New Hampshire in the Civil War

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Introduction
New Hampshire men contributed greatly to the Union forces during the Civil War. In total there were 836 officers and 31,650 enlisted men during the 4 years of war.

New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion, by Major Otis F.R. Waite - Google Books - History of the contributions New Hampshire gave to the Civil War. This book can also be found in the, FHL US/CAN Fiche 6118818 (7 fiche) or FHL US/CAN Book 974.2 M2w.

Military Units

 * Revised register of the soldiers and sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866 Internet Archive American Libraries - Book that contains a good summary of each New Hampshire regiment. Also contains company rosters that list the birth place, age or enlistment, place of residence at the time of enlistment. Also available at the FHL Book 974.2 M23nh or microfilm FHL US/CAN 1697872 Item 1-2.
 * Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States Army for the years, 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65 Internet Archive American Libraries- Official list of the men that enlisted in each year during the war. Not inclusive to New Hampshire and not alphabetized.
 * New Hampshire Heritage - Detailed site on different aspects of the New Hampshire regiments and their contributions to the Civil War.
 * New Hampshire Regiments - Wikipedia link listing regiments of New Hampshire
 * Civil War Archives - lists each regiment for New England
 * New Hampshire Civil War History and Genealogy Project - brief history of each regiment as well as the men listed in each troop within the regiment. This is a work in progress and does not include every soldier yet.
 * Soldier and Sailors System - list brief regimental summaries for each New Hampshire regiment.
 * New Hampshire Men Awarded the Metal of Honor In the Civil War - lists all men from New Hampshire that received the Metal of Honor.

Artillery

 * 1st Battery, New Hampshire Light Artillery
 * Mustered in: September 21, 1861. Organized at Manchester.
 * Mustered out June 9, 1865.
 * 1st Regiment, New Hampshire Heavy Artillery
 * Companies mustered in at various times between July 22, 1863 and October 17, 1864.
 * Regiment mustered out June 15, 1865.
 * Recruits consolidated to 2 Companies and mustered out September 11, 1865.

Cavalry

 * 1st Regiment, New Hampshire Cavalry
 * Mustered in: October 24 to December 21, 1861.
 * Organized at Concord, as a Battalion of four Companies and attached to 1st New England Cavalry.
 * 2nd Regiment, New Hampshire Cavalry
 * Originally recruited as the 8th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry.
 * Discharged November 9, 1865.

Infantry

 * 1st Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: May 1, 1861. Organized at Concord.
 * Ordered home to New Hampshire August 2, 1861 and mustered out August 9th.
 * 2nd Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: May 31 to June 8, 1861. Organized at Portsmouth.
 * Mustered out: December 19, 1861.
 * 3rd Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: August 23, 1861. Organized at Concord.
 * Mustered out: July 25, 1865.
 * 4th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: September 18, 1861. Organized at Manchester.
 * Mustered out: August 23, 1865.
 * 5th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: October 22, 1861. Organized at Concord.
 * Discharged July 8, 1865. Mustered out: July 28, 1865.
 * 6th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: November 27, 1861. Organized at Keene.
 * Mustered out: July 17, 1865.
 * 7th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: December 13, 1861. Organized at Manchester
 * Mustered out: July 17, 1865.
 * 8th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: December 23, 1861. Organized at Manchester.
 * Designation of Regiment changed to 2nd New Hampshire Cavalry December, 1863.
 * 9th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: August 15, 1862. Organized at Concord.
 * Mustered out: June 10, 1865.
 * 10th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: September 4, 1862. Organized at Manchester.
 * Mustered out: June 21, 1865.
 * 11th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: September 2, 1862. Organized at Concord.
 * Mustered out: June 4, 1865.
 * 12th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: September 10, 1862. Organized at Concord.
 * Mustered out: June 21, 1865.
 * 13th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: September 20, 1862. Organized at Concord.
 * Mustered out: June 22, 1865.
 * 14th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: September 24, 1862. Organized at Concord.
 * Mustered out in Savannah, Georgia: July 8, 1865.
 * 15th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: October 6-16, 1862. Organized at Concord.
 * Mustered out in Concord: August 13, 1863.
 * 16th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: October 24, 1862. Organized at Concord.
 * Mustered out at Concord: August 20, 1863.
 * 17th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Organization commenced November 19, 1862; not completed, and the two Companies formed were transferred to the 2nd New Hampshire Infantry, April 16, 1863.
 * 18th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
 * Mustered in: September 13, 1864. Organized at Concord.
 * First six Companies recruited under call of July 19, 1864. Four Companies under call of December 21, 1864. Companies "G," "H" and "I" join Regiment in February, March and April, 1865.
 * Company "K" was on duty at Galloupe's Island, Boston Harbor, entire term, and mustered out May 6, 1865.
 * Six original companies muster out June 10, 1865.
 * Balance of Regiment muster out July 29, 1865.

