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the immediate supervision of Gen. Joseph C. Abbott. The officers
were Halderman S. Putnam, Cornish, Colonel; Joseph C. Abbott,
Manchester, Lieut. Colonel; Daniel Smith, Dover, Major; Thomas
A. Henderson, Dover, Adjutant; Andrew H. Young, Dover, Quar-
termaster ; William W. Brown, Manchester, Surgeon ; and James
C. Emerson, Fisherville, Chaplain.

The Seventh moved from Manchester to New York, Jan. 16,1862.
Feb. 13 they sailed for Tortugas, then they went to Beaufort, then
to St. Augustine and Fernandina, Florida. In June, 1863, they
sailed for Hilton Head. Up to this date they had done picket, gar-
rison and fatigue duty the larger portion of the time, and being in
a malarious country, they had lost nearly two hundred men. The
first battle of any importance they were engaged in, was the unsuc-
cessful assault on Fort Wagner, S. C. In this attack, Col. Putnam,
Capt. Brown, Lieuts. Baker, Cate, Bennett, and Brown were killed,
and four more officers died within a few days after the battle. Their
whole loss in killed and wounded was two hundred and twelve
men.

On the 20th of December, they were again ordered to Florida,
and placed under command of Gen. Seymour. February 20 the
whole of Seymour’s forces moved towards Lake City. After a
march of fourteen miles they met the enemy in force at Olusta,
and a fierce battle ensued, in which the northern forces were de-
feated. In this engagement the Seventh lost 209 men, in killed
wounded and missing. May first they were ordered to Virginia,
and landed at Bermuda Hundred, May 6, 1864. They were en-
gaged in many of the battles before Richmond, mostly on the
north side of James River, and lost many valuable officers and
men. Although in not quite as many battles as some of the New-
Hampshire regiments, they faced the enemy with as much courage
and fought with as much determination to secure victory as any
regiment in the service. Mustered out July 20, 1865.

The Eighth Regiment went into camp at Manchester and was
mustered into service of the United States, December 23, 1861.

The officers of this Regiment were Hawks Fearing, Jr., Man-
chester, Colonel; Oliver W. Lull, Milford, Lieut. Colonel; Mor-
rill B. Smith, Concord, Major ; Orrin M. Head, Exeter, Adjutant;
Charles A. Putney, Manchester, Quartermaster; Samuel G. Dear-
born, Milford, Surgeon (but resigned); and Daniel P. Cilley, Farm-
ington, Chaplain.