8th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry

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Brief History
The 8th Regiment New Hampshire Infantry was organized at Manchester and mustered in on December 23, 1861. Designation of Regiment changed to 2nd New Hampshire Cavalry December, 1863.

For more information about the 8th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry and its history, see:


 * John M. Stanyan, A history of the Eighth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, including its service as infantry, Second N. H. Cavalry, and Veteran Battalion in the Civil War of 1861-1865, covering a period of three years, ten months, and nineteen days, Concord, New Hampshire, I.C. Evans, 1892.  Online at Internet Archives.  Also available at the Family History Library,  - 7 fiche.

Company Rosters

 * New Hampshire Infantry Page - New Hampshire Heritage
 * Eighth New Hampshire Regiment Rosters - This is not a complete roster.
 * Roster of 8th Regiment NH Volunteers - Genealogy Trails
 * New Hampshire. Adjutant General's Office, Complete roster of the Eighth Regiment, New Hampshire volunteers, Available online at Internet Archives - List of all men that enlisted in this regiment. Also available at the Family History Library,  or FHL US/CAN Film 1698296 Item 6.

Source Material

 * 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. Available online with Google Books.  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.  Eighth Regiment, starts on page 365.
 * 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 atInternet Archives.  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.

See 2nd Regiment, New Hampshire Cavalry