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Sixth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac

Colonel W Barksdale, 13th Mississippi Infantry

Colonel W Barksdale, 13th Mississippi Infantry

Thirteenth Mississippi Infantry

Mustered in Confederate service for one year 23 May, 1861. Arrived at Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, 20 July, 1861. Stationed between McLean's farm, one mile southwest of McLean's Ford, on the Bull Run River, 21 July, 1861

COLONEL W BARKSDALE
W Barksdale was appointed colonel and quartermaster general, Army of Mississippi, on 12 March, 1861, dated 1 March, 1861, and colonel, 13th Mississippi Infantry, on 14 May, 1861.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL MC H WHITAKER
First Lieutenant Mc H Whitaker, Pettus Guards, was accepted in Confederate service as first lieutenant, 13th Mississippi Infantry, Company H, on 14 May, 1861, and was appointed lieutenant colonel, 13th Mississippi Infantry, at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, on 18 May, 1861.

MAJOR I HARRISON, JR.
I Harrison, Jr., was appointed major, 13th Mississippi Infantry, at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, on 14 May, 1861.

Company A Alamutcha Infantry: CAPT. P H BOZEMAN
The company was accepted in state service at Alamutcha, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, on 4 March, 1861, and was mustered in state service for one year at Macon, Noxubee County, Mississippi, by Captain G T Weir, Noxubee Rifles, on 23 March, 1861. The company was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, by Captain W S Walker, infantry, Confederate States Army, on 23 May, 1861, dated 14 May, 1861 (See the 11th Mississippi Infantry).
Company B Winston Guards: CAPT. J M BRADLEY
The company was mustered in state service for one year at Louisville, Winston County, Mississippi, by First Lieutenant W H Grey, Prairie Guards, on 6 March, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, by Captain W S Walker, infantry, Confederate States Army, on 23 May, 1861, dated 16 May, 1861 (See the 11th Mississippi Infantry).
Company C Wayne Rifles/ Riflemen: CAPT. W J ECKFORD
The company was accepted in state service at Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, on 9 March, 1861, and was mustered in state service for one year at Waynesboro, Wayne County, by Captain R J Lawrence, Shubuta Rifles, on 17 April, 1861. The company was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, by Captain W S Walker, infantry, Confederate States Army, on 23 May, 1861, dated 14 May, 1861.
Company D Minutemen of Attala: CAPT. L D FLETCHER
The company was accepted and mustered in state service for one year at Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi, by Third Lieutenant J Bradley, Winston Guards, on 15 March, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, by Captain W S Walker, infantry, Confederate States Army, on 23 May, 1861, dated 13 May, 1861.
Company E Newton Rifles: CAPT. M CARLETON
The company was mustered in state service for one year at Decatur, Newton County, Mississippi, by Captain & Aide de Camp W G Yerger, Army of Mississippi, on 23 March, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year by Captain W S Walker, infantry, Confederate States Army, on 23 May, 1861, dated 17 May, 1861.
Company F Kemper Legion: CAPT. J W Carter
The company was mustered in state service for one year at DeKalb, Kemper County, Mississippi, by Captain R O Perrin, Southern Guards, on 13 April, 1861, and was was mustered in Confederate service for one year by Captain W S Walker, infantry, Confederate States Army, on 23 May, 1861, dated 14 May, 1861.
Company G Lauderdale Zouaves: CAPT. K MCELROY
The company was mustered in state service for one year at Lauderdale/ Marion Station, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, by First Lieutenant/ Sergeant G W Spooner, Noxubee Rifles, on 30 March, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, by Captain W S Walker, infantry, Confederate States Army, on 23 May, 1861, dated 13 May, 1861.
Company H Pettus Guards: CAPT. S J RANDELL
The company was mustered in state service for one year at Marion, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, by First Lieutenant/ Sergeant G W Spooner, Noxubee Rifles, on 19 March, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, by Captain W S Walker, infantry, Confederate States Army, on 23 May, 1861, dated 14 May, 1861.
Company I Secessionists: CAPT. R D MCINTOSH
The company mustered in state service for one year at Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi, by Captain J P McGowan, Quitman Rifles, on 27 April, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year by Captain W S Walker, infantry, Confederate States Army, on 23 May, 1861, dated 12 May, 1861.
Company K Spartan Band: CAPT. W H Worthington
The company was mustered in state service, under the command of Captain W Mellard, at Sparta, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, by Captain W H Moore, Van Dorn Reserves, on 23 March, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, by Captain W S Walker, infantry, Confederate States Army, on 23 May, 1861, dated 2 May, 1861. Captain W Mellard, 13th Mississippi Infantry, Company K, resigned and Private W H Worthington, 13th Mississippi Infantry, Company K, was appointed captain on 22 May, 1861.

