The badge of the Ninth Corps, in which the 6th New Hampshire served for most of the war. |
Many of the CDVs were identified and signed. Most were original
members and officers of the regiment, which came together in Keene in late 1861.
Like John S. Smith, the subject of my last post, most of those who survived stayed in
the regiment till the end of the war.
My guess is that these CDVs were once the collection of one
of the officers. It has been interesting over the years to learn more about
them and, through them, the 6th New Hampshire.
The 6th appears in a few
chapters of Our War. The main one
tells the story of the drowning of the wives of three officers in August 1862
as they were moving with members of the regiment by steamer just before the second
Bull Run battle.
Robert H. Potter was only 18 when he joined the 6th as a private. He suffered a bad wound at Poplar Springs Church, Va., on Oct. 1, 1864, but was an officer in the regiment at war's end. |
Maj. Samuel D, Quarles of Ossipee was badly wounded at Spottsylvania in May 1864 but survived the war. |
Gilmore McL. Houston of Plymouth, N.H., was quartermaster of the 6th. |
Charles C. Chesley of Concord enlisted at 18 as a private and was wounded at Fredericksburg and Poplar Springs Church. He finished the war as an officer. |
Sydney B. Higgins, a 20-year-old private from Chesterfield, N.H., was a lieutenant by war's end. |
Just doing some research online and saw this post (thaks for putting this up). I own Lt. Shepards 1862 diary and a NH in the rebellion book owned by Chalres Chesley. Let me know if you still have these! Thanks, Paul Russinoff
ReplyDeleteHi, Paul. My 6th CDVs are now at the New Hampshire Historical Society. Any chance you would share a scan of the Shepard diary with me? Thanks for considering.
DeleteMike, I think I can get. PDF of the diary together. Where can I send it?
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