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Cdv of the Flag of the 8th New Hampshire Infantry
Cdv of the Flag of the 8th New Hampshire Infantry. Kimball and Son, Concord, NH b/m.
Minor mounting trace on center of the back, covering most of the b/m.

$595.00

The 8th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Manchester, New Hampshire, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on December 23, 1861, under the command of Colonel Hawkes Fearing, Jr..
The regiment was attached to Butler's New Orleans Expedition to March 1862. 1st Brigade, Department of the Gulf, to November 1862. Independent Command, Department of the Gulf, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XIX Corps, Department of the Gulf, to September 1863.
The 8th New Hampshire Infantry ceased to exist in December 1863 when its designation was changed to the 2nd New Hampshire Cavalry.