Category Archives: Gen. Jubal Early

Return (almost) to General Lee

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Dick Stanley

A little more than a week after their costly fight at Berryville, Kershaw’s Division, including the 13th Regiment, was ordered back to Richmond where Gen. George G. Meade’s troops were threatening the capital city. “On the night of [September] 15th,” … Continue reading →

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Skirmishing and cannonading

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Gen. Barksdale, the brigade commander, later wrote that Gen McLaws moved some of the division north of Fredericksburg to meet the enemy. The Mississippians, however, were detailed to Gen. Early. The Thirteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Regiments were pulled back from … Continue reading →

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The 13th’s part in the birth of the battle flag

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Dick Stanley

The Seventh Louisiana Regiment led Colonel Jubal Early’s brigade onto the Manassas battlefield on July 21, 1861, with the 13th Mississippi next in the column and the Seventh Virginia bringing up the rear. And the story goes that Gen. P.G.T. … Continue reading →

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The 13th at First Manassas

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Dick Stanley

Arriving on the Confederate left, after 3 p.m. Gen. Early directed his brigade into line: the 7th Virginia on the right, the 13th Mississippi in the middle, and the 7th Louisiana on the left. To their left was Col. J.E.B. … Continue reading →

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March to battle

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Dick Stanley

Sunday, July 21, 1861. The men rose at dawn from their blankets on the ground at Manassas Junction to the sound of cannon and rifles in the distance. They grabbed what breakfast they could find, or went without. Thomas David … Continue reading →

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