REGIMENTS, OFFICERS, AC. 25
The Third New-IIanipshire Regiment was the next in the field.—- Enoch Q. Fellows, Sandwich, Colonel; John H. Jackson, Ports- mouth, Lieut. Colonel; John Bedel, Major; A. A. Moulton, Surg.
This regiment did good service in South Carolina and Virginia. They were in many a hard-fought battle and lost heavily in some of them. They were at James Island, Fort Wagner and its siege, Drurys Bluff, Half-way House, Bermuda Hundred, Deep Run, and several other battles. At the battle of Fort Wagner, they lost one hundred and four men, killed and wounded; at Deep Run, ninety-three. They stood high in the service as a brave and effi- cient regiment, and were an honor to the State. Mustered out, July 20, 1865.
The Fourth Regiment was organized at Manchester, and mus- tered into service in September, 1861.—The officers were Thomas J. Whipple, Laconia, Colonel; Louis Bell, Farmington, Lieut. Colonel; Jeremiah D. Drew, Salem, Major; Henry W. Fuller, Concord, Adjutant; and John L. Kelley, Manchester, Quarter- master.
y) The Fourth Regiment did good service in the field. When they
left New-Hampshire they went to Washington, and went into camp near Bladensburg Toll-gate. Nov. 29th, they arrived at Port Royal, S. C. The regiment remained in South Carolina about three months, when they sailed for Fernandina, arriving there, March 5, 1862. They performed valuable service in the South, and were in several battles before Richmond. We have not the records we could wish of the movements of this regiment through the war, but it was considered one of New-Hampshires best regi- ments. Mustered out, Aug 23, 1865.
The Fifth Regiment was organized at Concord, and mustered into service, October 26,1861. The officers were Edward E. Cross, Lancaster, Colonel; Samuel G. Langley, Manchester, Lieut. Colo- nel; William W. Cook, Derry, Major; Charles Dodd, Boston, Mass., Adjutant; Edmund M. Webber, Somersworth, Quarter- master; Luther M. Knight, Franklin, Surgeon; and Elijah R. Wilkins, Lisbon, Chaplain.
Through the winter of 1861-2, the Fifth were in the vicinity of Washington, on the Virginia side of the Potomac, doing picket and drill duty, and perfecting themselves for the coming spring campaign. On the fourth of April, they embarked at Alexandria for the Peninsula, and landed near Ship Point, Virginia, and went
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