New Hampshire in the Civil War

Introduction
New Hampshire men contributed greatly to the Union forces during the Civil War. In total there were 836 officers and 31,650 enlisted men during the 4 years of war.


 * Major Otis F.R. Waite, New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion, (Claremont, New Hampshire, Tracy, Chase &amp; Company, 1870) - Google Books, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). A history of the contributions New Hampshire gave to the Civil War. This book can also be found in the Family History Library. (7 fiche) or

New Hampshire Military Units
Most units were numbered, however, some were named. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and other units.

The information in the lists of New Hampshire Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site. That web site also can be searched by the name of a soldier.

New Hampshire Units by Number or by Name Union Units 1st-10th 11th-18th A to Z

New Hampshire Units by Type of Unit Union Units Infantry Cavalry Artillery Militia Other

Battles in New Hampshire
There were no battles fought in New Hampshire.

Sources About New Hampshire Soldiers and Military Units
Indexes to the service and pension records are available at the Family History Library. The actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives. Footnote.com is digitizing the records.

For records of New Hampshire soldiers see:

Service Records
Indexes


 * United States. Adjutant General’s Office. Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of New Hampshire. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0549. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1964. (Family History Library .)


 * Civil War Service Record, Card File Index, 1860–1865. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975. (.) This file includes names of substitute soldiers in addition to the regular roster.

Records


 * United States. War Department. Record and Pension Office. Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Volunteer Union Organizations, (Washington, District of Columbia: The National Archives, 1964). - 225 microfilms located at the Family History Library, 4 films cover New Hampshire. The compiled records are card abstracts containing information relating to the stations, movements, or activities of each unit or a part of it, and frequently to its organization or composition, strength and losses, and disbandment. Sometimes the names of commanding officers, the dates the unit was called into service and mustered out, the terms of service, and similar information are included.


 * United States. Adjutant General's Office, Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army for the Years, 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65, (Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1991).  Online at Internet Archives, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). Official list of the men that enlisted in each year during the war. Not inclusive to New Hampshire and not alphabetized.  Also available at the Family History Library,


 * New Hampshire. Adjutant General’s Office. Revised Roster of the Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion. Concord, New Hampshire: Ira C. Evans, 1895. (.) Many entries show the place of birth, age, residence, date and place of death, and other information.

For more information on service records, see Union Service Records.

Muster Rolls
Muster-In Rolls, Descriptive Rolls, Monthly Returns and Muster-Out Rolls of each Regiment. Bound and encapsulated in such a way that they cannot be photocopied.

Related to them is the Soldiers' Index, a 3x5 card file for each soldier, on which all information from the Regimental Rolls has been abstracted.

The Adjutant General's Office also tried to maintain a separate index for seamen, but it is very incomplete.

The "obituaries" are a file of newspaper clippings or other memorials regarding the death of Maine veterans; it is very incomplete as are the General Law Pension records.


 * New Hampshire. State Archives, Civil War Enlistment Papers, Muster In and Out Rolls 1861-1865 and Indexes 1861-1866, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2001). for the state of New Hampshire - 1st of 48 films located at the Family History Library. Most volumes have an individual index.


 * Military Records: Civil War Muster Rolls, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Pub., c2000). Indexes the muster rolls for the Civil War giving the soldiers name, company, rank, box, extract and roll record numbers where the original record can be found, allegiance, miscellaneous information, and unit in which served.  Located at the Family History Library.


 * New Hampshire Links, Civil War Rosters, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). This is a directory of Civil War Rosters/Muster Rolls that have been found on the internet.

Pension Records
Indexes


 * An of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see Union Pension Records.


 * As Called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882, List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883, Volume I, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883). Online book at Internet Archives, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). New Hampshire starts on page 163. Giving the name of each pensioner, the cause for who pensioned, the post-office address, the rate of pension per month, and the date of original allowance.

Records


 * New Hampshire. State Archives, Pension records indexes and pension records by town, 1861-1866 New Hampshire, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2001). - 4 microfilms located at the Family History Library. The originals are housed at the New Hampshire State Archives and Records preservation in Concord, New Hampshire.

