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Mississippi’s fugitive newspapers
In late July, 1864, the 13th Regiment was in the trenches at Petersburg where they’d been since late June. So some of them may have been able to receive mail from home, including newspapers. But many of those newspapers, if they … Continue reading
Union siege on the Peninsula
These giant mortars, in these positions, were part of Union Gen. George McClellan’s siege of the Confederate defense line along the Warwick River. These 13-inch (bore diameter) guns lofted heavy explosive shells (balls at right) onto the vicinity of the … Continue reading
The Journey: the retreat continues
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
Decimated by disease
From early June, 1861, when the 13th Regiment left Mississippi for their camp of instruction at Union City in northwestern Tennessee, through their journey to Virginia and their July 21 blooding at First Manassas, and on, three months later, to … Continue reading
Posted in Jess N. McLean, Newton Rifles, The Alamutcha Infantry, The Journey, The Kemper Legion, The Lauderdale Zouaves, The Minute Men of Attala, The Pettus Guards, The Secessionists, The Spartan Band, The Winston Guards, Wayne Rifles, William H. Hill Diary
Tagged 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, American Civil War, death by disease, sick soldiers
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A new brigade, and a visit from Prince Napoleon
The prince, whose society nickname was Plon Plon, was a cousin of Napoleon III, the president of France. The president was the first Napoleon’s nephew. Richmond hoped France would become the first European nation to recognize the Confederacy. Plon Plon, … Continue reading
The Fog of War
N.C. Wyeth Civil War art. Not about the 13th, per se, just a good piece of illustrative work without the sentiment of most modern ACW stuff. Yet stirring, obviously. And who says it couldn’t be about the 13th? Via Bull … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, ACW, American Civil War, N.C. Wyeth
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The 13th at Beauvoir Cemetery
Apparently six veterans of the 13th are buried at Beauvoir, Confederate President Jefferson Davis’s last home on the Mississippi coast, owned and operated by the Mississippi SCV. The six, according to the cemetery records here, are G.W. Agnew, James Benson, … Continue reading