Friday, December 27, 2013

Christmas Celebration at Camp Gilmore

Sunday, December 27, 1863

The Thirteenth New Hampshire spent a cold and sometimes snowy week at Camp Gilmore, highlighted by an observance of Christmas on Friday. The Thirteenth enjoyed a holiday feast and celebrated with games and other festivities accompanied by music from the Brigade Band.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), 222-26.

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