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Cold
The skies were clear in Fredericksburg in the early days of 1863 and the temperature was dropping. The weather would prove variable, from a few mild days followed by others of intense cold. On January...
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Furloughs
The senior officers, as usually, took advantage of the winter lull and went home on furlough. There was controversy over whether the junior officers and privates should enjoy the same privilege. The...
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Those Union balloons
The brigade’s picket duty in Fredericksburg finally became routine and the soldiers were comfortably situated in some occupied homes and some devastated ones. 17th Mississippi Private Robert A. Moore...
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The eve of great and stirring events
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...
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Skirmishing and cannonading
Gen. Barksdale, the brigade commander, later wrote that Gen McLaws moved some of the division north of Fredericksburg to meet the enemy. The Mississippians, however, were detailed to Gen. Early. The...
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