Civil War

• Names on the Grand Army of the Republic “G.A.R.” Memorial – Soldiers and Sailors
• Names Not On the G.A.R. Monument, But Who Served Nonetheless
• 1st NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
• 2nd NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
• 3rd NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
• 6th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
• 8th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
• 10th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
• 13th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
• 14th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
• 15th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
• 1st NH Calvary, Newmarket Soldiers & the Shenandoah Valley campaigns
• Bounties and Town Debt
• Civil War Uniforms and the Haley Building
• Strafford Guards
• United States Colored Troops – USCT
• Early Preparations and Costs of a Regiment
• War Department Orders
• A Soldier’s Pay
• The Soldier Votes in the Elections of 1864 – 1865
• US Navy, Newmarket Sailors
• A Soldier’s Burial
• Gifts From Home

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Profiles of Newmarket Civil War Veterans

• Gay, George A. – Lieutenant, promoted on the battlefield, KIA at Antietam
• Greene, Charles W. – Captain of Company E, 25th US Colored Troops
• Haines, Alanson – first man in Newmarket to volunteer
• Hanson, Albert J. – Captain, & Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
• Hanson, Sergeant John J. – Battle of Port Hudson, and served as 1st Commander of Newmarket’s G.A.R.
• Henaghan, Patrick H. – KIA – Battle of Oak Grove; letter home to Enoch Adams
• James, George R. – a Wagoner who never saw battle, from Private to Lieutenant
• James, Henry – US Marines, KIA on board USS Cumberland
• Leach, Thomas Walter – Naval Surgeon
• Lees, Thomas – 2nd Lt., wounded at Gettysburg, POW and Belle Isle Prison
• Littlefield, William W. – Corporal – KIA – Deep Bottom Run, VA, 16 Aug. 1864
• Lord, George – Stolen with a fake promotion and a fake resignation
• Murray, Henry H. – 1st Lt., 2nd Battle of Fair Oaks; POW
• O’Brien, John – cut the chains across the Mississippi
• Beaumont, John C. – Rear Admiral, US Navy
• Rand, Cyrus – US Navy and the USS Agawam
• Bracketts – Father and Sons, & The Martin Guards at Fort Constitution
• Reynolds, Charles W. – POW at Cold Harbor; Color Bearer at Gettysburg
• Brooks, James P. – fought for two states; “Minie Ball” hit led to his death
• Richardson, Edward – Musician and Merchant
• Bryant brothers – Hosea and William and ship disasters
• Sanborn, Austin L. and the 17th US Infantry
• Caswell, James M. – 13th NH Infantry musician – notes from the trenches
• Sanborn, Warren G. – Received the Medal of Honor & Had It Taken Away
• Clay, David – “Only A Soldier”
• Severance, Albert T. – Wounded 10 Times
• Davis & Furber – accomplished Musicians & Business Partners
• Smith, George – US Navy, Capt., served aboard 4 ships
• Soesman, Flavius A. – Died of Wounds, Battle of Cold Harbor
• Davis Family – Five enlisted, only one returned
• Davis, David O., and the Battle of Hatcher’s Run
• Tebbetts, George – KIA at the Battle of White Oak Swamp
• Towle, Benjamin – Surgeon
• DeSchuyler, Augustus – A foreign substitute enlisted for quick money
• Tuttle, Woodbridge – POW
• Dow, Orrin, Sergeant – the Bravery of a Color Bearer
• Durell, James M. – Captain, Recruiter
• Durell, Woodbridge – POW
• Edgerly, Charles and “John Brown’s Body”
• Ellison & Quimby – KIA; Saunders & Caswell – MIA; Chapman – POW at 2nd Battle of Bull Run
• Ferrin, Levin – anything but desertion
• Foster, Robert E. – Discharged “Disabled”, re-enlisted in “Invalid Corps”
• Four Men, One Company, Four Battles, Four Deaths
• French, John O. – left home at 16, engaged in 32 battles
• Frost, George W. – Lt. Colonel