7th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry

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Brief History
The 7th Regiment New Hampshire Infantry was organized at Manchester and mustered in on December 13, 1861. The length of service was for 3 years and 7 months. They were mustered out on the 17th of July, 1865.

For more information about the 7th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry and its history, see:


 * Henry F.W. Little, The Seventh Regiment, New Hampshire volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, Concord, New Hampshire, Ira C. Evans, Printer, 12 School Street, 1896. Available online at Google Books, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).   This book is also available at the Family History Library,  FHL US/CAN Film 1697482 Item 1, or    Includes roster and index.
 * 7th 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
 * Seventh 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 7th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.


 * Seventh New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).


 * 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 338.  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.