Wednesday, June 15, 1864
The Thirteenth New Hampshire Regiment arose early and began a march at 2:30 A.M. toward Petersburg. By the end of the day the Thirteenth New Hampshire charged and successfully took Confederate Battery Five at Petersburg, capturing 200 prisoners.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), 382-403.
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