Tag Archives: General Lafayette McLaws

Longstreet relieves McLaws, who is challenged to a duel

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Dick Stanley

The 13th Regiment lost its longtime division commander on Dec. 18, 1863. “Friday. Cloudy and very windy and cold,” Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill recorded. “General Longstreet today relieved General McLaws from command of this division. “The reasons that … Continue reading →

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Withdrawal: Miles of fence on fire

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Dick Stanley

After the failed first-light attack on Fort Sanders, General Burnside offered his old West Point classmate General Longstreet a flag of truce. “The morning being very cold and frosty, and the enemy’s wounded in our ditch and in front of … Continue reading →

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Orange Court House

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Gen. Lafayette McLaws had his division headquarters at Orange Court House, south of the Rapidan River. There he wrote his wife, Emily, on August 12, 1863, that he had camped in the yard and on the premises of a farmer … Continue reading →

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Correspondence

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Barksdale’s Mississippi Brigade’s division commander Gen. Lafayette McLaws wrote his wife, Emily, from his Hagerstown, Maryland headquarters on Tuesday, July 7. “Since I wrote you last we have had a series of terrible engagements out of which God has permitted … Continue reading →

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The Journey: On to the Blue Ridge

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Dick Stanley

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 →

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Taking up the advance

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Dick Stanley

On June 10, 1863, a Wednesday, the brigade’s division commander Gen. Lafayette McLaws wrote his wife Emily that he was unsure of the army’s destination, but the talk was of Pennsylvania: “Our army has taken up the advance…Our destination is … Continue reading →

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The eve of great and stirring events

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Gen. McLaws wrote his wife, Emily, a quick letter on the evening of April 29, 1863, about the previous night’s Union crossing of the river below and above Fredericksburg which he expected to become a renewed battle. Below the town … Continue reading →

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