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TO THE MEMORY

OF

GEORGE HENRY CHANDLER,

LATE OF CONCORD,

ADJUTANT AND MAJOR

OF THE

NINTH NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS,

THIS VOLUME

IS

LOVINGLY AND RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY THE

SURVIVORS OF HIS REGIMENT.

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C. M. BLAISDELL, Chairman.

G. L. WAKEFIELD, Secretary. C. W. WILCOX, Treasurer.

INTRODUCTION.

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The survivors of the Ninth New Hampshire volunteers have experienced unusual difficulties in the preparation of their regimental history. Soon after the Rebellion it was the unanimous desire that such a volume should be compiled by George H. Chandler, but his death, August 12, 1883, prevented the fulfilment of this hope. By that unfortunate event his comrades deprived of the story which might have been told so well by their former major, a man of quick parts and of pre-eminent ability in military and civil life. They did not, however, abandon the enterprise, and John E. Mason, first lieutenant of Company D, was chosen historian in due time. He had made some progress, when in August, 1891, Herbert B. Titus was associated with him; but Death, intervening a second time, March 5, 1892, called away the lieutenant, and left to the associate the accomplishment of the unfinished task.

Comrade Titus had been colonel of the regiment during most of its service, and was, therefore, peculiarly qualified to meet the added responsibility. He bent to the work all his energies, including a remarkable genius for historical research. Regimental, company, and personal documents were collected, as well as those general and special orders of commanders of armies, corps, divisions, and brigades, pertaining to the campaigns in which the Ninth participated; diaries, letters, and monographs were obtained; there were meetings of comrades at various

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