SECOND REGIMENT
Extracted from “A History of the Town of Keene” 
   by S. G. Griffin, Keene NH 
Sentinel Printing Company 1904

The Second regiment was organized at Portsmouth early in May -first for three months' service, with Thomas P. Pierce of Manchester, a veteran of the Mexican war, colonel.  But the government declined to take any more volunteers for the short term and the regiment was immediately reorganized with Gilman Marston, of Exeter, then member of congress from the first New Hampshire district, colonel, Frank S. Fiske, of Keene, lieutenant colonel, and Josiah Stevens, Jr., of Concord, major.  Rev.  Henry F,.  Parker, of Concord, a native of Keene, was appointed chaplain.  Capt.  Barker's company, from Cheshire county, was given the first place (Company A.) with Henry N. Metcalf, of Keene, first lieutenant, and Herbert B. Titus, of Chesterfield, second lieutenant.  Company B was from Concord, with S. G. Griffin, of that city - formerly of Nelson - after the war of Keene - captain.  The uniform of this regiment, as well as that of the First, was of grey satinet, but it soon gave place to the United States army blue.  The Second was mustered into the United States service early in June, 1861, and on the 20th of that month, with 1,022 officers and men, left Portsmouth for Washington, via Boston and New York.  Governor Berry and his staff, ex-Governor Goodwin and many leading men of the state accompanied the regiment to Boston, where it was received with enthusiastic demonstrations.  Immense crowds of people thronged the streets.  An organization of fourteen hundred Sons of New Hampshire, accompanied by Governor Andrew and his staff and many prominent citizens, with military bands, escorted the regiment and its guests to the Music Hall, where a banquet had been prepared.  At the close of the banquet, Hon.  Marshall P. Wilder, a native of Rindge, president of the Sons of New Hampshire, made a short, patriotic address, and Governor Andrew reviewed the regiment on the common.  Proceeding by railroad via Fall River and the steamer Bay State, it reached New York the next morning and received a similar ovation.  And this was the manner in which all the earlier regiments were received in the northern cities as they proceeded to the front.  From New York the Second was sent by the way of Harrisburg, passing through Baltimore, and reaching Washington on the 23d and encamping about one mile north of the White House.

The Second was brigaded under Col.  A. E. Burnside, with the First and Second Rhode Island Volunteers, the Rhode Island volunteer battery and the Seventy-first New York Volunteers, and at the first battle of Bull Run was sharply engaged, losing nine men killed, thirty-five wounded -four of them mortally-and sixty-three taken prisoners.  Col.  Marston was among the wounded, and Lt.  Col.  Fiske succeeded to the command of the regiment.  After that battle the Second was assigned to the brigade of Gen.  Joseph Hooker and encamped at Bladensburg, Md.  In October, Hooker's command was increased to a division, and moved down the left bank of the Potomac to prevent a blockade of that river, and went into winter quarters at Budd's Ferry.

Early in April, 1862, Hooker's division joined the Army of the Potomac at Fortress Monroe, and was present at the siege of Yorktown.  At the battle of Williamsburg the regiment lost sixteen killed, sixty-six wounded and twenty three missing.  Among the killed were Edward N. Taft and Nathaniel Lane of Keene.  The Second shared in McClellan's campaign on the peninsula, with its " seven days' fight," and the depressing effects of those disasters.  Returning with the army to Alexandria in August, the Second was engaged in the second battle of Bull Run and suffered heavy loss - thirty-eight killed and mortally wounded, and more than 100 wounded and missing, or about forty per cent of its whole number engaged. During that autumn, while the main army was on its Maryland campaign, the Second was attached to Sickles's division of Banks's command, which held the defenses of Washington, and was encamped on the Virginia side of the Potomac.  In November, Sickles's division rejoined the Army of the Potomac, then under Burnside, and the regiment was present at the battle of Fredericksburg, Dee 13, but was not actively engaged.  Towards the last of February, 1863, it was ordered home "to recruit" (just before election) and was received with demonstrations similar to those made when it left the state.  The men were furloughed, and they visited their families.  The Seventeenth regiment was then organizing at Concord, and the government, not desiring another regiment from New Hampshire at that time, ordered the consolidation of the Seventeenth with the Second.

