Tag Archives: Gen. Lafayette McLaws

Depression

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Perhaps thinking of the deserters recently rounded up by soldiers of his division, Gen. Lafayette McLaws wrote his wife Emily on August 14 of the depression events had caused in some Confederates. “The condition of our affairs is calculated to … Continue reading →

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McLaws visits the brigade

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Dick Stanley

A few days before Mike Hubbert died, division commander Gen. Lafayette McLaws went down from his headquarters near Marye’s Heights to see Barksdale’s Mississippi Brigade in the city. “I visited Fredricksburg this evening,” McLaws wrote his wife, Emily, on April … Continue reading →

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More snow and an alert

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Feb. 17, 1863. “Tuesday,” Spartan Band quartermaster clerk William H. Hill recorded. “Commenced snowing at daylight this morning and continued all day. The snow was 10 inches deep at night.” The 17th Mississippi’s Private Robert A. Moore disagreed on the … Continue reading →

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The Journey: On to Fredericksburg

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Monday, Nov. 17, 1862, Gen. McLaws wrote his wife, Emily, as he went to bed that evening. He had to be up early for the division’s departure from Culpeper Court House. “I am under orders to march with my division … Continue reading →

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“…there is daily skirmishing…”

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Thursday, Nov. 6, 1862. “Clear and cold,” William H. Hill of the Spartan Band, wrote in his diary. “The baggage that we sent back to Gordonsville arrived back here this morning.” The baggage also included goods the 13th had left … Continue reading →

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Many of our men are without shoes

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Gen. Lafayette McLaws, whose division included Barksdale’s Mississippi Brigade, wrote his wife in Georgia from Leesburg on Sept. 4, 1862: “We arrived here yesterday after very fatiguing marching. The enemy are not here, although the day previous to our arrival … Continue reading →

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The Journey: Joining the rest of the army

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Dick Stanley

After two weeks of marching and picket duty around Malvern Hill, the 13th left Camp Holly on Aug. 20, 1862, a Wednesday, and marched through Richmond. They turned northeast and camped two miles from the city on the Mechanicsville Pike. … Continue reading →

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Moving on

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Dick Stanley

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 →

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