. Thirteenth regiment of New Hampshire volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865: a diary covering three years and a day . the fort. E. Fort Hairison. F. Old Confederate barracks. G. Bridge over ditch, and entrance to the fort. K. Second angle. H. Large traverse. I. Gen. Grants traverse. W. Extreme northern point of the fort — a large rifle-trench 500 feetlong. M. Line of Thirteenth in battle of Sept. 30th. The square enclosure,N, was not then built, and the Thirteenth occupied the clearground of a large open field, the right of the Reg. coming up tothe entrenchments, the left
. Thirteenth regiment of New Hampshire volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865: a diary covering three years and a day . the fort. E. Fort Hairison. F. Old Confederate barracks. G. Bridge over ditch, and entrance to the fort. K. Second angle. H. Large traverse. I. Gen. Grants traverse. W. Extreme northern point of the fort — a large rifle-trench 500 feetlong. M. Line of Thirteenth in battle of Sept. 30th. The square enclosure,N, was not then built, and the Thirteenth occupied the clearground of a large open field, the right of the Reg. coming up tothe entrenchments, the left thrown a little back — almost the iden-tical ground on which the north wall of the square enclosure,N, was built after tlie battle. P. Confederate lines formed in the ravine just before their charge onSept. 30th. R. Old Confederate bake-house. Arrow points southward to JamesRiver, where the Confederate gunboats were, distant about onemile from the Roberts 3d Brigade moved down on the right of the Varinaroad ; the arrow indicates the course that brigade followed. Thedistances marked on the fort are in feet — FORT HARRISON, September 29 and 30, 1864. From a sketch made by the writer in May 1885. 1864 BATTLE OF FORT HARRISON. 471 feet south of the northern end of this principal face, for a distance of 100feet, northwest into and across the fort — leaving about one third of thegreat square enclosure of the fort to the north of this traverse, and abouttwo thirds to the south of it. Several days after the capture of the fort a rectangular enclosure wasbuilt on the northwest or inner side of the 500-foot first line; and thenorthern wall of this enclosure starts out from a point about midway ofthis 500-foot line. On Sept. 30th, the battle line of the 13th was on theground in the then open field, soon afterwards and now occupied by thenorth wall of this enclosure, the right resting on the rear — or inner —side of the 500-foot line where the north wall no
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