The 6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment was an

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that served in the

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during the

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Service

The 6th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in

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, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on November 27, 1861. The regiment was attached to Williams' 4th Brigade, North Carolina Expedition, to April 1862. Hawkins' Brigade,

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, to July 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division,

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, to March 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps,

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, to June 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps,

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, to September 1863. Bixby's Brigade, District of North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, Department of the Ohio, to February 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July 1865. The 6th New Hampshire Infantry mustered out of service July 27, 1865.

Detailed service

Left

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for

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, December 25, 1861. Expedition to

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, N.C., January 6–13, 1862, and duty there until March 2. Moved to

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March 2 and duty there until June 18. Expedition to

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April 7–8. Battle of Camden, South Mills, April 19. Expedition to New Berne June 18-July 2. Moved to Newport News, Va., July 2–10, and duty there until August 2. Moved to

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and Fredericksburg, Va., August 2–7. Pope's Campaign in

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August 16-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29;

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August 30;

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September 1. Maryland Campaign September–October.

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, Md., September 14.

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, September 16–17. Duty in Pleasant Valley, Md., until October 27. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 27-November 19. Corbin's Cross Roads, near Amissville, November 10. Sulphur Springs November 14.

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, Va., December 12–15. Burnside's Second Campaign, " Mud March", January 20–24, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 11; then to Lexington, Ky., March 26-April 1. To

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, then to Richmond, Ky., April 18. To Paint Lick Creek May 3, and to Lancaster May 10. Movement to Vicksburg, Miss., June 3–14,

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June 14-July 4. Advance on

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, July 4–10.

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July 10–17. At Milldale until August 5. Moved to

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, Ohio, August 5–20; then to Nicholasville, Ky. Provost duty at Nicholasville, Frankfort, and Russellville until October 25. Moved to Camp Nelson, Ky., and provost duty there until January 16, 1864. Regiment veterans January 1864, and on furlough January 16 to March 10, when ordered to

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. Non-veterans at Camp Nelson, Ky., until March. Campaign from the Rapidan to the

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May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness, Va., May 5–7; Spotsylvania May 8–12;

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May 12–21. Assault on the Salient at Spotsylvania Court House May 12.

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May 23–26. On line of the

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May 26–28. Totopotomoy May 28–31.

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June 1–12. Bethesda Church June 1–3. Before Petersburg June 16–19.

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June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.

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, Petersburg, July 30, 1864.

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August 18–21. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Hatcher's Run October 27–28. Garrison of Fort Alexander Hays until April 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assaults on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of

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to Burkesville April 3–9. Moved to Washington, D.C., April 20–27. Duty at

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until July.

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May 23.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 418 men during service; 10 officers and 177 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 228 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

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Henry H. Pearson

Notable members

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Abraham Cohn -

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recipient for action at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, and at the battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864 * Corporal Osgood T. Hadley - Medal of Honor recipient for action saving the colors at Pegram House 30 September 1864. * Alonzo Nute served as Quarter-Master in the 6th Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. After the war he was a member of the

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in 1866; became a member in the

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(1867-68); and served as a delegate to the

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. In 1889, he was elected to the Fifty-first Congress, serving until 1891. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he died a year later at age 66 in

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References

* Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. * Jackman, Lyman. ''History of the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment in the War for the Union'' (Concord, NH: Republican Press Association), 1891. ;Attribution *

External links

Jackson, Lyman. ''History of the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment in the War for the Union'' (1891)

Company C, 6th New Hampshire living history organization

Company E, 6th New Hampshire living history organization
{{American Civil War , expanded=CTCBS Units and formations of the Union Army from New Hampshire Military units and formations established in 1861 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 1861 establishments in New Hampshire