Whipple, Thomas J. (1816-1889) Camp Sullivan. Headquarters of the fourth New Hampsire Regiment, general order No. 1.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03953.13 Author/Creator: Whipple, Thomas J. (1816-1889) Place Written: New Hampshire Type: Printed document Date: 21 September 1861 Pagination: 3 p. ; 35.4 x 42.8 cm. Order a Copy
Organizes the regiment, listing the officers, their positions and companies, and the arrangement of the regiment. Authorized by the command of Colonel Whipple and witnessed by Adjutant Henry W. Fuller. Eleazer L. Sarsons, the owner of the document, was listed as 3rd Sergeant in Company C. Made at Camp Sullivan.
Captain Eleazer Sarsons joined Company F, 4th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment as a private in 1861 and later served as the First Sergeant in the Company F, 4th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.
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