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the Fifth ; Private Martin A. Haynes, member of Congress ; Chaplain Henry E. Parker, professor at Dartmouth College.
Miss Harriet P. Dame attended the regiment as a voluntary hospital nurse.
General Gilman Marston was very popular as commander of the Second, and as brigade commander. He descended from Thomas Marston, one of the first settlers of Hampton, and was born in Orford, August 20, 1811. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1837, and four years later, having been admitted to the bar, he settled in Exeter. He was frequently elected to the legislature, and in 1859 he was elected a member of Congress. He was re-elected in 1861, and again in 1865. After the war he was frequently elected to the legislature, and "is one of the ablest and most distinguished lawyers of the New Hampshire bar." 1
Joab N. Patterson, a graduate of Dartmouth College, in 1860, was appointed colonel of the Second, and brevet brigadier-gen- eral for " bravery in battle, and general good conduct throughout the war." He was never absent from march, drill, or skirmish. After the war he was for many years United States marshal, and made his home in Concord. He was born in Hopkinton, January 20, 1835.
Nathaniel S. Berry, of Hebron, was elected governor in March, 1861, and was inaugurated the following June. He became chief magistrate at the most trying time in the history of the State. In all he did he was influenced by pure and patriotic motives ; his official acts were characterized with care and pru- dence, and his State papers were brief, clear, and wise. He was re-elected in 1862, and when he retired from office in June, 1863, he carried with him the respect and good wishes of all. During his administration all the regiments except the First were sent to the front.
Nathaniel S. Berry was born in Bath, Maine, September 1, 1796; was brought in childhood to Lisbon, learned the tanner's trade, and settled in Bristol. He was a representative in 1828, 1833, 1834, 1837, and 1854; a State senator in 1835 and 1836; judge of the Court of Common Pleas in IS41 ; judge of Probate in 1856. In 1840 he settled in Hebron.
1 Marston Genealogy.
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The Third regiment was recruited throughout the State, and was organized at Concord early in August, 1861, and mus- tered into the service the last part of the month. So many volunteers offered that there was a surplus of two hundred, who formed the nucleus of the Fourth. Enoch Q. Fellows, of Sand- wich, was commissioned colonel, John H. Jackson, lieutenant- colonel, and John Bedel, major. The colonel was a graduate of West Point, class of 1844, and a native of Sandwich, where he was born June 20, 1825. At the outbreak of the Rebellion he was a brigadier-general of the State militia. He commanded the Third for about a year. He was afterwards colonel of the Ninth, and led that regiment into the battle of Antietam. On account of poor health he was soon after obliged to resign. He is said to have been "one of the most capable officers in the army from New Hampshire " during the war. He was faithful and attentive to duty, and cool and skilful in action. He was in the legislature in 1868 and 1869.
Colonel John H. Jackson was a native of Portsmouth, born October 20, 1814. Served through the Mexican war with honor, and was in command of the Third for two years. John Bedel, of Bath, was also a veteran of the Mexican war, a son of Gen- eral Moody Bedel, of the war of 1812, and grandson of General Timothy Bedel, of the Revolutionary army. He was born July 8, 1822, in Indian Stream Territory ; was admitted to the bar ; was in the legislature in 1868 and 1869, and Democratic candi- date for governor in 1869 and 1870. He died February 26, 1875.
The Third left the State early in September, 1861, and took part in the expedition against Port Royal, on the coast of South Carolina. At Hilton Head Island they did garrison duty through the winter. In June, 1862, the regiment was sent to James Island, and on the 16th, at Secessionville, received its first bap- tism in blood. It had previously lost about a fifth of its number by sickness. The regiment went into the fight with twenty-six officers and five hundred and ninety-seven men, of whom one hundred and four were killed and wounded. In October the Third took part in the battle of Pocataligo. In the summer of 1863 the Third formed a part of the investing force about
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Charleston. At the battle of Morris Island its loss was nine killed and thirty-one wounded ; in the assault on Fort Wagner the regiment lost fifty-five killed, wounded, and missing, Lieu- tenant Colonel John Bedel among the number. For the next six months the Third was occupying trenches on Morris Island, losing thirty-two killed and wounded. In April, 1864, the Third was engaged in an expedition to Florida, and late in the month joined the army of the James. The next year was one of con- stant battle, skirmish, or march. The regiment was in the battle of Drury's Bluff, the capture of Fort Fisher, the siege of Petersburg, and at taking of Wilmington, N. C. The regiment was mustered out July 20, 1865.
