Sunday, October 25, 1863
The Thirteenth New Hampshire Regiment spent another week hard at work at Camp Gilmore shoring up the camp defenses. Today the Thirteenth shared picket duty with the Tenth New Hampshire Regiment in a cold, heavy rain.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), 212.
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Friday, October 25, 2013
Friday, October 19, 2012
Return from Picket Duty
Sunday, October 19, 1862
After two days of picket duty the men of the Thirteenth New Hampshire gather at Upton Hill for inspection, drills, and religious services. They receive orders to return to camp, leaving Upton Hill at 6:00 P.M. and returning to Camp Chase by 8:00 P.M. Exhausted and without tents, the men camp on the open ground in the freezing rain. Exposure to the elements begin to take their toll, as nearly one-hundred men report sick the next morning.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), 14.
After two days of picket duty the men of the Thirteenth New Hampshire gather at Upton Hill for inspection, drills, and religious services. They receive orders to return to camp, leaving Upton Hill at 6:00 P.M. and returning to Camp Chase by 8:00 P.M. Exhausted and without tents, the men camp on the open ground in the freezing rain. Exposure to the elements begin to take their toll, as nearly one-hundred men report sick the next morning.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), 14.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Picket Duty at Falls Church
Friday, October 17, 1862
The Thirteenth New Hampshire had its first taste of military action early this morning, as the regiment arose before dawn and left camp at 7:00 A.M. with knapsacks, haversacks, and arms for Upton Hill, about two miles from Falls Church and fifteen miles from the Bull Run battlefield. Arriving at 11:30 A.M. two companies of the Thirteenth immediately deployed for picket duty beyond the earthwork defenses of Washington, while the remaining companies camped, mainly without tents, on open ground.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), 13-14.
The Thirteenth New Hampshire had its first taste of military action early this morning, as the regiment arose before dawn and left camp at 7:00 A.M. with knapsacks, haversacks, and arms for Upton Hill, about two miles from Falls Church and fifteen miles from the Bull Run battlefield. Arriving at 11:30 A.M. two companies of the Thirteenth immediately deployed for picket duty beyond the earthwork defenses of Washington, while the remaining companies camped, mainly without tents, on open ground.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), 13-14.
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