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Ilolt, Amos, pro. Corp'l. Transferred to U. S. Navy April 20, 1864. Holmes, Andrew J., discharged by order May 12, 1864. Johnson, Peter, transferred to U. S. Navy April 20, 1861. Joslin, Joseph R., discharged June 16, 1864.
Joslin, Henry 1., discharged.
Jones, Luther D., mustered out Ang. 31, Is64.
Jones, Charles A., mustered out Ang. 24, 1864. Jones, Burley K., died of wounds June 25, 1862. Jenson, Jens, died at Fort Monroe, Dee. 14, 1564, Jones, Thomas, wounded July, 1861. Johnson, William, wounded June 3, 1864.
Kempton, William II., wounded June 3, 1×61.
Kendall, John .1., discharged Sept. 19, 1563.
Kerby, Joseph, killed July 2, 1563.
Kelley, William, wounded Aug. 19, 1864.
Kelley, William J., wounded June 3, 1864.
Kelley, John, wounded July 3, 1564. Deserted. Kimball. Hubbard S., discharged for disability at N. Y., Dec. 13, 1864.
Kelley, David, transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864. Kennison, John, discharged for disability May 12, 1861.
Kerby, Thomas, transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1-64. Littlefield, Charles HI., deserted June 30, 1862.
Lang, John, transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864. Lawrence, Houghton, discharged July 11, 1862. Leary, Jeremiah, re-enlisted. Legro, Edgar B., pro. to Ist Lieut. and Adjutant. Lego, Eben, mustered out Aug. 27, 1864. Langmaid, J. G., mustered out Aug. 23, 1864.
Linden, James F., mastered out Sept. 16, 1864. Lanphire, Orlando, mustered out Ang. 24, 1564. Lehan, Charles H., discharged April 27, 1864.
Leathers, John W. P., discharged Sept. 20, 1562.
Lloyd, William B., died Nov. 30, 1864. Lair, George, died June 24, 1864. Leblanck, Octavia, wounded June 1, 1864.
Lehman, Lewis, wounded June 3, 1861.
Larion, Peter, died Aug. 1, 1864. Lynch, John, wounded .func 31, 1864.
Lowd, George, missing in action June 3, 1>64. Lord, Thomas, missing Oct. 25, 1564. Lumbeck, Asaph, wounded June 3, 1861.
McMillen, Thomas, transferred to U. S. Navy April 22, 1964.
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McNichols, Daniel, transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864. Morton, Hiram F .. transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864. Miller, Alexander, transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864. Morrison, Frank, transferred to U. S. Navy April 28, 1864. Mullen, Herman, transferred to U. S. Navy April 28, 1864. Morris, Robert, transferred to U. S. Navy, April 29, 1864. Murphy, Charles, transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864. Morgan, Frank W., pro. to Sergt. Re-enlisted. Martin, Hazen B., discharged June 14, 1863. Martin, James M., died Ang. 11, 1862. Morgan, Paul C., discharged March 20, 1863. Martin, James, enlisted in Regular Army, Dec. 6, 1862. Martin, Addison S., discharged Aug , 1864.
Moore, Charles A., killed July 2, 1863.
Moores, Timothy G., discharged March 14, 1863. Marden, Alfred L., discharged March 10, 1863.
Morse, William E., died of wounds Dec. 16, 1863. Martin, Daniel S., died of wounds Dec. 16, 1863. Moulton, Hosea B., discharged Dec. 10, 1863. Messer, F'ifield H., died of wounds received June 30, 1864. Messenger, Addison G., killed June 3, 1864. Moore, John H., mustered out Ang. 20, 1864.
Me Kinnon, George, mustered out Aug. 20, 1864.
MeKinnon, Walter H., mustered out Aug. 18, 1864. Monroe, Robert, discharged Aug. 16, 1864. MeKinnon, Malcom, wounded July 2, 1863. Discharged Dec. 22. 1863. Mitchell, Edward I., discharged Oct. 1, 1862.
