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A law having been enacted allowing soldiers in the field to vote, at the national election in November, the New Hampshire brigade voted at follows:
For President :
Abraham Lincoln. George B. Mcclellan.
Sixth regiment.
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Ninth regiment
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Eleventh regiment
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Early in December the Ninth corps returned to its former position in front of Petersburg, and held the lines
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on both sides of the Jerusalem plank road. During the last days of March and first of April, 1865, in the movements that culminated in the capture of Petersburg and Rich- mond, Griffin's brigade of nine regiments bore an import- ant part. Acting under orders from Gen. Grant, in connec- tion with Hartranft's division of six regiments, on its right, it made an assault at 4 o'clock on Sunday morning, the 2d of April, and broke through the enemy's main line -the line, bristling with abatis that had held the Union army for more than nine months-in front of Fort Sedg- wick; and the next morning the army marched into Peters- burg. A furious artillery duel had aroused the enemy, and the assaulting columns were received with a deadly fire, the brigade losing 725 men in killed and wounded. The brigade was with its division-now commanded by Gen. Griffin-in the pursuit, and at the surrender of Lee; and afterwards encamped at Alexandria, and took part in the grand review in Washington on the 23d of May. In June and July the troops were mustered out of service, the Sixth New Hampshire1 being retained till the last of its division -July 17. Each regiment as it was discharged proceeded to Concord and delivered its colors to the governor of New Hampshire.
The following men from Keene served in that regiment. They were privates and residents of Keene unless other- wise stated.
Barber, William H. Co. F; age 18; enl. Aug. 11, '62; wd. May 12, '64, Spottsylvania Court House; disch. June 4, '65, Alexandria, Va.
Black, J. Ransom. Co. E; age 22; enl. Oct. 18, '61; disch. disab. March 30, '63, Philadelphia.
Brown, John R. Co. E; age 31 : enl. Nov. 27, '61; disch. disab. Aug. 2, '63, Milldale, Miss .; died, dis., Aug. 9, '63, en route from Vicksburg.
Brown, Marshall L. Co. E; age 24; enl. Nov. 12, '61; app. hosp. steward, Jan. 2, '63; reenl. Dec. 29, '63; app. asst. surg. June 1, '65; must. out July 17, '65.
Campbell, Charles. Co. F; age 44; enl. Oct. 7, '61; disch. disab. Feb. 2, '63, Newark, N. J.
Carroll, Thomas. Co. F; age 48; enl. Oct. 14, '61; miss. Aug. 29, '62, Bull Run, Va .; return from miss .; disch. disab. Jan. 17, '63, Alex- andria, Va. See V. R. C.
Cass, Lewis. Co. I; age 44; enl. Oct. 21, '61; must. in Nov. 28, '61. No farther record.
1 For further details of the service of the Sixth and of the New Hampshire brigade, see sketch of its commander, Gen. S. G. Griffin.
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Cheney, Clinton C. Co. E; age 18; enl. Oct. 14, '61; app. corp .; died, dis., Feb. 26, '62, Hatteras Inlet.
Church, John L. Co. F; age 42; enl. Oct. 3, '61; died, dis., Aug. 31, '63, Nicholasville, Ky.
Clark, Charles L. Co. F; age 22; b. Marlboro; res. Keene; enl. Nov. 15, '61; app. sergt .; reenl. Jan. 4, '64, cred. Marlboro; app. 1st sergt. March 1, '64, 1st lieut. March 2, '65; must. out July 17, '65, Alex- andria, Va.
Clement, Benjamin F. Co. E; age 42; enl. Nov. 9, '61; disch. disab. Feb. 6, '63, Alexandria, Va. See V. R. C.
Crossfield, William K. Co. E; age 28; enl. Oct. 31, '61; app. 1st sergt. Nov. 28, '61, 2d lieut. April 23, '62, capt. Co. C, Oct. 16, '62; killed July 30, '64, mine expl., Petersburg, Va.
Demore, Anthony. Co. H; age 18; enl. Sept. 30, '61; transf. to Co. F, Dec. 1, '61; wd. Aug. 29, '62, Bull Run, Va .; killed Dec. 13, '62, Fredericksburg, Va.
Derby, Roger S. Co. G; age 18; enl. Dec. 3, '61; wd. Aug. 29, '62, Bull Run; disch. Feb. 26, '63, Washington, D. C.
