5th New Hampshire Infantry

Here on July 2, 1863, from 5 p.m. until 7, the 5th New Hampshire Volunteers stood and fought. Of 182 engaged, 31 were killed or mortally wounded, and total killed and wounded reached 81. Those killed or mortally wounded included 2nd Lieutenant Ruel G. Austin, Sergeants Oscar D. Allen, Samuel Dolbear, Charles H. Phelps, and William B. Welch, Corporals Charles F. Burrell, Edwin B. Gilley, George H. Hackett, Warren M. Parker, George W. Sylvester, Edward G.F. Stinson, and Joseph Tricky, and Privates Byron Bennett, Horace Bolio, Joseph Bond Jr., George H. Bucknam, James Burns, Joseph Craig, Charles A. Damon, Lucius Feeney, Andrew J. Foss, Samuel R. Green, Charles Kimball, George W. Kimball, Charles A. Lovejoy, Nathan B. Osmer, Eliph B. Stevens, Roland Taylor, Nathan B. Thompson, and Otis Thompson. On this spot, Colonel Edward E. Cross of the 5th New Hampshire Volunteers, commanding the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, fell mortally wounded that day.

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