3rd Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry

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Brief History
The 3rd Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry was organized at Concord and mustered in on the 23 of August, 1861. The length of service was for 4 years. They were mustered out on July 25, 1865, non-veterans mustered out August 23, 1864.

For more information about the 3rd Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry and its history, see:


 * United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865). Company F, Extract history of officers and enlisted men, Co. F, 3rd N.H. Vols., Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1991. Available at the Family History Library,
 * Henry S. Hamilton, Reminiscences of a veteran, Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1991. Available at the Family History Library on microfiche.  Henry S. Hamilton served in the 3rd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.
 * Elbridge J. Copp, Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865, Available online at Internet Archives, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Also available at the Family History Library on microfiche,   Elbridge J. Copp was commissioned from the ranks and made a lieutenant at the age of eighteen in the 3rd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment during the U.S. Civil War.
 * Daniel Eldridge, The Third New Hampshire and all about it, Boston, Press of E.B. Stillings and Co. Available online at Internet Archives, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library,  FHL US/CAN Film 1698072 Item 1 or
 * 3rd New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry - from Wikipedia, the free encylcopedia, (accessed 11 Mar 2011).

Company Rosters

 * New Hampshire Infantry Page, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). New Hampshire Heritage
 * Third New Hampshire Regiment Rosters, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). This is not a complete roster.
 * The following rosters are from The Third New Hampshire and all about it, (accessed 11 Mar 2011), by Daniel Eldredge.


 * Company A - Roster
 * Company B - Roster
 * Company C - Roster
 * Company D - Roster
 * Company E - Roster
 * Company F - Roster
 * Company G - Roster
 * Company H - Roster
 * Company I - Roster
 * Company K - Roster
 * Unassigned Recruits - Roster

Source Material

 * Civil War in the East, (accessed 11 Mar 2011). Timeline of the 3rd New Hampshire Infantry.
 * 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
 * John Bedel, Dedication of the Monument erected in memory of Gen. John Bedel by his surviving comrades of the Third Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, at Bath, N. H., October 10th, 1888, Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1991. Available on microfiche at the Family History Library
 * Otis F.R. Waite, New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion, Claremont, New Hampshire: Tracy, Chase &amp; Co., c1991. 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.  information on the 3rd Regiment, starts on page 169.
 * 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.