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Correspondence
Shenandoah Va June 21st/63 Dearest One, I received a precious letter from you yesterday, which was mailed 4th inst. We are now eighty five miles from Culpepper where my last letter was written. The weather was intencely hot, as hot … Continue reading →
The Journey: On to the Blue Ridge
The regiment left the vicinity of Culpeper Court House at first light on June 16, 1863, heading northward on the Sperryville Turnpike. It was a Tuesday, and the weather was clear and very warm. “The men have 3 days cooked … Continue reading →
In Line of Battle
The 13th Mississippi, as part of Barksdale’s Mississippi Brigade, played a minor role in the Battle of Brandy Station, the largest battle of predominantly cavalry forces during the Civil War: involving about 9,500 horsemen under Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and 11,000 … Continue reading →
Correspondence
Culpepper, C.H. Va June 7th 1863 Dearest Mollie, Our army is now on the moove for some place unknown to me. After we left our old position the Yanks crossed over to try and get us to come back but … Continue reading →
The Journey: March to Culpeper Court House
June 2, 1863. “Tuesday. Clear and warm. Our Brigade moved out of Fredericksburg tonight at 10 p.m.,” Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill wrote. “They went into camp near the Cot house on Telegraph [road] about 4 miles from town.” … Continue reading →
General Barksdale’s report
FREDERICKSBURG, VA., May 15, 1863. MAJOR: When General McLaws moved up the river on the night of April 30, I was temporarily detached from my command, and ordered to report to General Early. My brigade was then at Marye’s Hill, … Continue reading →
Marching and countermarching
“All has been unusually quiet in front of us today,” 17th Mississippi diarist Robert A. Moore recorded on May 1, 1863 on Marye’s Heights above Fredericksburg. That changed the next day, Saturday, Moore wrote, with “some skirmishing and cannonading in … Continue reading →
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 →