Organistion of 13th Mississippi Infantry at first battle of Manassas, 21 July, 1861: Colonel W Barksdale, Lieutenant Colonel Mc H Whitaker, Major I Harrison, Jr.; Company A, Alamutcha Infantry, Captain P H Bozeman; Company B, Winston Guards, Captain J M Bradley; Company C, Wayne Rifles, Captain W J Eckford; Company D, Minutemen of Attala, Captain L D Fletcher; Company E, Newton Rifles, Captain M Carleton; Company F, Kemper Legion, Captain J W Carter; Company G, Lauderdale Zouaves, Captain K McElroy; Company H, Pettus Guards, Captain S J Randall; Company I, Secessionists, Captain R D McIntosh; Company K, Spartan Band, Captain W H Worthington

Source

"On yesterday a requisition was made for the following companies to rendezvous immediately at Corinth in addition to the two regiments heretofore ordered to that point. We presume their destination is further North. The companies are ordered out according to priority of enrollment: Pettus Relief, M. B. Harris, Capt., Copiah. Sardis Blues, J. R. Dickens, Capt., Panola. Coast Rangers, J. B. Avart, Capt., Harrison. Alamutcha Infantry, P. H. Bozman, Capt., Lauderdale. Winston Guards, J. M. Bradley, Capt., Winston. Wayne Rifles, W. J. Eckford, Capt., Wayne. Durant Rifles, John A. Cason, Capt., Holmes. Vicksburg Sharpshooters, H. H. Miller, Capt., Warren. Claiborne Guards, Henry Hughes, Capt., Claiborne. Minute Men of Attala, L. D. Fletcher, Capt., Attala. Satartia Rifles, E. R. Gale, Capt., Yazoo. Newton Rifles. M. Carlton, Capt., Newton. Kemper Legion, J. W. Carter, Capt., Kemper. Lauderdale Zouaves, K. McElroy, Capt., Lauderdale. Pettus Guards, S. J. Randall, Capt., Lauderdale. Secessionists, R. D. McIntosh, Capt., Clark."

Eastern Clarion (Paulding, Jasper County, Mississippi), 10 May, 1861 - Another requisition

"We (that is the 'Sardis Blues') have been here just two weeks. Upon our arrival we found five other companies. Since then two full regiments have been organised, and today here are six or seven companies of the last requisition encamped here, and several others expected today. The 13th regiment, Colonel Barksdale, left here yesterday for Union City, and ours (the 12th) will probably follow tomorrow."

Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee), 30 May, 1861 - Letter from Corinth

"I give you the number of our Regiment, Field, Staff, and Officers of line, and as we are the east Mississippi Regiment, you perhaps might put it in the Clarion, that our friends may know where we are."

"We are in quarters in a fine situation, good water and dry ground. The 12th Regiment are on our right. A Tennessee Regiment are in encampment near us."

Eastern Clarion (Paulding, Jasper County, Mississippi), 21 June, 1861 - Thirteenth Mississippi Regiment, Headquarters, Camp Barksdale, Union City, Tenn., 30th May, 1861

"A letter to the Mobile Tribune, dated Camp barksdale, near Union City, Tenn., 29 May, says: We received orders last Friday to come to this place to repel a threatened invasion of Tennessee; but as yet no invasion has been attempted. We reached here about 12 o'clock, M., on Sunday last, and went immediately to work clearing up ground for our camp. We are stationed about three and a half miles from the Tennessee and Kentucky line, and forty-five miles from cairo. There are three regiments here at present - the 12th and 13th Mississippi regiments, and the Jackson (Tenn.) regiment, 950 strong, armed with Minie rifles."

Daily Picayune (New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana), 6 June, 1861 - From Camp Barksdale

Books/ Manuscripts

The bloody thirteenth: History of the 13th Mississippi Volunteer Infantry Regiment in diaries, letters and memoirs, by Dick Stanley

Supplement to the Official Records: Part II, Record of Events, Volume 33, Serial No.45: Record of events for the Thirteenth Mississippi Infantry, March 1861-March 1865, edited by James B Hewett

"This company, the first in Newton county, was organised at Decatur, and called the Newton Rifles. The organisation was completed as early as the first of March, 1861, Montgomery Carleton being the captain; was mustered into service on the 9th March, same year, by Capt. Yerger."

