Transferred to Seventh Corps

Monday, June 29, 1863

The Thirteenth New Hampshire Regiment engaged in regimental drills during the day and a dress parade in the evening. They also received news of their transfer to the Third Brigade of the Second Division of the Seventh Army Corps.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), 173.

Meade Replaces Hooker as Commander of the Army of the Potomac

Sunday, June 28, 1863

The Thirteenth New Hampshire regiment took part in inspection, dress parade, and religious services at their camp at White House Landing. They received the news that General George Meade replaced General Joseph Hooker as commander of the Army of the Potomac.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), 172.

Arrival at White House Landing

Friday, June 26, 1863

After receiving orders on the previous day to be ready to march at a moment’s notice the Thirteenth New Hampshire arose at 2:00 A.M. and marched at 3:30 A.M. to Yorktown, embarking on the steamer “Hero” with the Tenth New Hampshire Regiment. After journeying along the York and Pamunkey Rivers they arrived at White House Landing at 3:00 P.M. and made camp for the evening.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), 171-72.

Blackberry Raid Begins - On the Move to Yorktown

Monday, June 22, 1863

The Thirteenth New Hampshire arose at midnight and marched to Portsmouth, arriving at 3:00 A.M. The Thirteenth boarded the steamer “Maple Leaf” with the Fourth Rhode Island Regiment and arrived at Yorktown at 10:00 P.M. After debarking from the steamer the Thirteenth New Hampshire made evening camp nearby. 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), 171.

Orders to March

Sunday, June 21, 1863

The rapid advance of the Army of the Potomac had spawned some rumors and ended others. Concerns that the Thirteenth New Hampshire Regiment would be mustered out as a nine-month regiment were not realized, as the regiment was called to march the following day with three days rations.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), 169-71.

Hard at Work at Camp Bowers

Sunday, June 14, 1863

The Thirteenth New Hampshire spent the majority of their week felling trees and digging trenches in their ongoing construction work on the fort and roads. The Thirteenth New Hampshire had befriended the Fourth Rhode Island Regiment but were feuding with the Tenth New Hampshire Regiment.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), 168-69.

Another Week at Camp Bowers

Sunday, June 7, 1863

The Thirteenth New Hampshire passed another week at Camp Bowers hard at work building fortifications and constructing roadways. After the usual Sunday routine of inspection and dress parade the men of the Thirteenth attended religious services and wrote letters to their loved ones. Many complained of the very hot weather at Camp Bowers.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), 165-68.

Nathaniel's Story - Family Seeks Spiritual Comfort

Wednesday, June 3,1863

Nathaniel Caverly's family in Barrington, grieving deeply over his loss, sought comfort from the family's minister, Reverend Enoch Hayes Place. He recorded the meeting with the Caverly family in his journal:

Visited by request at the house of Brother Nicholas Caverly, in Barrington, whose grandson Nathaniel Caverly, a beautiful youth of some over 17 years, fell at the battle of Chancellorsville, with the Captain Lewis H. Buzzell before named. No historian can ever delineate the horrors of this bloody war.

Reverend Place was mistaken in his belief that Nathaniel was killed at Chancellorsville. Nathaniel was killed at the Battle of Providence Church Road in Suffolk. The date of his wounding, May 3, coincided with the Battle of Chancellorsville.¹

References:
¹William E. Wentworth, Journals of Enoch Hayes Place, 2 vols. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic and Genealogical Society and New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, 1998), 2:1617.