Sunday, April 26, 1863
In the morning the Thirteenth New Hampshire engaged in inspection and dress parade in camp. Later in the day the regiment attended religious services. At 9:00 P.M. General John Peck ordered the Thirteenth back to the Nansemond River, where they spent the entire evening digging rifle pits.1
References:
1S. Millett Thompson, Thirteenth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 : A Diary Covering Three Years and a Day (Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888), 134-36.
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