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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.

Whipple, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1816-1889
Fuller, Henry William, 1838-1885
Sarsons, Eleazer L.,1836-?

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