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Browsing named entities in William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington. You can also browse the collection for New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) or search for New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) in all documents.

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close of the war, at which time these rolls were made out. But, since then, many of the States have made strenuous efforts to ascertain the fate of these men. New Hampshire, for instance, published a supplement to its printed muster-out rolls, in which it accounts definitely for most of its missing, the State Adjutant-General havirecords of the muster-out rolls; the final statements, as they are technically termed; and the affidavits which may accompany a pension claim. Now, the State of New Hampshire, and other States as well, have ascertained definitely that many of their missing men werekilled, and have revised their records accordingly; New HampsNew Hampshire: Adjutant-General's Report, 1866: Vol. I. but, if these missing men have no heirs to prosecute their claims at the Pension Office, the records at Washington will remain unchanged and the men will still be recorded there, not among the killed, but as missing. The mortuary statistics in these pages are compiled largely from St
uses. Three copies of these rolls, sometimes more, were made, ole of which was forwarded to the capital of the state to which the regiment belonged, where it was filed il the office of the state adjutant-general. These regimental rolls and records may be found carefully preserved among the archives of each state. and it is evident that such of them as were properly made will show clearly and accurately the mortuary losses of the regiments to which they pertain. The states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas have printed and published the muster-out-rolls of the regiments which they respectively furnished to the Union Armies. The name of each and every man who served in these regiments is preserved in print; the record of his patriotism is transmitted, and in time becomes the proudest heir-loom of his family. Some
Present, also, at Siege of Vicksburg; North Anna, Va.; Cold Harbor, Va.; Weldon Railroad, Va.; Peebles Farm, Va.; Hatcher's Run, Va.; Fort Stedman, Va.; Fall of Petersburg. notes.--Recruited under the second call for troops, leaving New Hampshire on September 11 1862. After two weeks drill on Arlington Heights, Va., it joined General McClellan's Army (Oct. 4th) then at Harper's Ferry, and was brigaded with General Ferrero's command, Sturgis's (2d) Division, Ninth Corps. The Eleventhing, out of less than 300 men engaged in the assault. In December, 1864, it was placed in Donohoe's Brigade, Devens's Division, Twenty-fourth Corps. This brigade was the first infantry command that entered Richmond. The adjutant-general of New Hampshire states in his official report that no regiment left the state with men of finer personal appearance, or of more gentlemanly bearing. First Vermont Cavalry. Farnsworth's Brigade — Kilpatrick's Division--Cavalry Corps. (1) Col. Lemu
e to the climate of the Gulf and Lower Mississippi, in which locality the regiment was stationed during much of its service. It was mustered out at Charleston, S. C., July, 5, 1866, having serve the longest of any regiment from the State. New Hampshire--The 5th sustained the greatest loss in battle of any infantry regiment in the war. The 1st Infantry was a three-months' regiment, which was organized April 26, 1861, and left the State May 25. It served under General Patterson in the Shenaners which they braved. The 1st Infantry was a three-months regiment which was actively engaged at First Bull Run. The 6th and 8th Infantry failed to complete their organizations. The 1st Cavalry contained a battalion of four companies from New Hampshire, which was detached January 7, 1864, and placed in the 1st New Hampshire Cavalry. The 2d Rhode Island Cavalry was organized with eight companies only, and in July, 1863, they were consolidated into a battalion of four companies, and transfer
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 13: aggregate of deaths in the Union Armies by States--total enlistment by States--percentages of military population furnished, and percentages of loss — strength of the Army at various dates casualties in the Navy. (search)
VII. Maine 3,184 6,214 9,398 49,635 6.4 12.5 18.9 New Hampshire 1,903 2,979 4,882 29,150 6.5 10.2 16.7 Vermont 1,809 percentage of deaths in battle credited to Vermont and New Hampshire, one cannot help but trace a connection with the hard aI. VIII. Maine 5,257 541 118 298 10.5 1.1 0.2 0.6 New Hampshire 2,427 294 76 182 8.3 1.0 0.3 0.6 Vermont 2,597 486 7 IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. Maine 13   5 5   16 17 242 New Hampshire 4   3 17   8 18 132 Vermont 3   10 4 8 12 23 202 3,157       3,157 239 Nevada 1,080       1,080 33 New Hampshire 32,930 882 125   33,937 4,882 New Jersey 67,500 8,12I. IV. V. Maine 73,587 70,107 2,007 72,114 56,776 New Hampshire 35,897 33,937 692 34,629 30,849 Vermont 32,074 33,28,982 43.6 Missouri 78,186 33.5 Illinois 212.267 56.6 New Hampshire 30,032 47.2 Indiana 151,255 57.0 New Jersey 52,527 3,226 60.7 Missouri 109,111   109,111 232,781 46.8 New Hampshire 33,937 692 34,629 63,610 54.4 New Jersey 76,81