12th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry

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Brief History
The 12th Regiment New Hampshire Infantry was organized at Concord and mustered in on September 10, 1862. The length of service was for 2 years and 8 months. They were mustered out on the 21st of June, 1865.

For more information about the 12th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry and its history, see:


 * Asa W. Bartlett, History of the Twelfth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the War of the Rebellion, Concord, New Hampshire, Ira C. Evans, 1897. Available online at  Google Books, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).   Also available at the Family History Library,  FHL US/CAN Film 2056083 Item 10, or  Includes rosters.
 * 12th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).

Company Rosters

 * New Hampshire Infantry Page, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).  New Hampshire Heritage
 * Twelfth New Hampshire Regiment Rosters, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). This is not a complete roster.

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 12th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.


 * The Twelfth New Hampshire Infantry, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).  Chancellorsville's Forgotten Heroes


 * Monument to the Twelfth New Hampshire Infantry, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Gettysburg Stone Sentinels


 * Lorenzo Hawkins of Company I, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Twelfth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers - 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. Page 462.  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  the Family History Library,  or FHL US/CAN Film 1697872, Item 1-2.  Book 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.