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John Green, II, Moultonborough
George Palmer, D, Eaton
Rubin Pierre, A, wounded May 12, 1864, Effingham Francesco Ponte, F, wounded May 12, 1864, Wakefield George Pierce, C, Moultonborough
Thomas Parker, B, Wakefield
Nicholas Piesback, K, Tuftonborough
John H. Randall,
Wolfeborough
Charles Reiff, B, prisoner Pop. Grove Ch. Oct. 1, 1864, Wolfeborough
Michael Roberts,
Sandwich
.James Riley.
Edgar Sanborn, D, wounded May 6, 1864, died of disease July 30, 1864, Ossipee
Peter Helyorsen, K, killed July 8, 1864,
William Baragan, I,
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Theodore Railshaw,
Wakefield
Adolphe Vincent, B,
Brookfield
Charles Snyder, D,
Effingham
Jens Marinus Schon, K,
Thomas Wallace, Tuftonborough
George Scott, G, wounded May 6, 1864, miss- ing Pop. Grove Sept. 30, 1864, Moultonborough
Joseph Wright,
John A. Williams, E, Effingham
William Smith, G, Wakefield
Moultonborough
Charles Webb,
Wolfeborough
James Smith, A,
Ossipee
IIenry Wagner, K, Effingham
John Sullivan, A, missing Pop. Grove Sept. 30, 1864, Moultonborough
Henry Smith, B,
Wakefield
Jolm Stichelman,
Jackson
William Wilson, B,
Jackson
William Stratton, A, wounded July 30, 1864, died of wounds July 31, 1864, Sandwich
Harry Wilson, F,
Ossipee
George Sullivan, Tuftonborough
John Weaver, K,
Robert Travers, A,
Theodore Van Ackerson, G, wounded July
Daniel Williams, D,
Tuftonborough
27, 1864,
Conway
William Yonng,
RE-ENLISTED VETERANS.
Pembroke M. Blaisdell, D, Sergeant, missing in action May 6, 1864, Madison
John G. Brown, D, Ist Sergeant, killed July
30, 1864, Conway
IIosea Q. Blaisdell, D, Corporal, wounded May 9, 1864, Madison
Joseph G. Edwards, D, Corporal, wounded
May 18, 1864, Effingham
William Goodwin, D, Chatham
Addison G. Harmon, D, Sergeant, prisoner Pop. Grove Sept. 30, 1864, Madison
John Hamilton, D, Corporal, prisoner Pop. Grove Ch. Sept. 30, 1864, Conway John G. Mason, D, Musician, Tamworth
William E. Tucker, D, Corporal, prisoner May 6, 1864, Wakefield Cyrus B. Vittum, D, wounded May 6, 1864, Sandwich David L. Wentworth, D, Brookfield
The above-named recruits and veterans were mostly mustered in and remustered the latter part of 1863 and early in 1864.
The Seventh Infantry. - This command, raised under exceptional cir- cumstances, by authority of the secretary of war, went into camp at Manchester in October, 1861, with Lieut. Haldiman S. Putnam, of the Regulars, - a native of Cornish, in Sullivan county, -as colonel, Joseph C. Abbott, late adjutant- general, as lieutenant-colonel, and Daniel Smith, of Dover, as major.
This regiment, which was exceptionally well prepared by drill and discipline for its later experience, left the state on January 14, 1862, and was sent by transport to the Dry Tortugas, Fla, where it garrisoned Fort Jefferson and other important works. In June it was sent to Beaufort, S. C., and then to St Augustine, Fla. It participated in the historic attack on Fort Wagner, Charleston harbor, July 18, 1863, where its colonel was killed after having effected an entrance to the fort, although our forces were afterward repulsed. It served with the Tenth Corps during the closing scenes of the war near Petersburg and Richmond. It engaged in storming and capturing Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, N. C., and through all its arduous service acquitted itself with great persistence, devotion, and bravery. It was mustered out July 22, 1865, and reached Concord early in August of that year.
