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secure footing on the south side of the
Rappahannock.
October 1862: Fredericksburg and the Mud March
October 19, 1862 Captain Mac Thomson
promoted to major.
January, 1863 Chancellorsville Campaign
Major Mac Thomson promoted to lieutenant
colonel.
The leadership of McClure's Light Guards fell to
Lt. Col. Mac Thomson in the absence of
regimental officers.
1863
Dear Charles,
Had I been but in command of my own
company I should have felt no misgivings, but
being assigned to the command of the
regiment I dreaded the responsibility and
anxiously awaited events.