. History of the Eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, 1864-5 . GEORGE R. JEFTS, COMPANY ASERG. CHARLES L. GREEN, COMPANY A MICHAEL DUFFEY, COMPANY APATRICK M. FOOT, COMPANY A UBUC Ll^ F. Personnel of the Eighteenth 19 occupation, age, and previous service of the members of theregiment shows that upon the whole the late enlistment inthis regiment was not a mark of late patriotism. Withoutdoubt numbers of the young men in enlisting recorded them-selves as being older than they were in fact, in order to avoidthe question of admission under the military age; but, takingthe ages as recorded, the 16
. History of the Eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, 1864-5 . GEORGE R. JEFTS, COMPANY ASERG. CHARLES L. GREEN, COMPANY A MICHAEL DUFFEY, COMPANY APATRICK M. FOOT, COMPANY A UBUC Ll^ F. Personnel of the Eighteenth 19 occupation, age, and previous service of the members of theregiment shows that upon the whole the late enlistment inthis regiment was not a mark of late patriotism. Withoutdoubt numbers of the young men in enlisting recorded them-selves as being older than they were in fact, in order to avoidthe question of admission under the military age; but, takingthe ages as recorded, the 167 at eighteen years had not reachedthe military age until 1864, while the 61 at nineteen years ofage had not reached it until September, 1863, and the 103 attwenty had not reached it until September, 1862. The totalof these numbers and the 188 who had served before is those who were of military age it is fair to assume thatquite as many had delayed enlisting from necessity or fromduty to others as had delayed without as good a for the men who waited for the chance to join a newregiment, not a great many of the Eighteenth are left who canbe suspected of havi
Size: 1761px × 1419px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectuniteds, bookyear1904