So far as the records show, there appear to have been but very few, only two at first, from this county, though the rolls of all the companies show
George Smith, F,
Isaac Willan, G, wounded June 21, 1864, Freedom
Joseph P. Wilson, B,
Moultonborough
Francis Williams, B,
Wakefield
John Welch,
Madison
John Walteh, Wolfeborongh
John Wood, D, wounded May 18, 1864, died
of wounds May 31, 1864. Ossipee
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residence "unknown " of nearly all its members, making accuracy of compi- lation uncertain.
ROSTER.
Charles F. Keniston, I, Tamworth
Jesse C. Fening, I, Ossipee
SEVENTH REGIMENT RECRUITS.
Patrick Barritt, D, Moultonborough
Thomas Kuran, A, Moultonborough
Joseph Banks, H, Brookfield
Jolin King, A, Sandwich
Michael Kelley, G, Tamworth
Daniel Burns, D, wounded severely Feb. 20, 1864,
Wakefield
Charles Brown, A, Moultonborough
John Butler, A,
Tamworth
John Mayer, B, wounded May 10, 1864, Tuftonborough
William Birnie, A,
Luigi Cappelli, F,
Moultonborough
Patrick McGuiness, HI,
Moultonborough
Henry D. Churchill, A,
Jackson
Daniel Mullen, II, Tamworth
Jolm Clark, F,
Effingham
John Maddock, II,
Jackson
Michael Daley, C,
Moultonborough
William Moore, Effingham
Agisto Delbuons, E,
Charles J. Drennan, E,
George E. Dowus,
Tamworth
Nicholson Murdock, G, missing, Olustce, Fla, Feb. 20, 1864, Sandwich
William Eiff, I,
Moultonborough
William Frazor, 1,
Effingham
August Frank, E,
Moultonborough
James Farley, G,
Tamworth
James Gunnell, Moultonborough
Samuel Hughs, I, missing at Olustee, Fla, Feb. 20, 1864, Wakefield
Waldemar Hoff, F, Moultonborough
John H. Harriman, B, missing, Olustce, Fla, Feb. 20, 1864,
Wolfeborough
Charles Helmer, E,
Tuftonborough
Michael Hollosen, G,
Moultonborough
Howard Harley, G,
Tamworth
Edward Hill, K, Jackson
William Jones, A, missing in action, Oct. 1,
1864,
Moultonborough
George Wilson, D, Tamworth
Albert Johnson, A, Wolfeborough
Joseph Knox, G, Ossipee
Patrick Walsh, D, missing near Richmond, Oet. 6, 1864, Jackson
Reenlisted Veterans. - Ivory Abbott, I, killed by shell near Petersburg, Va, August 27, 1864, Ossipee ; Hazen P. Carlton, H, Jackson ; Moses Ferrin, H, Tamworth ; Silas Leroy, G, Ossipee.
The recruits for this regiment were mustered in the latter part of 1863 and in 1864, and all the veterans remustered in February, 1864.
The Eighth Infantry. - This three-years regiment was organized at Man- chester, served valiantly on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, at Baton Rouge, Port Hudson, and Sabine Pass, Texas ; reenlisted, and underwent all the hard- ships of battle, siege, and sickness in an unhealthy climate, being finally mustered out at Concord in January, 1865, and its veteran battalion in October of the same year. Its officers were : Hawkes Fearing, of Manchester, colonel ; Oliver W. Lull, of Milford, who had been an aid to Gen. George Stark, of the state service at Portsmouth, and who was killed at Port Hudson, lientenant- colonel ; and Morrill B. Smith, of Wakefield, major.
Wakefield
Peter Sinclair, B,
Gurgan Sunberman, G, wounded mortally Feb. 26, 1864, Moultonborough
James F. Spiller, I, Jackson
Wilmot Sanford, I,
Moultonborough
Frederick Stoumeier, I,
Robert J. Thomas, K, captured, Olustec, Fla, Feb. 20, 1864,
Clements Volgel, HI,
George Von Martini, H, Wolfeborough
William Wallace, II, wounded May 14, 1864,
Tuftonborough
John Williams, First, D, Jackson
Jerry Ryans, C,
William Nichols, B, missing, Olustce, Fla, Feb. 20, 1864, Moultonborough
John McDonald, F, wounded May 14, 1864, Moultonborough
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For a time this regiment was mounted, and known as the Second New Hampshire Cavalry. Carroll was well represented in this regiment by officers, non-commissioned officers, and men. Major Morrill B. Smith, though then tempo- rarily living in Concord, was a lifelong resident of Wakefield, had been a colonel in the old state militia, and was the only brother of the young and gallant Lieutenant Smith of the United States army, who was killed while lead- ing a forlorn hope in an attempt to scale the ramparts of Chapultepec, near the city of Mexico, in the Mexican war, in less than four years after he was graduated from West Point.