Dodwell, John. Co. G; age 44; enl. Dec. 7, '61; deserted March 19, '64, Covington, Ky.
Dort, Obed G. Co. E; age 33; app. capt. Nov. 30, '61; app. major April 22, '62; resigned Sept. 24, '62.
Douglass, Samuel E. Co. F; age 18; enl. Oct. 14, '61; wd. Aug. 29, '62, Bull Run; died, wds., Sept. 19, '62, Georgetown, D. C.
Farnum, Henry A. Co. F; age 18; enl. Sept. 25, '61; wd. Aug. 29, '62, Bull Run; captd. May 6, '64, Wilderness, Va .; released March 1, '65; disch. May 20, '65, term exp.
Flagg, Henry C. Co. G; age 19; enl. Dec. 3, '61; wd. Aug. 29, '62, Bull Run; disch. Dec. 23, '62, Washington, D. C.
Flint, Henry. Co. E; age 25; enl. Oct. 30, '61; wd. and miss. Aug. 29, '62, Bull Run; return from miss .; died, dis., Oct. 15, '62, George- town, D. C.
Gage, William. Co. F; age 38; enl. Nov. 30, '61; app. corp .; reenl. Jan. 4, '64, cred. Surry; must. out July 17, '65, Alexandria, Va.
Garroty, John. Co. H; age 28; enl. Dec. 11, '61; reenl. Jan. 16, '64, cred. Hinsdale; must. out July 17, '65.
Griffin, Simon G. Field and staff; age 37; res. Concord, after the war, Keene; app. It. col. Oct. 26, '61, col. April 22, '62; disch. May 11, '64, to accept promotion. See Second N. H. V., and miscel. org.
Hadley, Emory. Co. F; age 18; enl. Sept. 20, '61; deserted, Dec. 11, '62, Falmouth, Va.
Hamilton, John A. Field and staff; age 31; app. chaplain July 16, '62; resigned July 1, '63.
Hill, Silas W. Co. F; age 36; enl. Nov. 18, '61; app. corp .; transf. to invalid corps, Sept. 17, '63; disch. Nov. 28, '64, New York city.
Irish, Henry G. Co. F; age 34; enl. Nov. 11, '61; disch. Feb. 25, '64, Camp Dennison, Ohio.
Kingsbury, Edward A. Co. E; age 22; res. Surry, after the war, Keene; enl. Nov. 5, '61; disch. disab. Jan. 29, '63. See First N. H. Art.
Lawrence, Frederick C. Co. F; age 21; enl. Oct. 17, '61; disch. disab. Jan. 2, '63; died, dis. Jan. 25, '63, Troy.
Marsh, George W. Co. E; age 25; enl. Nov. 16, '61; drowned Aug. 13, '62, by foundering of steamer, West Point, in Potomac river. See First N. H. V.
Martin, Paul. Co. G; age 43; enl. Nov. 15, '61; disch. Oct. 18, '62, Alexandria, Va. See Fifth N. H. V.
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Marvin, Bryon O. Co. F; age 18; enl. Oct. 21, '61; disch. disab. May 1, '64, Indianapolis, Ind.
Mason, Orin F. Co. F; age 18; b. Sullivan; res. Keene; enl. Nov. 15, '61; app. corp .; reenl. Jan. 1, '64; cred. Sullivan; wd. June 17, '64, Petersburg, Va .; app. sergt. July 1, '65; must. out July 17, '65.
McCaffrey, Patrick. Co. F; age 28; res. Keene; enl. Oct. 16, '61; reenl.
Jan. 4, '64; cred. Stratford; wd. May 18, '64, Spottsylvania, Va .; died, wds. May 20, '64, Fredericksburg, Va.
McMaster, Isaac P. Co. E; age 32; enl. Oct. 19, '61; app. sergt. Nov. 28, '61; killed Aug. 29, '62, Bull Run.
Metcalf, Salmon G. Co. F; age 25; enl. Oct. 12, '61; app. corp .; disch. disab. Oct. 27, '62, Providence, R. I.
Muchmore, George H. Co. E; age 31; enl. Oct. 17, '61, as priv .; app. 2d lieut. Nov. 30, '61, 1st lieut. April 23, '62; wd. Aug. 29, '62, Bull Run; died, wds., Sept. 11, '62, Washington, D. C.
