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Tag Archives: Battle of Malvern Hill
Moving on
The Union army retreated to Westover, on the James River, which allowed the Confederates to claim victory in the 1862 Seven Days battles, despite their July 1 defeat at Malvern Hill. Both sides spent the next few weeks recovering. Gen. … Continue reading →
Among the dead
More than forty years after the war, Robert Stiles, the Richmond Howitzers’ memoirist, recalled that the bloody defeat at Malvern Hill in 1862 depressed much of the gray army. “The demoralization was great and the evidences of it palpable everywhere. … Continue reading →
Posted in Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade, Battles: Malvern Hill, Battles: The Seven Days, Jess N. McLean, Newton Rifles, The Alamutcha Infantry, The Kemper Legion, The Pettus Guards, The Winston Guards, Wayne Rifles
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Tagged 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Battle of Malvern Hill, Dewitt C. Marshall, John L. Carter, Lawrence L. Barker, William J. Eckford
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A night on the battlefield
It’s worth remembering that, at this time, the 13th’s infantrymen were not hardened veterans. Malvern Hill was their first truly-difficult battle with high casualties. Minutemen of Attala Private Peter F. Ellis, an 18-year-old clerk from Madison County when he enlisted … Continue reading →
Posted in Battles: Malvern Hill, Battles: The Seven Days, Jess N. McLean, The Minute Men of Attala
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Tagged 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 29th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade, Battle of Malvern Hill, Minutemen of Attala, Private Peter F. Ellis, William H. Osborne
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Battles: Malvern Hill
The Union had massed artillery almost wheel hub to wheel hub on the crest of a plateau 150-feet above the James River to cover its retreat to the river from Gen. Lee’s pursuing Rebels. The position had clear fields of … Continue reading →
Posted in Albert Wymer Henley Diary, Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade, Battles: Malvern Hill, Battles: The Seven Days, Confederate Veteran Magazine, Gen. William Barksdale, Jess N. McLean, Mike M. Hubbert Diary, Richmond Howitzers, The Minute Men of Attala, The Spartan Band
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Tagged 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade, Battle of Malvern Hill, Gen. William Barksdale, Seven Days Battles
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