Major James R. Newell, born in Brookfield, December 5, 1839, enlisted in 1861 in the Eighth New Hampshire Volunteers, and served faithfully during the war. participating in over forty actions. June 14, 1863, then a first lieutenant and acting captain, he led his company in a disastrous charge on rebel earth- works in the rear of Port Hudson, where, out of a total of 227, his regiment lost 126 men. Here he was severely wounded, and was captured. Escaping after some weeks, he was engaged in nearly every battle fought in the Depart- ment of the Gulf, and also did admirable service as a scout amid almost insur- mountable obstacles and difficulties. He was promoted for personal gallantry to all offiees from the ranks up to major, was a brave and gallant soldier, and did honor to the service and himself. He died in Wolfeborough, March 1, 1880, and the G. A. R. Post at that place is named in his honor.
ROSTER.
Morrill B. Smith, Major, Wakefield
George F. Richardson, E, Ist Lient, Capt. Moultonborough
James R. Newell, I, Serg't, 20 Lieut, Ist Lieut, Capt. E, Major, Wolfeborough
Elphonzo G. Colby, 1, Captain,
Smith N. Welch, B, Effingham
Charles Young, B, Ossipee
Daniel R. Kenney, D, Serg't, Capt., 2d La.
Vol's,
Sandwich
Charles C. Hoyt, D, Corporal, Moultonborough Ell N. Cotton, D,
Brackett B. Lamprey, D,
Alonzo G. Lamprey, D, died of disease, February 9, 1:62, Moultonborough
William B. Young, D, died Feb. 2, 1862, Moultonborough
George H. Hurd, I, Ist Serg't, killed Oct. 28, 1-62,
Wolfeborough
Solomon G. Pool, 1, Sergeant, Freedom
Charles F. Brewster, I, Serg't, died June 22, 1862, Ossipee George Elliott, 1, Corporal, Wolfeborough James W. Johnson, I, Cor., promoted Serg't, Wolfeborough Daniel W. Stoakes, I, Cor., dled Nov. 1, 1862, Freedom John D. Goodwin, 1, Wagoner, died Nov. 20, 1862, Eaton
James C. Blaisdell, 1, promoted Cor,, died Sept. 20, 1864, Tamworth John C. Blanchard, 1, Eaton
John L. Bodge, I, died March 29, 1863, Ossipee
Horatio G. Sawyer, 1, Bugler, promoted 2d Lieutenant, Ossipee
Charles T. Burnham, I, Wakefield
Joseph P. Burbank, I, Tamworth George W. Chesley, I, promoted Corporal, Effingham John Colby, I, Tuftonborough llanson L. Dore, I, promoted Corporal, died October, 1863, Wakefield
Tobias M. Elliott, 1,
Wolfeborough
William M. Elliott, 1,
John H. Emery, 1, Ossipee
Angustus D. Ferrin, I, Freedom
Luther E. Head, 1, Tamworth
Samuel Henderson, 1, Eaton
William Jenness, 1, Wakefield
John Lovering, I, died July 24, 1862, Freedom
Joseph Moody, 1, Ossipee
Charles E. Moulton, I,
Thomas J. Moulton, I, Freedom
Henry Marehington, I, Charles N. Moulton, I,
Wolfeborough Tamworth Freedom
Urias Richards, 1,
John S. Stokes, 1,
Benjamin Stokes, 1, Elias Towle, 2d, 1,
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Erastus Ward, 1,
Freedom
Herbert B. Tibbitts, I, died January 9, 1863,
Joseph Tuxbury, I, died March 2, 1863,
Jeremiah D. Tibbitts, I, Wolfeborough -
John B. Lamprey, Tuftonborough
EIGHTH REGIMENT RECRUITS.