Perry, William H. Co. F; age 18; enl. Sept. 28, '61; wd. Dec. 13, '62, Fredericksburg, Va .; sent to gen. hospital, Central park, New York city, for guard duty, June 5, '63; sent to Park barracks July 29, '63; no farther record.
Rahn, William. Co. G; age 44; enl. Dec. 5, '61; disch. April 23, '63, Newberne, N. C. See V. R. C.
Richardson, George B. Co. F; age 45; b. Keene; res. Swanzey; enl. Oct. 1, '61; disch. disab. June 24, '62, Newberne, N. C.
Richardson, Justus S. Co. K; age 18; res. Rindge, after the war, Keene; enl. Oct. 28, '61; reenl. Jan. 4, '64; captd. Oct. 1, '64, Poplar Springs Church, Va .; released; app. corp. June 1, '65, sergt. July 1, '65; must. out July 17, '65.
Russell, James W. Co. E; age 21; enl. Oct. 14, '61; must. out July 17, '65. Res. Rindge, after the war, Keene.
Sebastian, Edward P. Co. E; age 20; res. Swanzey, after the war, Keene; enl. Oct. 1, '61; disch. disab. Nov. 12, '62. See Eighteenth N. H. V. Smith, James H. Co. E; age 20; enl. Nov. 9, '61; wd. Aug. 29, '62, Bull Run; disch. disab. Dec. 28, 63. See V. R. C.
Starkey, Joseph S. Co. F; age 44; enl. Nov. 28, '61; disch. disab. Feb. 10, '63. See V. R. C.
Starkweather, George C. Co. F; age 22; app. capt. Nov. 30, '61; resigned Jan. 29, '62.
Stearns, Charles F. Co. F; age 32; enl. Nov. 6, '61; died, dis. Dec. 2, '62, Washington, D. C.
Stone, Lewis. Co. F; age 27; enl. Nov. 15, '61; reenl. Jan. 4, '64; deserted, July 25, '64, Concord, N. H.
Town, Edgar. Co. G; age 18; enl. Dec. 6, '61; app. corp .; wd. Dec. 13, '62; died, wds. Dec. 15, '62, Fredericksburg, Va.
Towne, Hosea. Co. E; age 35; enl. Oct. 19, '61; app. sergt .; must. out Nov. 28, '64.
Viger, Arcules. Co. F; age 35; enl. Oct. 13, '61; res. Keene; reenl. Dec. 22, '63, cred. Marlboro; must. out July 17, '65.
White, Shubael. Non-com. staff; age 51; enl. Nov. 28, '61, and must. as principal musc .; disch. disab. March 3, '62, Roanoke Island. See Second N. H. V. and V. R. C.
Woodward, Don H. Field and staff; age 26; app. adjt. Nov. 19, '61; not must. in; resigned Nov. 28, '61.
Young, John. Co. H; age 21; enl. Dec. 10, '61; deserted Aug. 10, '62, Falmouth, Va .; returned May 9, '65, under president's proclamation; disch. May 9, '65, Concord, N. II.
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SEVENTH REGIMENT.
The Seventh New Hampshire Volunteers were organ- ized in the fall of 1861, by authority direct from the war department to the adjutant general of the state, and were equipped and supplied by the United States government. The citizens of Keene were not represented in that regi- ment.
EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Only two men from Keene served in the Eighth New Hampshire Volunteers:
Carr, Clark H. Co. H; age 33; enl. Nov. 8, '61; app. corp .; disch. disab. May 4, '63, at New Orleans.
Estabrook, Aaron G. Co. H; age 34; b. Keene; res. Concord; app. capt. Dec. 20, '61; resigned Aug. 29, '62. See First N. H. Cav.
The service of that regiment was wholly in the South, chiefly in Louisiana.
TOWN AND STATE AFFAIRS.
Early in August, 1861, the large building on Court street north of the courthouse, owned by Abijah Wilder and occupied by Samuel Woodward & Co., dealers in stoves and tin ware, (formerly Norwood & Hubbard) and by Joseph Foster for the manufacture of organs and melodeons, was destroyed by fire. The loss was about $4,000. That building is believed to have been the first meetinghouse built on the common and afterwards used as a courthouse. When a new wooden courthouse was built in 1795 it was placed "on the site of the old one," which was removed, and probably to this spot.
During the winter of 1861-2 the hearts of the people were cheered by the success of Burnside's expedition to North Carolina and the capture of Roanoke Island, by Grant's victories at Forts Henry and Donnelson, and by great expectations of Mcclellan and his army-then lying idle in front of Washington.
