A Guide to New Hampshire Civil War Research |
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Indexes to the service and pension records are available at the Family History Library. The actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives. For records of New Hampshire soldiers see:
United States. Adjutant General’s Office. Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of New Hampshire. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0549. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1964. (Family History Library films 882018–30.)
Civil War Service Record, Card File Index, 1860–1865. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975. (On 13 Family History Library films beginning with 1001781.) This file includes names of substitute soldiers in addition to the regular roster.
New Hampshire. Adjutant General’s Office. Revised Roster of the Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion. Concord, New Hampshire: Ira C. Evans, 1895. (Family History Library book 974.2 M23nh; film 1697872.) Many entries show the place of birth, age, residence, date and place of death, and other information.
Waite, Otis F.R., New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion. Claremont, New Hampshire: Tracy, Chase, 1870. (Family History Library book 974.2 M2w.) This source contains regimental histories, biographical sketches, and lists of officers.
Unit Histories. An important inventory for finding Civil War military histories is: A Guide to the Microfiche Edition of Civil War Unit Histories: Regimental Histories and Personal Narratives. Part 2, The Union-New England. Bethesda, Maryland.: University Publications of America, 1992. (Family History Library book 973 M2cwu pt. 2.) New Hampshire units are listed on pages 53–59. The library has the large microfiche collection described in this guide. Use the library catalog to find individual items. This may include correspondence, diaries, memoirs, and regimental histories published before 1920. The guide shows the unit name, counties where it was raised, author, title, publication information, number of pages, and source repository. This guide includes an author index and a major engagements index.
Internet sites with information about New Hampshire in the Civil War include:
"The Civil War Archive-Union Regiments-New Hampshire." N.p., 1998 [cited 25 February 2000]. Available at www.civilwararchive.com/unionnh.htm.This site includes histories and background information on New Hampshire regiments.
State Soldier Homes. New Hampshire maintained a home for veterans in Tilton, New Hampshire. They have records of the veterans who lived there, some of which have been sent to the Adjutant General and the Division of Records Management and Archives. Contact the veteran’s home first.
New Hampshire Veteran’s Home
P.O. Box 229
Tilton, NH 03276
Telephone: 603-286-4412
Civil War Pension Index Cards - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch Record Search. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included.
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