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REGIMENTS, OFFICERS, &C.    35

ter ; James D. Folsom, Surgeon; and George S. Barnes, Chaplain.

For some reason, never fully explained to the public, the Seven-
teenth was never filled up, but the men who enlisted were consoli-
dated with the Second New-Hampshire. The officers were mus-
tered out April 16, 1863, being in the U. S. service over three
months.¹

The Eighteenth Regiment was organized at Concord, in the fall of
1864. The officers were Thomas L. Livermore, Milford, Colonel;
J. M. Clough, New London, Lieut. Colonel; William I. Brown,
Fisherville, Major ; George F. Hobbs, Wakefield, Adjutant; Moses
T. Cate, Wolfeborough, Quartermaster; Samuel G. Dearborn,
Surgeon ; and Anthony C. Hardy, Chaplain.

The Rebellion being nearly ended the Eighteenth did not see
much service, but some companies did some hard fighting before
Petersburg in the spring of 1865. If the war had continued,
doubtless they would have been as good a regiment as there was in
the service. Mustered out June 10, 1865.    ^y

The New-Hampshire Battalion First New England Cavalry.—
The officers of this battalion were David B. Nelson, Manchester,
Major; George T. Crane, Adjutant.

This battalion did good service in the field, and was organized
in the fall and winter of 1861-2, They were in the battles of
Front Royal, Gettysburg, and many other skirmishes in their scout-
ing expeditions.

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In the fall of 1862 it was decided by the Governor and Council to raise
three regiments, viz., the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth, each regiment
to be raised from the respective Congressional districts, the Seventeenth com-
ing in the Third district. The records of the Adjutant General’s office show
that more than the requisite number of men, in tbe third district, had been
raised to fill this regiment; but the other districts failed to respond in full, and
the volunteers for the Seventeenth were, by the Adjutant General, placed in
the Fifteenth and Sixteenth, or enough to fill them up agreeably to the army
regulation. It having been deemed unadvisable, by Gov. Berry, to execute
the State drafting law, there was no way remaining, in the opinion of the Sec-
retary of War, but to consolidate the Seventeenth with some other regiment,
and the volunteers were ordered home for that purpose.

It is due the officers of the Seventeenth to say that the failure to fill the regi-
ment, after its depletion to fill the Fifteenth and Sixteenth, was in no wise
attributable to them, and that they used every exertion that the regiment be
accepted for service, as a detachment, or otherwise. A special order from the
Governor, was issued, complimentary to the officers for the degree of excel-'
lence manifested by the regiment in drill and discipline.