Washington's birthday was celebrated in Keene with ardent patriotism. At a large meeting in the town hall, Hon. Levi Chamberlain presided, stirring speeches were made, there was music by a military band and a glee club, and thirty-four girls representing the states, each
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carrying a miniature flag, sang "The Star Spangled Ban- ner." Bells were rung at sunrise, noon and sunset, and there were bonfires in the evening.
At the annual meeting in March, Keene appropriated $3,000 for the relief of the wives and children of its volun- teers, and to continue the pay of deceased soldiers to their families for the current year. It was also voted to accept and adopt the act of the legislature, passed the previous year, enabling the town to establish waterworks, and a committee of seven, of which William P. Wheeler was chairman, was appointed to see what measures were neces- sary to carry out the act.
As the season advanced and reports of the capture of New Orleans, the movements of Mcclellan's army and other operations in the field were received, the excitement again became intense. Frequent public meetings were held, at one of which, on the 19th of July, a subscription paper to aid the volunteers and their families was started, and $3,400 were subscribed on the spot, increased within a few days to $4,000. On the 26th of the same month there was a mass meeting on the common at which 3,000 to 4,000 people were assembled. Ex-Governor Dinsmoor again presided, with prominent men of the county for vice presidents. The principal speakers were Hon. Daniel Clark, United States senator; Hon. Thomas M. Edwards, member of congress; and Capt. T. A. Barker, of the Second regiment, at home on leave of absence. A legal town meeting on the 2d of August voted $50 bounty to each volunteer, and $75 to those who would enlist in the regi- ments already in the field, in addition to all bounties paid by the state and national governments. Another mass meeting was held in Cheshire Hall (in the south wing of the Cheshire House) on the 21st of August, town meetings were held in the town hall on the 23d and 25th, and there was another mass meeting on the common on the 29th of the same month. More troops having been called for- some for nine months-on the 6th of September the town voted to increase its bounties to the three years' men to $150, and to pay $100 to nine months' men; and the selectmen were authorized to borrow $22,000 for that
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purpose. In June, Jacob Green and Arthur N. Elliot opened recruiting offices, followed soon afterwards by Nelson N. Sawyer, for the Ninth New Hampshire Volunteers. Charles A. Harnden was here recruiting for the Tenth, Capt. Solon A. Carter and others for the Fourteenth, and in September, Horatio Colony and Fred H. Kingsbury opened offices for nine months' men. During that summer and fall of 1862, New Hampshire organized and sent into the field eight regiments of infantry - the Ninth to the Sixteenth-num- bering about 8,000 men, besides sending large numbers of recruits to those already in the service.
NINTH REGIMENT.
On the 4th of August Lieut. Green, with forty-seven recruits, started on the march to Concord, to join the Ninth New Hampshire Volunteers, then organizing there, escorted to the top of Beech hill by a cavalcade of citizens. That squad formed the nucleus of Company I, of which John W. Babbitt was appointed captain, Jacob Green first lieutenant, and Nelson N. Sawyer second lieutenant. The Ninth, with Enoch Q. Fellows, of Sandwich, colonel, and Herbert B. Titus, of Chesterfield, lieutenant colonel, left the state on the 25th of August, and soon after its arrival at Washington was assigned to the First brigade, Second division of the Ninth army corps, in which were the Sixth New Hampshire Volunteers and joined its brigade on the Monocacy river, Md. On the 14th of September it was engaged at South Mountain, on the 17th at Antie- tam, and on the 13th of December at Fredericksburg. In February, 1863, it went with its corps to Newport News, thence to Kentucky, and thence to the aid of Gen. Grant at Vicksburg, Miss. After the surrender of that city it joined in the pursuit of Johnson and the capture of the city of Jackson, and returned with the corps to Kentucky. The Ninth was seriously affected by the climate of Missis- sippi, and was placed on light duty to recuperate. With its regimental headquarters at Paris, in the centre of the blue grass region, it had the very agreeable duty of guarding the Kentucky Central railroad and protecting the inhabitants from Confederate raids. Early in 1864 it
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was ordered to east Tennessee, but almost immediately returned, and rejoined the Ninth corps at Annapolis, Md. There it was assigned to the Second brigade, Second divi- sion, with the Sixth and Eleventh New Hampshire Volun- teers, commanded by Col. S. G. Griffin, and the remainder of its sketch may be found in connection with the Sixth and the New Hampshire brigade.
