Enlisted on December 27, 1861, age 19, and mustered on December 31, 1861, into Company H, 8th New Hampshire Infantry (Union). Enlistment Rank: Private.
The 8th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Manchester, New Hampshire, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment. The regiment left New Hampshire for Boston, Massachusetts, January 24, 1862; then sailed for Ship Island, Mississippi, February 15, arriving there March 15. Duty at Ship Island until April 1862. Occupation of Forts Wood and Pike, Lake Pontchartrain, May 5. Moved to New Orleans and duty at Camp Parapet, just above Carrollton, until October. Expedition to Lake Pontchartrain July 23 – August 2. Operations in District of LaFourche October 24 – November 6, 1862.
Died of disease (Cholera) on November 16, 1862, at Camp Kearney at Carrollton, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
Sources: Revised register of the soldiers and sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; New Hampshire, U.S., Civil War Service and Pension Records, 1861-1866.
Enlisted on December 27, 1861, age 19, and mustered on December 31, 1861, into Company H, 8th New Hampshire Infantry (Union). Enlistment Rank: Private.
The 8th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Manchester, New Hampshire, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment. The regiment left New Hampshire for Boston, Massachusetts, January 24, 1862; then sailed for Ship Island, Mississippi, February 15, arriving there March 15. Duty at Ship Island until April 1862. Occupation of Forts Wood and Pike, Lake Pontchartrain, May 5. Moved to New Orleans and duty at Camp Parapet, just above Carrollton, until October. Expedition to Lake Pontchartrain July 23 – August 2. Operations in District of LaFourche October 24 – November 6, 1862.
Died of disease (Cholera) on November 16, 1862, at Camp Kearney at Carrollton, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
Sources: Revised register of the soldiers and sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; New Hampshire, U.S., Civil War Service and Pension Records, 1861-1866.
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