Thursday, December 25, 1862
The Twentieth Massachusetts celebrated Christmas at their winter camp in Falmouth. The men were delighted to receive shipments of cooked turkeys, chickens, and geese for their holiday meal.1
References:
1George A. Bruce, The Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861 - 1865 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1906), 232-33.
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