HISTORY OF THE 16th NEW HAMPSHIRE

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A very good copy, just small spotting on the front cover. Written by Regimental Adjutant L. T. Townsend, published in Washington by Townsend and H.L. Johnson in 1897, N.T. Elliott, printer and publisher. First Edition. Large octavo. Reddish brown cloth bound, embossed with gilt-lettered spine; floral endpapers; 574 pages; frontispiece, numerous illustrations. The regiment organized at Concord, NH, mustered in in October 1862 for nine-months service, and served in Louisiana with the 19th Corps: Duty at Carrollton and in the Defenses of New Orleans, La., till April, 1863. Operations on Bayou Plaquemine and the Black and Atchafalaya Rivers February 12-28. Operations against Port Hudson, La., March 7-27. Fort Burton, Butte a la Rose, April 19. At Fort Burton till May 30. Ordered to Port Hudson May 30, and assigned as guard at arsenal of Banks' Army at Springfield Landing June 3 to July 9. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Occupation of works till August 1. Moved to Concord, N. H., August 1-14. Mustered out August 20, 1863. The regiment lost heavily to sickness and disease, not as glorious to some as the battlefield, but here as often, even more deadly.  [sr][ph:L]

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