On the 25th of May, 1863, the Second again started for the front, with replenished ranks and with the regimental band of the Seventeenth, also transferred.  Col. Marston had been promoted to brigadier general, and Capt.  Edward L. Bailey, who bad been raised to major and lieutenant colonel, was advanced to colonel.  The regiment rejoined the Army of the Potomac at Rappahannock Station on the 13th of June, in time to take part in the retreat into Maryland, and was assigned to the Third brigade of Humphrey's division, Sickles's Third army corps.  That corps reached Emmettsburg, Pa., on the lst of July, while the First and Eleventh corps were holding the enemy in check at Gettysburg, twelve miles distant.  Gen.  Sickles moved forward with a part of his corps that afternoon.  The remainder, with which was the Second New Hampshire, started for the battlefield at 3 o'clock on the morning of the 2d, without waiting for coffee, but halted on the road to make it, and joined the advance column at 9 o'clock.  There was quiet for about three hours, and the tired troops rested.  Lee, under cover of woods along the Emmettsburg road, was massing a heavy column against. the Union left, now held by Sickles's corps.  After some changes of position the Second was placed in Sherfey's famous peach orchard, supporting Ames's battery, an exposed position where it did gallant service and lost heavily in killed and wounded.  The Compte de Paris, in his "Histoire de la Guerre Civile en Amerique," characterizes the fight in that peach orchard as "murderous." Out of 354 officers and men of the Second who went into the battle the loss officially reported was 193, or more than One-half.  Three commissioned officers were killed, eighteen wounded-four mortally-and but three out of twenty-four escaped unhurt.  Seventeen enlisted men were killed, 119 wounded and thirty-six missing.  Of the men from Keene, Capt.  Henry N. Metcalf, and Private William H. Spring were killed; Sergeants Samuel F. Holbrook and Albert R. Walker, and Privates John A. Blake, Cornelius Cleary and Benjamin F. Ruffle were wounded-Blake, Cleary and Walker severely-and William C. Drummer was missing, probably killed, as there -is no further record of him.  The regiment was not actually engaged on the 3d and last day of the battle and suffered no loss.

After the battle the Second marched with the army in pursuit, via Frederic, Antietam battlefield and Harper's Ferry to Warrenton, and thence to Washington; and spent the winter at Point Lookout, Md., with the Fifth and Twelfth New Hampshire Volunteers, guarding a camp of prisoners.  Gen.  Marston was in command of the camp.  Early in April, 1864, the Second and Twelfth regiments, having been recruited from the drafted men and substitutes sent from New Hampshire, joined the Army of the James, were assigned to Weitzel's division of Smith's Eighteenth corps, and encamped at Bermuda Hundreds.  Towards the last of May that corps was transferred to the Army of the Potomac, joined Gen.  Grant at Cold Harbor and took part in the battle of the 3d of June, suffering heavy loss.  The three years' term of the original members expired on the 8th, and twenty-eight commissioned officers - including all the field and staff except Adjutant John D. Cooper and 199 enlisted men returned to New Hampshire and were mustered out.  Sixty-six of the original members and thirty-two of the early recruits had reenlisted for three years or the war, and those, with the later recruits, drafted men and substitutes, with four commissioned officers, now composed the regiment of about 250 men.  Of those only thirteen were from Keene.

Capt. J. N. Patterson was promoted to lieutenant colonel and took command of the regiment, with Adjutant Cooper promoted to major.  The Second remained with the army during the siege of Petersburg, most of the time engaged in guard and provost duty.  At the final breaking of the lines and capture of Petersburg and Richmond, April 2, lS65, it was on the north side of the James and was not actively engaged, but was among the first to enter Richmond, without opposition; and it encamped for about three months near the city.  On the 21st of June, the Tenth, Twelfth and Thirteenth New Hampshire Volunteers were mustered out of service, and the men of those regiments whose terms had not expired were transferred to the Second, raising its numbers to about 900, men.  The regiment was retained through the summer for guard and provost duty in eastern Virginia, and early in December was sent to City Point and mustered out of service.  Upon arriving at Concord it received, as did all the regiments returning to New Hampshire, a hearty and generous reception.

Below are given the names and brief records of the men from Keene.  It is to be understood that they are privates and residents of Keene unless otherwise stated.

Alexander, Lucian A. Band; age 28; enl.  July 22, '61; must.  Aug. 7, '61, as first class musc.; disch.  April 1,.'62.

Atherton, Sanford A. Co. A; age 22; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; must. as corp.; app. sergt.; discli. disab.  Sept. 12, '62. 

Atwood, Rufus.  Co. A; aged 31; enl.  April 25, '6'1, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; must. as corp.; app. sergt.; died, disease, at Keene, Jan. 23, '64.

