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Title: Thirteenth regiment of New Hampshire volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865: a diary covering three years and a day
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Thompson, S. Millet, 1838-
Subjects: United States Army New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 13th (1862-1865) United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories New Hampshire -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories
Publisher: Boston, New York: Houghton, Mifflin
Contributing Library: University of New Hampshire Library
Digitizing Sponsor: University of New Hampshire Library

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hich the Thirteenth charged on June 1st. No Unionearth-works had been built at that time. The Union works nearthe pond H stand nearly on the crest; those west of them areadvanced into the field across which we charged. L. Front trench with many traverses occupied by the Thirteenth fromJune 4th to 12th, facing west. M. Rear trench occupied by Thirteenth, also facing west. 1. 2. 3. Brooks running west to Gaines Mill pond. The right of theThirteenth, when in both the front and the rear trenches, restedclose upon the second brook, which was called Muddy Run.Z. Z. Z. Confederate trenches facing east. The road from D. Woodysto Albert Allersons crosses a brook over a little culvert, northof Old-StlU Pond, referred to in other pages. The many trav-erses in our front line at L were necessary because the Confeder-ate batteries, to the northward, enfiladed this line as it came upover the knoll. Lt. Col. Smith writes in reference to this map: Your recollections ofCold Harbor correspond with mine.
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COLD HARBOK. Tracing of Official Map. Scale, three inches to one milei 1864 BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR. 379 sent to Hospital =17,129. Deducting, however, the sick and the 3,022rei^orted before the morning of June 1st, we have, in killed, wounded andmissing between the morning of June 1st and night of June 12th, a totalof 11,107, as the Cold Harbor losses. Ca2)t. Phisterer gives tlie losses for the same period, killed 1,905,wounded 10,570, missing 2,456 ; total 14,931. In this he probably in-cludes the losses in the 18th Corps. Gen. Humphreys says — condensed : The lines at Cold Harbor wereso close they could be advanced only by regular approaches. The dailyskirmishing was sharp, and caused severe loss ; during the nights therewas heavy artillery firing, and sometimes heavy musketry ; the men inthe front trenches had little water except to drink, and that of the worstkind from surface drainage, were exposed to great heat during the day,had but little sleep, and their cooking was of the ru

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