Lt. Henry O. Sargent was born in Wilton, NH in 1839. He enlisted in the New Hampshire Independent Infantry Company on 15 May 1862. His rank at enlistment was Sargeant. He was transferred to Company E, New Hampshire 9th Infantry Regiment on 06 Aug 1862. Recruiting for this regiment started in May of 1862 and the recruits were trained at Camp Colby in Concord, New Hampshire. The company was organized and complete 23 August 1862 and the 9th regiment found itself in Leesboro Md, and moved forward to check Lee's advance. On 13 Sept 1862 they bivowacked at Middleton Md, on the 14, just 20 days after leaving NH the 9th regiment alone charged a rebel brigade and drove it from the crest of South Mountain. No NH regiment went into battle with so little experience. They fought in many battles, Fredericksburg being one. The Union loses were great, 1,284 killed, 9,000 injured and 1,796 missing compared to the South which lost 806 men 416 wounded and 653 missing. The ninth continued on. The brigade to which the 9th was assigned had been so reduced by sickness and disease they were placed on light guard duty during the last four months of 1863. Their longests seige was at Petersburg, Va, from 16 June 1864 to 22 August, 1864 fighting in 22 battles. Sargent Sargeant was promoted to Lieutenant on 01 Mar 1863 and was mustered out on 22 December 1863 with a disability pension. He worked as a wood turned in a mill in Wilton, NH until his death in Wilton, New Hampshire 24 April, 1894. Military records state Co E in the 9th NH Reg, grave stone states A. His wife Sophia survived him, she was postmistress in Wilton and died 6/24/1940 at the age of 102 per cemetery records.
From a relative of the family ....
Henry O. Sargent, late lieutenant of Company E [Co A, actually], was a native of Concord, where he was born in 1837. He learned his trade as a machinist in Manchester, and soon after his marriage to Miss Sophia T. Heath, which occurred early in 1860, he settled in Wilton. He answered the war call early, being among the first to enlist for three months. Later, when the Ninth was organized, he was commissioned second lieutenant of Company E, and served with his regiment in its terrible baptism of fire, at Antietam, Fredericksburg, in the Mississippi campaign, and at Knoxville; until December, 1863, when he resigned, having been obliged to succumb to the effects of the hardships and privations of the campaign. Returning to Wilton, and having partially recovered his health (he never did wholly), in 1866 he purchased a mill, and for years furnished turned wood supplies for the Briggs Piano Stool company of Peterborough. December 10, 1877, he was appointed postmaster, and filled the position to the entire satisfaction of the patrons of the office until his death, April 24, 1893 [1894 actually]. He was a thorough student, and enjoyed keeping abreast with the progress of modern thought. A charter member of Post Abiel A. Livermore, he also served as its first adjutant. As a citizen he was faithful to what he believed his duty, constant to his home and friends, and truly loyal to the principles of the order in which he was proud to be numbered.
From a relative of the family ....
Henry O. Sargent, late lieutenant of Company E [Co A, actually], was a native of Concord, where he was born in 1837. He learned his trade as a machinist in Manchester, and soon after his marriage to Miss Sophia T. Heath, which occurred early in 1860, he settled in Wilton. He answered the war call early, being among the first to enlist for three months. Later, when the Ninth was organized, he was commissioned second lieutenant of Company E, and served with his regiment in its terrible baptism of fire, at Antietam, Fredericksburg, in the Mississippi campaign, and at Knoxville; until December, 1863, when he resigned, having been obliged to succumb to the effects of the hardships and privations of the campaign. Returning to Wilton, and having partially recovered his health (he never did wholly), in 1866 he purchased a mill, and for years furnished turned wood supplies for the Briggs Piano Stool company of Peterborough. December 10, 1877, he was appointed postmaster, and filled the position to the entire satisfaction of the patrons of the office until his death, April 24, 1893 [1894 actually]. He was a thorough student, and enjoyed keeping abreast with the progress of modern thought. A charter member of Post Abiel A. Livermore, he also served as its first adjutant. As a citizen he was faithful to what he believed his duty, constant to his home and friends, and truly loyal to the principles of the order in which he was proud to be numbered.