"From there they were ordered into camp of instruction at Union City, Tenn., and there remained six weeks; from there to Jackson, Tenn., where they remained but one day, and were ordered to Virginia, where they participated in the first Manassas battle, on 21st July, 1861."

History of Newton County, Mississippi, from 1834 to 1894, by A J Brown

Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early C.S.A.: Autobiographical sketch and narrative of the War Between the States, with notes by Jubal Anderson Early

"Immediately on reaching Lynchburg they were ordered to Manassas, and reached the railroad junction during the night of July 20 and the morning of the 21st, the day of the battle. As soon as possible they were advanced to the field, with much marching and countermarching in the intense heat and stifling dust. The orders were to report to General Longstreet, but for convenience they were attached to Jubal A Early's brigade, which was stationed in the rear of Beauregard's line on Bull Run, near McLean's ford."

Military history of Mississippi, 1803-1898, taken from the official and statistical register of the State of Mississippi, 1908, by Dunbar Rowland

Lauderdale County, Mississippi, a brief history, by Richelle Putnam

Notes

The 13th Mississippi Infantry was accepted in Confederate service for one year between 2 and 17 May, 1861, and was stationed at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, on 23 May, 1861.

Rendezvous at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, & I, 7 May, 1861: The Alamutcha Infantry, the Winston Guards, the Wayne Rifles, the Minutemen of Attala, the Newton Rifles, the Kemper Legion, the Lauderdale Zouaves, the Pettus Guards, and the Secessionists were ordered to rendezvous at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, on 7 May, 1861.

Note: The Spartan Band was stationed at Marion Station, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, on 30 March, 1861, and the Secessionists arrived by the Mobile & Ohio Railroad at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, on 12 May, 1861 (See the 11th Mississippi Infantry).

Macon, Noxubee County, to Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, Company A, 14 May, 1861: The Alamutcha Infantry was ordered to proceed by the Mobile & Ohio Railroad to Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, at 10 AM on 14 May, 1861.

Note: The Secessionists was ordered arrived by the Mobile & Ohio Railroad at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, on 12 May, 1861, and the Kemper Legion on 14 May, 1861.

Louisville, Winston County, to Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, Company B, 15 May, 1861: The Winston Guards was ordered to Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, in the morning on 13 May, 1861, and arrived at Macon, Noxubee County, Mississippi, at 3 PM on 14 May, 1861. The company was ordered to proceed by the Mobile & Ohio Railroad to Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, in the evening the same day and arrived in the morning on 15 May, 1861.

Decatur, Newton County, Mississippi, to Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, Company E, 15-17 May, 1861: The Newton Rifles arrived by the Southern Railroad at Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, at 3 PM on 15 May, 1861, and was ordered to proceed by the Mobile & Ohio Railroad to Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, at 8 AM on 16 May, 1861. The company arrived at Corinth, Alcorn County, via West Point, Clay County, Mississippi, in the morning on 17 May, 1861.

Note: The Newton Rifles was ordered to rendezvous at Newton Station, Newton, Newton County, Mississippi, in the morning on 15 May, 1861.

Arrival at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, 2-17 May, 1861: The Spartan Band arrived at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, on 2 May, 1861; the Secessionists on 12 May, 1861; the Minutemen of Attala and the Lauderdale Zouaves on 13 May, 1861; the Alamutcha Infantry, the Wayne Rifles/ Riflemen, the Kemper Legion, and the Pettus Guards on 14 May, 1861; the Winston Guards on 16 May, 1861; and the Newton Rifles on 17 May, 1861.

Mustered for one year, Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, 23 May, 1861: The 13th Mississippi Infantry, Company K, was mustered in Confederate service for one year Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, by Captain W S Walker, infantry, Confederate States Army, on 23 May, 1861, dated 2 May, 1861; Company I for one year on 23 May, 1861, dated 12 May, 1861; Companies D and G for one year on 23 May, 1861, dated 13 May, 1861; Companies A, C, F, and H for one year on 23 May, 1861, dated 14 May, 1861; Company B for one year on 23 May, 1861, dated 16 May, 1861; and Company E for one year on 23 May, 1861, dated 17 May, 1861.

Note: Major General C Clark, Army of Mississippi, was ordered to send the 12th Mississippi Infantry and 13th Mississippi Infantry to Union City, Obion County, Tennessee, by Secretary of War L P Walker on 22 May, 1861.

