New Hampshire 5th Infantry Regiment


HISTORICAL NOTES:
The 5th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry was organized at Concord and mustered in on October 22, 1861. The length of service was for 3 years and 9 months. They were discharged the 8th of July, 1865 and mustered out on the 28th. BATTLES:
Siege of Yorktown
Battle of Fair Oaks
Seven Days Battles
Battle of Savage's Station
Battle of Malvern Hill
Maryland Campaign
Battle of South Mountain
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Gettysburg Campaign
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Second Battle of Petersburg
Battle of the Crater
Appomattox Campaign
Battle of White Oak Road
Battle of Sutherland's Station
Third Battle of Petersburg
Battle of Sayler's Creek
Battle of High Bridge
Battle of Appomattox Court House

ROSTERS:
The composite rosters of this unit contains the names of 3443 men.

Company A -Merrimack County, Grafton County, and Strafford County
Company B -Coos County
Company C -Grafton County and unknown counties
Company D -Strafford County and Rockingham County
Company E -Sullivan County, Belknap County, Grafton County and Merrimack County
Company F -Cheshire County and Merrimack County
Company G -Sullivan County
Company H -Carroll County
Company I -Grafton County, Hillsborough County, and Merrimack County
Company K -Rockingham County and Hillsborough County
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
The Century Magazine, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources. Published from 1884 - 1887. 4 vols. First hand accounts by officers in the war.

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.

New Hampshire Adjutant General's Office. Revised Register of Soldiers and Sailors of the Rebellion, 1861-1866. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources. First Printed 1895. 628 pgs. Roster of each regiment.

U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.

U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War - Naval Subset Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.

Waite, Otis F. R. New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources. First Printed 1870. 678 pgs. Roster of officers and brief regimental history for each unit.



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