Online Records
 * at FamilySearch — index and images

The actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives. To order a copy of the original records, use NATF Form 80, which is available from the National Archives.

Unit Histories

 * An important inventory for finding Civil War military histories is:


 * A Guide to the Microfiche Edition of Civil War Unit Histories: Regimental Histories and Personal Narratives. Part 2, The Union-New England. Bethesda, Maryland.: University Publications of America, 1992. (.) New Hampshire units are listed on pages 53–59. The library has the large microfiche collection described in this guide. Use the library catalog to find individual items. This may include correspondence, diaries, memoirs, and regimental histories published before 1920. The guide shows the unit name, counties where it was raised, author, title, publication information, number of pages, and source repository. This guide includes an author index and a major engagements index.


 * 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). Online book at Internet Archives, (accessed 25 Feb 2011).  Contains a good summary of each New Hampshire regiment. Also contains company rosters that list the birth place, age or enlistment, place of residence at the time of enlistment. Includes index of names. Available at the Family History Library, or microfilm FHL US/CAN 1697872 Item 1-2.  Online you can also check the online database at History at Rays Place, Register of New Hampshire Men in the Civil War, (accessed 25 Feb 2011).


 * Albert Stillman Batchellor, Historical and Bibliographical Notes on the Military Annals of New Hampshire with Special Reference to Regimental Histories, (Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1991).   Includes bibliographical references.

Internet sites


 * USGenNet, New Hampshire Civil War History and Genealogy Project, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). A brief history of each regiment as well as the men listed in each troop within the regiment. This is a work in progress and does not include every soldier yet.


 * "The Civil War Archive-Union Regiments-New Hampshire." N.p., 1998 [cited 25 February 2000]. Available at www.civilwararchive.com/unionnh.htm.This site includes histories and background information on New Hampshire regiments.


 * National Park Service, Soldier and Sailors System, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). Can be searched by name or regiment. Lists brief summaries for each regiment.


 * Wikipedia, New Hampshire Regiments, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). Has links to the regiments of New Hampshire.

State Civil War Histories

 * Waite, Otis F.R., New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion. Claremont, New Hampshire: Tracy, Chase, 1870. (.) This source contains regimental histories, biographical sketches, and lists of officers.


 * The New Hampshire Civil War History and Genealogy Project,New Hampshire Men Awarded the Metal of Honor In the Civil War, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). List of all men from New Hampshire that received the Metal of Honor.

1890 Veterans Census
The "Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War" (NARA M123) are available online for the state of New Hampshire. The schedules list Union veterans and their widows living in New Hampshire in 1890. For more information on the 1890 Veterans Schedules see Union Census Records.

The veterans census lists the individual soldier's name, regiment served in and other information. For widows, it gives the widow's name with the above information for her husband. It does not list other family members of the soldier.

Once you have the above information, look at the appropriate regiment page in the Wiki (see New Hampshire Military Units table above).


 * United States. Census Office. 11th census, 1890 Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. (Washington [District of Columbia] : The National Archives, 1948).

Another index is:


 * Jackson, Ronald Vern. 1890 New Hampshire Census Index Special Schedule of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and of Union Veterans of the Civil War. (North Salt Lake, Utah : Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1985).

Military Cemeteries
See Cemetery Records for a list of veteran burial records with descriptions of the records and how to access them.

Pompey, Sherman Lee. ''New Hampshire Union Soldiers Buried at Mill Springs National Cemetery, Pulaski County, Kentucky. ''Eugene. Oregon : Western Oregon Genealogical Research Library, 1978. Available at Library of Congress.

Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
Grand Army of the Republic founded in 1866 - 1956, was the largest veteran’s organization in the country after the Civil War. It was a fraternal organization members were veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, Marines and Revenue Cutler Service who served in the American Civil War. The group supported voting rights for black veterans, and lobbied the U.S. Congress to establish veterans' pensions. In 1890 the membership was 490,000.