Austin, Charles F. Co. A; aged 21; enl.  Sept. 12, '61; wd.  June 9, '64, at Cold Harbor; disch.  Sept. 14, '64.  See First N. H. Vols.

Beliveau, Frank A. Band; age 23; enl.  Sept. 4, '61; must. as second class muse.; disch.  Aug. 8, 162, near Harrison's Landing, Va.

Blake, Charles H. Co. A; age 30; enl. -'day 22, '61 ; disch. disab.  Nov. 17, '62.

Blake, John A. Co. A; age 20; res.  Gilsum (b., and ret. to live in Keene); enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; captd.  June 30, '62, at White Oak Swamp, Va.; wd. severely July 2, '63, Gettysburg; disch. disab.  June 7, '64.

Bolster, Almon.  Band; age 34; enl.  July 22, '61; must.  Au . 7, '61, as leader; reduced to first class, then to third class muse; disch., services not needed, Jan. 20, '62.

Bowen, Frederick A. Band; age 26; enl.  July 22, '61, as second class muse.; must. out, Aug. 8, '62, near Harrison's Landing, Va.

Bridge, Stary W. Co. I; age 21; b. Keene; res.  Gilsum; enl.  Sept. 5, '61; disch.  Sept. 14, '64, term exp.

Califf, Jonathan.  Co. A; age 44; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs; wd. accidentally by sentinel; died of wds.  Aug. 14, '61, Washington, D. C.

Califf, William W. Co. A; age 18; enl.  April 30, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61; disch. disab.  Jan. 27, '63.

Capron, J. Foster, Co. A; age 24; b. Keene; res.  Troy; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs; disch. disab.  Oct. 22, '61, Washington, D. C.

Carroll, Philip S. Co. H; age 23; enl.  Sept. 3, '61; disch. disab.  May 16, '63.

Clark, Milton W. Co. A; age 41; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; must. as sergt., May 31, '61; disch. disab.  May 31, '63.

Cleary, Cornelius.  Co. H; age 35; enl.  Aug. 27, '61; wd. sev.  July 2, '63, at Gettysburg; died of wds.  Aug. 1, '63, Washington, D. C.

Cobb, Fred W. Co. A; age 23; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; must. as lst sergt.; app. 2d lieut.  Sept. 1, '61; prom. lst lieut.  July 1, '62; resign.  Aug. 31, '62.

Converse, Granville S. Co. I; age 18; enl.  April 28, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 21, '61, for 3 yrs.; must. out June 21, '64.

Craig, Allen A. Co. A; b. Canada; cred.  Keene; age 41; enl.  Aug. 16, '62; disch. disab.  May 30, '63.  See Fourteenth N . H. V.

Darling, John G. Co. A; age 21; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; wd, May 5, '62, Williamsburg, Va.-, disch. wds.  July 25, '62; died Keene, 1864.

Davis, James.  Co. A; age 19; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; died, disease, Jan. 9, '63, Philadelphia.

Davis, Nathaniel D. Co. A; b. Keene; res.  Winchester; age 29; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; disch. disab.  Feb.  J,, '63; died June 4, '63, Winchester.

Drummer, John A. Co. A; age 20; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl. May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; died, disease, Dec. 9, '61; in Maryland.

Drummer, William C. Co. F; age 17; enl.  Sept. 6, '61; wd. and miss.  July 2, '63, Gettysburg; no further record

Dunlap, Whitney.  Co. K; age 31; enl.  Aug. 31, '61; disch. disab.  July 9, '63.  See V. R. C.

Eastman, William.  Co. H; age 43; enl.  Sept. 12, 161; disch. disab.  Sept. 20, '62; after service in V. R. C.

Baton,,Orleans S. Co. A; age 28; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; disch. disab.  April 27, '63.

Ellis, David C. Co. H; b. Richmond; age 33; res.  Keene; enl.  Sept. 14, '61; desert.  Feb. 1, '63; returned June 15, '64; disch.  April 4, '65, at Richmond, Va.

Emerson, Albert A. Co. H; b. Keene; age 23; res.  Somersworth; enil.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 27, '61, for 3 yrs.; must. as sergt.; disch. disab.  Aug. 1, '61.

Fiske, Frank S. Field and staff; age 35; app.  It. col.  April 30, '61; must. in June 10, '61; resign.  Oct. 23, '62; bvt. col. and brig. gen.  U. S. V., to date March 13, '65, for gallant and meritorious service.

Gilbert, Charles N. Co. H; age 29; enl.  Sept. 14, '61; disch. disab.  March 15, '62.