McEray, John, killed at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 15, 1864. McPherson, John, missing at Fair Oaks, Oct. 28, 1864. .
MeDonald, Owen, executed for desertion at Williamsburg, April 29, 1864. Marks, William, died of wounds received June 3, 1864.
Meyers, Henry, wounded June 3, 1864.
MeMartin, John, died of disease Nov. 12, 1864.
Magilio, Joseph, wounded June 1, 1864. Deserted. Mason, Lewis, missing at Fair Oaks, Oct. 28, 1864. McGuire, James, wounded June 3, 1864. Moore, Samuel, wounded June 3, 1864. Nutter, Samuel O., enlisted in Regular Army Dec. 5, 1862.
Nichols, Fred H., wounded July 2, 1863. Mus. out Aug. 20, 1864. Newell, James, mustered out Oct. 31, 1864 ..
Newman, Charles, killed at Gold Harbor June 4, 1864. Nielsen, John, wounded June 3, 1864. Newton, John, wounded June 3, 1864.
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Nealy, Ezra, died Sept. 30, 1861.
Noyes, Fairfield, died Dec. 16, 186 -. Noyes, Lucius P., missing July 2, 1863. Mus. out Sept. 16. 1561. O'Brien, Thomas, discharged June 3, 1863. Omerson, John A., discharged May 22, 1563. O'Brien, Cornelius, mnstered out Aug. 24, 1864. O'Malley, Thomas, wounded June 3, 1864.
Olsen, Julius, died Feb. 4, 1861.
Plummer, E. J., died of wounds received July 2, 1863.
Putney, Ira A., missing July 2, 1864. Mus. out Aug. 22, 1864.
Parker, William, discharged Aug. 8, 1×61.
Parker, Phineas A., discharged May 23, 1863.
Prentiss, Elbridge G., re-enlisted. Phelps, Charles, killed Aug. 29, 1862.
Patterson, Samuel F., mustered out Sept. 11, 1864.
Piper, Thomas W., pro. to Sergt. Died of wounds Aug. 19. 1863. Puryea, John, deserted March 10, 1863.
Pierce, Alexander, died April 9, 1864. Poor, Joseph, missing at Fair Oaks, Oct. 28, 1564.
Page, Charles, died Nov. 12, 1864.
Pollard, Levi J., wounded July 2, 1863. Mus. out Ang. 24. 1864.
Putney, Henry P., discharged on account of wounds Sept. 26, 1862. Peake, James, wounded May 16, 1864.
Parker, George, transferred to U. S. Navy April 28, 1864.
Peterson. Charles, transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864.
Presly, Thomas, transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864.
Parker, Charles, drowned in attempting to desert April 7, 1862.
Quin, Carlos, discharged for disability. Ruffle, Jonah, discharged Ang. 20, 1862.
Richardson, Edward, promoted to Corporal. Re-enlisted.
Rand, Ira, discharged Feb. 4, 1563.
Rand, Cyrus, enlisted in 2d U. S. Cav. Oct. 27, 1562.
Rugg, Andrew J., died July 24, 1862.
Ripley, Joseph F., deserted at Falmouth Feb., 1863.
Rolfe, John S., killed Ang. 29, 1862.
Ross, Merrick M., wounded at Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. Richardson, Samuel C., discharged for disability.
Ruffle, Charles, re-enlisted. Rice, Frederick A. S., deserted Aug. 25, 1862.
Ruffle, Samuel, died Aug. 15, 1861. Rand, John C., killed Aug. 29, 1862.
Roberts, Charles O., wounded July 2, 1863.
Randlett, James, trans. to Inv. Corps Feb. 4, 1861.
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Riley, Thomas, deserted April 9th, 1863. Rouse, Patrick, deserted April 11, 1864. Roberts, Jean, deserted Feb. 19, 1864. Richardson, James F., mustered out Aug. 24, 1864. Rogers, J. W., wounded June 3, 1864. Mustered out Aug. 20, 1861. Ruffle, George, discharged May 30, 1863. Robinson, C. N., discharged June 16, 1863.