In 1888 there were 88 posts and 5,001 members in the state of New Hampshire

GAR Post in the State of New Hampshire

The FamilySearch Catalog list records of the New Hampshire Grand Army of the Republic.


 * BCCHS, Northern New Hampshire Civil War Veterans, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). Veterans are listed by location, Photo Gallery is included.

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
With the death of the last member of the Grand Army of the Republic the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War was formed.

State Soldier Homes
New Hampshire maintained a home for veterans in Tilton, New Hampshire. They have records of the veterans who lived there, some of which have been sent to the Adjutant General and the Division of Records Management and Archives. Contact the veteran’s home first.


 * New Hampshire Veteran’s Home P.O. Box 229 Tilton, NH 03276 Telephone: 603-286-4412

Additional Sources

 * Waite, Otis F. R. (Otis Frederick Reed). Claremont war history, April, 1861, to April 1, 1865 : with sketches of New-Hampshire regiments, and a biographical notice of each Claremont Soldier, etc. (Salt Lake City, Utah : Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2007,

Internet Sources

 * National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). Databases can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.


 * USGennet, The New Hampshire Civil War History and Genealogy Project, (accessed 25 Feb 2011).  Provides information on the volunteer infantries, heavy artillery units, light battery units, sharpshooters, and regiments from New Hampshire.  These rosters are a work in progress.


 * Todd Grzywacz, New Hampshire Heritage, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). Detailed site on different aspects of the New Hampshire regiments and their contributions to the Civil War.


 * Genealogy Trails, New Hampshire Military Data, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). Includes an index to New Hampshire Civil War soldiers.

Books

 * Frederick H. Dyer, A compendium of the War of the Rebellion [New Hampshire] compiled and arranged from official records of the Federal and Confederate armies, reports of the Adjutant Generals of the several states, the Army registers and other reliable documents and sources, (Bethesda, Maryland, University Publications of America, c1991).  Available at the Family History Library.  Contains the Regimental Index section (p. 176-179 and Regimental histories section (p. 1345-1353 pertaining to New Hampshire only.)


 * New Hampshire. Adjutant General's Office, Civil War Oaths, 1861-1865, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975).  1st of 3 microfilms at the Family History Library.  Includes a partial index on each film.


 * Granville P. Conn, History of the New Hampshire surgeons in the War of Rebellion, (Concord, New Hampshire: Ira C. Evans, c1906).  Also on FHL US/CAN Film 1697591 Item 6.


 * Otis F.R. Waite, New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion containing histories of the several New Hampshire regiments, and biographical notices of many of the prominent actors in the civil war of 1861-65, (Claremont, New Hampshire: Tracy, Chase &amp; Co., 1870).  Online book at Google Books and at the Family History Library.


 * Duane E. Shaffer, Men of Granite - New Hampshire's Soldiers in the Civil War.


 * New Hampshire. Adjutant General's Office, Report of the Adjutant General, Made to His Excellency, the Governor, May 20, 1862, (Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1991). Available at the Family History Library.


 * New Hampshire. Adjutant General's Office, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New Hampshire, for the Year ending May 20, 1863, (Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1991).  Available at the Family History Library.


 * New Hampshire. Adjutant General's Office, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New Hampshire, for the year ending May 20, 1864, (Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1991). Available at the Family History Library.


 * New Hampshire. Adjutant General's Office. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of new Hampshire for the year ending May 20, 1865, (Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1991).  Available at the Family History Library.


 * New Hampshire. Adjutant General's Office, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New Hampshire for the year ending June 1, 1866, (Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1991). Available at the Family History Library,


 * New Hampshire. Adjutant General's Office, Report of the Adjutant-General of the state of New Hampshire, (Concord, New Hampshire: State Printer, [18--]). Available at the Family History Library.


 * New Hampshire, Adjutant General's Office, Report of the Adjutant-General of the state of New Hampshire, Volume 2, (Concord: Amos Hadley, State Printer, 1865). Available online at Google Books, (accessed 25 Feb 2011).