13th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry

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Brief History
The 13th Regiment New Hampshire Infantry was organized at Concord and mustered in on September 20, 1862. The length of service was for 2 years and 8 months. They were mustered out on the 22nd of June, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 2nd New Hampshire.

For more information about the 13th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry and its history, see:


 * The Civil War Archive section, 13th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 19 July 2012).
 * S. Millet Thompson, Thirteenth regiment of New Hampshire volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865, Boston Massachusetts, New York, New York:Houghton Mifflin, c1888. Available oneline at Google Books, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library,  FHL US/CAN Film 2055334 Item 2, or
 * Aaron Fletcher Stevens : August 9, 1819, May 10, 1887 - 2 fiche. A colonel with the 13th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.
 * 13th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).

Company Rosters

 * New Hampshire Infantry Page, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). New Hampshire Heritage
 * Thirteenth New Hampshire Regiment Rosters, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). This is not a complete roster.
 * Company H, 13th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). From Farrin Abijah Cross 1864 diary - Company List
 * AGR refers to the Adjuctant General's Report found at Internet Archive.


 * Company A - many men from Carroll County and Grafton County - AGR page 276.
 * Company B - many men from Strafford County and Hillsborough County - AGR page 280.
 * Company C - many men from Merrimack County, Rockingham County, Grafton County and Strafford County - AGR page 284.
 * Company D - many men from Grafton County - AGR page 287.
 * Company E - many men from Rockingham County, Strafford County and possibly Newmarket, Merrimack County - AGR page 291.
 * Company F - many men from Strafford County and Rockingham County - AGR page 295.
 * Company G - many men from Hillsborough County - AGR page 298.
 * Company H - many men from Coos County - AGR page 302.
 * Company I - many men from Hillsborough County - AGR page 306.
 * Company K - many men from Rockingham County - AGR page 309.
 * Unassigned Recruits- AGR page 313.

Other Sources

 * Augustus D. Ayling, Adjutant General, Revised register of the soldiers and sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, Concord, New Hampshire : Ira C. Evans, 1895. Available at  the Family History Library,  or FHL US/CAN Film 1697872, Item 1-2.  Book contains a good summary of each New Hampshire regiment. Also contains alphabetical that list the birth place, age or enlistment, place of residence at the time of enlistment.


 * Civil War in the East, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Timeline of the 13th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.


 * Fold3.com, (accessed 1 April 2011). (A subscription website, but is available for use at the Family History Library and some Family History Centers). It has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls).


 * New Hampshire. Adjutant General's Office, Civil War Oaths, 1861-1865, Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975. Available on microfilm at the Family History Library


 * Otis F.R. Waite, New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion, Claremont, New Hampshire: Tracy, Chase &amp; Co., c1991. Page 478.  Available online with Google Books, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).  Also found at the Family History Library,  This book shows a list of the field, staff and company officers, and the official record of each.


 * Private George H. Bannister of Company H, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). 13th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment - Photograph


 * Thirteenth New Hampshire Regiment 150th Anniversary is a blog that commemorates and gives history about the military service of the Twentieth Massachusetts Regiment.


 * Thompson, S. Millett. Thirteenth regiment of New Hampshire volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 : a diary covering three years and a day. (Boston [Massachusetts] ; New York [New York] : Houghton Mifflin, c1888)


 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Connecticut in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Connecticut in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Connecticut, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.