Gleason, Aaron R. Co. F; res.  Gilsum, after the war, Keene; age 27; enl.  Sept. 9, '61; transf to Co. 101, 2d battal. 1. C., Jan. 5, '64; prom. to act. asst. surg.  U. S. A.; app. asst. surg.  Fourteenth N. H. Vols., May 11, '64; declined appt.; served by contract as act. asst. stirg.  U. S. A. (civil appt.) from May 18, '64, to July 22, '65.

Gregory, William H. Co. A; age 39; enl.  Sept. 2, '61; disch. disab. Sept. 25, '61.

Griffin, Simon G. Co. B; age 37; volunteered as private in April '61; recruiting officer, May '61; app. capt.  June 4, '61, must. to date June 1, '61; resigned to accept promotion.  See Sixth N. H. V. and miscel. org.

Hadley, Ethan.  Band; age 33; enl. julv 22, '61; must. as first class muse.; must. out second class muse.  Aug. 8, '62, near Harrison's Landing, Va.

Heaton, George S. Co. A; age 20; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; captd.  July 21, '61, first Bull Run, Va.; paroled Jan. 1-7, '62; disch. disab.  Aug. 15, '62.  See V. R. C.

Hodgkins, William H. Co. A; age 28; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; died, dis.  July 21, '62, Harrison's Landing, Va.

Holbrook, Samuel F. Co. A; age 21; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; app. corp.  Jan. 1, '63; wd.  July 2, '63, Gettysburg; app. sergt.  July 2, '63; reenl.  Jan. 1, '64, as private, cred. to Walpole; app. lieut. June 24, '64; app. capt.  Co. G, April 1, '65; must. out Dec. 19, '65.

Holden, Jonathan M. Co. A; age 25; en].  April 25 '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; disch. disab.  Aug. 19, '61, Washington, D. C.

Holton, Henry.  Co. A; age 27; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; must.  May 31, '61, as muse.; died, dis.  March 19, '63, at Keene.

Howe, Lucius T. Co. A; age 22; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; app. corp.; disch. disab.  May 31, '62, White Oak Swamp, Va.

Hurd, Warren H. -Co.  A; age 18; enl.  April 25, '61@ for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; captd.  June 30, '62, White Oak Swamp, Va.; exchanged; amp. corp.  Jan. 1, '63; disch.  Dec. 22, '63, to accept promotion towards lieut. and capt.  U. S. colored troops.

Jackson, George A. Co. C; b. Keene; res.  Windham; age 21; enl. for 9 mos.; transf from Seventeenth N. H. April 16, '63; must. out Oct. 9, '63.

Johnson, Henry H. Co. A; age 22; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; app. corp.  May 31, '61; disch. disab.  July 29, '61, at Washington, D. C.

Lane, Nathaniel F. Co. A; age 22; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl. May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; killed May 5, '62, at Williamsburg, Va.

Lanphere, Orlando M. Co. A; age 20; enl.  Aug. 19, '61; disch.  Aug. 24, '64, at Concord.

Marsh, Henry H. Co. A; age 20; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl. May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; must. out June 21, '64.

Metcalf, Henry N. Co. A; age 28; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; must. in as lst It.; transf to Co. F. Nov. 1, '61; app. capt.  Aug. 13, '62; killed, July 2, '63, Gettysburg.

Nash, Frank.  Co. A; age 19; enl.  April 29, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; disch. disab.  Feb. 7, '63, Falmouth, Va.

Noyes, Samuel L. Band; age 24; enl.  July 25, '61; must. as third class musc.; must. out Aug. 8, '62, near Harrison's Landing, Va.

O'Brien, Cornelius.  Co. A; age 16; enl.  Aug. 28,'61; disch.  Aug. 24, '64, near Petersburg, Va., term exp.

Parker, Henry E. Field and staff; b. in Keene; res.  Concord; age 40; app. chaplain, June 10, '61; discb.  Aug. 5, '62.

Parker, William H. Co. H; age 16; enl.  June 19,'61; must. as musc.; disch.  Aug. 28, '61, Bladensburg, Md.  See Fourteenth N. R. Vols. and miscel. org.

Phelps, George W. Co. E; enl.  Sept. 4, '61; app. corp.  Nov. 1, '61; wd.  Aug. 29, '62, second Bull Run; disch. disab.  June 4, '63, at Concord.

Pratt, Edwin P. Band; age 21; enl.  July 22, '61; must. as third class musc.; must. out Aug. 8, '62, near Harrison's Landing, Va.  See First N. H. Cav.

