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Two Civil War diaries by Martin L. Moore, a musician with the 13th New Hampshire Infantry, Company K. The 13th NH Infantry was almost wholly a regiment of native Americans and of New Hampshire's young men, many of them lineal descendants of the patriots of 1776 who fought in the Revolution. Diaries span from 1864 through the end of the war and include battle content from the Siege of Petersburg, Cold Harbor, Fair Oaks and the Occupation of Richmond. Born in England, Moore enlisted in August 1862 and mustered out on 21 June 1865. First diary begins on 1 January 1864 and continues through 29 January 1865. Daily entries talk of camp life before the regiment fights in two momentous battles -- Cold Harbor and the Siege of Petersburg: ''…We are still on our journey to Fortress Monroe. There was a fight aboard our gallant ship today. The sea is beginning to get very rough…Started from Bermuda Hundred and marched to General Gillmore's headquarters, from there to General Terry's headquarters and now we are guarding the breastworks on the extreme left of the army…The troops on our right and centre opened a ball with the Johnnys. The gunboats fired a few shots and retired. Some troops have gone to cut the railroad…The troops what went to cut the railroad are having a battle on the left and the gunboats are helping them. They reduced one Fort to the ground…The Rebs are shelling us again today…Today went out on picket with some of the 100 days men. Today the Rebs opened their batteries on us today and killed 3 men and wounded 5 more…'' After Cold Harbor, the regiment begins daily fighting in the Siege of Petersburg, ''…Today we started and marched miles and laid down in an open field. The shells began to come over here and came uncomfortably close to our heads…Today the Rebels wounded a lot of our men. They are shelling very hard. Sergt. J.R. Morrison was wounded in the head. We were relieved and marched 5 miles, under fire all the time…Last night we halted in an open field and laid down for the night. We were under fire of shell and shot all night. No one was hurt today…We struck out and marched to the front. When we got up there we went out on the front line of rifle…and under fire all night…We have begun to shell the city of Petersburg. Under fire all day…Today we were in the pits in front of the Appomattox. This afternoon we made a charge on the Rebs and took a line and 150 prisoners and at night our batteries opened on the city and lit it on fire. It was a splendid light…Today we were surprised when we woke up to see the Rebs building a battery right in front of our campground and they are practicing with their big guns on our batteries…Today we were in the pits in front of the Rebs. Flag of truce went out. We saw a great many Rebs standing and their pits there was a horrible sight. 200 men lay dead and wounded in front of our pits and the Rebs won't let the wounded men come in…Tonight the Rebs made an attempt to blow up our fort, but did not succeed. We knew all about it and so we were prepared. We fell in and marched up to the front…'' Daily entries leading up to the occupation of Richmond in April 1865 read, ''…I went to see the execution of two deserters today, belonging to the 8th Connecticut Regiment. They had to shoot them twice before they died…Today we hurried to man the breastworks. The Rebels began to shell Fort Burnham and Fort Gilmer, then some at us, but nobody hurt…September came in clear and cold, but with a very pleasant day. It begins to look more peaceful than when we were around Petersburg. He we can go round without fear of the Rebs shooting at us…Glorious news, we hear the Sherman has taken Atlanta…We miss the booming of cannon and the rattle of musketry that was so incessant at Petersburg…We are to have a grand revisit tomorrow by Gen. Foster. Gen. Grant passed today…We are still laying idle. The talk is now that we will go right on to Richmond, which I hope we will, and destroy the Rebel Capitol. There is great excitement in Richmond…'' Entries from battle at Fair Oaks read, ''…Deserters are increasing…Thursday morning we started and went up the Richmond Road as far as Malvern Hill where McClellan fought his great battle…Friday we started from Fair Oaks and left a picket line and some cavalry to protect the rear of the army. We were up to Seven Pines and fought there. We saw McClellan's old breastworks. We had an awful time marching through the mud…'' The Occupation of Richmond entry on 3 April 1865 reads, ''Monday morning we were ordered out and marched on the New Market Road and walked right into Richmond. The city was all on fire when we arrived…We heard the surrender of General Lee and his army. There was a salute fired in the square…'' Diary measures 3'' x 6''. Second diary covers events throughout 1865 with an emphasis on the war's end. Wear to leather covers; binding loose, though still intact. Overall, good condition. Diaries accompanied by tintype, likely of Moore, measuring 2.75'' x 3''. Accompanied by full transcriptions of both diaries.
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