Tag Archives: Minutemen of Attala

Correspondence

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Clarke County Va Oct 5th 1862 Dear Mollie After hearing a good sermon from Dr West, our Chaplain, I concluded to spend a few moments in writing you; but have no news woth naming. The health of the soldiers is … Continue reading →

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The destruction at Warrenton Springs

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Dick Stanley

After another march of 16 miles, this time in the rain—making their eleven day marching total more than 100 miles—the 13th camped near the Warrenton Springs resort, (probably the Fauquier White Sulphur Springs, above) southwest of Warrenton. They surveyed the … Continue reading →

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Correspondence

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Richmond Va Aug 7th/62 Dear Wife I received two letters from you yesterday, one mailed the 22nd July. There is nothing new transpiring here at present, and I hardly know how to commince writing. I have taken a severe cold … Continue reading →

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Replacements

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Dick Stanley

On August 4, 1862, the 13th enlisted thirty-eight replacements for their dead and wounded. The new men, most of them in the late teens and early twenties, enlisted for the war at Brookhaven, Mississippi, south of Jackson. A few of … Continue reading →

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Correspondence

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Aug 3rd 1862 As Lewis Nash is going to leave for home this eve I have concluded to write some more. I have had fever for two days caused from [a] cold which I spoke of in the first of … Continue reading →

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Correspondence

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Hospital Richmond Va. July 20th/62 Dearest One I am still in good health for which I try to thank our heavenly Father. This is Sunday and I recon it will be a lonesome day here. There are so many sick … Continue reading →

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A night on the battlefield

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Dick Stanley

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 →

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Correspondence

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Dick Stanley

March 5th/62 In Camps Near Leesburg Va. Dearest One One more time Thank Heaven I am permitted to communicate my thoughts to you, and possibly the last. There is no reason on my part to complain as my health was … Continue reading →

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