. The Third New Hampshire and all about it . where the regi-ment halted to restand Entwistle joined,could not be satis-factorily kept on as far asSmiths Creek (seeplan), where we founda new iron bridge,very nearly in thesame location as thatsaved from the lireby the regiment in18(55. The old abut-ments of the bridgeof 1865 are by the sideof the new one of1892. The site of theold camp was found,including regimentalheadquarters, the oldMarine Hospital andother places of inter-est. The writer madea few sketches andplans, Avhich he hopes will not offend the reader by their inartistic
. The Third New Hampshire and all about it . where the regi-ment halted to restand Entwistle joined,could not be satis-factorily kept on as far asSmiths Creek (seeplan), where we founda new iron bridge,very nearly in thesame location as thatsaved from the lireby the regiment in18(55. The old abut-ments of the bridgeof 1865 are by the sideof the new one of1892. The site of theold camp was found,including regimentalheadquarters, the oldMarine Hospital andother places of inter-est. The writer madea few sketches andplans, Avhich he hopes will not offend the reader by their inartistic qualities. q While in Wilmington the writer visited the reading-room of the Historical Society on Market Street, and found a file of The WilmingtonDaily Journal. An examination showed that the issuing of that sheet Avascutoff 22 February 1865, though the last paper issued was actually dated the20th. It has this in pencil on its margin : This was the last paper issued atthe Journal office, on the morning of the evacuation of the city by our. Feb. ;.] THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 639 troops and the entrance of our enemies. It really required about two orthree days to g:et out a paper in those troublous times. An editorial in thesame paper said : • The circumstances under which we labor now renders itnecessary that we should say as little as possible. Our readers will there-fore excuse the lack of editorial matter in todays Jonrnal. The writer felt impelled to examine still farther, and did find a fewmore points worth inserting here. On 20 January 1865 the editor said :The port of Wilmington is already gone. That has gone cheap. TheConfederacy has lost its best port. The men of Wilmington must now de-fend their homes. We think they can do so. We think they will do us all try. The truth is, every tolerably decent Avliite man who doesnot want to be a slave must take his position, willing to give up his life forthe cause in which he is engaged . . On 23 January 186r&g
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