Category Archives: Eighteenth Mississippi

19th Century Weapon: The steam train

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Dick Stanley

“In today’s world of tanks, bombers and submarines, it’s perhaps hard to believe that the train was once an amazingly mobile weapons platform. They might be locked to their rails, but for over a century trains were the fastest means … Continue reading →

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Gettysburg’s 150th

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Dick Stanley

I’m not sorry to be missing Gettysburg’s 150th anniversary these next three days. Too much of the occasion will be taken up by reenactment events, which reenactment participants call “impressions.” But too many of the reenactors are too corpulent and all … Continue reading →

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Company flags

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Dick Stanley

Although Rebel companies gained letter names early in the war when they stopped being militia units and became part of a regiment, many still carried their old militia flags. Hence this silk one of the Burt Rifles, Company K, of … Continue reading →

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Reprise: “…the only real night charge we ever made.”

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Dick Stanley

Two of the Mississippi Brigade’s regiments, the 18th and the 21st, were charged with driving in the Union pickets the night before the dawn assault on Fort Sanders by the 17th and 13th regiments. After the war, 18th regiment Captain Wiley Gart … Continue reading →

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McLaws challenged to a duel

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Dick Stanley

Gen. Lafayette McLaws was not only relieved as a division commander by General Longstreet after the Fort Sanders debacle, McLaws was promptly challenged to a duel. The challenge came from “Major Gerrold [George Bruce  Gerald] of the 18th Mississippi Regiment,” according … Continue reading →

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“…the only real night charge we ever made.”

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Dick Stanley

Two of the Mississippi Brigade’s regiments, the 18th and the 21st, were charged with driving in the Union pickets the night before the dawn assault on Fort Sanders by the 17th and 13th regiments. After the war, 18th regiment Captain … Continue reading →

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