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1863, when they moved with the Ninth Army Corps to Newport
News. The thirteenth of March, they moved to Suffolk, to defend
that position. On the 3d of May, at the battle of Suffolk, they lost
thirty men, killed and wounded. A short time after the battle of
Suffolk they retired to the vicinity of Portsmouth, Va., and re-
mained there until the Spring of 1864, with the exception of two
Companies who were ordered to Fort Tillinghast on Arlington
Heights, and were instructed in Heavy Artillery exercises, through
the winter of 1863-4.

May 7, 1864, the Thirteenth commenced to move towards Rich-
mond, being in the Second Brigade, first Division of the Eighteenth
Army Corps, and participated in many of the battles around Rich-
mond. They were in the battles of Walthall Road, Swift Creek,
Kingsland Creek, Drury’s Bluff, Cold Harbor, Battery 5 Peters-
burg, Fort Harrison, besides several smaller ones. The General
commanding the Army ordered these battles to be placed upon the
national colors of the regiment. The Thirteenth did good service,
and were distinguished for their daring bravery. Mustered out,
June 21, 1865.

The Fourteenth Regiment was organized at Concord, in the latter
part of the summer of 1862. The officers were Robert Wilson,
Keene, Colonel; Tileston A. Barker, Westmoreland, Lieut. Colonel;
Samuel A. Duncan, Plainfield, Major; Alexander Gardiner, Clare-
mont, Adjutant; Willian A. Hurd, Sandwich, Quartermaster;
William Henry Thayer, Keene, Surgeon; and Elihu T. Rowe,
Plainfield, Chaplain.

The Fourteenth left Concord for Washington, the latter part of
October, 1862. Through the fall and winter they did picket duty
on the Potomac River. In the latter part of April, 1863, they
were ordered to Washington and remained there till February,

1864, doing provost duty. They furnished guard for the old Capi-
tal Prison, Central Guard House, and ten other posts in the city.
Their duties, in the city, were so varied, that our pages will not
permit us to give a detailed account of them.

February 27, 1864, they received orders to take transportation,
at New York or Boston, for the department of the Gulf, with the
permit to visit their homes in New-Hampshire before sailing. They
left New York for New Orleans, March 20th, in the steamer Daniel
Webster, with seven companies, and Major Gardiner, in the steamer
Liberty, with three companies. The Webster had a long, stormy
voyage, but arrived all safe.