To the Third belonged Lieutenant-colonel Josiah I. Plimpton, killed at Deep Run, Va. ; Lieutenant-colonel James F. Randlett. Adjutant Elbridge J. Copp, Surgeon Albert A. Moulton, Captain. Michael T. Donohoe, Captain Richard Ela, killed at Drury's Bluff, and Perry Kittredge, D. A. Brown, J. A. Dadmun, S. F Brown, George L. Lovejoy, Nathan W. Gove, John C. Linehan, and John W. Odlin, of Concord.
The Fourth regiment was organized at Manchester, and mus- tered into the service September 18, 1861, and a few days later left the State for Washington. Thomas J. Whipple, of Laconia was commissioned colonel ; Louis Bell, of Farmington, lieu_ tenant-colonel ; and Jeremiah D. Drew, of Salem, major. The regiment took part in the expedition against Port Royal, and occupied Hilton Head Island. During the winter the Fourth went to Florida. Colonel Whipple resigned in March, 1862. During the summer of 1862 a part of the Fourth occupied St. Augustine, and put Fort Marion in good repair. They were relieved by the Seventh, in September, and joined the rest of the regiment at Beaufort, in season to take part in the battle of Pocotaligo, losing three killed and twenty-five wounded. The regiment wintered at Beaufort. In the spring of 1863, the Fourth took part in the unsuccessful attack on Charleston, and in the siege of Fort Wagner, which lasted through the summer. In January, 1864, the Fourth was ordered to Beaufort, and the next month to Jacksonville, Florida, thence back to Beaufort.
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The re-enlisted veterans, to the number of three hundred and eighty-eight, received a furlough of thirty days to revisit New Hampshire under Colonel Bell; and at the expiration of their leave in April they were joined to the army of the James. Then followed months of severe fighting to crush the Rebellion. At one time only one captain was left for duty in the Fourth, and the brigade was in command of a captain. In the attack on Fort Gilman only forty men could be mustered for the fight. In the successful attack on Fort Fisher Colonel Bell fell mor- tally wounded while leading a brigade ; but the fortress, defended by a superior force of the enemy, was captured. Then came the occupation of Wilmington. The Fourth was mustered out and arrived home August 27, 1865.
To the Fourth regiment belonged Colonel William Badger, Quartermaster William K. Norton, Lieutenant Henry A. Mann, and Captain Frederick A. Kendall.
Colonel Thomas J. Whipple was born in Wentworth, January 30, 1816; was educated at New Hampton and at Norwich University, read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1840. He served in the Mexican war as adjutant of Colonel Franklin Pierce's regiment, and was taken prisoner at Vera Cruz. After resigning from the Fourth he was chosen colonel of the Twelfth. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1876, and has built up a large law practice. He is an able lawyer and a powerful advocate.
General Louis Bell, son of Governor Samuel Bell, was born March 8, 1837, graduated at Brown University in 1855, was admitted to the bar in 1857, and settled in Farmington. He was breveted brigadier-general, January 15, 1865, the day he was mortally wounded.
The Fifth regiment was mustered into service in October, 1861, and left Concord the last of the month for the seat of war, under command of Colonel Edward E. Cross, of Lancaster, Lieu- tenant-colonel Samuel G. Langley, of Manchester, and Major William W. Cook, of Derry. Dr. Luther M. Knight, of Franklin, was surgeon, and Rev. Elijah R. Wilkins, chaplain. In April, 1862, the regiment took part in the siege of Yorktown and the advance on Williamsburg ; and early in June fought at Fair Oaks. In the last battle the Fifth lost one hundred and eighty- six killed and wounded, Colonel Cross and Major Cook among the latter. Then followed the Seven Days' Battle in the retreat
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to Harrison's Landing, in which the Fifth lost over one hundred officers and men. By the middle of August the regiment num- bered only three hundred and fifty fit for duty. At Antietam, of the three hundred and nineteen officers and men who entered the fight, one hundred and eight were killed and wounded. On that day it won the title of the "Fighting Fifth." During its first year of service the Fifth lost three hundred and thirty- five in killed and wounded, besides sixty-nine who died of disease. In December, 1862, the Fifth was in Hancock's clivision which charged the enemy at Marye's Heights, opposite Fredericksburg, where Major Sturtevant was mortally wounded. The regiment lost in the charge one hundred and eighty-six officers and men, - victims of a blunder.
