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The Journey: Withdrawal

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Friday, Sept. 19, 1862. From Private Mike Hubbert’s diary: “Rained last night very hard. Our Army all came across the River last night to the Virginia side, leaving many of our wounded in the hands of the Yankees. We camped … Continue reading →

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Buried on the battlefield

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Dick Stanley

In 1906 a book was published in Ohio listing the names and locations of Confederates who were so badly wounded in the Maryland campaign that they were left on the battlefield by their departing comrades. These men subsequently died in … Continue reading →

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Barksdale’s Report on Sharpsburg

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Dick Stanley

HDQRS. BARKSDALE’S BRIGADE, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, Camp Lee, Va., October 12, 1862. Major JAMES M. GOGGIN, Assistant Adjutant-General, McLaws’ Division. MAJOR…We reached…the neighborhood of Sharpsburg, at about 9 o’clock on the morning of the 17th. The battle was then, … Continue reading →

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Night on the battlefield, anxious morning

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Dick Stanley

“We slept on the battle field last night,” Private Mike Hubbert of the Minutemen of Attala recorded in his diary Sept. 18, 1862. “It is very horrifying to hear the cries of the wounded who are all around us. The … Continue reading →

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Battles: Sharpsburg

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Dick Stanley

The Spartan Band’s “boiled meat and crackers” eaten, the 13th and the rest of the Mississippi Brigade marched through the dawn’s early light into the western suburbs of Sharpsburg, Maryland (above), headed for Gen. Lee’s headquarters.It was a clear and … Continue reading →

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