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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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est ofBattery Five. The creek runs north into the Appomattox.3, 4, 5, G, 7. Rebel Batteries, so numbered, in a circuit of nearly twomiles. Number 5 is on the end of a steeji bluff. E. Face of long steep bluff looking towards Petersburg. F. Mr. Cliarles Friends house. G. Mr. Jordans house. M. Point near where Cajit. James Madden of the 10th N. H. waskilled. L. Negro troops in the slashing an eighth of a mile to the left of theloth. A line of their skirmishers were at some distance to theirfront among the trees of an orchard, engaging the rebel skir-mishers posted in and in the vicinity of Mr. Friends and Jor-dans houses. H. Thirteenth deployed as skirmishers near the edge of the brush andslashing I, with flankers thrown out to the left and rear ; thecentre of the Reg. in front of the centre of Battery Five, andawaiting the order to charge. K. * French rifle-pits running across the field north and south abouthalf way between the slashing and the Battery. The distancesare given in yards.
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BATTERY FIVE, PETERSBURG, June 15, 1864. From a sketch maiie by the writer iu May 1S85. 1864 BATTLE OF BATTERY FIVE. 401 the rebel shells and bullets now flying furiously, when he comes upon aman of the Tliirteenth standing close — as the bark — to a small pine-tree. He orders the man to join the Regiment. The man replies thathe is sunstruck (!), but moves on. He has not moved six feet from thetree, when a rebel percussion shell strikes it at about the height of themans shoulders, bursts, tears a portion of the tree into splinters and thetop comes down with a crash, while the pieces of the shell and tree flyforward and all of us move away as quickly as possible — a close shavefor the whole party. The mans eyes stick out and dilate with fright tillthey appear as large as saucers, and he moves on toward the front,dodging bullets, steering clear of trees, and looking back over his shoul-der at Riley, who tlireatens to shoot him, laughs at his fright and shoutsat him a stream of Iri

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