Sunday, December 27, 1863
The Thirteenth New Hampshire spent a cold and sometimes snowy week at Camp Gilmore, highlighted by an observance of Christmas on Friday. The Thirteenth enjoyed a holiday feast and celebrated with games and other festivities accompanied by music from the Brigade Band.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), 222-26.
Friday, December 27, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
Weekly Target Practice on Saturday
Sunday, December 20, 1863
The Thirteenth New Hampshire spent another week engaged in company and battalion drills. Saturday has now become the regular day for regimental target practice with infantry, artillery, and cavalry. Today the Thirteenth took part in the usual regimen of inspection, drill, and religious services, as well as opening a new regimental hospital.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), 222-23.
The Thirteenth New Hampshire spent another week engaged in company and battalion drills. Saturday has now become the regular day for regimental target practice with infantry, artillery, and cavalry. Today the Thirteenth took part in the usual regimen of inspection, drill, and religious services, as well as opening a new regimental hospital.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), 222-23.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Wreaks Damage at Camp Gilmore
Sunday, December 13, 1863
The Thirteenth New Hampshire spent most of their week in drills, which now consumed at least five hours of every day. Today Colonel Aaron Stevens departed from Camp Gilmore, traveling to Concord, New Hampshire to procure new recruits. This evening a violent thunderstorm, producing high winds, rain, hail, and lightning, exacted heavy damage on buildings and earthworks at Camp Gilmore.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), 221-22.
The Thirteenth New Hampshire spent most of their week in drills, which now consumed at least five hours of every day. Today Colonel Aaron Stevens departed from Camp Gilmore, traveling to Concord, New Hampshire to procure new recruits. This evening a violent thunderstorm, producing high winds, rain, hail, and lightning, exacted heavy damage on buildings and earthworks at Camp Gilmore.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), 221-22.
Friday, December 6, 2013
A Regimen of Drill and Target Practice
Sunday, December 6, 1863
The Thirteenth New Hampshire passed a cold and icy week at Camp Gilmore in regimental and battalion drills. On Saturday the Thirteenth engaged in target practice, with each man firing twenty rounds per gun. Today the Thirteenth spent their day in the usual fashion at drill, inspection, and religious services. 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), 219-21.
The Thirteenth New Hampshire passed a cold and icy week at Camp Gilmore in regimental and battalion drills. On Saturday the Thirteenth engaged in target practice, with each man firing twenty rounds per gun. Today the Thirteenth spent their day in the usual fashion at drill, inspection, and religious services. 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), 219-21.
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