Rand, Charles J., discharged Aug. 31, 1861.
Ricker, Nathaniel, promoted to Prin. Mus. July 11, 1863. Root, Byron, discharged Sept. 8, 1862.
Roarke, William H., pro. to 2d Lieut. U. S. Colored Troops. Robertson, Hugh, died Nov. 13, 1864. Rose, John W., died Oct. 9, 1864.
Roberts, John, transferred to U. S. Navy April 28, 1864. Reinhart, Joseph, deserted Feb. 19, 1864. Rowden, Thomas, deserted April 9, 1864. Reed, Charles, deserted from Navy and returned.
Riley, John, transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864. Stevens, Reuben F., honorably discharged May 22, 1862. Sargent, Charles G., deserted. Stanley, Dennison, deserted Oct. 13, 1862.
Straw, James B., deserted at Concord, N. H., April 29, 1863. Smith, Thomas, transferred to U. S. Navy April 28, 1864. Sweeney, John, transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864. Smith, Albert, discharged for disability July 12, 1864. Steele, William, transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864.
Stevens, Rueben F., discharged May 22, 1862. Sawyer, Peter, deserted April 11, 1864, and returned. Seavey, Jeremiah, re-enlisted. Surnam, Thomas, died of wounds July 2, 1863. Staro, John, deserted Jan. 20, 1864.
Sweeney, John, deserted from Navy and returned.
Sands, John, deserted Jan. 18, 1864. Smith, Edward, deserted from Navy and returned.
Stenny, Thomas, missing July 2, 1863.
Stevens, B. F., wounded and missing July 2, 1863.
Stimpson, Curtis, wounded June 3, 1864. Mus. out Sept. 9, 1864. Stiekney, Silas S., died of wounds received July 2, 1863. Sumner, Alonzo A., discharged June 9, 1863. Stone, Charles A., mustered out Sept. 14, 1864. Streeter, Charles H., promoted to Corporal. Re-enlisted. Sumner, David, discharged, date unknown. Spalding, Milan D., promoted to Sergeant. Re-enlisted.
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Stone, Albert G., died of wounds Nov. 2, 1-62. Stack, James, promoted to Corporal. Re-enlisted. Straw, William, deserted June 11, 1863. Sawyer. Daniel, unaccounted for.
Sawyer. Benjamin, deserted June 27, 1×63. Spague. William M., promoted to Corporal. Re-enlisted. Stebbins, Warren L., mustered out Sept. 15, 1861. Scott, John A., re-enlisted.
Stark, Samuel .A., mustered out Sept. 12, 1864.
Safford. Otis, mustered out Sept. 2, 1864.
Satter, Atwine, died in hands of enemy Aug. 7, 1862. Sage, Thomas, died Oct. 17, 1862.
SIrattuck, Henry, discharged Sept. 22, 1862.
Stevenson, William B., discharged, date unknown.
Sanborn, DeWitt C., killed Aug. 29, 1862.
Smith, L. Alba, missing in action July 2, 1863.
Stevens, Benjamin G., killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.
Sherwood, Jason, wounded July 2, 1864. Died Ang. 22, 1864. Sanborn, James H., wounded July 2, 1863. Wounded May 16, 1864. Smith, William, discharged Aug. 29, 1861.
Southworth, Orlin R., mustered out Aug. 24, 1864. Stevens, William, deserted from Navy and returned. Sidney, William, mustered out Ang. 24, 1864. Summers, William, mustered out Ang. 23, 1864.
Sawtelle, Amaziah, w'd June 24, '64. Pro. Corp. Mus. out Aug. 21, '61.
Spaulding, John L., mnstered ont Oct. 29, 1863. Stevens, John B., discharged, date unknown. Simpson, John, discharged July 9, 1862.
