6th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry The 6th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 6th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Keene , New Hampshire , and mustered in for a three - year enlistment on November 27 , 1861 . The regiment was attached to Williams ' 4th Brigade , North Carolina Expedition , to April 1862 . Hawkins ' Brigade , Department of North Carolina , to July 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , IX Corps , Army of the Potomac , to March 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , IX Corps , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , IX Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to September 1863 . Bixby ' s Brigade , District of North Central Kentucky , 1st Division , XXIII Corps , Department of the Ohio , to February 1864 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , IX Corps , Army of the Potomac , to April 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , IX Corps , Army of the Potomac , to July 1865 . The 6th New Hampshire Infantry mustered out of service July 27 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left New Hampshire for Washington , D . C . , December 25 , 1861 . Expedition to Hatteras Inlet , N . C . , January 6 – 13 , 1862 , and duty there until March 2 . Moved to Roanoke Island March 2 and duty there until June 18 . Expedition to Elizabeth City April 7 – 8 . Battle of Camden , South Mills , April 19 . Expedition to New Berne June 18 - July 2 . Moved to Newport News , Va . , July 2 – 10 , and duty there until August 2 . Moved to Aquia Creek and Fredericksburg , Va . , August 2 – 7 . Pope ' s Campaign in northern Virginia August 16 - September 2 . Battles of Groveton August 29 ; Second Bull Run August 30 ; Chantilly September 1 . Maryland Campaign September – October . Battle of South Mountain , Md . , September 14 . Battle of Antietam , September 16 – 17 . Duty in Pleasant Valley , Md . , until October 27 . Movement to Falmouth , Va . , October 27 - November 19 . Corbin ' s Cross Roads , near Amissville , November 10 . Sulphur Springs November 14 . Battle of Fredericksburg , Va . , December 12 – 15 . Burnside ' s Second Campaign , " Mud March " , January 20 – 24 , 1863 . Moved to Newport News , Va . , February 11 ; then to Lexington , Ky . , March 26 - April 1 . To Winchester , then to Richmond , Ky . , April 18 . To Paint Lick Creek May 3 , and to Lancaster May 10 . Movement to Vicksburg , Miss . , June 3 – 14 , Siege of Vicksburg June 14 - July 4 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 4 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . At Milldale until August 5 . Moved to Cincinnati , Ohio , August 5 – 20 ; then to Nicholasville , Ky . Provost duty at Nicholasville , Frankfort , and Russellville until October 25 . Moved to Camp Nelson , Ky . , and provost duty there until January 16 , 1864 . Regiment veterans January 1864 , and on furlough January 16 to March 10 , when ordered to Annapolis , Md . Non - veterans at Camp Nelson , Ky . , until March . Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3 - June 15 . Battles of the Wilderness , Va . , May 5 – 7 ; Spotsylvania May 8 – 12 ; Spotsylvania Court House May 12 – 21 . Assault on the Salient at Spotsylvania Court House May 12 . North Anna River May 23 – 26 . On line of the Pamunkey May 26 – 28 . Totopotomoy May 28 – 31 . Cold Harbor June 1 – 12 . Bethesda Church June 1 – 3 . Before Petersburg June 16 – 19 . Siege of Petersburg June 16 , 1864 to April 2 , 1865 . Mine Explosion , Petersburg , July 30 , 1864 . Weldon Railroad August 18 – 21 . Poplar Springs Church September 29 - October 2 . Hatcher ' s Run October 27 – 28 . Garrison of Fort Alexander Hays until April 1865 . Appomattox Campaign March 28 - April 9 . Assaults on and fall of Petersburg April 2 . Occupation of Petersburg April 3 . Pursuit of Lee to Burkesville April 3 – 9 . Moved to Washington , D . C . , April 20 – 27 . Duty at Alexandria until July . Grand Review of the Armies May 23 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 418 men during service ; 10 officers and 177 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 3 officers and 228 enlisted men died of disease .