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16th New Hampshire Infantry

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Company Unknown

Rank unknown

DIED IN BUFFALO,N.Y. HOSPITAL 13 AUGUST 1863 ON HIS WAY HOME.
Contributor J.W.HendersonDate added 1/9/2010

Company Unknown

Private

Joined for duty Oct 13,1862 through August 20, 1863. Dec 1, 1863 from Civilian to Duty with 3rd Regiment Infantry Corp. diafrique , Asst. Surgeon, Port Hudson, La
Contributor Barbara CastleDate added 8/4/2014

Company C

Private

Enlisted as a Private on 1 September 1862 at the age of 21. Mustered in Company C, 16th Infantry Regiment New Hampshire on 27 October 1862. Mustered out on 20 August 1863 at Concord, NH.
Contributor Eric StoneDate added 6/4/2010

Company D

Private

Name: Daniel B. Webster Side Union Regiment State/Origin New Hampshire Regiment 16th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Company D Rank In Private, Rank Out Private Film Number M549 roll 13, Source Information National Park Service. U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=CF61C8DD-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
Contributor J KellyDate added 12/14/2023

Company F

Private

Enlisted on 23 Oct 1862. Died on 19 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA one day before the unit mustered out. Never married.
Contributor Cheri AmarnaHomepage cherie@cheriamarna.comDate added 10/20/2017

Company G

Private

Enlisted as a Private on 15 October 1862 at the age of 25. Mustered in Company G, 16th Infantry Regiment New Hampshire on 24 October 1862. Died of disease on 12 July 1863 at Baton Rouge, LA.
Contributor Eric StoneDate added 6/5/2010

Company G

Rank unknown

Enlisted 9/15/1862 at age 21 Drowned during the battle of Vermillion Bayou - 4/18/1863 at the age of 22 Horace was born in NH, on Shirley Hill Farm, in 1841. In 1862 when he was 21 years old, he mustered with the 16th NH volunteer regimen of the union army. They shipped out for New Orleans in December and in April were involved in the battle of Vermillion Bayou, where Horace drowned when confederates burned a bridge and fired upon the approaching union soldiers.
Contributor Thomas ShirleyDate added 1/26/2021

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