In May, 1863, the Fifth took part in the battle of Chancellors- ville, losing forty officers and men ; and in July was engaged in the battle of Gettysburg, where Colonel Cross, leading a brigade, was mortally wounded. In the three days' battle the Fifth lost four officers and eighty-two men killed and wounded, out of one hundred and sixty-five men who went into the fight. Near the last of July, 1863, the regiment returned to Concord to recruit its shattered ranks. During a stay of nearly three months the Fifth was recruited to the minimum strength ; and Charles E. Hapgood, of Amherst, was commissioned colo- nel, Richard E. Cross, of Lancaster, lieutenant-colonel, and James E. Larkin, of Concord, major. Early in November the regiment started for the front, and was brigaded with the Sec- ond and the Twelfth at Point Lookout, under command of Gen- eral Marston. In May, 1864, the Fifth joined the army of the Potomac in its grand campaign from the Rapidan to the James under Grant, and fought at the battle of Cold Harbor, losing two hundred and two officers and men killed and wounded. In the attack on Petersburg, June 16, the Fifth lost thirty officers and men killed and wounded, Colonel Hapgood among the latter. The command of the regiment devolved on Major Larkin. June 17 the regiment lost twenty-nine killed and wounded ; June 18, seven men. The regiment was in action at Deep Run. At Reams Station the Fifth lost thirty-three of its
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number. For months during the summer and fall of 1864 the regiment lay in the trenches before Petersburg and took part in the closing struggle of the Rebellion. The original Fifth was mustered out of service October 12, 1864; the re-enlisted veterans were under command of Major, and later Lieutenant- colonel, Welcome A. Crafts. The regiment marched in the grand review at Washington, and was mustered out of the service of the United States July 8, 1865.
To the Fifth belonged Major Thomas L. Livermore, Colonel of the Eighteenth ; Lieutenant George W. Ballock; Ira McL. Barton, Charles H. Long, and Isaac W. Hammond.
The Fifth lost more in killed and wounded than any other regiment in the Union army.
Colonel Edward E. Cross was born at Lancaster, April 22, 1832, received a common-school education, and learned the printer's trade. He became a news- paper correspondent and made many journeys into the Indian country, lead- ing a life of adventure and peril. At the breaking out of the war he was in command of a military force in Mexico. He was a man of cool courage, fearless of danger. Colonel Charles E. Hapgood was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., Dec. 11, 1830. In 1858 he was in trade in Amherst. After the war he went into business in Boston. Major Edward E. Sturtevant was born in Keene, August 7, 1826, was a printer by trade, and settled at Concord, and was on the police force at the breaking out of the war.
The Sixth regiment was organized at Keene, and mustered into the service the last of November, 1861. Nelson Converse, of Marlborough, was appointed colonel, Simon G. Griffin, of Keene, lieutenant-colonel, and Charles Scott, of Peterborough, major. O. G. Dort was a captain ; Alonzo Nute, of Farming- ton, was quartermaster ; Thomas P. Cheney, of Holderness, a lieutenant. The regiment left the State about Christmas time, and joined General Burnside's expedition into North Carolina. It was engaged in the battle of Camden, in April, 1862, led by Colonel Griffin; Colonel Converse having resigned in March, and Capt. O. G. Dort having been appointed major to fill vacancy caused by promotion. In August the Sixth joined the army of General Pope at Culpeper Court House, and took part in the disastrous campaign which followed. At the second battle of Bull Run, August 29, 1862, the regiment lost thirty-two killed,
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one hundred and ten wounded, and sixty-eight missing, or nearly one half the number engaged. Nearly all the missing were killed or wounded, and the wounded were all captured. Of twenty officers, five were killed, six wounded, and two captured. The shattered Sixth took part in the battle of Chantilly and in the battle of Antietam. In December the Sixth was in the fight at Fredericksburg. In the spring of 1863, the Sixth was transferred to Kentucky, where in May Colonel Griffin was given command of the brigade which included the Sixth and Ninth, and was sent with his brigade to help General Grant invest Vicksburg. At the battle of Jackson Colonel Griffin con- manded the Ninth corps. In January, 1864, the re-enlisted vet- erans enjoyed a furlough of thirty days in New Hampshire. In March the Sixth, Ninth, and Eleventh were brigaded, and stationed at Annapolis, under command of Colonel Griffin, and in April joined the army of the Potomac under General Grant at the Rapidan. Immediately the brigade was brought into action, and nobly acquitted itself in the battle of the Wilderness. At Spottsylvania the Sixth lost sixty-eight killed and wounded, and Colonel Griffin won his star. Lieutenant-colonel Henry H. Pearson lost his life May 26, 1864; and Phin P. Bixby was pro- moted to the command. The history of the Sixth, and of Gen- eral Griffin's brigade, from this time on to the close of the war is inseparably connected with that of the army of the Potomac. They took part in the battles of North Anna River, Tolopotomy Creek, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Poplar Spring Church, Hatcher's Run, and the final assault on Petersburg. The regiment was mustered out July 17, 1865.
