans, Hill was a West Point graduate. But the brother-in-law of … Continue reading →

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