Following is a list of members of the regiment from Keene, being privates and residents of Keene unless other- wise stated :
Ayer, Elisha. Co. I; age 41; enl. June 21, '62; app. sergt .; transf. to I. C., Jan. 15, '64; disch. July 24, '65, Cleveland, Ohio.
Babbitt, John W. Co. I; age 27; app. capt. Aug. 10, '62; app. lt. col. Nov. 22, '62; wd. May 12, '64, Spottsylvania, Va .; disch. wds., Dec. 5, '64. (Previous service in Eighth and Fifty-eighth Ill. Vols. Rose to rank of capt., was present at the capture of Fort Donnelson and at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, where he was severely wd.) He was in command of the Ninth N. H. in the Wilderness campaign in '64 until the 12th of May, when he was assigned to the command of the Thirty-second Maine Vols., and was wounded, as above.
Belville, Francis. Co. I; age 38; enl. July 14, 62; transf. to I. C. Jan. 20, '64; reenl. Sept. 12, '64; disch. Nov. 17, '65.
Bundy, Alvin A. Co. I; age 31; enl. Dec. 8, '63; disch. disab. June 30, '65, Alexandria, Va.
Chamberlain, Noel Byron. Co. I; age 19; enl. Aug. 7, '62; must. out June 10, '65.
Chase, Alfred. Co. I; age 22; enl. Aug. 18, '62; must. out June 10, '65. Chase, Charles D. Co. I; age 22; enl. Aug. 7, '62; app. corp .; died, dis., July 20, '63, Clinton, Miss.
Colburn, Eleazer. Co. I; age 23; enl. Dec. 22, '63; wd. Sept. 30, '64, Poplar Springs Church; disch. June 10, '65. See First N. H. V.
Craig, Joseph S. Co. I; age 19; enl. July 24, '62; died, dis., Jan. 7, '64, Paris, Ky.
Darling, Lewis D. Co. I; age 18; enl. Aug. 18, '62; app. corp. July 26, '63; wd. May 31, '64, Tolopotomoy Creek, Va .; wd. July 30, '64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va .; must. out June 10, '65.
Ellis, John E. Co. I; age 18; enl. Dec. 15, '63; wd. May 12, '64, Spott- sylvania, Va .; must. out July 17, '65.
Ellis, Minot. Co. I; age 21; enl. Aug. 7, '62; app. corp. Nov. 1, '64; must. out June 10, '65.
Ellis, Warren R. Co. I; age 22; enl. Aug. 6, '62; wd. Dec. 13, '62, Fred- ericksburg, Va .; disch. wds. March 5, '63; died, Sept. 3, '65, Keene.
Estey, Lyman E. Co. I; age 18; enl. Dec. 29, '63; wd. Sept. 30, '64, Poplar Springs Church, Va .; disch. Aug. 2, '65, Washington, D. C.
Fellows, Lucian B. Co. I; age 18; enl. July 28, '62; must. out June 10, '65.
Fellows, Truman S. Co. I; age 23; enl. July 9, '62; transf. to I. C. July 3, '63; disch. July 29, '65, Philadelphia.
Flynn, Martin. Co. B; age 27; enl. July 1, '62; killed, June 29, '64, Petersburg, Va.
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Foster, Alvin R. Co. I; age 27; cred. Alstead, after the war, res. Keene; enl. Aug. 8, '62; app. sergt .; disch. disab. Aug. 11, '63.
Fox, George D. Co. I; age 19; b. Stoddard; cred. Keene; enl. Aug. 8,'62; killed Sept. 17, '62, Antietam, Md.
French, Stephen S. Co. I; age 19; enl. Dec. 17, '63; wd. June, '64, Petersburg, Va .; disch. wds. July 26, '65. See Sixteenth N. H. V.
Gilmore, George H. Co. I; age 19; enl. Aug. 9, '62; b. Wilton; cred. Keene; app. corp. Feb. 1, '64, sergt. March 1, '64; must. out June 10, '65.
Green, Jacob. Co. I; age 39; app. 1st lieut. Aug. 10, '62; resigned March 8, '64.