Preckle, William H. Co. A; age 21; enl.  April 25,'61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; wd. sev.  Aug. 29, '62, at second Bull Run; disch. wds.  Feb. 3, '63, Washington, D. C.

Pressler, Christian.  Co. A; age 30; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; app. sergt.  May 31, '61; app. lst sergt.  July 1, '62, disch. disab.  Dec. 13, '62, Washington, D. C. See V. R. C.

Rahn, William J. Co. 1; age 33; enl.  May 9, '61; app. commis. sergt.  June 8, '62; must. out June 21, '64.

Richardson, James F. Co. G; age 19; b. Keene; res.  Nelson; enl.  Aug. 23, '61; disch.  Aug. 23, '64, near Petersburg, Va.; term exp.

Richardson, Samuel C. Co. K; age 36; enl.  Aug. 31, '61; disco. disab. Oct. 26, '62, Washington, D. C. Formerly in state service.

Ruffle, Benjamin F. Co. A; age 23; enl.  April 26, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; wd.  July 2, '63, Gettysburg; reenl.  Feb. 19, '64; app. sergt.  July 1, '64; must. out Dec. 19, '65.

Ruffle, Charles.  Co. H; age 32; enl.  Sept. 3, '61; reenl.  Feb. 19, '64; app. corp.  July 1, '64; must. out Dec. 19, '65.

Ruffle, George.  Co. A; age 29; b. Keene; res.  Stoddard; enl.  Aug. 8, '61; wd.  Aug. 29, '62, second Bull Run; disch. disab.  May 30, '63, Concord.

Ruffle, Josiah.  Co. A; age 19; enl.  Aug. 9, '61; transf to Co. K, Fourth U. S. Art.  Nov. 1, '62; reenl.  Feb. 11, '64; disch.  Feb. 11, '67, Fort Delaware, term exp.  See First N. H. Vols.

Ruffle, Samuel.  Co. H; age 32; enl.  Jan. 22, '62; died, dis. Aug. 15, '62, David's Island, N. Y. harbor.  See First N. H. Vols.

Salter, Antoine.  Co. H; age 23; enl.  Sept. 5, '61; captd.  June 30, '62, White Oak Swamp, Va.; died, dis.  Aug. 7, '62, near Richmond, Va.

Sherwin, Horace E. Co. A; age 20; enl.  May 6, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; must. out June 21, '64.

Southworth, Orlin R. Co. A; age 22; enl.  Aug. 19, '61; disch.  Aug. 24, '64, near Petersburg, Va., term exp.

Spaulding, Milan D. Co. C; age 19; res.  Sullivan; enl.  Sept. 10, '61; app. sergt.; reenl.  Jan. 1, '64, cred.  Keene; app. lst sergt.  July 1, '64, app.  1st lieut.  Nov. 4, '64; disch.  May 11, '65.

Spring, Joseph W. Band; age 29; enl.  July 22, '61, as first class muse.; must. out Aug. 8, '62, Harrison's Landing, Va.

Spring, William H. Co. A; age 19; enl.  April 30, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; killed July 2, '63, Gettysburg.

Stevens, Edward R. Co. K; age 31; res.  Concord; cred.  Keene; enl.  Dec. 3, '63; wd.  June 1, '64, Cold Harbor; disch. disab.  June 10, '65.

Streeter, Charles H. Co. C; age 18; res.  Troy, after the war, Keene; enl.  Sept. 5, '61; app. corp.; reenl.  Jan. 1, '64; app. sergt.  July 1, '64; lst sergt.  Nov. 30, '64; sergt. major, March 17, '65; 1st. lieut.  Co. A, May 1, '65; disch.  Aug. 16, '65.  See First N. H. Vols.

Sumner, Aaron B. Co. A; age 25; res.  Swanzey, after the war, Keene; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; app. corp.; app. sergt.  Jan. 10, '64; must. out June 21, '64.

Sumner, Alonzo D. Co. C; -age 18; enl.  Sept. 3, '61; disch. disab.  June 9, '63, Concord.  See V. R. C.

Sumner, David.  Co. C; age 44; enl.  Sept. 7, '61; disch. disab.  June 11, 162, Washington, D. C. See Fourteenth N. H. V.

Taft, Edward N. Co. A; age 27; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; killed May 5, '62, Williamsburg, Va.

Tallant, Charles H. Band; age 19; en].  July 22,161, as third class muse.; discb.  March 24, '62.  Supposed identical with Charles H. Tallant, U. S. navy.