General Simon G. Griffin was born in Nelson, August 9, IS24. He received a thorough academical education, engaged in teaching, represented Nelson in the legislature two years, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Merri- mack county in the fall of 1S60. He commanded company B of the Second at the battle of Bull Run. He was commissioned colonel of the Sixth April 22, 1S62. He was commissioned brigadier-general May 12, 1864, for judgment displayed at the battle of Spottsylvania. He was breveted major-general for " gallant conduct " at the attack on Petersburg, April 2, 1865, while leading a division. He was mustered out of the service in September, IS65, and settled in Keene. He represented Keene in the legislature in 1866, 1867, and 186S, being chosen speaker his last two terms. He was nominated for Congress in 1871, and again in 1873, but was defeated.
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Lieutenant-colonel Henry H. Pearson was a student at Phillips Exeter Academy at the breaking out of the war. He was born in Illinois, February 26, 1840. Fired with military and patriotic ardor he volunteered among the first, and afterwards returned to Exeter and raised a company, and joined the Sixth. He was a young man ot commanding figure and manner, kind and attentive to the wants of his men, while his coolness and bravery gained for him the love and respect of all.
The Seventh regiment was organized at Manchester in De- cember, 1861. It was raised through the efforts of Adjutant- general Joseph C. Abbott, of Concord, who was appointed lieu- tenant-colonel. The command of the regiment was given to Colonel H. S. Putnam, a native of Cornish, born in 1835, and a graduate of West Point in 1857. Daniel Smith, of Dover, was commissioned major, and Andrew H. Young, quartermaster. The Seventh left the State about the middle of January, 1862, and for the rest of the winter was at Dry Tortugas. In June it was transferred to Port Royal, and some time later to St. Augus-
tine. In June, 1863, the regiment took part in the siege of Charleston, and in the assault on Fort Wagner. There they lost, in a brief charge, two hundred and eighteen killed, wounded, and missing ; Colonel Putnam among the former. At the battle of Olustee, Florida, in February, 1864, the regi- ment lost two hundred and nine killed, wounded, and miss- ing. In April the Seventh joined the army of the James, and for the next year participated in the siege of Petersburg and the great battles in that neighborhood, including the capture of Fort Fisher. The regiment was mustered out in June, 1865. At that time there were less than one hundred men of the original force.
Colonel Abbott was born in Concord, July 15, 1825. After the war he was U. S. senator from North Carolina. Lieutenant Samuel H. Henderson, of Dover, killed at Deep Run, August 16, 1864, was born in December, 1833. Grovenor A. Curtice, of Hopkinton, was captain of company D of the Seventh.
The Eighth regiment was organized at Manchester, and was mustered into the service December 23, 1861, with Hawkes Fearing as colonel, O W. Lull, of Milford, lieutenant-colonel, Morrill B. Smith, of Concord, major, and Dr. S. G. Dearborn, of Milford, surgeon. In March, 1862, the Eighth joined the
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army of the Gulf, under General B. F. Butler. In May and June, 1863, the Eighth was in the engagement at Port Hudson. In their first assault, out of three hundred engaged, one hundred and twenty-four were killed or wounded, Lieutenant-colonel Lull among the former. In April and May, 1864, the Eighth, mounted, took part in the Red River campaign. In December, the remnant of the regiment who had not re-enlisted passed up the Mississippi river, which they had helped to open, on their way home.
The re-enlisted veterans, to the number of three hundred and five, remained, the battalion under command of Captain James H. Landers, of Concord, and did duty in the neighbor- hood of Natchez until the collapse of the Rebellion. Among their number was Captain Dana W. King, of Nashua.
Colonel Fearing was a merchant of Manchester.
Lieutenant-colonel Lull, a native of Weare, was born January 14, 1826, studied law, and settled in Milford.
The Ninth regiment was organized at Concord during the summer of 1862, and left the State near the end of August, under command of Colonel E. Q. Fellows, to join the army of the Potomac. In twenty days they took part in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam, losing ten killed and over one hundred wounded, Lieutenant-colonel Herbert B. Titus among the latter. In December the Ninth was engaged in the disas- trous battle of Fredericksburg, led by Colonel Titus and Lieu- tenant-colonel John W. Babbitt. In 1863 they were in Ken- tucky, and later at Vicksburg, and then in Kentucky and Ten- nessee. In May, 1864, the regiment again joined the army of the Potomac, fought at Spottsylvania, in the trenches before Petersburg, and in the great military movement which crushed General Lee and his army. It joined in the grand review at Washington, and was mustered out in June, 1865.