Hartwell, William H. Co. I; age 18; b. Langdon; cred. Keene; enl. Aug. 8, '62; app. corp .; app. sergt. May 1, '63; captd. Sept. 30, '64, Pop- lar Springs Church, Va .; released Feb. 28, '65; disch. June 12, '65, Baltimore, Md.
Hastings, George E. Co. I; age 24; b. Chesterfield; cred. Keene; enl. Aug. 9, '62; disch. disab. Nov. 18, '62.
Heon, Jesse. Co. I; age 19; b. Philadelphia; cred. Keene; enl. June 27, '62; app. corp. Feb. 1, '65; must. out June 10, '65.
Hubbard, Henry E. Co. I; age 25; b. Sullivan; cred. Keene; enl. Aug. 7, '62; app. 1st sergt .; app. 2d lieut. Co. B, Jan. 1, '64; must. out June 10, '65.
Jolly, Isaac. Co. I; age 23; enl. Aug. 2, '62; must. out June 10, '65. Jolly, Joseph. Co. I; age 33; enl. July 28, '62; wd. Sept. 17, '62, Antie- tam, Md .; disch. wds. April 15, '63. See V. R. C.
Knight, Charles H. Co. I; age 23; enl. Aug. 8, '62; app. corp .; wd. July 30, '64, mine explosion, Va .; disch. disab. March 28, '65, Man- chester.
Leverett, Frank J. Co. I; age 18; enl. Aug. 9, '62; died, dis., Oct. 2, '63, Paris, Ky.
Mason, Moses. Co. I; age 39; b. Westmoreland; cred. Keene; enl. Aug. 8, '62; died, dis., Aug. 9, '63, en route from Vicksburg, Miss.
Mason, Simeon A. Co. I; age 37; b. Westmoreland; cred. Keene; enl. July 21, '62; must. out June 10, '65.
Mathews, James H. Co. I; age 21; enl. Aug. 7, '62; wd. Sept. 30, '64, Poplar Springs Church, Va .; app. corp. May 1, '65; must. out June 10, '65.
McClure, George W. Co. I; age 21; b. Antrim; cred. Keene; enl. Aug. 7, '62; app. corp .; app. sergt. Jan. 1, '63, 1st sergt. Jan. 1, '64; miss. July 30, '64, mine explosion, Va .; returned from miss .; must. out June 10, '65.
Messenger, Edward M. Co. I; age 21; b. Stoddard; cred. Keene; enl. Aug. 8, '62; wd. Sept. 17, '62, Antietam; disch. wds., Dec. 24, '62, Concord.
Metcalf, William F. Co. I; age 22; enl. Aug. 18, '62; must. out June 10, '65.
Moore, James. Unassigned; age 18; enl. Dec. 15, '63; captd. Feb. 27, '64, Cumberland Gap; paroled May 5, '64; died, dis., June 13, '64, Annapolis, Md.
Morris, Edward. Co. I; age 43; b. Canada; cred. Keene; enl. July 29, '62; killed July 30, '64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va.
Morris, George H. Co. I; age 18; enl. Dec. 18, '63; wd. May 31, '64, Tolopotomoy Creek, Va .; transf. to V. R. C. Feb. 6, '65; disch. June 26, '65, Washington, D. C.
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Ormsby, William S. Co. I; age 23; b. Elizabethtown, N. Y .; cred. Keene; enl. Aug. 7, '62; must. out June 10, '65.
Perham, Edmond J. Co. I; age 35; b. Athens, Vt .; cred. Keene; enl. June 9, '62; died, dis., Oct. 26, '62, Weverton, Md.
Perry, S. Horace. Co. I; age 23; enl. Aug. 7, '62; app. sergt .; app. 2d lieut. Co. G, Jan. 1, '63, 1st lieut. Jan. 1, '64; resigned April 20, '64. Pierce, Joseph W. Co. I; age 27; enl. Aug. 4, '62; disch. disab. May 27, '63, Concord.
Rand, William H. Co. I; age 22; enl. Aug. 5, '62; app. corp., app. sergt. Jan. 1, '64; must. out June 10, '65.
Raymond, William. Co. A; age 21; enl. Dec. 22, '63; must. out July 17, '65.
Ross, William W. Co. I; age 19; enl. July 24, '62; wd. June 21, '64, Petersburg, Va .; disch. wds. Nov. 18, '64, Washington, D. C.
Rugg, Charles E. Co. I; age 18; enl. Aug. 8, '62; app. sergt .; app. Q. M. sergt. Feb. 13, '64; must. out June 10, '65.
