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, (accessed 11 Mar 2011), includes, service, casualties, commanders, etc.

Battery Rosters

 * First New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery Roster, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). This is a work in progress the roster is not complete.
 * New Hampshire Light Artillery Genealogy Page, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Company A, E, F, G, I, M and Unknown - New Hampshire Heritage

Other Sources

 * 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 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.


 * The 1st Independent Battery, New Hampshire Volunteer Light Artillery, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). This article was taken from: Marvel, William.


 * United States. Army. New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery, 1st (1861-1865),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, Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1991.  Available on microfiche at the Family History Library,   Includes rosters on p. 2-9.  Contains names and brief information such as rank, residence, and date mustered in and out.


 * Otis Frederick R. Waite,New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion, Claremont, New Hampshire: Tracy, Chase &amp; Co., 1870. Available online at Google Books, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Also found at the Family History Library,  This book contains a list of officers and their official record.