Thatcher, Lucius.  Co. A; age 21; enl.  Sept. 4, '61; disch. disab.  Oct. 17, '62.

Thompson, Henry A. Co. H; age 40; enl.  Sept. 2, '61; disch. disab.  June 9, '63, Concord.  See V. R. C.

Thorning, William H. Co. A; age 21; res.  Winchester, after the war, Keene;  enl April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; disch.  May 30, '64, New York city, term exp.

Thurston, James.  Co. C; age 18; b. Keene; res.  Stoddard; enl.  Sept. 9, '61; deserted.

Tottingham, Charles N. Band; age 34; enl.  July 22, '61; must. as first class muse.; app. leader Sept. 1, '61; must. out Aug. 8, '62, near Harrison's Landing, Va.  See Second Brig. band, in which be enl.  Jan. 20, '63, as first class muse.; disch. disab.  Nov. 17, '63.

Turner, Gardner W. Co. A; age 25; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl. May 22, '61 for 3 yrs.; killed Aug. 29, '62, second Bull Run.

Walker, Albert R. Co. A; age 25; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; app. corp.  Aug. 1, '61; sergt.  June 1, '63; wd. sev.  July 2, '63, Gettysburg; transf to V. R. C. April 23, '64; disch.  June 7, '64, Washington, D. C., term exp.

Warner, John S. Co, A-, age 24; enl.  Sept. 4, '61 ; res.  Marlow, after the war, Keene; wd.  May 5, '62, Williamsburg, Va.; discb. wds.  Oct. 14, '62.

Watson, James.  Co. K; age 18; b. Eng.; cred.  Keene; enl.  Dec. 3, '63; wd. June 3, '64, Cold Harbor; ent.  Campbell Gen.  Hospital, Washington, D. C.; transf. to Philadelphia June- 10, '64.  No further record.

Wheeler, William C. Co. A; age 33; enl.  April 27, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; wd.  June 25, '62, Oak Grove, Va.; disch. wds.  Sept. 12, '62, Alexandria, Va.

Whipple, William.  Co. A; age 20; res.  Richmond, after the war, Keene; enl.  Aug. 5, '61; disch. disab.  July 9, '63, Concord.

White, Augustus C. Co. K; age 19; res.  Marlboro, after the war, Keene; enl.  Dec. 8, '63; disch.  May 22, '65, Concord.

White, Henry.  Co. A; age 20; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; died, dis.  Dec. 9, '61, Charles County, Md.

White, Shubael.  Co. A; age 51; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61 ' for 3 yrs - must. as muse.; app. prin. muse.  May 22, '61; disch. disab.  Sept. @5, '61, Bladensburg, Md.  See Sixth N. H. V. and V. R. C.

Whittemore, Daniel H. Co. A; age 25; enl.  April 25, '61, for 3 mos.; reenl.  May 22, '61, for 3 yrs.; wd.  July 21, '61, Bull Run, Va.; disch. disab.  Aug. 19, '61, Concord.

Wilber, William.  Co. I; age 27; enl.  Aug. 31, '61; wd.  June 3, '64, Cold Harbor; disch.  July 28, '65, Concord.

Willard, George H. Band; age 22; enl.  July 22, '61; must. as third class muse.; must. out Aug. 8, '62, near Harrison's Landing, Va.  Supposed identical with George H. Willard, Co. C., Fifth N. H. V.

Wright, Daniel.  Co. A; age 31; enl.  Aug. l,"61; disch. disab.  Oct. 12, '62, Alexandria, Va.  See Fourteenth N. H. V. Formerly in state service.

Immediately after the first battle of Bull Run, when the first wave of depression bad passed, the patriotism of the people rose to the highest pitch.  Men rallied to the defense of the government with alacrity and enthusiasm, and regiment after regiment was equipped and sent into the field.  Public meetings were held - frequently in the open air - and stirring speeches were made.  Keene voted to instruct its selectmen to raise $2,500 by loan for immediate use to aid the families of its volunteers.  Several recruiting offices were opened in Keene,- from one of which Officer Fred A. Barker sent forward fifty-four recruits on the 21st of August for the Third regiment, then organizing at Concord.  Lieut.  Samuel S. Quinn from the discharged First regiment had an office here and others in other towns; Sergt.  F. W. Cobb from the Second was recruiting far that regiment; Lieut.  H. T. H. Pierce, also from the First regiment, had an office in a tent on the common and recruited a company for the Fifth regiment; and Capt. Barker, from the Second, was also in the county on recruiting service for that regiment.