Sunday, July 12, 1863
The Thirteenth New Hampshire Regiment rested at Yorktown on Saturday and resumed their march at 5:00 A.M., covering fourteen miles and arriving at Big Bethel by afternoon. The men of the Thirteenth feasted on the abundant blackberries during the evening bivouac.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), 180-81.
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