Sawyer, Nelson N. Co. I; age 37; app. 2d lieut. Aug. 10, '62; resigned Sept. 29, '62.
Slyfield, James. Co. I; age 18; enl. Aug. 8, '62; must. out June 10, '65. Sprague, S. Henry. Co. I; age 21; enl. Aug. 5, '62; app. Q. M. sergt.
Sept. 27, '62; app. 1st lieut. Co. F, Nov. 13, '62; died, dis., Aug. 18, '63, Cincinnati, O.
Sullivan, Michael. Co. I; age 43; enl. Aug. 6, '62; wd. Sept. 17, '62, Antietam; disch. disab. Feb. 10, '63. See V. R. C.
Taylor, Ransom O. Co. I; age 36; enl. Jan. 20, '64; disch. disab. Oct. 1, '64, Concord.
Towns, Charles E. Co. I; age 23; enl. Aug. 11, '62; died (concussion of the brain), Feb. 20, '65, near Petersburg, Va. See First N. H. V. Tufts, George. Co. I; age 33; b. Keene, and res. after the war, Keene; cred. Stoddard; enl. Aug. 11, '62; disch. June 27, '65, Annapolis, Md. Wallace, Samuel J. Unassigned; age 22; enl. Dec. 19, '63; no further record.
Whittle, James C. Co. I; age 40; enl. Dec. 8, '63; disch. disab. June 30, '65, Alexandria, Va.
Wilcox, Charles W. Co. I; age 25; enl. Aug. 5, '62; app. sergt .; app. 2d lieut. Co. F, May 1, '63; captd. May 12, '64, Spottsylvania, Va .; paroled Mar. 5, '65; disch. May 15, '65.
Willson, William O. Co. I; age 33; cred. Alstead; after the war, res. Keene; enl. Aug. 8, '62; transf. to I. C., Sept. 30, '63; disch. Aug. 15, '65, Ft. Monroe, term. exp.
TENTH, ELEVENTH, TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH REGIMENTS.
No one from Keene joined the Tenth regiment; and the name of but one citizen of Keene is found on the rolls of the Eleventh, and he came to Keene to reside after the war:
Ray, Reuben. Co. F; age 19; res. New London, after the war, Keene; enl. Aug. 13, '62; wd. May 12, '64, Spottsylvania, Va .; app. sergt .; must. out June 4, '65.
But the Eleventh was one of the regiments that com- posed the New Hampshire brigade, and the account of its
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HISTORY OF KEENE.
service in 1864-5 may be found under that head, with the Sixth and the Ninth. In the autumn of 1862 it was with the Ninth corps on its march from Pleasant Valley and in the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13; and in 1863 it was with its corps-in Kentucky in the spring, in the Missis- sippi campaign in the summer, and in east Tennessee in the fall and winter.
The Twelfth regiment was raised in the eastern part of the state and no enlistments for it were made in Keene; and only one citizen of Keene joined the Thirteenth.
Twitchell, Dr. George B. Field and staff; age 41; app. surg. Sept. 15, '62; resigned March 31, '63, to accept promotion. See miscel. org.
FOURTEENTH REGIMENT.
The Fourteenth regiment was organized at Concord in August and September, 1862, with Robert Wilson of Keene, a brother of Gen. James, colonel; and Tileston A. Barker, of Westmoreland, promoted from captain in the Second New Hampshire Volunteers, lieutenant colonel. Both these officers had been colonels of the Twentieth regiment of New Hampshire militia, had previously commanded the rival light infantry companies of their respective towns, and the spirit of antagonism displayed by them on the muster field had not died out. If they did not see much of war in the service of the United States it was not wanting in their own organization.1 That circumstance detracted from the efficiency of the regiment in the early part of its service, but the personnel of the rank and file, and of the officers generally, was of the best; and towards the close of its service the discipline and effectiveness of the regiment were excellent. Dr. William H. Thayer, of Keene, was appointed surgeon, and it had a larger num- ber of men from Keene than any other regiment in the service. The Fourteenth left the state in October, and was employed at first in guarding the crossings of the upper Potomac, but in April, 1863, it was ordered to Washing- ton, and for nine months it performed guard and provost duty in the capital, greatly to the satisfaction of the citizens, and winning the commendation of President Lin- coln. In the last of February, 1864, it received a furlough
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