Friday, September 6, 2013

On Alert at Camp Gilmore

Sunday, September 6, 1863

The Thirteenth New Hampshire Regiment engaged in review and drill at 10:00 this morning, followed by a formal review at noon. Camp Gilmore was on alert as the Confederates was rumored to be advancing upon the camp in lines.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), 200-201.

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