History of the Seventeenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. 1862-1863By order of the Seventeenth New Hampshire veteran association, 1898 - 325 pages |
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... [ Gettysburg ] they " stood firmly shoulder to shoulder with the familiars of fifteen battles fighting as valiantly . " Thus it appears that like most of New Hampshire's 33,000 soldiers whose labors , sufferings , perils or deaths ...
... [ Gettysburg ] they " stood firmly shoulder to shoulder with the familiars of fifteen battles fighting as valiantly . " Thus it appears that like most of New Hampshire's 33,000 soldiers whose labors , sufferings , perils or deaths ...
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... Gettysburg · 103 XXII . Comrade Whipple's Diary 109 XXIII . XXVI . Mustered Out XXIV . In Memoriam XXV . The Colonel's Conclusions The Adjutant's Report XXVII . The Quartermaster's Returns XXVIII . The Surgeon's Diagnosis 115 . 119 121 ...
... Gettysburg · 103 XXII . Comrade Whipple's Diary 109 XXIII . XXVI . Mustered Out XXIV . In Memoriam XXV . The Colonel's Conclusions The Adjutant's Report XXVII . The Quartermaster's Returns XXVIII . The Surgeon's Diagnosis 115 . 119 121 ...
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... Gettysburg , in which they participated as a part of the Second New Hampshire ; and , says Senator Proctor , they " were thanked by Colonel Bailey , for the disciplined valor they displayed in that decisive battle of the war , by a ...
... Gettysburg , in which they participated as a part of the Second New Hampshire ; and , says Senator Proctor , they " were thanked by Colonel Bailey , for the disciplined valor they displayed in that decisive battle of the war , by a ...
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... Gettysburg , and eliciting a special order of commendation from the colonel of that regiment at the expiration of their time of service . " The commissioned officers of the Seventeenth used all honorable exertions to fill the ranks ...
... Gettysburg , and eliciting a special order of commendation from the colonel of that regiment at the expiration of their time of service . " The commissioned officers of the Seventeenth used all honorable exertions to fill the ranks ...
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... Gettysburg campaign they were thanked in special orders by Colonel Bailey of the Second , with special reference by him to Colonel Kent , for their sol- dierly qualities and bravery . Colonel Kent was commissioned to raise a regiment ...
... Gettysburg campaign they were thanked in special orders by Colonel Bailey of the Second , with special reference by him to Colonel Kent , for their sol- dierly qualities and bravery . Colonel Kent was commissioned to raise a regiment ...
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