Lt. Henry O. Sargent was born in Wilton, NH in 1839. He enlisted in the New Hampshire Independent Infantry Company on 15 May 1862. His rank at enlistment was Sargeant. He was transferred to Company E, New Hampshire 9th Infantry Regiment on 06 Aug 1862. Recruiting for this regiment started in May of 1862 and the recruits were trained at Camp Colby in Concord, New Hampshire. The company was organized and complete 23 August 1862 and the 9th regiment found itself in Leesboro Md, and moved forward to check Lee's advance. On 13 Sept 1862 they bivowacked at Middleton Md, on the 14, just 20 days after leaving NH the 9th regiment alone charged a rebel brigade and drove it from the crest of South Mountain. No NH regiment went into battle with so little experience. They fought in many battles, Fredericksburg being one. The Union loses were great, 1,284 killed, 9,000 injured and 1,796 missing compared to the South which lost 806 men 416 wounded and 653 missing. The ninth continued on. The brigade to which the 9th was assigned had been so reduced by sickness and disease they were placed on light guard duty during the last four months of 1863. Their longests seige was at Petersburg, Va, from 16 June 1864 to 22 August, 1864 fighting in 22 battles. Sargent Sargeant was promoted to Lieutenant on 01 Mar 1863 and was mustered out on 22 December 1863 with a disability pension. He worked as a wood turned in a mill in Wilton, NH until his death in Wilton, New Hampshire 24 April, 1894. Military records state Co E in the 9th NH Reg, grave stone states A. His wife Sophia survived him, she was postmistress in Wilton and died 6/24/1940 at the age of 102 per cemetery records.
From a relative of the family ....
Henry O. Sargent, late lieutenant of Company E [Co A, actually], was a native of Concord, where he was born in 1837. He learned his trade as a machinist in Manchester, and soon after his marriage to Miss Sophia T. Heath, which occurred early in 1860, he settled in Wilton. He answered the war call early, being among the first to enlist for three months. Later, when the Ninth was organized, he was commissioned second lieutenant of Company E, and served with his regiment in its terrible baptism of fire, at Antietam, Fredericksburg, in the Mississippi campaign, and at Knoxville; until December, 1863, when he resigned, having been obliged to succumb to the effects of the hardships and privations of the campaign. Returning to Wilton, and having partially recovered his health (he never did wholly), in 1866 he purchased a mill, and for years furnished turned wood supplies for the Briggs Piano Stool company of Peterborough. December 10, 1877, he was appointed postmaster, and filled the position to the entire satisfaction of the patrons of the office until his death, April 24, 1893 [1894 actually]. He was a thorough student, and enjoyed keeping abreast with the progress of modern thought. A charter member of Post Abiel A. Livermore, he also served as its first adjutant. As a citizen he was faithful to what he believed his duty, constant to his home and friends, and truly loyal to the principles of the order in which he was proud to be numbered.
From a relative of the family ....
Henry O. Sargent, late lieutenant of Company E [Co A, actually], was a native of Concord, where he was born in 1837. He learned his trade as a machinist in Manchester, and soon after his marriage to Miss Sophia T. Heath, which occurred early in 1860, he settled in Wilton. He answered the war call early, being among the first to enlist for three months. Later, when the Ninth was organized, he was commissioned second lieutenant of Company E, and served with his regiment in its terrible baptism of fire, at Antietam, Fredericksburg, in the Mississippi campaign, and at Knoxville; until December, 1863, when he resigned, having been obliged to succumb to the effects of the hardships and privations of the campaign. Returning to Wilton, and having partially recovered his health (he never did wholly), in 1866 he purchased a mill, and for years furnished turned wood supplies for the Briggs Piano Stool company of Peterborough. December 10, 1877, he was appointed postmaster, and filled the position to the entire satisfaction of the patrons of the office until his death, April 24, 1893 [1894 actually]. He was a thorough student, and enjoyed keeping abreast with the progress of modern thought. A charter member of Post Abiel A. Livermore, he also served as its first adjutant. As a citizen he was faithful to what he believed his duty, constant to his home and friends, and truly loyal to the principles of the order in which he was proud to be numbered.
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