1st Regiment, New Hampshire Heavy Artillery

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Brief History
The companies of this regiment mustered in at various dates (see below). The regiment served for 2 years and mustered out June 15, 1865. Recruits consolidated into two Companies and mustered out September 11, 1865.

For more information about the 1st Regiment, New Hampshire Heavy Artillery and its history, see:


 * 1st New Hampshire Heavy Artillery Volunteer Regiment - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(accessed 11 Mar 2011).

Company Rosters

 * First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery Regiment Rosters, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). This website is a work in progress and is not a complete roster.
 * New Hampshire Heavy Artillery Genealogy Page, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Organized by company

Companies in the Regiment

 * Company A, (accessed 11 Mar 2011), was organized as 1st Company New Hampshire Heavy Artillery and mustered in July 22, 1863. Transfer September 15, 1864.  Mustered out June 15, 1865.


 * Company B was organized as 2nd Company New Hampshire Heavy Artillery and mustered in September 17, 1863. Transfer October 1, 1864.  Mustered out June 15, 1865.


 * Company C was organized from September 2 to October 17, 1864 and mustered in Concord.
 * Company D was mustered in from September 2 to October 17, 1864 in Concord.


 * Company E was organized from September 2 to October 17, 1864 and mustered in Concord.


 * Company F was organized from September 2 to October 17, 1864 and mustered in Concord.


 * Company G was organized from September 2 to October 17, 1864 and mustered in Concord.


 * Company H was organized from September 2 to October 17, 1864 and mustered in Concord.


 * Company I was organized from September 2 to October 17, 1864 and mustered in Concord.


 * Company K was organized from September 2 to October 17, 1864. Mustered in September 17, 1864 in Portsmouth.


 * Company L was organized from September 2 to October 17, 1864. Mustered in October 17, 1864 in Concord.


 * Company M was formed by assignment of 1st New Hampshire Battery, Volunteer Light Artillery, November 5, 1864, but remained detached as a Light Battery

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 1st New Hampshire Heavy Artillery Regiment.


 * 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. 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.  First Heavy Artillery, see page 560.