Of the Ninth regiment were Majors George W. Everett and George H. Chandler, Adjutants William N. Cook and William I. Brown, Quartermaster William Pitt Moses, and Captain L. H. Pillsbury and Lieutenant W. S. Pillsbury, of Londonderry.
The Tenth regiment was organized at Manchester in the
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summer of 1862. It was composed mostly of men of Irish birth or descent, and left for the front under command of Colonel Michael T. Donohoe, Lieutenant-colonel John Coughlin, and Major Jesse F. Angell. It was joined to the army of the Poto- mac. Wm. H. D. Cochran was a first lieutenant. Colonel Donohoe, who was breveted brigadier-general for gallant conduct in the field, was born in Lowell, Mass., November 22, 1838, and was educated at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass. For the last two years of the war he was in command of a brigade. The Tenth took part in the battle of Fredericks- burg, in December, 1862. During 1863 the regiment was serving in the neighborhood of Norfolk. In 1864 it joined the army of the Potomac, and took part in the battle of Cold Harbor. Most of its service was with the army of the James. The Tenth showed splendid qualities at the assault on Fort Harrison. The regiment rendered efficient service to the Union cause, and dis- played coolness and bravery on many a battle-field. It was mustered out in June, 1865.
The Eleventh regiment was organized at Concord in the sum- mer of 1862, and was mustered into service early in September, under command of Colonel Walter Harriman. Major Moses A. Collins, Adjutant Charles R. Morrison, and Quartermaster James F. Briggs went out with the regiment. It joined the army of the Potomac in time to take part in the battle of Fredericksburg. In 1863 it served in Kentucky, and formed part of the force investing Vicksburg, Mississippi. In the fall the regiment formed a part of the garrison which defended Knoxville. In 1864 the Eleventh was in the battle of the Wilderness, when Colonel Harriman was captured, and Lieu- tenant-colonel Moses N. Collins was killed ; at Spottsylvania ; at Cold Harbor ; in the trenches before Petersburg ; at Hatcher's Run; and in the final struggle before Richmond and Peters- burg. Colonel Harriman, afterwards governor of New Hamp- shire, was breveted brigadier-general. Leander W. Cogswell was appointed lieutenant-colonel, and Evarts W. Farr, major. The Eleventh was discharged in June, 1865.
The Twelfth regiment was raised mainly from Belknap and
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Carroll counties in August, 1862, and was entrusted to the command of Colonel Joseph H. Potter, a native of Concord and a graduate of West Point, class of 1843. John F. Marsh was lieutenant-colonel and George D. Savage, major. The regiment left for the front the last of September, and was in the battle of Fredericksburg, as part of the reserve. In May, 1863, it was engaged in the battle of Chancellorsville, and in July was brigaded with the Second at Point Lookout. In 1864 it joined the army of the James and fought at Drury's Bluff and Cold Harbor, and formed a part of the line investing Richmond. The Twelfth was mustered out in July, 1865. Colonel Potter was appointed brigadier-general, and Thomas E. Barker, colonel. J. Ware Butterfield went out as captain ; Ira C. Evans as musician.
The Thirteenth regiment was organized in Concord, in the fall of 1862, and mustered into service near the end of Septem- ber. Aaron F. Stevens was appointed colonel, George Bowers, a veteran of the Mexican war, lieutenant-colonel, and Jacob Storer, major. It went to the front early in October, and took part in the battle of Fredericksburg. In 1863 the regiment served in the neighborhood of Norfolk. In 1864 the Thirteenth was in the attack on the Walthal Railroad, at the battles of Swift Creek, Kingsland Creek, Drury's Bluff, and Cold Har- bor, in the trenches before Petersburg, and in many of the skirmishes and battles of the last year of the war, with the army of the James. It was mustered out of the service in June, 1865. Colonel Stevens was appointed brigadier-general by brevet. In the regiment was Person C. Cheney, afterwards governor of New Hampshire, Mortier L. Morrison, George B. Twitchell, John Sullivan, Jr., Charles B. Gafney, Henry Churchill, Rufus P. Staniels, George Farr, and Oliver M. Sawyer.
The Fourteenth was the last of the three years' regiments raised in New Hampshire. It was organized at Concord in the fall of 1862. Mustered into service September 24, and left the State for Washington the latter part of October, and for over a year did duty in guarding the city of Washington. In February, 1864, the regiment was sent to the department of the Gulf, and served in the neighborhood of New Orleans until midsummer,
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