Stationed at Union City, 25 May-11 July, 1861

The 13th Mississippi Infantry was ordered to proceed by the Mobile & Ohio Railroad to Union City, Obion County, Tennessee, at 9 AM on 25 May, 1861, dated 24 May, 1861, and arrived at Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, at 8 PM on 25 May, 1861. The regiment was ordered to Union City, Obion County, Tennessee, at 10 AM on 26 May, 1861, and arrived by the Mobile & Ohio Railroad at Camp Barksdale, one mile north of Union City, Obion County, Tennessee, at 1 PM the same day.

Note: The 12th Mississippi Infantry arrived at Camp Miller, one mile north of Union City, Obion County, Tennessee, on 28 May, 1861, and Secretary of War L P Walker ordered Major General L Polk and Brigadier General C Clark, Confederate States Army, to send the 12th Mississippi Infantry and 13th Mississippi Infantry to Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 9 July, 1861 (See the 12th Mississippi Infantry).

Camp Barksdale, one mile north of Union City, Obion County, Tennessee, to Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, 11-13 July, 1861: The 13th Mississippi Infantry was ordered to proceed by the Mobile & Ohio Railroad to Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, in the evening on 11 July, 1861, and arrived at Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, at 9 AM on 12 July, 1861. The regiment arrived by the Mobile & Ohio Railroad at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, at 1 PM on 13 July, 1861.

Note: The 9th Tennessee Infantry, under the command of Colonel H L Douglass, was stationed at Camp Brown, one mile north of Union City, Obion County, Tennessee, on 30 May, 1861, and the 13th Mississippi Infantry was stationed at Camp Barksdale, one mile north of Union City, Obion County, Tennessee, between 24 May and 11 July, 1861, and at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, between 13 and 14 July, 1861.

Corinth to Lynchburg, 14-19 July, 1861

The 13th Mississippi Infantry was ordered to proceed by the Memphis & Charleston Railroad to Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, in the afternoon on 14 July, 1861, and arrived at Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama, at 11 PM the same day. The regiment arrived by the Memphis & Charleston Railroad at Stevenson, Jackson County, Alabama, at 9 AM on 15 July, 1861, and at Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, at 4 PM the same day. The 13th Mississippi Infantry was ordered to proceed by the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad to Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, at 7 AM on 16 July, 1861, and arrived at Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, at 4 AM on 17 July, 1861. The regiment arrived by the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad at Bristol, Sullivan County, Tennessee, at 10 PM the same day and was ordered to proceed by the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad to Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, at 8 AM on 18 July, 1861. The 13th Mississippi Infantry arrived at Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, at 5 PM on 19 July, 1861.

Arrival at Manassas Junction, 20 July, 1861

The 13th Mississippi Infantry was ordered to proceed by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad to Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, at 9 PM on 19 July, 1861, and arrived at Gordonsville, Orange County, via Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, in the afternoon on 20 July, 1861. The regiment was ordered to Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, at 4 PM the same day and arrived at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, at 10/11 PM on 20 July, 1861.

Note: The 13th Mississippi Infantry was assigned to the Fourth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Brigadier General J Longstreet, Confederate States Army, on 20 July, 1861.

Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, to between McLean's farm, one mile southwest of McLean's Ford, & Mitchell's Ford, on the Potomac River, 21 July, 1861: The 13th Mississippi Infantry was ordered between McLean's farm, one mile southwest of McLean's Ford, and Mitchell's Ford, on the Bull River, under the command of Colonel & Aide de Camp J Hayward (South Carolina) at 7/8 AM on 21 July, 1861.

First battle of Manassas, 21 July, 1861

The 13th Mississippi Infantry was stationed in woods between McLean's farm, one mile southwest of McLean's Ford, and Mitchell's Ford, on the Potomac River, in the morning on 21 July, 1861.

The 13th Mississippi Infantry was temporarily assigned to Colonel J A Early, 24th Virginia Infantry, and six companies of the 24th Virginia Infantry to Brigadier General J Longstreet, Confederate States Army, in the morning on 21 July, 1861 (See the 24th Virginia Infantry).

Advance to Bald Hill, on Chinn's Branch, northeast of Chinn's Spring, Prince William County, Virginia, 21 July, 1861: The 13th Mississippi Infantry was ordered southwest of Bald Hill, on Chinn's Branch, northeast of Chinn's Spring, Prince William County, Virginia, in the afternoon on 21 July, 1861.

Chinn Ridge, half a mile southeast of Groveton, Prince William County, Virginia, 21 July, 1861: The 13th Mississippi Infantry was stationed on Chinn Ridge, half a mile southeast of Groveton, Prince William County, Virginia, in the afternoon on 21 July, 1861.

Note: The 19th Virginia Infantry arrived at Chinn Ridge, half a mile southeast of Groveton, Prince William County, Virginia, in the afternoon on 21 July, 1861 (See the 19th Virginia Infantry).