Smith, William, discharged Sept. 7, 1864.
Smith, John, died of wounds received June 24, 1864. Sullivan, Patrick, wounded June 3, 1864.
Schaffer, Conrad, died June 19, 1864.
Smith, Patrick, killed near Petersburg Aug. 23, 1864.
St Pierre, Prudent, killed in action June 3, 1864.
Schutz, George, discharged June 18, 1864.
Smith, William, died Sept. 11, 1864. Scott, James, executed for desertion at Williamsburg, April 29. 1864. Seymour, Joseph, died of wounds June 23, IS64. Smith, Peter, wounded June 3, 1864. Saunders, Joseph, wounded June 3, 1864.
Stevens, Edward R., wounded June 1, 1864.
Totten, J., killed at Gettysburg July 2, 1863.
Thompson, Henry A., discharged June 9, 1863.
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Tyrrell, Everett, discharged May 23, 1863.
Thatcher, Lucius, discharged Oct. 16, 1862. Thurston, James, deserted May 24, 1863, and captured. Thomas, Jener B., discharged Feb., 1863. Thayer, Nathaniel, pro. to Hospital Steward U. S. Army, Sept. 17, 1864. Tyler, Moses C., discharged July 9, 1863. Tyler, Henry C., re-enlisted. Tuttle, Charles D., re-eulisted.
Terrell, Davis B., mustered out Aug. 24, 1804. Thomas, John, wounded Aug. 6, 1864.
Traynor, Edward, wounded May 18, 1864. Thompson, Joseph, deserted.
Tracy, James, discharged July 10, 1861.
Taylor, James, killed May 16, 1864.
Tatro, Joseph, deserted at Concord, N. H., May 20, 1863.
Thompson, John, transferred to U. S. Navy, April 29, 1864. Venney, Henry, transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864.
Varney, Richard M., re-enlisted. Webber, Conrad, died Feb. 8, 1863. Worth, Charles H., killed July 2, 1863.
Wardwell, Lyman E., pro. Corp. Mus. ont Sept. 16, 1864.
Whipple, William, discharged July 9, 1863.
Warren, John S., discharged Oct. 14, 1864.
White, William, discharged on account of wounds May 15, 1863. Wood, John R., died in Hospital, Nov., 1862.
Williams, Charles H., mustered ont Sept. 13, 1861.
Wilber, William, wounded June 3, 1864. Wilcox, Calvin H., discharged Oct. 12, 1862. White, Rodolphus J., died Dec. 20, 1862. White, Asa M., discharged, date unknown. Wiggins, George A., discharged Sept. 19, 1862.
Williams, Augustus M., deserted March 39, 1862. Wright, Samuel D., deserted June 27, 1863. Whidden, William, discharged Oct. 7, 1862. Workman, George, deserted March 5, 1863.
Wilson, Harrison H., died of wounds Sept. 20, 1862. Walker, Henry J., discharged June 9, 1863. Wetherbee, Edward HI., wounded July 2, '63. Discharged Jan. I, 1864. Watson, John L., discharged Sept. 22, 1863. Woods, John L., discharged June 23, 1863 .. Wilson, Asa M., died Sept. 3, 1863. Walsh, James, wounded Aug. 18, 1864. Woodward, Samuel, w'd July 2, 1863. Dis. on acc. w'ds Oct. 14, 1861.
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Willey, John HI., mustered ont Ang. 28, 1864. Wright, John B., mustered out Aug. 23, 1864. Wright, William F., died Sept. 27, 1862. Westerman, William, died of wounds June 14, 1861r Waldam, Earnest, wounded June 3, 1864. Weeks, Charles B., died of wounds July 3, 1863. Woods, Henry, discharged Ang. 14, 1864. Watson, James, wounded June 3, 1864. Williams, John, transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864.
Weiland, Gustavus A., transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864. Tumbul, deserted in the face of the enemy, June 2, 1864. Willoughby, George D., unaccounted for.
