Belgian Civil
War soldiers
in NEW HAMPSHIRE
Infantry
- 3rd New Hampshire
- Charles HALL from Belgium, credited to Concord
21; mustered 19 August 1863 as a substitute into Comp. G; deserted; wounded 13 May 1864, Drewry's Bluff, Va; arrested 3 June
1865 (place not stated); discharged 20 July 1865
- 4th New Hampshire
- Louis BLACK from Belgium, credited to Colebrook
Co. D; substitute; born Belgium; age 32; mustered Jan. 5, 1865 as Private;
mustered out Aug. 23, 1865
- Albert TANNEY from Antwerp, Belgium, credited to Bath
Co. K; substitute; age 25; mustered Apr. 1, 1865 as private; mustered out Aug.
23, 1865
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5th New Hampshire
- Pierre BOYLEAU born Belgium, credited to Amherst
Co F, 20; enlisted as substitute 5 Sept. 1864; mustered in 5 September 1864 as
private; deserted 15 October 1864, Petersburg, Virginia
- John SMITH born Belgium, residence Boston, Mass., credited to
Weare
Co K, 25; enlisted as substitute 2 September 1863; mustered in 2 September 1863
as private; discharged 19 April 1864, Point Lookout, Md
- 7th New Hampshire
- Cornelius ERB born Belgium, credited to Washington
Co. G; substitute, age 25; mustered Sept. 23, 1864 as Private; mustered out July
20, 1865. P.O. ad., Vicksburg, Miss.
- Charles MERTAUS born Belgium, credited to Hinsdale
Co. H; substitute; age 42; mustered Sept. 23, 1864 as Private; mustered out July
20, 1865
- Carl MYERS born Antwerp, Belgium, credited to Dover
Unassigned; age 36; mustered Jan. 30, 1865 as Private; borne on roll dated Feb.
11, 1865; not further report A.G.O.
- 8th New Hampshire
- Joseph FRENCH born Antwerp, Belgium, from New York City, credited
to Tamworth
Co. H; substitute; age 24; mustered Sept. 30, 1863 as Private; deserted Jan. 1,
1864, Franklin, Louisiana
- Edward METTIMUS born Antwerp, Belgium, from Manchester
Co. K; age 27; enlisted Oct. 8, 1861; mustered Dec. 20, 1861 as Private; wounded
and died, May 27, 1863, Port Hudson, Louisiana
- Augustus WHITE born Antwerp, Belgium, from New York, credited to
Manchester
Co. C; substitute; age 27; mustered Oct. 6, 1863 as Private; transfered to U.S.
Navy June 17, 1864 as a Seaman; served on U.S.S. "Choctaw" and "William G.
Anderson"; deserted Aug. 18, 1865
- 12th New Hampshire
- Edward BREDETT from Belgium, credited to Gilford
Co. I; age 34; musterd Jan. 5, 1864 as Private; deserted June 16, 1864, from De
Camp Gen. Hosp., David's Isl., N. Y. H.
Navy
- Ragamon BATTIS from Belgium, credited to Raymond
Substitute; age 32; enlisted Sept. 1 1864 for 3 years as Seaman; served
on U.S.S. "Vandalia", "Colorado", "Fort Jackson", "Montgomery", and
"Princeton"; last appears on roll of Princeton dated Sept. 30, 1865, no
further report Navy Dept.
- John GRAULS from Belgium, credited to Deerfield
Substitute; age 24; enlisted Aug. 12, 1864 for 3 years as a Seaman; served
on U.S.S. "Vandalia"; deserted Aug. 23, 1864 from Vandalia.
- Adrian A. PETERSON from Belgium, residence New Hampshire
app. Gunner Oct. 25, 1836; placed on retired list Dec. 21, 1863. Died July
27, 1871, Chelsea, Mass.
Sources :
- Child, William, A history of the Fifth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, in
the American Civil War, 1861-1865 : in two parts; Bristol, N.H.: R.W. Musgrove,
printer, 1893, 609 pgs.