Companies

 * First Company New Hampshire Volunteer Heavy Artillery
 * Mustered in: July 22, 1863
 * Mustered out:June 15, 1865
 * Length of service: 2 years
 * Second Company New Hampshire Heavy Artillery
 * Company "B" of the 1st Company New Hampshire Heavy Artillery organized as 2nd Company New Hampshire Heavy Artillery and mustered in September 17, 1863.
 * Regiment mustered out June 15, 1865.
 * Recruits consolidated to 2 Companies and mustered out September 11, 1865.
 * Chandler's Company, National Guards, New Hampshire Militia
 * Organized at Manchester for 60 days May 9, 1864.
 * Mustered out: July 27, 1864
 * Littlefield's Company, Strafford Guards, New Hampshire Militia
 * Organized at Dover for 60 days May 5, 1864.
 * Mustered out: July 25, 1864
 * Tarbell's Company, Lafayette Artillery, New Hampshire Militia
 * Organized at Lyndeborough August 1, 1864.
 * Mustered out September 23, 1864.

Census Substitute
1890 New Hampshire census index - Substitute of the 1890 U.S. Federal Census. Lists the individuals name, regiment served in and other information. Doesn't list the family members of the individual. Can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Military Cemeteries
See Cemetery Records

Battles fought in New Hampshire
There were no battles fought in New Hampshire.

Muster Rolls
Muster-In Rolls, Descriptive Rolls, Monthly Returns and Muster-Out Rolls of each Regiment. Bound and encapsulated in such a way that they cannot be photocopied.

Related to them is the Soldiers' Index, a 3x5 card file for each soldier, on which all information from the Regimental Rolls has been abstracted.

The Adjutant General's Office also tried to maintain a separate index for seamen, but it is very incomplete.

The "obituaries" are a file of newspaper clippings or other memorials regarding the death of Maine veterans; it is very incomplete as are the General Law Pension records.


 * for the state of New Hampshire - 48 films located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
 * - Indexes the muster rolls for the Civil War giving the soldiers name, company, rank, box, extract and roll record numbers where the original record can be found, allegiance, miscellaneous information, and unit in which served. Located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
 * - 225 microfilms located at the Family History Library. The compiled records are card abstracts containing information relating to the stations, movements, or activities of each unit or a part of it, and frequently to its organization or composition, strength and losses, and disbandment. Sometimes the names of commanding officers, the dates the unit was called into service and mustered out, the terms of service, and similiar information are included.
 * - 13 microfilms loacated at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. This is a microfilm of type and handwritten cards at the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord, New Hampshire.
 * Civil War Rosters - New Hampshire Links

Pensions

 * USGenWeb pension project - a project still underway to provide actual transcriptions of Pension related materials for all Wars prior to 1900.


 * FamilySearch Record Search - Currently working on digitizing documents online. A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information.


 * - 4 microfilms located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The originals are housed at the New Hampshire State Archives and Records preservation in Concord, New Hampshire.

GAR Records

 * Northern New Hampshire Civil War Veterans - Veterans are listed by location - Photo Gallery

Other Sources

 * History of the New Hampshire surgeons in the War of Rebellion, by Granville P. Conn - Available at the FHL Book 974.2 M2cg, also on microfilm FHL US/CAN 1697591 Item 6.
 * Civil War Oaths, 1861-1865, New Hampshire. Adjutant General's Office - Available at the FHL on microfilm.
 * Report of the Adjutant-General of the state of New Hampshire - New Hampshire. Adjutant General's Office.  Available at the FHL on microfilm.
 * New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion, by Otis F.R. Waite. Available at the FHL Book 974.2 M2w.  Also available online with Google Books.
 * Men of Granite - New Hampshire's Soldiers in the Civil War, by Duane E. Shaffer.