Williams, Henry, transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864. Williams, John T., transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864. Wilson, John, transferred to U. S. Navy April 25, 1864. Wilson, Henry, transferred to U. S. Navy April 29, 1864. Young, Joseph, killed in action June 5, 1864.
SPECIAL ORDER OF GEN. SICKLES
ON THE DETACHMENT OF THE SECOND REGIMENT FROM THE ARMY
OF THE POTOMAC, ON DUTY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
HEADQUARTERS THIRD ARMY CORPS, 25th February, 1863.
SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 13.
The General Commanding cannot sever, even temporarily, his rela- tions with the Second New Hampshire Volunteers, without expressing his regret that this gallant regiment no longer belongs to his command.
Entering the service at the beginning of the war, this regiment hay participated with distinction in the combats which have made the cam- paigns of this army illustrious.
Unchallenged in loyalty as in valor, the devotion of the Second New Hampshire to our saered cause is to-day as unyielding as when the fall of Sumter inflamed the Union.
Soldiers ! your patriotic State will soon fill up your ranks. You will be greeted at home with affectionate welcome by those who appreciate your worth, and share your unselfish love of country.
You will, perhaps, encounter not a few who find everything to deplore in the means employed to suppress this rebellion, and nothing to com- mend, except their own exertions to confer authority upon those who apologize for treason, and sue for peace with the traitors who spurn them. You have offered your own lives for the Union. You have buried many brave comrades on the bloody fields of the rebellion. You will know how to repel the approach of renegades who would betray the cause for which your flag has been proudly borne in.battle.
To your Commanding Officer, Colonel GILMAN MARSTON, -twice wounded at the head of his regiment, distinguished for gallantry in the field and for signal ability in the national councils -1 desire to acknowl-
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edge my obligations for his able and zealons co-operation as an officer of this command.
Your comrades in those heroic Divisions which are forever inseparable from the names of HOOKER and KEARNEY, will always cherish their recol- lection of the glorious service in which you have been associated ; nor will they cease to look with solicitnde to the day, which all hope will not · be distant, when you will return to the THIRD ARMY CORPS with renova- ted ranks and undiminished ardor, eager to share with us the honors of new and eventful campaigns.
By command of
D. E. SICKLES,
( Signed )
Brigadier General. O. H. HART, A. A. General.
Official : H. D. F. YOUNG,
Capt. and Aid - de . Camp.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF COL. BAILEY
ON THE ACTION OF THE SECOND NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT IN
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, PA.
HEADQUARTERS SECOND REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS. - THIRD BRIGADE, SECOND DIVISION, THIRD CORPS. Near Gettysburg, Pa., July 5, 1863. -
GENERAL :- I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by my regiment on the second inst., in the battle at this place :
Commencing at the time it was detached from your command, it then being in position with your brigade in front of the Emmetsburg road, at three o'clock P. M., I had the honor to receive your order to report to General GRAHAM, and immediately moving by double-quick in the front, I had the honor to announce myself to that General withi twenty-four com- missioned officers and three hundred and thirty rifles. I was at once ordered to support Battery G, First New York Artillery, and one section of a battery unknown, all light twelve-pounders, brass ; in this position my left rested upon the right of the Sixty-Third Pennsylvania, my right cov- ered by a wood house situated npon the Emmetsburg road, my line form- ing a right angle with that road. Two hundred yards in my front the Third Maine Regiment was skirmishing with the enemy. At four o'clock, while experiencing a terrific fire of spherical case and canister from batteries in my front and on my right six hundred and fifty yards distant, I directed the rolls of my companies to be called and found but eight of the total number equipped absent. These had fallen out of the ranks from sunstroke and exhaustion, while moving by double- quick to the position. At 4:30 P. M., the Third Maine were withdrawn from our front to our rear and about this time a battery and a section of Rodman pieces were substituted for those we were supporting; these pieces were worked with great inefficiency and at five o'clock it was observed that a
