Sleeper, Gilman E. (b. 1830) [Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons to 1st Sergeant in Company C of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03953.14 Author/Creator: Sleeper, Gilman E. (b. 1830) Place Written: Folly Island, South Carolina Type: Printed document signed Date: 1 May 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25 x 37.4 cm. Order a Copy
Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons as 1st Sergeant in Company C of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment. Printed document signed by Gilman E. Sleeper as lieutenant colonel of the regiment and Harvey F. Wiggin as lieutenant and acting adjutant. Docket on verso.
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.
Gilman E. Sleeper of Salem, New Hampshire, enlisted as a captain on 18 September 1861 at the age of 30, was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 16 May 1862, and discharged from Company C, 4th Infantry Regiment New Hampshire on 27 November 1863.
Harvey F. Wiggin enlisted in Company A, 4th Infantry Regiment New Hampshire as a private on 29 August 1861, transferred to company E on 17 January 1862, was promoted to full lieutenant 2nd class on 17 January 1862, transferred to company I on 25 October 1862, was promoted to full lieutenant 1st Class on 25 October 1862, promoted to full adjutant on 12 September 1864, and discharged on 25 October 1864.
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