General pursuit to Poplar Ford, on the Bull Run River, 21 July, 1861: The 13th Mississippi Infantry was ordered on a general pursuit to Poplar Ford, on the Bull Run River, in the afternoon on 21 July, 1861.

W Carter's/ Pittsylvania, 21 July, 1861

The 13th Mississippi Infantry was arrived northeast of W Carter's/ Pittsylvania, one mile northwest of the Stone Bridge, on the Bull Run River, in the evening on 21 July, 1861, and was stationed northeast of W Carter's/ Pittsylvania, one mile northwest of the Stone Bridge, on the Bull Run River, between 21 July and 1 August, 1861.

Note: The 13th Mississippi Infantry was ordered one mile northwest of the Stone Bridge, on the Bull Run River, by Special Orders No.146, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, dated 22 July, 1861.

Organisation of Seventh Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, 25 July, 1861: Colonel N G Evans, cavalry, Confederate States Army; 1st Mississippi Battalion Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel W L Brandon; 13th Mississippi Infantry, Colonel W Barksdale; 17th Mississippi Infantry, Colonel W S Featherston; 18th Mississippi Infantry, Colonel E R Burt; Chesterfield Light Dragoons, Company B, Captain W B Ball

Note: The 13th Mississippi Infantry was assigned to the Seventh Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Colonel N G Evans, cavalry, Confederate States Army, by Special Orders No.169, Paragraph I, Headquarters, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 25 July, 1861.

W Carter's/ Pittsylvania to Centreville, 1 August, 1861

The 13th Mississippi Infantry was ordered to the road between Union Mills (Station) and Centreville, one and a half miles southeast of Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, on 1 August, 1861, and was stationed at Camp Pettus, on the road between Union Mills (Station) and Centreville, one and a half miles southeast of Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, between 1 and 9 August, 1861.

Centreville to Leesburg, 9 August, 1861

The 13th Mississippi Infantry was ordered to Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.212, Paragraph I, Headquarters, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 9 August, 1861, dated 8 August, 1861, and arrived one mile west of Leesburg, via Gum Spring, and H Ball's Mill, on Goose Creek, four miles north of Aldie, Loudoun County, Virginia, in the evening on 11 August, 1861.

Reorganised, Yorktown, York County, Virginia, 26 April, 1862: The 13th Mississippi Infantry was reorganised at Yorktown, York County, Virginia, on 26 April, 1862.

Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, 9 April, 1865: The 13th Mississippi Infantry, under the command of Captain G R Cherry, 17th Mississippi Infantry, Company C, surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, on 9 April, 1865.

Colonel J A Early, 24th Virginia Infantry, Sixth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, 2 May, 1861: J A Early was appointed colonel, Virginia Volunteers, on 2 May, 1861, and was ordered to Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, on 6 May, 1861. Colonel J A Early, Virginia Volunteers, assumed command of the Virginia Volunteers mustered in state service for one year at Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, on 17 May, 1861, and arrived at Camp Pryor, junction of Davis' Ford Road and Spring's and Bland's Fords Roads, three miles south of Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 19 June, 1861. He was appointed brigadier general, Confederate States Army, on 28 August, 1861, dated 21 July, 1861.

Note: Colonel J A Early, Virginia Volunteers, set up headquarters at Cabell House/ Point of Honour, on Cabell Street, Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, on 17 May, 1861.

Brigadier General C Clark, Confederate States Army, 22 May, 1861: C Clark was appointed brigadier general, Army of Mississippi, on 23 January, 1861, and major general, Army of Mississippi, on 15 April, 1861. Major General C Clark, Army of Mississippi, was appointed brigadier general, Confederate States Army, on 22 May, 1861, and was assigned to command Camp Clark, south of the Charleston & Memphis Railroad, Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, between 28 May and 21 June, 1861. Brigadier General C Clark, Confederate States Army, was assigned to command Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.143, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 4 September, 1861, and was stationed at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, between 4 September and 14 October, 1861 (See the Garrison at Camp Pickens).

The 13th Mississippi Infantry was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia, under the command of Brigadier General C Clark, Confederate States Army, by General Orders No.15, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 22 October, 1861, and to the Fifth Brigade, First Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia, under the command of Brigadier General R Griffith, Confederate States Army, by General Orders No.18, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 14 November, 1861.

Reports

OFFICIAL REPORT NO.109: Series I, Volume 2 (Serial No.2), Chapter IX, pp555-558
Colonel J Early, Sixth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, dated 1 August, 1861