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brigade of the enemy was advancing on onr right in column of battalion massed, while two regiments were moving directly parallel with my front to the left, evidently with design to turn that flank. I reported the facts to General GRAMAMI and asked permission to charge the enemy; being close upon us, so near that the officer commanding the section of battery spiked his pieces, fearful that he should lose them. The General gave me directions to go forward. When I gave the order my regiment started immediately, and advanced one hundred and fifty yards at a run with a yell and such impetuosity as to cause the enemy to return to a ravine two hundred and fifty yards in our front, where they were screened from our fire, when 1 directed the tire of my battalion to the left oblique upon the two regiments moving along my front by the flank at about the same dis- tance. My fire was so galling, assisted by that from the Third Maine which had come up and taken post upon my left, as to canse them to break and seek shelter, when my attention was again called to my right, strengthened by the Sixty-Third Pennsylvania, forming at right angles with my front and parallel with the Emmetsburg road, upon which was advancing the brigade of the enemy moving by battalions in mass in line of battle. I immediately directed the fire of my regiment to the right oblique full upon it; yet their line of fire assisted by a terrible discharge of spherical case from their batteries caused the Sixty-Third Pennsylvania,
· to return, and at the same moment the Third Maine moved to the rear, though in good order, two hundred yards. Finding myself thus unsup- ported and the enemy still advancing, I ordered my regiment to fall back slowly, firing, which was fully executed. I moved to the rear one hundred and fifty yards and halted my line under the brow of the hill, halting also on the brow to give a volley to the enemy, then distant but twenty yards. The position of the three regiments was that of echelon at about twenty paces, my regiment being the apex. The enemy continued advancing till they reached the brow of the hill when their left swept towards the Sixty- Third Pennsylvania, in such overwhelming numbers as to cause it to give way, and fearing that those regiments which had been observed marching towards my left might appear upon that flank, and knowing our efforts must prove futile against such fearful odds, I gave the order to retire, which was done quite rapidly yet coolly and without excitement, inany halting to fire upon the enemy as they went. I rejoined the brigade at about 6 : 30 P. M., fearfully diminished in numbers, yet firm and fearless still.
This battalion entered the fight with a firm determination to do or die, and the long lists of fallen comrades already submitted will show how well that resolution was kept. When all did so well it would be invidious to make comparisons. Let it suffice to say they did their part as becomes sons of the Old Granite State. For our fallen braves who have so glo-
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riously perished fighting for their country we drop a comrade's tear, - while we would extend our heartfelt sympathy to those dear ones far away, who find the ties of kindred and friends thus rudely severed, and for those who must suffer untold agony and pain through long weeks of convalescence, our earnest sympathy, yet leaving them to the watchful care of Him who will not prove unmindful of their necessities.
I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant, ED. L. BAILEY,
Col. 2d N. H. Vols.
LIST OF BATTLES
IN WHICH THE SECOND NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT HAD BEEN
ENGAGED UP TO TIME OF MUSTER OUT OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS NOT RE-ENLISTED.
1. First Bull Run, July 21, 1861.
2. Siege of Yorktown, April 11, 1862, to May 3, 1862.
3. Williamsburg. May 2, 1865.
4. Skirmish at Fair Oaks, June 23, 1862.
5. Fair Oaks, June 25, 1862.
6. Savage Station, June 27, 1862.
7. Peach Orchard, June 28, 1862.
8. Glendale, June 30, 1862.
9. Malvern Hill, First, July 1, 1862.
10. Malvern Hill, Second, August 5, 1862.
11. Bristow Station, August 27, 1862.
13. Second Bull Run, August 29, 1862.
13. Chantilly. Sept. 1, 1862.
14. Fredericksburg, December 11 -15, 1862.
15. Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1864.
16. Wapping Heights, July 23, 1863.
17. Swift Creek, near Petersburg, May 8, 1864.
18. Drury's Bluff, May 14-16, 1864.
19. Cold Harbor, June 2, 1864.
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