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The Journey: On to Pennsylvania

“The Division left camp at 3 a.m. and commenced the march for Maryland,” Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill recorded on Wednesday, June 24, 1863. “The whole army is in motion for the enemy’s country,” 17th Regiment diarist Robert A. … Continue reading

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Skirmishing and cannonading

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 ringing of the alarm bell

17th Mississippi Private Robert A. Moore’s weary return to Fredericksburg from his furlough home to Mississippi turned exciting two days later, Wednesday, April 29, 1863,  when “We were awoke this morning by the ringing of the alarm-bell…” “The enemy crossed … Continue reading

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Home and back again

None of the available diarists or letter writers of the 13th Mississippi recorded their experiences of what it was like traveling home on furlough and back to the army. But Private Robert A. Moore, a diarist of the Confederate Guards, … Continue reading

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New Year’s Eve

“Wednesday,” Spartan Band diarist, lawyer and quartermaster clerk William H. Hill recorded. “Morning clear and cool, evening cloudy and sleeting…” 17th Mississippi Private Robert A. Moore was more eloquent: “To-day closes the year 1862 & it had been an eventful … Continue reading

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