CIVIL WAR GENERAL PETERSBURG COLONEL 11th NH INFANTRY GOVERNOR DOCUMENT SIGNED !

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Here’s a Civil War Era 1865 Document Signed by Two (
2
) Governors of New Hampshire – one a Civil War General:
WALTER HARRIMAN
(1817 - 1884)
CIVIL WAR UNION BVT BRIGADIER GENERAL,
EXCHANGED PRISONER OF WAR COLONEL and COMMANDER OF THE “
HARD-FIGHTING
” 11
th
NEW HAMPSHIRE INFANTRY
&
RECONSTRUCTION ERA GOVERNOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Harriman was taken prisoner by the Confederates at the Battle of the Wilderness during the Overland Campaign (May 1864).
He was later exchanged and commanded a Brigade in the IX Corps at the Battle of Petersburg
!
-And-
FREDERICK
SMYTH
(1819 - 1899)
CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION ERA GOVERNOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 1865-1867
REPUBLICAN MAYOR OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE – THE 6
th
and 12
th
MAYOR HOLDING OFFICE FROM 1852-1854 and 1864
&
CITY CLERK OF MANCHESTER 1849-1851
Governor Smyth worked to organize New Hampshire's wartime finances, which were in substantial disarray because of Civil War expenditures. He put New Hampshire's credit on a sound financial footing, equal to that of any other state, and "mustered out" soldiers remaining in wartime military units.
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HERE’s a CIVIL WAR ERA DOCUMENT SIGNED by SMYTH as GOVERNOR, and 2x by HARRIMAN as SECRETARY OF STATE – An appointment of P. Brainard Cogswell as a Justice of the Peace for the County of Merrimack, 1p., folio, dated at Concord, New Hampshire, July 5
th
1865.
The document measures 15½” x 11” and is in very fine condition.
A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO YOUR CIVIL WAR
“
GENERALS IN BLUE
”
and NEW HAMPSHIRE POLITICAL HISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION!
BIOGRAPHY OF THE HONORABLE
GENERAL WALTER HARRIMAN
Walter Harriman
(April 8, 1817 – July 25, 1884) was an
American
preacher, merchant, soldier, and politician who served two terms as the
Governor of New Hampshire
. He was a
brevet
brigadier general
in the
Union Army
during the
American Civil War
.
Harriman was born in
Warner, New Hampshire
, where he was raised and educated. He taught school at a number of academies in
New Hampshire
,
Massachusetts
, and
New Jersey
from 1835 through 1840. While teaching, he studied theology and in 1840 joined the
Universalist Church
. He later preached in
Harvard, Massachusetts
, and his native Warner.
In 1849, Harriman entered politics as a
Democrat
and was elected to the New Hampshire
state legislature
, serving through 1850. The following year, he resigned as a minister and opened a store in Warner, partnering with
John S. Pillsbury
, a future
Governor of Minnesota
and industrialist. In 1853, Harriman returned to politics and served as
State Treasurer
until 1854 when he moved to
Washington, D.C.
, to take the role as Clerk of the Pension Office, a
patronage
position which he held until 1856 when President
James Buchanan
took office and replaced Harriman with his own selection.
Harriman returned to New Hampshire and was elected to the state legislature in 1858. He was subsequently elected to the state senate, serving there from 1859 through 1861. Upon the completion of his term, he entered the newspaper business as an editor in
Manchester, New Hampshire
.
Civil War
In 1862, Harriman was appointed
colonel
of the 11th New Hampshire, a newly raised three-years
regiment
of
infantry
. He led his regiment from
Cincinnati, Ohio
, across the rugged
Cumberland Plateau
of
Kentucky
and
Tennessee
to join
Maj. Gen.
Ambrose Burnside
's army in
Knoxville, Tennessee
. Harriman had no horse and walked with his men. During this 20-day journey, Harriman and his regiment camped for several days on the
Emory River
in Tennessee near the future location of the city of Harriman. (The directors of the company that later founded the city there decided to name it for him after having a conversation with an elderly man who fondly remembered Colonel Harriman and recalled the colonel saying that there should be a town near his regiment's campsite.)
