30    NEW-HAMPSHIRE    GAZETTEER.

The first battle, of any note, the Eleventh participated in, was
that of Fredericksburg. They fought with unusual valor, for new
troops, and lost two hundred officers and men. In the spring of
1863, they were ordered to Kentucky. They staid in various parts
of that State till June 2, when they sailed for Vicksburg, and were
engaged in that siege till its capitulation, July 4, 1863. They took
a prominent part in the capture of Jackson, the capital of Missis-
sippi ; after which they again returned to Kentucky. From cen-
tral Kentucky, they performed a march of two hundred miles, over
an almost trackless mountain, to Knoxville, Tennessee. They were
engaged in that siege, under Gen. Burnside, and remained there till
Gen. Longstreet was driven out of East Tennessee and joined his
forces with Gen. Lee in Virginia.

In the spring of 1864, the Eleventh again joined the army of
the Potomac in Virginia, under Gen. Grant. They were engaged
in all the battles in their march to Richmond. In the battle of the
wilderness, Lieut. Col. Collins was killed and Colonel Harriman
was taken prisoner. They lost very heavily in all these battles, on
their march to the front of Petersburg. The Eleventh has seen a
large amount of hard service. There has been inscribed on their
banner, by order from the War Department, for meritorious con-
duct in battle, “ Fredericksburg, Jackson, East Tennessee, Wilder-
ness, Spottsyl vania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Weldon Railroad,
Poplar Grove Church, Hatcher’s Run, Petersburg.'’ This Regi-
ment was considered one of the best in the service—mustered out
June 4, 1865.

Twelfth Regiment. On the tenth day of August, 1862, the Gover-
nor of New-Hampshire gave permission and issued recruiting pa-
pers to raise and officer a Regiment in Belknap and Caroll counties,
provided it could be done in ten days.

In six days from the date of the recruiting papers, the Adjutant
General of the State was notified that ten full companies had been
raised. They were encamped at Concord for drill, prior to their
leaving for the seat of war.

The officers were Joseph H. Potter, Concord, Colonel; John F.
Marsh, Hudson, Lieutenant Colonel; George D. Savage, Alton,
Major ; Daniel S. Beede, Meredith, Adjutant; Isaac Winch, Mere-
dith. Quartermaster ; H. B. Fowler, Bristol, Surgeon; Charles W.
Hunt, Laconia, Assistant Surgeon, and Thomas L. Ambrose, Ossipee,
Chaplain.