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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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erate line captured June 15th, This old line faced east. The Confederates soon after retired tothe new inner line L. V. S., see June 18th. This new line gener-ally faces east.W. W. Confederate Batteries north of the Appomattox. F. City Point Ioad. G. Thomas Rushmore.H. Mr. Beasley. I. Mr. Rowlett. K. Heavy timber, 13th reserve camp. X. Appomattox River. M. Fort McGilvery near Battery VIII. ; next Batteries IX. and X. ; then N, Ft. Stedman, P, Ft. Haskell, R, Ft. Morton, all seven on the Union main line facing west.S. Elliotts Salient, Mine, Crater. T. Cemetery Hill. Z. Union front line from river to railroad, and in rear of it Mr. John Hares liouse, C. The Thirteenth held the end of this line on the river bank, between Mr. John Hares house and the enemys lines, having its camp in the little ravines shown to the north of Fort McGilvery.L. A short ravine, but very deep, running between the Confederate line of rifle-pits and their main line of rifie-trenchfis, in front of the Thirteenth.
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PETEKSBURG FRONT. Tracing of Official Map. Scale, one and one half inches to one mile. 1864 SIEGE OF PETERSBURG. 413 ning from the river side by side southward across the country; a vastdouble net-work, with bomb-proofs, and traverses, long covert ways,trenches, and high parapets, and the thousands of wars devices framedin timber and iron, cut in earth or piled in sand, and armed to the lastpoint — to save a life, to insure a safe lookout, to secure a night of sleepundisturbed, or to repel an assault. Moving forward to the vicinity of Fort McGilvery, built on a bluffnear the river, we come to the house on the river bank now, 1885, ownedby Mr. John Hare — marked C on the accompanying maps — a woodenhouse built on the same site where his brick house stood during the war.This house is a number of rods towards Petersburg, westward, from FortMcGilvery. The front line held by the Thirteenth, our AppomattoxLine, on the river bank, ran north and south, across Mr. John Haresfield, 200 ya

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