Frederick G. H. Ainslie,
Tuftonborough
Charles F. Miller, C,
Sandwich
William D. Adams,
Wakefield
Henry Munzer, C,
"
George A. Bunn,
Tamworth
Herman G. Miller, G,
Tamworth
John Collins,
Wakefield
Adam Meyer, C,
Effingham
Henry O. Chase, II, died July 28, 1864,
Sandwich
Benjamin Morrill, E,
Tamworth
Nichele Cosce,
James Noyce,
Wolfeborough
Auguste Case, B,
Tamworthlı
Hermann Rock,
Moultonborough
Timothy Coneklin, B, Missing Sabine Cross Roads, La, April 8, 1864,
Tamworth
Andrew Roch,
Peter Castague, E, Sandwich
Peter Rarmey, C,
„ Tamworth
Jomm Crawford, E,
Wolfeborough
Eben Richards,
Wolfeborough
Louis De La Val, E, Missing Sabine Cross Roads, La, April S, 1864,
Sandwich
Henry Scott, C, promoted Corporal, Tamworth
Julius Dusch, D,
Tamworth
Otis Sammet,
George Seaver, Sandwich
Lewis Frank, E,
Wakefield
Jacob Spies,
Hen Gardner,
Tamworth
William B. Thompson, II.
Wakefield
Michael F. Kenney, C,
Brookfield
William II. Ware, C, promoted Serg't,
Tamworth
George Kneller, E.
Sandwich
Edward Krebs, F,
Wakefield
Henry Wagner, E,
Wakefield
Thadeus Low, E, died May 15, 1864,
John Young, E,
John Meyer, D,
Tuftonborough
Reenlisted Veterans. - George W. Chesley, I, sergeant, Freedom; Merrill Dow, H, died of disease August 13, 1864, Wakefield; George Elliott, I, ser- geant, Wolfeborough; Tobias M. Elliott, I, Wolfeborough ; Samuel H. Hender- son, I, captured Sabine Cross Roads, La, April 8, 1864, Eaton; Luther E. Head, I, Tamworth; James W. Johnson, I, sergeant, captured Sabine Cross Roads, La, April 8, 1864, Wolfeborough; Henry Marchenton, I, Wolfeborough; William Rounds, I, bugler, Freedom; Urias Richards, I, Freedom ; John S. Stokes, I, corporal, Freedom; Horatio G. Sawyer, I, bugler, promoted 2d Lieu- tenant, Ossipee; Benjamin Stokes, I, Freedom; Jeremiah D. Tibbitts, I, corporal, Wolfeborough.
The recruits for this regiment were mustered late in 1863 and in 1864, and all the veterans in January, 1864.
The Ninth Infantry. - This regiment was recruited more slowly than its predecessors, and was, perhaps, the first that experienced to any considerable extent the effect of the "bounty " system.
It went into camp in Concord in June, 1862, and left for the front August 25, under Colonel E. Q. Fellows, formerly of the Third. It was a gallant regi- ment, and performed heroic service.
In less than three weeks from the time it left the state, it fought in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam, where Lieutenant-Colonel Titus was wounded early in the action, leaving Colonel Fellows the only field officer, the major not having then joined the regiment. It lost heavily at Fredericksburg,
Nicholas Roman, C,
Sandwich
Kerl Steins, H,
Effingham
Joseph French, H,
Ludwig Wachner, Sandwich
Wolfeborough
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the battles of the Wilderness in 1864, and the closing conflicts of the war. Its service was in the Ninth Corps, under Burnside, in Maryland, Virginia, Ken- tucky. Mississippi, and Tennessee, and it was mustered out in June, 1865. Josiah Stevens, Jr, who was major for a few days in the Second, was appointed lieutenant-colonel, and on his resignation the same day, Herbert B. Titus, of Chesterfield. late lieutenant in the Second, who had been commissioned major, was immediately promoted to lieutenant-colonel, and George W. Everett, of New London, was commissioned major.
