Civil War Veteran - Enlisted on July 31, 1861, age 18, and mustered on August 22, 1861, into Company A, 3rd New Hampshire Infantry (Union). Enlistment Rank: Private; Promoted Corporal on August 26, 1864; Reduced to ranks on March 28, 1865.
The 3rd NH was organized at Camp Berry in Concord and mustered in on August 23, 1861, for three years' service. After being mustered in, the 3rd New Hampshire left for Long Island, New York, encamping at Camp Winfield Scott at Hempstead Plains. From here, they went to Washington, D.C. and Annapolis, Maryland where the regiment embarked on the steamer Atlantic for the assault on Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Battles, Skirmishes, and Engagements: Second Fort Wagner (July 18, 1863).
Mustered out on July 20, 1965, at Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Filed for Invalid Pension on February 14, 1874 (Application No. 189,904 and Certificate No. 129,219). Widow Pension filed on April 18, 1900.
Source: Revised register of the soldiers and sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934.
Civil War Veteran - Enlisted on July 31, 1861, age 18, and mustered on August 22, 1861, into Company A, 3rd New Hampshire Infantry (Union). Enlistment Rank: Private; Promoted Corporal on August 26, 1864; Reduced to ranks on March 28, 1865.
The 3rd NH was organized at Camp Berry in Concord and mustered in on August 23, 1861, for three years' service. After being mustered in, the 3rd New Hampshire left for Long Island, New York, encamping at Camp Winfield Scott at Hempstead Plains. From here, they went to Washington, D.C. and Annapolis, Maryland where the regiment embarked on the steamer Atlantic for the assault on Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Battles, Skirmishes, and Engagements: Second Fort Wagner (July 18, 1863).
Mustered out on July 20, 1965, at Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Filed for Invalid Pension on February 14, 1874 (Application No. 189,904 and Certificate No. 129,219). Widow Pension filed on April 18, 1900.
Source: Revised register of the soldiers and sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934.
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