2nd Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry

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Brief History
The 2nd Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry was organized at Portsmouth and mustered in between May 31 to June 8, 1861. The length of service was for 6 months. They mustered out on the 19th of December 1861.

For more information about the 2nd Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry and its history, see:


 * Martin A. Haynes, A history of the Second Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, by Martin A. Haynes, Lakeport, New Hampshire. Available online at Internet Archives, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).  An alphabetical roster starts on page 345.  A copy of this book can be found on microfiche at the Family History Library.   FHL US/CAN 6118821.  Includes roster in part two, pages 1-125.
 * Martin A. Haynes, History of the Second Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers : its camps, marches and battles, Manchester, New Hampshire, Charles F. Livingston, Printer, 1865. Available online at  Google Books, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).  The appendix contains a roster os officers and enlisted men by company starting on page 179.  This book is also available at the Family History Library  
 *  Martin A. Haynes, A minor war history, 1861-1864 : compiled from a soldier boy's letter to "the girl I left behind me", 1861-1864, Lakeport, New Hampshire, 1916, Online Book available at Internet Archives, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).  Also found at the Family History Library,  - 3 fiche.
 * 2nd New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).

Company Rosters

 * 2nd New Hampshire Infantry Page, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).  New Hampshire Heritage
 * 2nd New Hampshire Regiment and Rosters, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). This is not a complete roster.
 * Roster of 2nd Regiment NH Volunteers, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Genealogy Trails
 * The following rosters, (accessed 11 Mar 2011), come from the book, History of the Second Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers : its camps, marches and battles, by Martin A. Haynes.


 * Company A - Roster starts on page 181.
 * Company B - Roster starts on page 184.
 * Company C - Roster starts on page 186.
 * Company D - Roster starts on page 189.
 * Company E - Roster starts on page 191.
 * Company F - Roster starts on page 194.
 * Company G - Roster starts on page 196.
 * Company H - Roster starts on page 199.
 * Company I - Roster starts on page 201.
 * Company K - Roster starts on page 204.
 * Other Recruits - Roster starts on page 207.

Source Material

 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 1 Apr 2011), can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment. This site uses Joseph H. Crute's book, Units of the Confederate States Army, as their main source for the regiment history. Family History Library book 973 M2crua,, WorldCat, (accessed 1 Apr 2011).


 * Footnote.com, (accessed 1 Apr 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).


 * Civil War in the East, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Timeline of the 2nd New Hampshire Infantry.


 * North Barnstead New Hampshire's Harriet P. Dame: the "Florence Nightingale" of The Civil War, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Army nurse with the Second Regiment N.H. Volunteers by Janice Brown.
 * Augustus D. Ayling, Adjutant General, Revised register of the soldiers and sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, Concord: Ira C. Evans, Public Printer, 1895. Available online at Internet Archives, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).  Book that contains a good summary of each New Hampshire regiment. Also contains alphabetical rosters that list the birth place, age or enlistment, place of residence at the time of enlistment. Also found at the Family History Library  or on microfilm FHL US/CAN 1697872 Item 1-2.


 * The Civil War Soldier, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). - Gettysburg National Military Park


 * 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


 * Martin A. Haynes, Muster out roll of the Second New Hampshire Regiment of the War of rebellion a partial record of members who have died since the printing of the regimental history and roster in 1896, with various contemporary obituary notices and biographical sketches, Lakeport, New Hampshire, 1917. Available online at Internet Archives, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).  Also available on microfiche at the Family History Library,


 * Otis F.R. Waite, New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion, Claremont, New Hampshire: Tracy, Chase &amp; Co., c1991. 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. Second Infantry, starts on page 103.