Friday, December 5, 1862
The Thirteenth New Hampshire marched at 8:30 A.M. in a steady rain which turned to heavy snow by early afternoon. Weather conditions forced the advancing troops to make evening camp near Liverpool Point at 2:00 P.M. The shelter tents afforded insufficient protection from the storm, and many of the men sought shelter in nearby farmhouses and barns.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), 29-31.
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