Tarbell's Company, Lafayette Artillery, New Hampshire Militia

Brief History
Tarbell's Company, Lafayette Artillery, New Hampshire Militia was organized at Lyndeborough on August 1, 1864. They were mustered out on September 23, 1864.

Rosters
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 95 men on its roster for this unit. .


 * Most men in this company were from Hillsborough County - AGR page 768. (AGR refers to the Adjutant General's Reportfound at Internet Archive)


 * Tarbell's Company, Lafayette Artillery, New Hampshire Militia Roster, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). This is a work in progress.
 * Lafayette Artillery New Hampshire Volunteers, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Ray's Place


 * New Hampshire. Adjutant-General's Office, Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New Hampshire, Volume 2. (Concord: Amos Hadley, State Printer, 1865), See page 768. Available online at Google Books, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).

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, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
 * Footnote.com, (accessed 2 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).


 * 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 FamilySearch Library or microfilm FS Library US/CAN 1697872 Item 1-2. This book contains a good summary of each New Hampshire regiment. Also contains company rosters that list the birth place, age or enlistment, place of residence at the time of enlistment. See page 998 for the Lafayette Artillery.


 * Dennis Donnavan and Jacob A. Woodward, The History of the Town of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1905. 9The Tufts College Press, H.W. Whittemore and Co., 1906. See Chapter 8, page 207. Available online at Google Books, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).