1st New Hampshire Heavy Artillery Volunteer Regiment

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1st New Hampshire Heavy Artillery Volunteer Regiment
Active	July 22, 1863-June 15, 1865
Country	United States of America
Allegiance	New Hampshire & Union
Type	volunteer

The First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery Regiment was an American Civil War regiment, first raised in 1863 for the defenses of Portsmouth Harbor in New Hampshire and Maine.

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The regiment began as a single company, mustered into service on 22 July 1863, and stationed at Fort Constitution. On 17 September 1863, a second company was mustered in, and stationed at Fort McClary in Kittery Point, Maine. They remained at these posts until the following spring when, on 6 May 1864, both companies were ordered to Washington, D.C., for the defense of the capital. In August 1864, Ira McL. Barton, the captain of Company B, requested further recruits, and by November of that year had the required number of companies to be organized into a proper regiment. They were assigned to different divisions around Washington. At the end of November, Battery A returned to Portsmouth Harbor, and Company B did the same the following February. On 15 June 1865, the regiment was mustered out, arriving in New Hampshire on the 19th for final pay and discharge.^[1]

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