6th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry

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Brief History
The 6th Regiment New Hampshire Infantry, also known as "The Bully Sixth", was organized at Keene and mustered in on November 27, 1861. The length of service was for 3 years and 8 months. They were mustered out on the 17th of July, 1865.

For more information about the 6th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry and its history, see:


 * Lyman Jackman and Amos Hadley, History of the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment in the war for the Union, Concord, New Hampshire, Republican Press Association, Railroad Square, 1891. Available online at Google Books, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library,  FHL US/CAN Film 1598047, Item 8, or    Includes rosters and index.
 * 6th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry - from Wikipedia, the free encylcopedia, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).

Company Rosters

 * New Hampshire Infantry Page, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). New Hampshire Heritage
 * Sixth New Hampshire Regiment Rosters, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). This is not a complete roster.
 * The following company rosters, (accessed 11 Mar 2011), are found in the book History of the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment in the war for the Union, by Lyman Jackman from page 403 to 602.


 * Company A
 * Company B
 * Company C
 * Company D
 * Company E
 * Company F
 * Company G
 * Company H
 * Company I
 * Company K
 * Unassigned Recruits

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 6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.


 * The 6th New Hampshire Volunteers, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). This site contains a history and historical photos.


 * Private Albert H. Davis of Company K, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). 6th New Hampshire Infantry regiment in full uniform - photograph.


 * 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. See page 297.  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.


 * 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  Internet Archives, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).  Also found at the Family History Library,  or FHL 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.