The very few who went from Carroll at first were nearly all commissioned and non-commissioned officers. William N. Cook, of Wakefield, the first adju- tant, died before joining the regiment, and George H. Chandler, of Concord, a brother of Senator Chandler, was commissioned adjutant, and on the death of Major Everett, August 27, 1863, was promoted major, and afterward lieutenant- colonel. After the war Lieutenant-Colonel Chandler became a successful lawyer at Baltimore, and died within a few years.
ROSTER.
Enoch Q. Fellows, Colonel, Sandwich
Wm. N. Cook, Adjutant, died Ang. 9, 1862, Wakefield
John S. Emerson, assistant Surgeon, Sandwich
Albert G. Merrill, D, second Lieutenant, Conway
Henry JJ. Boothby, D, Corporal, promoted
first Sergeant, wounded twice, Conway
llosea A. Pettengill, C, Sergeant, Sandwich
Orsmon Drown, D, wounded May 12, 1864, killed, Spottsylvania, Va, May 17, 1864, Bartlett
Mark G. Staples, HI, Corporal, Wakefield
Martin J. MeGraw, II, died Dee. 4, 1862, Wakefield Charles A. Wood, K, Cor., died Dee., 1862, Freedom George M. Loring, K, wounded Dec. 13, 1862, Ossipee William Buttles, K, killed in action, July 30, 1864, Tamworth
Samuel C. Meader, K, wounded at Antietam, ,,
William Il. Nichols, K, died at Paris, Ky, Oct. 29, 1863, Wakefield
Eben Eldredge, K, Ossipee
Jacob C. Dore, K,
NINTH REGIMENT RECRUITS.
Daniel Babb, D, prisoner, paroled Oct. 18, 1864, died Nov. 1, 1861, Conway
John Brush, II, wounded JJuly 30, 1864, Effingham
Henry Colin, E, Sandwich
Joseph Carter, B, captured Sept. 30, 1864, paroled Ort. 7, 1564, Wakefield
Martin Dodd, .\, Wolfeborough
Daniel Grant, B, Jackson
Marquis Heath, D, died July 30, 1861, Conway
James Moran, G, Eningham
William C. Meintyre, D, Ealon .
William B. Perkins, D, killed in action May 12, 1864, Conway
William Smith, G, Wolfeborough
Ilarry Simer, G, Chatham
James Smith, G, Brookfield
James Smith, G, Sandwich
Thomas Stevens, G, missing in action, Sept. 30, 1864, Madison
John Welsh, A, missing at l'op. Grove Ch., Sept. 30, 1864, Conway
The above-named recruits were all mustered in 1863 and 1864.
The Tenth Infantry. - This command, popularly known as the Irish regi- ment, was organized at Manchester, and principally from that city and southern portions of the state. It went into camp in August, 1862, and was mustered the September following, Michael T. Donohoe being colonel, John Coughlin, lientenant-colonel, and Jesse T. Angell, major. It was a part of the Ninth Corps, and served in Virginia and the Carolinas, being engaged in the opera-
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tions of 1864-65, in the reduction of Petersburg and Richmond, and was mustered out June 21, 1865.
Colonel Donohoe had served as captain in the Third Regiment for a year, was an accomplished and meritorious officer, and was advanced to the rank of brigadier. He has, since the war, been engaged in railway pursuits, and is at present an inspector of the postoffice department. Lieutenant-Colonel Coughlin, after serving with distinction, entered business in Washington after the war, where he has attained affluence.
So far as the records show, none were mustered in at first from this county, and only two appear to be credited as recruits : George W. Coffran, Conway, wounded severely June 3, 1864; and Daniel Mckenzie, Bartlett. The rolls show a large number "residence unknown," but I think it safe to say that few of those were from Carroll.
The Eleventh Infantry. - This command was recruited in August, 1862, and went into camp at Concord, leaving the state September 11. It was a part of the Ninth Corps, served in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and was engaged at Fredericksburg, Vicksburg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Peters- burg, and the closing scenes of the war. It was a regiment composed of admirable material, occupied a large share of public attention, and did excellent service.