He interrupted his military service to run as a
War Democrat
in the 1863 gubernatorial campaign. He siphoned off enough regular Democratic votes to give the election to
Republican
candidate
Joseph A. Gilmore
. Harriman rejoined the 11th New Hampshire in time for the
Battle of the Wilderness
during the
Overland Campaign
. He was captured and sent south as a
prisoner of war
. He was exchanged in September 1864, and mustered out as a
Brevet
brigadier general
in June 1865.
Postbellum career
Following the Civil War's conclusion in early 1865, Harriman joined the Republican Party and served as the
New Hampshire Secretary of State
until 1867, when he was elected as the state's governor. Harriman served two terms as Governor of New Hampshire from 1867 to 1869. Governor Harriman urged the public and the legislature to develop New Hampshire's agricultural, industrial and forest resources, in order to develop a post-war economy. He was very concerned with the education of post-war citizens of the state, and he signed an act creating teacher institutes. He personally drafted a law to get education out from under county commissioners, and he established an education fund with monies from the sale of state lands.
In retirement, Harriman served as Naval Officer for the Port of Boston until 1877. He published his
History of Warner
in 1879, and then traveled to
Europe
and the
Far East
from 1882–83. He published
Travels and Observations in the Far East
in 1883.
Walter Harriman died the following year in
Concord, New Hampshire
and was buried in Warner.
In the early 1890s Harriman's son, Walter C. Harriman, was one of the founders of the city of
Harriman, Tennessee
, which is named for Governor Harriman.
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The
11th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment
was a
Union army
infantry
regiment
that participated in the
American Civil War
. It was raised in the
New England
state of
New Hampshire
, serving from October 4, 1862, to June 4, 1865.
On September 2, 1862, the regiment was organized and mustered in at
Concord, New Hampshire
. Among its notable officers was
Walter Harriman
, a future
Governor of New Hampshire
.
From September 11 to 14, 1862, the 11th moved to
Washington, D.C.
It was attached to Briggs' Brigade, Casey's Division, Military District of Washington, until October 1862, and then to the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division,
9th Army Corps
,
Army of the Potomac
, until March 1863. From then, its assignments were:
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps,
Dept. of the Ohio
, to June 1863.
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps,
Army of the Tennessee
, to August 1863.
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to April 1864.
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1865.
The regiment lost during its term of service 5 officers and 140 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded, and 1 officer and 151 enlisted men by disease, for a total of 297 fatalities.
E N G A G E M E N T S .
White Sulphur Springs, Va.
Nov. 15, 1862
Fredericksburg, Va.
Dec. 13, 1862
Siege of Vicksburg, Miss.
June 15 to July 4, 1863
Jackson, Miss.
July 1O-17,1863
Siege of Knoxville, Tenn.
Nov. 17 to Dec. 4,1863
Strawberry Plains, Tenn.
Jan. 21, 1864
Wilderness, Va.
May 6, 1864
Spottsylvania, Va.
May 9-18 1864
North Anna River, Va.
May 23-27, 1864
Totopotomoy, Va.
May 28,31, 1864
Bethesda Church, Va.
June 2, 3, 1864
Cold Harbor, Va.
June 5-12, 1864
Siege of Petersburg, Va.
June 16, 1864, to Apr. 3, 1865
Petersburg (assault at the Shand House),
Va.
June 17, 1864
Mine Explosion, Petersburg, Va.( assault)
July 30, 1864
Weldon Railroad, Va.
Aug. 18,19,21, 1864
Poplar Springs Church, Va.
Sept. 30, 1864
Hatcher's Run, Va.
Oct. 27, 1864
Petersburg, Va.
Apr. 1-3, 1865
Source:
New Hampshire Soldiers & Sailors War of the Rebellion, Ayling
BIOGRAPHY OF THE HONORABLE
FREDERICK SMYTH
Frederick Smyth
(March 9, 1819 - April 22, 1899) was a banker, railroad executive, and politician from Manchester, New Hampshire. Born in 1819 in Candia, New Hampshire, he became City Clerk of Manchester at the age of 30. A Republican, he served four terms as mayor of Manchester from 1852 to 1854 and again in 1864, and was twice elected Governor of New Hampshire.
Around 1838, he and Thomas Wheat began running a country store in Candia under the name of Wheat and Smyth. The store was owned by Wheat's father. They soon left to attend Phillips Andover Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Financial difficulties forced them to leave Phillips Academy after one term.
