United States Regiments & Batteries > New Hampshire
The 14th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 8 officers and 63 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 151 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.The regiment is honored by a monument in the Winchester National Cemetery.
1862
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September 24 | Organized at Concord and mustered in under Colonel Rober Wilson, Lieutenant Colonel Tileston Barker, and Major Samuel Duncan |
September | Ordered to Washington, D.C. and attached to Grover’s Brigade, Military District of Washington |
November | Picket and patrol duty along Upper Potomac, Defenses of Washington |
1863
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February | Assigned to Jewett’s Brigade, 22nd Corps, Defenses of Washington |
April | Provost duty at Washington, D.C. |
June | Assigned to Garrison of Washington, D.C., 22nd Corps |
1864
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February 3 | Ordered to Harper’s Ferry |
February 25 | Moved to Cumberland, Md. and return to Washington |
March 20 | Ordered to New Orleans, La. and sailed from New York. |
April-June | Duty at Camp Parapet, Carrollton, Jefferson City and along Lake Pontchatrain assigned to Defenses of New Orleans, La., Dept. of the Gulf. |
June 7 | Ordered to Morganza, La. and assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
July 13-August 19 | Movement to Fortress Monroe, Va., thence to Washington, D. C., and to Berryville, Va. |
August to December |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign, assigned to Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, 19th Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade |
September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester, or OpequonThe regiment suffered 32 killed, 12 mortally wounded, including Colonel Alexander Gardner, and 10 wounded. Killed: Captains William H. Chaffin and William A. Fosgate Lieutenants Henry S. Paul and Jesse A. Fiske Sergeants Charles C. Wilson, George W. Felch, Matthew Macurdy and Albert A. Baker Corporals Nathaniel P. Rust, Moses Allen, George W. Hazen, Sylvester Tasker, Charles W. Noyes and Darwin W. Chase Privates Nathaniel Wyman, Sydney H. Young, George Perrigo, George L. Wetherbee, Fred B. Andrews, Henry L. Haynes, Aaron E. Boyd, C. L. Himan, Melborn Marston, George T. Souther, Walter. A. Scott, Lucius Parker, Otis A. Barnes, Silas Water, Hazen O. Baker, Daniel J. Cameron, Daniel W. Phelps and Lauren E.. Bent Mortally wounded: Colonel Alexander Gardner, A. E. Colburn, G. H. Stone, Lucius Willard, Harvey R. Brown, G. H. Stone, George W. Tucker, Luther G. Merrill, Richard Varney, G. B. Cofran, Oceanus Straw, Harrison Atwood, Amos Harriman |
September 22 |
Fisher’s Hill |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
October-January | Duty at Kernstown and other points in the Shenandoah Valley |
1865
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January | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
January 8-20 | To Savannah, Ga. and Provost duty there, assigned to 1st Brigade, Grover’s Division, District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South |
March | Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
March 24 | Captain Oliver Marston promoted to lieutenant colonel |
May 6-14 | March to Augusta, Ga. |
June | Return to Savannah |
July 8 | Mustered out |