Its original officers were Walter Harriman, of Warner, colonel, Moses N. Collins, of Exeter, lieutenant-colonel, and Evarts W. Farr, of Littleton, major. Colonel Harriman was brevetted brigadier-general, and after the war was for several years secretary of state, also governor, and naval officer of the port of Boston. He died June 1, 1884. Lieutenant-Colonel Collins was killed at the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, and Major Farr served through the war, was elected to Congress in 1878, and reelected in November, 1880. He died the December following, at his home in Littleton.
ROSTER.
Gilman Bickford, C, wounded severely, Dee. 13, 1862, Tamworth Horace F. Benn, C,
George W. Chandler, C, wounded Dec. 13, 1862, Bartlett George W. Gilman, C, Tamworth David M. Gilman, C, wounded Dec. 13, 1862, Tamworth Cyrus B. James, C, died of disease, Nov. 11, 1862, Tamworth
James C. Johnson, C, wounded Dec. 13, 1862, Tamworth
Henry T. Page, C, Levi F. Stanley, C, wounded June 17, 1864, promoted Corporal, missing Sept. 30, 1864, Tamworth
David J. Sanborn, C,
Joel S. Sanborn, C, wounded Dec. 13, 1862,
Tamworth
John Tredrick, Jr, K, Wakefield
ELEVENTH REGIMENT RECRUITS.
James M. Brown, K, died of disease, April 30, 1864,
Freedom
Bartlett
Edward Boucher, K, wounded severely, June 17, 1864, John S. Collins,
Bartlett Freedom
James Bly,
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William Baker, F, died of wounds received, June 17, 1864, Wolfeborough
Henry Davis, Jackson
James Doyle, Albany
John Doyle, Wakefield
Eugene Fortner, Il, missing at Pegram House, Va, Sept. 30, 1864, Wolfeborough
Peter Farnan,
John M. Goodwin, C, died of disease, April 10, 1864, Eaton
George A. Lewis, E, wounded May 6, 1864, Bartlett
George Love,
Lewis LaMarsh, F, wounded June 19, 1864, Eaton
Jacob Maihoefer, Wakefield
Robert Miller, II, Wolfeborough
William Minnie, D, wounded June 16, 1864,
missing in action July 30, 1864, Albany
Charles Schmidt, Wakefield
John Sullivan, E, died of wounds near
Petersburg, Va, Aug. 29, 1864, Freedom John Szulezewski, K, Brookfield
Antonio Tomas, Wakefield
John Turner, E, wounded severely July 30, 1864, Freedom
George Williams, =
Fritz Winter, Wolfeborough
John Wall,
John Williams, B, missing near Petersburg, Va, July 30, 1864, Wolfeborough
John Walker,
John C. Wentworth, E, wounded severely July 30, 1864, died Aug. 17, 1864, Bartlett
George Weller, Wolfeborongh
Charles Lamprey (enlisted from Epsom),
Tuftonborough
These recruits were mustered in late in 1863 and early in 1864.
The Twelfth Infantry. - This command was raised within less than one week, in August, 1862, in the region around Lake Winnipiseogee. It was understood that the men were to select their own officers, and detachments and companies were made up from localities, so that the aggregate was more like the muster of a highland clan than like a common regiment. It was the fervent desire of all that the veteran, Thomas J. Whipple, a soldier of two wars, late of the First and Fourth, and one of the most accomplished officers in the state, should be placed in command ; but the Executive failed to ratify this wish, and Joseph H. Potter, a New Hampshire man, and an accomplished officer of the regular army, was commissioned colonel, with John F. Marsh, of Nashua, as lieutenant-colonel, and George D. Savage, of Alton, as major.
The regiment served with distinction in Virginia during its entire enlist- ment. This county was well represented in the Twelfth. Its chaplain, Thomas L. Ambrose, from Ossipee, was wounded severely July 24, 1864, and died of wounds, August 19, 1864. Nearly the entire Company K, officers and men, were from Wolfeborough and Tuftonborough ; while large details of other companies were from Moultonborough and a few other towns. William P. Ham, of Sandwich, who went out as a sergeant in Company I, and was promoted to second lieutenant, was severely wounded at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864, and died of wounds the fifteenth of the same month. The casualties in this regiment were exceptionally numerous, and those who went from Carroll fully shared in them, as the list below will show. Colonel Potter survived the war, and has recently gone upon the retired list of the army as a brigadier. Major Savage, a great favorite with all the "boys," was long a popular character at all soldier gatherings, and died greatly lamented, within a few years, at his home at Alton.
