The 3rd New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 12 officers and 186 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 152 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| Organized at Concord | |
| August 23 | Mustered in |
| September 3 | Moved to Camp Scott, Long Island, N.Y. |
| September 18 | To Washington, D.C. |
| October 4 | To Annapolis, Md. |
| October | Attached to Viele’s Brigade, Sherman’s South Carolina Expeditionary Corps |
| October 21-November 7 | Expedition to Port Royal, S.C. |
| November 7 | Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor, S.C. |
| November | Duty at Hilton Head, S.C. |
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1862
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| March | Affair Hunting Island |
| March 7-11 | Reconnaissance up Savannah River to Elba Island |
| March 20-24 | Expedition to Bluffton |
| April | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the South |
| April 5 | Occupation of Edisto Island |
| April 10 | Affair at Watts’ Court |
| April 14 | Reconnaissance of Seabrook Island |
| April 17 | Advance on Jehossie Island |
| April 18 | Skirmish Edisto Island |
| April-May | Duty at Edisto Island |
| June 1-28 | Operations on James Island |
| June 8 | Picket Affair |
| June 16 | Battle of Secessionville |
| June 28-July 7 | Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head |
| July | Duty at Hilton Head attached to District of Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South |
| August 21 | Affair at Pinckney Island |
| October 21-23 | Expedition up Broad River to Pocotaligo |
| October 22 | Action at Caston’s and Frampton’s Plantations, Pocotaligo |
| February 16- April 9 |
Movements against Charleston |
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1863 |
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| April 23 | Moved to Seabrook Island and attached to Guss’ Brigade, Seabrook Island, S.C., 10th Corps |
| June | Attached to St. Helena Island. S.C. |
| July 3 | To Folly Island, S.C. and attached to 2nd Brigade, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Corps |
| July 10 | Assault on and capture of water batteries on Morris Island |
| July 11 & 18 | Assaults on Fort Wagner, Morris Island |
| July | Siege operations on Morris Island against Forts Wagner and Gregg and against Fort Sumter and Charleston attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Corps |
| August | Attached to 1st Brigade, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Corps |
| September 7 | Occupation of Forts Wagner and Gregg |
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1864
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| March and April | Veterans absent on furlough |
| April 1 | Ordered to Florida and Regiment mounted. Attached to Light Brigade, District of Florida. Dept. of the South |
| April 3 | Palatka |
| April 25-29 | Moved to Gloucester Point, Va. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina. Veterans rejoin regiment from furlough. |
| May 4-28 | Butler’s operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Corps |
| May 5 | Capture of City Point and Bermuda Hundred |
| May 6-7 | Chester Station |
| May 9-10 | Swift Creek |
| May 10 | Chester Station |
| May 12-16 | Operations against Fort Darling |
| May 14-16 | Drury’s Bluff |
| May 16-31 | Bermuda Hundred |
| June 2 and 14 | Action at Bermuda Hundred |
| June 9 | Petersburg |
| June 16-17 | Port Walthal |
| June 16 | Siege operations begin against Petersburg and Richmond |
| July 21 | Deep Bottom |
| August 13-20 | Demonstration north of the James |
| August 14-18 | Strawberry Plains |
| August 23 | Non-Veterans mustered out |
| August 24-September 27 | Duty in trenches before Petersburg |
| September 28-30 | Chaffin’s Farm |
| October 1 | Charles City Cross Roads |
| October 7 |
Darbytown RoadThe regiment used their new Spencer repeating carbines for the first time, throwing back an attack by Bratton’s Confederate Brigade and inflicting heavy casualties. |
| October 13 | Darbytown Road |
| October 27-28 | Fair Oaks |
| October 31-November 2 | Front of Richmond |
| November 2-17 | Detached for duty at New York during Presidential Election |
| November 17 | Duty in front of Richmond |
| December | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Corps |
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1865
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| January 3-15 | 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C. |
| January 15 | Assault and capture of Fort Fisher |
| January 19 | Half Moon Battery |
| February 11 | Sugar Loaf Battery |
| February 18 | Fort Anderson |
| February 22 | Capture of Wilmington |
| February 22 | Smith’s Creek and North East Ferry |
| March | Duty at Wilmington attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
| April | Assigned to Abbott’s Detached Brigade, 10th Corps |
| June 3 | At Goldsboro |
| July 25 | Mustered out |