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Brief History

Chandler's Company, National Guards, New Hampshire Militia was organized at Manchester for 60 days on May 9, 1864.  They were mustered out on July 27, 1864. ^[1]

Rosters

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 92 men on its roster for this unit. [1].

• Most men in this company were from Hillsborough County - AGR page 760. (AGR refers to the Adjuctant General's Report found at Internet Archive)
  
• Chandler's Company Militia Infantry Roster, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).   This is a work in progress.
• National Guards New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).  Ray's Place
• New Hampshire.  Adjutant-General's Office, Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New Hampshire, Volume 2 , Concord, New Hampshire: Amos Hadley, State Printer, 1865.   Page 760.  Available online at Google Books, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).

Other Sources

• Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Connecticut in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).
  

• National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.
  

• Connecticut in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Connecticut, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
  

• United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.

• Footnote.com, (accessed 2 Apr 2011).  (A subscription website, but is available for use at the Family History Library and some Family History Centers). It has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls).

• Augustus D. Ayling, Adjutant General, Revised register of the soldiers and sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, Concord, New Hampshire : Ira C. Evans, 1895.  Page 992.  Available at  the Family History Library, FHL US/CAN Book 974.2 M23nh, or FHL US/CAN Film 1697872, Item 1-2.  Book contains a good summary of each New Hampshire regiment. Also contains alphabetical that list the birth place, age or enlistment, place of residence at the time of enlistment.

References

1. ↑ National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 6 December 2010.

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