The veterans of New Hampshire have two notable reminders of the gallant Twelfth - Colonel Nathaniel Shackford, the indefatigable secretary of the
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Veterans' Association, and the " Memorial Stone " at the Weirs, the gift of comrade Woodbury Sanborn, now of Lowell.
ROSTER.
Thomas L. Ambrose, Chaplain, wounded severely July 24, 1864, died of wounds Aug. 19, 1864, Ossipee
John M. Emerson, G, Ist Lieut, Moultonborough
William P. Ham, I, Serg't, promoted 20
Lieut, June 3, 1864, died June 15, 1864, Sandwich Silas May, K, Captain, wounded May 3, 1863, Wolfeborough
William F. Dame, K, Ist Lieutenant, Tuftonborough
Ephraim W. Rieker, K, 2d Lieut, promoted 1st Lieut, Tuftonborough
Adams Eastman, A, wounded May 9, 1864, missing at Bermuda Hundred, Nov. 17, 1864, Bartlett
Alpheus Littlefield, A,
Elbridge Jacobs, G, Sergeant, Moultonborough
Charles W. Hoit, G, Cor., Serg't, wounded severely June 3, 1864, Moultonboroughi
Charles W. Brown, G, Wagoner,
Edward H. Clark, G, captured on picket at Bermuda Hundred Nov. 17, 1864, Moultonborough David Clement, G,
George R. Clement, died at Falmouth, Va., Dec. 9, 1862. Moultonborough
Henry P. Dow, G,
Charles F. Garland, G,
Charles H. Horne, G, wounded May, 1864, ,,
Albert W. Hayford, G, Tamworth
William L. Johnson, G,
Thomas Kelley, G, wounded May 3, 1863, Moultonborough
John B. Leighton, G, wounded May 3, 1863, ,, Lyman F. Moulton, G,
Edwin W. Shannon, G, wounded May 3, 1863, Moultonborough
Alfred G. Sanborn, G, promoted Corporal, wounded May 3, 1864, Tuftonborouglı
Levi Whiting, G, Tamworth
Joseph F. Wentworth, G, promoted Cor., killed Gettysburg July 2, 1863, Moultonborough
Wm. B. Worth, G, killed Chancellorsville May 3, 1863, Moultonborough John W. Babb, H, Bartlett
George P. Dinsmore, H,
John II. Dearborn, H,
Reuben Emery, HI, killed May 3, 1863,
Joshua S. Hill, H, died Sept. I, 1863, Conway
John W. Hill, H, missing in action June 3, 1864, Bartlett
Samuel A. Seavey, K, Ist Sergeant, Tuftonborough David P. ITaines, K, Sergeant, Wolfeborough Marquis D. L. McDuffee, K, Serg't, wounded May 3, 1863, Tuftonborough Freeman O. Willey, K, Sergeant, =
Joseph Morgan, Jr, K, Sergeant, Wolfeborough
Jacob B. Tuttle, K, Corporal,
Charles Sullivan, K, Corporal, killed Chan-
cellorsville May 3, 1863, Tuftonborough
Enoch C. Piper, K, Cor., promoted Serg't, wounded twice, died of wounds Aug. 8, 1864, Tuftonborough
Daniel W. Horner, K, Corporal, "
Charles A. Warren, K, Corporal, captured on picket at Bermuda Hundred, Nov. 17, 1864, Wolfeborough
William B. Randall, K, Corporal,
Wilbra W. Sweet, K, Corporal, „,
John L. Canney, K, Corporal, Tuftonborough
Jacob Hanson, K, Musician, Wolfeborough
Charles H. Adjutant, K, died May 7, 1863, Tuftonborough
Samuel D. Adjutant, K,
Charles Blake, K, died Jan. 9, 1863,
Charles H. Bickford, K,
Wolfeborough
Nathaniel W. Bradley, K,
Amos E. Bradley, K, wounded June 2, 1864, ,,
George H. Blake, K,
Noah E. Colcord, K, Tuftonborough ,
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