New Hampshire, Military Discharge Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

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This collection contains military discharge records for Hillsborough County in the state of New Hampshire ranging approximately from 1866-1880. More records may be added as they become available.

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Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in New Hampshire.
 * New Hampshire Guided Research
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 * Step-by-Step New Hampshire Research, 1880-Present
 * New Hampshire Genealogy
 * New Hampshire Military Records
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Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Hillsborough. Soldiers discharges, 1866-1880
 * New Hampshire, World War II draft registration cards, 1940-1947

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * prepared and published by authority of the Legislature, by 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

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