14th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry

Brief History
The 14th Regiment New Hampshire Infantry was organized at Concord and mustered in on September 24, 1862. The length of service was for 2 years and 9 months. They were mustered out in Savannah, Georgia on the 8th of July, 1865.

For more information about the 14th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry and its history, see:


 * The Civil War Archive section, 14th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 19 July 2012).


 * Francis Henry Buffum, A memorial of the great rebellion : being a history of the Fourteenth Regiment New-Hampshire Volunteers, covering its three years of service, with original sketches of army life, 1862-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery &amp; Company, 1882. Available online at Google Books, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Also available at the FamilySearch Library, FS Library US/CAN Film 1597884 Item 6, or


 * Samuel Lankton Gerould, Roll call : Company G, Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, June 1, 1894 (Bethesda, Maryland:University Publications of America, c1991), Available at the FamilySearch Library,


 * Francis Henry Buffum. Sheridan's veterans : a souvenir of their third campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, 1864, 1883, 1885, September 15-24, 1885. (Bethesda, Maryland:University Publications of America, c1991), Available at the FamilySearch Library,


 * 14th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).

Company Rosters
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1846 men on its roster for this unit. .


 * New Hampshire Infantry Page, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). New Hampshire Heritage


 * Fourteenth New Hampshire Regiment Rosters, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). This is not a complete roster.


 * AGR refers to the Adjutant General's Report found at Internet Archive.


 * Company A - many men from Cheshire County - AGR page 344.


 * Company B - many men from Cheshire County and Sullivan County - AGR page 348.


 * Company C - many men from Cheshire County - AGR page 352.


 * Company D - many men from Rockingham County and Hillsborough County - AGR page 356.


 * Company E - many men from Coos County and Strafford County - AGR page 359.


 * Company F - many men from Cheshire County and Coos County - AGR page 363.


 * Company G - many men from Cheshire County - AGR page 366.


 * Company H - many men from Merrimack County and Grafton County - AGR page 370.


 * Company I - many men from Sullivan County - AGR page 373.


 * Company K - many men from Merrimack County - AGR page 376.


 * Unassigned Recruits- AGR page 379.

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Connecticut in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Connecticut in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Connecticut, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Buffum, Francis H. (Francis Henry). A memorial of the great rebellion : being a history of the Fourteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, covering its three years of service, with original sketches of army life, 1862-1865. (Boston, Massachusetts : Rand, Avery & Company, 1882), and and (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991),  and Sheridan's veterans : A souvenir of their two campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley. The one, of war, in 1864, the other, of peace, in 1883 : being the record of the excursion to the battle-fields of the valley of Virginia, September 15- 24. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991),


 * Footnote.com, (accessed 1 Apr 2011). (A subscription website, but is available for use at the FamilySearch Library and some FamilySearch 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 14th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.


 * 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 FamilySearch Library


 * Otis F.R. Waite, New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion. (Claremont, New Hampshire: Tracy, Chase and Co., c1991), Page 496. Available online with Google Books, (accessed 11 Mar 2011) Also found at the FamilySearch 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 the FamilySearch Library, or FS Library 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.