Tuesday, October 7, 1862
After arriving at Jersey City early in the morning the regiment boarded railroad cars for Philadelphia. Reaching their destination by nightfall, the regiment ate their evening meal at Cooper's Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon. Following their meal the regiment marched through the city and boarded freight cars headed for Baltimore.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), 9-10.
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Sunday, October 7, 2012
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Traveling South to War
Monday, October 6, 1862
The men of Thirteenth New Hampshire Regiment boarded railroad cars at Concord Depot at 4:00 A.M. Leaving Concord at 7:00 A.M., they traveled south through Nashua and Worcester, Massachusetts, eventually arriving near Ledyard, Connecticut by 8:00 P.M. to board the steamer "City of Boston" en route to Jersey City.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), 9.
The men of Thirteenth New Hampshire Regiment boarded railroad cars at Concord Depot at 4:00 A.M. Leaving Concord at 7:00 A.M., they traveled south through Nashua and Worcester, Massachusetts, eventually arriving near Ledyard, Connecticut by 8:00 P.M. to board the steamer "City of Boston" en route to Jersey City.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), 9.
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