Company C, "Quitman Southrons", 6th Mississippi - Shiloh 2012

[Iceman]

Re: Company C, "Quitman Southrons", 6th Mississippi - Shiloh 2012

Don Smith is actually still in business making sheet brass belt plates: drsmith4895@earthlink.net

[Archie R. Lib]

Re: Company C, "Quitman Southrons", 6th Mississippi - Shiloh 2012

Captain Morris -

Just so my pards are prepared. Shall we plan on a good-distance "walk" (or 2, or 3) during the event?

Thanks,
Rich

[Justin Morris]

Re: Company C, "Quitman Southrons", 6th Mississippi - Shiloh 2012

Rich, from what I am understanding, we will do a considerable amount of marching, SO BE IN SHAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Archie R. Lib]

Re: Company C, "Quitman Southrons", 6th Mississippi - Shiloh 2012

LOL. No worries on this end. We live for it.

See you in Shiloh.

R

[Archie R. Lib]

Re: Company C, "Quitman Southrons", 6th Mississippi - Shiloh 2012

Just FYI, you should have me, Tom Holman, Scott Dunaway, Bill Dunaway, Brandon Wood and Garrett Libicer registered for Co. C.... All of us are either already registered or have them on the way....

Thx.
Rich

[Justin Morris]

Re: Company C, "Quitman Southrons", 6th Mississippi - Shiloh 2012

Excellent Rich! Thank you for the update sir.

[FloridaConscript]

Re: Company C, "Quitman Southrons", 6th Mississippi - Shiloh 2012

Just so I don't look like a jackass, how does the tape fit on the pocket? If I am putting it on side seam pockets, does the tape go to the front or to the rear of the pocket? never put stripes on my britches before.

[coastaltrash]

Re: Company C, "Quitman Southrons", 6th Mississippi - Shiloh 2012

I've always run it up the front of the pocket

[Justin Morris]

Re: Company C, "Quitman Southrons", 6th Mississippi - Shiloh 2012

Just a bump to keep Company C out there as an option for everyone. Good company so far, but always room for improvement! Drop me an e-mail at rambling_irishman@hotmail.com if you want to fall in with Company C, 6th Miss.

Justin

[Archie R. Lib]

Re: Company C, "Quitman Southrons", 6th Mississippi - Shiloh 2012

Are we as a regiment taking part in the forced march from Corinth to the event battlefield on the first day? I am hearing noises about this march (around 23 miles or so), but haven't seen anything up on our radar about it.

Thanks,
Rich

[coastaltrash]

Re: Company C, "Quitman Southrons", 6th Mississippi - Shiloh 2012

Like I said on the Facebook group, we are not taking part in this march. Our activities will be at the event. 23 miles isn't something I would just toss on you guys.

[Archie R. Lib]

Re: Company C, "Quitman Southrons", 6th Mississippi - Shiloh 2012

No problem. Thanks. I've got a 42 mile retreat march in April not long after this event and the 17 mile Harper's Ferry march in September. Already in shape for them, just wanted to know if we had the option.

R

[Rmhisteach]

Re: Company C, "Quitman Southrons", 6th Mississippi - Shiloh 2012

Colonel Cleburne immediately began drilling and training the green Mississippi soldiers. The brigade soon became one of the best drilled in the division. The Sixth settled in north of Bowling Green for the winter. The first winter in the Confederacy was not kind to the Sixth. Diseases such as typhoid fever and measles, combined with colds, pneumonia and such, took its toll on the army. May died or were weakened from these infirmities. But by January 1862, the worse was over and many of the sick were well enough to return to duty.

Early 1862 was busy for the new Confederacy. The January battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky was a Union victory. The Confederate troops in that area withdrew from the Cumberland Gap, creating a hole in the Confederate lines. In February, General Ulysses S. Grant captured Fort Henry, then headed to Fort Donelson. The Confederates in and around Bowling Green withdrew because the defenses were inadequate.

Cleburne's Brigade provided the rear guard for the withdrawl from Bowling Green. The weather proved to be the army's worst enemy. Rain turned to sleet, then snow. Roads became muddy and travel was very difficult.