. A history of the Eighth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers [electronic resource]: including its service as infantry, Second Cavalry, and Veteran Battalion in the Civil War of 1861-1865, covering a period of three years, ten months, and nineteen days . - department in which he was Xe\v Hampshire Voluxteers. 535 placed, making himself familiar with the dryest details ofofficial business. When off duty he was a genial com-panion, an adept at story telling and writing. From hisentrance to the drill squad, up through to his retirementfrom military life, he left behind him a broad swath ofi
. A history of the Eighth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers [electronic resource]: including its service as infantry, Second Cavalry, and Veteran Battalion in the Civil War of 1861-1865, covering a period of three years, ten months, and nineteen days . - department in which he was Xe\v Hampshire Voluxteers. 535 placed, making himself familiar with the dryest details ofofficial business. When off duty he was a genial com-panion, an adept at story telling and writing. From hisentrance to the drill squad, up through to his retirementfrom military life, he left behind him a broad swath ofinnocent fun which his admirers do not tire of stirring up. COL. DANA \V KING. and airing. If he gets through first and is cremated, eachand all of the remaining veterans of the Eighth NewHampshire will want a few ashes to wear in a locket asa continual charm. In regard to his military experience, he first enlisted inApril, 1861, in the First New Hampshire Volunteers;was appointed first corporal in Company F, and held that 536 History of the Eighth Regiment place through the three months service vi that to Nashua, he began at the city hall enlistingtroops for the Fifth Regiment, but finallv went out as sec-ond lieutenant of Company A of the Eighth. He waspromoted to first lieutenant on April 14, 1862. In thesame month he was appointed by Gen. Halbert E. Paineas ordnance officer, which position he held until after thecapitulation of Port Hudson. On August 8, 1864, he wasappointed aide-de-camp and assistant inspector-general onthe staff of J W McMillan, until relieved athis own request, on December 21, 1863, having
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