. Thirteenth regiment of New Hampshire volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865: a diary covering three years and a day . pital, and brought it home. That was in 1864. On look- DESCRIPTION OF MAP. A. Swift Creek. B. Appomattox at rebel Fort Clifton. C. R. & P. Railroad D. Walthall Branch Railroad. E. Turnpike. F. Bisby. G. Boyton. H. Arrow Field church, badly riddled in the fight, to the right of the Thirteenth, on May 9th and lOth.K. Arrow Field ; position of Thirteenth, fronting Mr. Shippens house L, and the wood-road along the north side of the creek to ford at T.M. Dunlop.
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. Thirteenth regiment of New Hampshire volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865: a diary covering three years and a day . pital, and brought it home. That was in 1864. On look- DESCRIPTION OF MAP. A. Swift Creek. B. Appomattox at rebel Fort Clifton. C. R. & P. Railroad D. Walthall Branch Railroad. E. Turnpike. F. Bisby. G. Boyton. H. Arrow Field church, badly riddled in the fight, to the right of the Thirteenth, on May 9th and lOth.K. Arrow Field ; position of Thirteenth, fronting Mr. Shippens house L, and the wood-road along the north side of the creek to ford at T.M. Dunlop. N. Confederate batteries on hill. P. Johnson. Arrow on railroad, D, to Port Walthall. All the earth- *works south of the creek are Confederate. W. W. Confederate earth-works. No Union works near Arrow Field. ^ Even a little repetition is risked, rather than that any person visiting the fieldwith this hook in hand should fail to find the exact localities. An attempt is madeto furnish a guide for the future, as well as a record of the past. This explanationis made not only for this, but for all similar descriptions. — !S. M. T.. SWIFT CREEK, Mat 9 and 10, 1864.Tracing of Official Map. Scale, one and one tialf inches to one mile. 1864 BATTLE OF SWIFT CREEK. 277 ing over sundry packages in 1884, while preparing this Diary, the Testa-ment was found, and the writer decided to find the original owner or hisfamily, and to that end advertised in the Charleston, S. C. News. Theadvertisement was successful, and the Testament was returned to SergeantPricketts father, Rev. I. D. Prickett, Orangeburg, S. C, Dec. 1, 1884.Mr. Prickett lost both his sons in the war ; Sergeant Prickett, above, diedwhile a prisoner of war at Elmira, N. Y., the other son was killed inbattle. This Testament was all that returned to the father. The Thirteenth are feeling uncomfortable to-day, because they havedone several days of hard work, and much fighting, where they felt andknew that the possibilities were im