1st Battery, New Hampshire Light Artillery

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Brief History
The 1st Battery, New Hampshire Light Artillery was organized at Manchester, New Hampshire. It was mustered in on the 21st day of September 1861 and mustered out June 9, 1865.

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


 * William Marvel,The First New Hampshire Battery, 1861-1865, South Conway, New Hampshire: Lost Cemetery Press, c1985. Available at the Family History Library
 * United States Army, New Hampshire Light Aritllery Battery, 1st (1861-1865), History of the First N. H. Battery, during the war of the rebellion together with the by-laws of Platoon A, First N.H. Light Artillery, S.M., Bethesday, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1991. Available at the Family History Library   Includes rosters on p. 4-6.
 * 1st New Hampshire Light Battery - Wikipedia includes, service, casualties, commanders, etc.

Battery Rosters

 * First New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery Roster - This is a work in progress the roster is not complete.
 * New Hampshire Light Artillery Genealogy Page - Company A, E, F, G, I, M and Unknown - New Hampshire Heritage

Other Sources

 * Civil War in the East - Timeline of the 1st New Hampshire Artillery, Battery A. This website includes a link to a monument at Gettysburg honoring the men of the First New Hampshire Battery.
 * Names and records of all the members who served in the First N. H. Battery of Light Artillery during the late rebellion from September 26, 1861, to June 15, 1865 when the battery was mustered out of the service of the United States, United States. Army. New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery, 1st (1861-1865) Available on microfiche at the Family History Library.
 * New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion, by Otis Frederick R. Waite. Available at the FHL Book 974.2 M2w.  Also online at Google Books.  This book contains a list of officers and their official record.
 * The 1st Independent Battery, New Hampshire Volunteer Light Artillery - This article was taken from: Marvel, William.