Tag Archives: Minutemen of Attala

Private Edward P. Stanley

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Dick Stanley

My great grandfather Edward P. Stanley in an iPhone camera copy of a tintype photo taken in the late 1850s-early 1860s. The image, as with all tintypes, is reversed. E.P. was a private in the Minutemen of Attala from the … Continue reading →

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Legacy of war

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Dick Stanley

        This crutch belonged to Joseph W. Weatherly of the 13th Regiment’s Minutemen of Attala, a private from his 1861 enlistment, according to independent historian Grady Howell, to when one of his legs was amputated after the … Continue reading →

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Mississippi uniform buttons

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Dick Stanley

Apparently from a solider in I Company, which was the letter name of the 13th’s Minutemen of Attala, though I have no idea whether the buttons are from one of them. UPDATE:  Winston Cameron of Winchester, Virginia, a descendant of … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas from the 13th Mississippi

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Dick Stanley

The regiment spent its first Christmas Day, 1861, in camp near Leesburg. Private Mike Hubbert of the Minutemen of Attala wrote in his diary: “Camp is in quite a stir this morning. The boys all feel gay from the effect … Continue reading →

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A piece of the 13th’s puzzle saved

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Dick Stanley

“Today, on the 152nd anniversary of the battle, the Civil War Trust is proud to announce that we have successfully saved the site of the Jackson House at Ball’s Bluff. Thanks to the generosity of our members we have raised … Continue reading →

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The Bloody Thirteenth

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Dick Stanley

A descendant of Private Thurman Early Hendricks, of the Minutemen of Attala, sent me a copy of his undated post-war memoir which is available at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. In it, Hendricks said the men of the regiment … Continue reading →

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Correspondence

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Fredericksburg Va Jan 1st 1863 Dear Mollie In the last you wrote that I must remember you on the first day of the year. I write now that you may know that I am thinking of you. We are going … Continue reading →

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The Journey: Back to Brucetown

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Dick Stanley

On Oct. 24, 1862, the regiment moved with the brigade from its camp east of Winchester to a new camp within a mile south of Brucetown, a community about seven miles northeast of Winchester. The purpose of the move was … Continue reading →

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