16th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry

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Brief History
The 16th Regiment New Hampshire Infantry was organized at Concord and mustered in on October 24, 1862. The length of service was for 10 months. They were mustered out at Concord on the 20th of August, 1863.

For more information about the 16th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry and its history, see:


 * Luther Tracy Townsend, History of the Sixteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, Norman T. Elliott, Washington, DC, 1894. Available online at Google Books, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).   Also available at the Family History Library,  or
 * 16th 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
 * Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment Rosters, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). - This is not a complete roster.
 * The following Company Rosters, (accessed 11 Mar 2011), come from the History of the Sixteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, by Adjutant Luther Tracy Townsend. Photographs and biographical sketches are included.


 * Company A - See page 359.
 * Company B - See page 377.
 * Company C - See page 400.
 * Company D - See page 415.
 * Company E - See page 444.
 * Company F - See page 462.
 * Company G - See page 480.
 * Company H - See page 501.
 * Company I - See page 525.
 * Company K - See page 549.

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).


 * Otis F.R. Waite, New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion, Claremont, New Hampshire: Tracy, Chase &amp; Co., c1991. Page 528.  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.


 * Private Charles H. Osgood of Company C, (accessed 11 Mar 2011),  16th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment - Photograph
 * 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.


 * Henry L. Johnson, Souvenir roster of the 371 living members of the Sixteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers thirty-three years after enlistment, Bethesda, Maryland, University of Publications of America, c1991. Available on microfiche at the Family History Library,