Smyth moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, where he found a job working for George Porter in Porter's general store and mercantile business. After three years, Smyth was made a partner in the business.
On December 11, 1844, Smyth married Emily Lane of Candia, daughter of John Lane and Nabby Emerson. Emily Lane Smith died on January 14, 1885. Smyth's second wife was Marion Hamilton Cossar of Manchester, daughter of James Cossar and Jessie Finlay. They were married while in Scotland.
He continued to be a merchant until 1849, when he sold his share of the business following his election to the post of Manchester city clerk, at the age of 30.
He was reelected to that post in 1850 and 1851. In 1852, he was elected to his first term as mayor of Manchester. He was reelected in 1853 and 1854.
Many of the decisions he made as mayor remain today, including many "firsts," including overseeing the construction of the city's first highways, the first water and sewer systems, the first sidewalks, and streetlights. He is credited with the idea to plant trees along city streets to provide shade and maintain the natural beauty of the city.
In 1857 and 1858, he was a member of the New Hampshire General Court, representing Manchester's Ward 3.
He was active in the New Hampshire Agriculture Society, serving as treasurer for 10 years. He was a director in the American Agriculture Society and a vice-president of the American Pomological Society. He served as one of the commissioners on the part of the General Government of New Hampshire at the International Exhibition of 1862, in London.
When Abraham Lincoln visited the state in 1860, Smyth introduced him to a crowd as the "next president of the United States".
As governor
He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Hampshire in 1860, but was elected in 1865, and again in 1866.
Smyth's terms as governor were consumed by efforts to straighten out the state's wartime finances, which were in substantial disarray because of Civil War expenditures. He borrowed .2 million to fund the state's war debt, and settled all state claims against the federal government on terms favorable to the state. He is credited with putting New Hampshire's credit on a sound financial footing, and "mustered out" soldiers remaining in wartime military units.
He oversaw a revision of state statutes, and was a strong supporter of passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to he United States Constitution (passed 1868), which guarantees due process and equal protection to all United States citizens. He also undertook to restore fish to certain state rivers, and he began publication of state papers.
Founding of the University of New Hampshire
On July 7, 1866, during his second term as governor, Smyth signed a bill providing for the incorporation of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Smyth had advocated legislation to create the school in his inaugural address. The bill provided that the college be established as part of Dartmouth College and that it should be governed by a nine-member board of trustees.
The agricultural college was originally located in Hanover, New Hampshire. In 1893, it moved to Durham, New Hampshire and became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. On July 19, 1866 the trustees appointed Smyth a trustee of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. He continued to serve as a trustee until October 7, 1897. At the first meeting of the board, on September 28, 1866, he was elected treasurer. He held the post until August 20, 1895 when he relinquished the post due to ill health. On April 10, 1895, Smyth was elected president of the board. However, business commitments and declining health prevented him from ever presiding as president, even though he held the post until his term as a trustee expired in 1897.
The Smyth Prize In addition to his service as a trustee, Smyth established and provided funds for the Smyth Prize for Writing, Reading and Elocution for students of the agricultural college. The Smyth Prizes were awarded from 1881 until 1904. After Smyth's death in 1899, the prize money came from provisions in his will and then was funded by his wife, Marion C. Smyth. Prizes ranged from to . The essay and elocution competitions were open to the senior and middle class while the reading competition was only open to first-year students.
Civic involvement
Smyth served as one of the board of managers of the National Homes for Disabled Soldiers. He was a delegate-at-large to the 1872 Republican national convention, and President Hayes appointed him honorary commissioner to the 1878 International Exposition at Paris. Smyth was a principal stockholder and president of the Concord and Montreal Railroad. He was a trustee of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and served as president of the New Hampshire Orphans' Home at Franklin.
He died in Manchester on April 22, 1899, at the age of 80. He is buried there at Valley Cemetery, where his family has one of the cemetery's 13 mausoleums. Some sources say he died at his winter home in Hamilton, Bermuda.
Smyth's name was honored when, in 1949, Smyth's wife Marion C. Smyth founded the Smyth Trust. The trust provides scholarships to music students in the greater Manchester, New Hampshire area.
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