3rd Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry

Brief History
The 3rd Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry was organized at Concord and mustered in on the 23 of August, 1861. The length of service was for 4 years. They were mustered out on July 25, 1865, non-veterans mustered out August 23, 1864.

For more information about the 3rd Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry and its history, see:


 * The Civil War Archive section, 3rd Regiment Infantry, (accessed 19 July 2012).


 * United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865). Company F, Extract history of officers and enlisted men, Co. F, 3rd N.H. Vols., Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1991. Available at the FamilySearch Library,


 * Elbridge J. Copp, Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865, Available online at Internet Archives, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).Also available at the FamilySearch Library on microfiche, Elbridge J. Copp was commissioned from the ranks and made a lieutenant at the age of eighteen in the 3rd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment during the U.S. Civil War.


 * Daniel Eldridge, The Third New Hampshire and all about it, Boston, Press of E.B. Stillings and Co.Available online at Internet Archives, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Also available at the FamilySearch Library, FS Library US/CAN Film 1698072 Item 1 or


 * Henry S. Hamilton, Reminiscences of a veteran, Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1991. Available at the FamilySearch Library on microfiche. Henry S. Hamilton served in the 3rd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.


 * Ingalls, Gustavus W. Photos of Port Royal Band with Gustavus W. Ingalls, band leader 3rd NH Regiment Infantry, Port Royal, South Carolina, during Civil War.


 * 3rd New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry - from Wikipedia, the free encylcopedia, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).

Company Rosters
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2567 men on its roster for this unit. .


 * New Hampshire Infantry Page, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). New Hampshire Heritage


 * Third New Hampshire Regiment Rosters, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). This is not a complete roster.


 * The following rosters are from The Third New Hampshire and all about it, (accessed 11 Mar 2011), by Daniel Eldredge.


 * AGR refers to the Adjutant General's Report found at Internet Archive.


 * Company A - many men from Hillsborough County and Sullivan County - AGR roster, page 165. Roster


 * Company B - many men from Rockingham County and Merrimack County - AGR roster, page 169. Roster


 * Company C - many men from Hillsborough County - AGR roster, page 172. Roster


 * Company D - many men from - Rockingham County and Strafford County - AGR roster, page 176. Roster


 * Company E - many men from Merrimack County, Hillsborough County and Grafton County - AGR roster, page 180. Roster


 * Company F - many men from Hillsborough County and Sullivan County - AGR roster, page 183. Roster


 * Company G - many men from Carroll County and Coos County - AGR roster, page 187. Roster


 * Company H - many men from Hillsborough County and Rockingham County - AGR roster, page 191. Roster


 * Company I - many men from Cheshire County and Strafford County- AGR roster, page 195. Roster


 * Company K - many men from Strafford County - AGR roster, page 200. Roster


 * Unassigned Recruits - AGR roster, page 202. Roster

Other Sources

 * 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.


 * Footnote.com, (accessed 1 Apr 2011). (A subscription website, but is available for use at the FamilySearch 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 3rd New Hampshire Infantry.


 * John Bedel Dedication of the Monument erected in memory of Gen. John Bedel by his surviving comrades of the Third Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, at Bath, N. H., October 10th, 1888. (Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1991), Available on microfiche at the FamilySearch Library


 * Eldredge, Daniel. The Third New Hampshire and all about it. (Boston, Massachusetts : E.B. Stillings, c1893),.


 * 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 FamilySearch Library


 * Otis F.R. Waite, New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion, (Claremont, New Hampshire: Tracy,Chase and Co., c1991.) Available online with Google Books, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Also found at the FamilySearch Library, This book shows a list of the field, staff and company officers, and the official record of each, information on the 3rd Regiment, starts on page 169.


 * 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 Archives, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Also found at the FamilySearch Library, or FS Library US/CAN Film 1697872, Item 1-2. Book that 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.