- Harvey Scott Joins the Army
- Historical Insights -- Military Advancements in the Civil War
22 August 1862
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| Harvey Scott 1862 Enlistment Civil War from Ancestry.com 2017 |
Harvey Scott enlists in the Civil War Army. He is 36 years old, starts off as a Private for New Hampshire, and apparently he died in the war. This record shows that he did not survive the war. He was in Company E, New Hampshire 10th Infantry Regiment with about 2 weeks training. The sentence "Mustered out on 30 Jan 1865" is when he died.
State of New Hampshire.
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| Harvey Scott Enlistment record from Fold3 |
- his name is Harvey Scott, he was born in Londonderry Vermont (notice the correction of the place name), and he is 36 years old.
- He was a Farmer
- He enlisted in Merrimack, 22 August 1862 as a private in the Militia of New Hampshire for three years.
- He is 5'9 1/2" tall, with blue eyes, brown hair and light complexion.
- Is this his signature? Let's look at this. The handwriting, again, looks like Spencerian penmanship. To be honest, it looks like the writing is uniform, and written by the same person, including Harvey's "signature" which wasn't too uncommon, I think. It seems as if Abram A. Sleeper, the Recruiting Officer filled out the form, then had Samuel C. Bartlett sign as the Justice of the Peace. So, unless I am mistaken, this would NOT be Harvey's signature.
Do you know anything about this? Did Harvey know how to write?
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From Ancestry.com's Historical Insights:
American Civil War -- Military Advancements
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| While a select few Confederates laid hands on the new weapons, most were issued traditional munitions. Unlike the North, which had factories to produce the arms, the South remained agrarian during the Civil War. |
During the American Civil War, new weaponry revolutionized battle. The repeating rifle with Minié balls that allowed soldiers to fire seven rounds in 30 seconds without reloading replaced the musket. The repeating rifle increased accuracy, extending the firing range from 80 yards to 1,000. Thus forces were spaced further apart on the battlefield and to protect themselves built extensive fortifications and trenches. Hand grenades and land mines also came into use during the war. However, the new explosives were finicky—sometimes Confederate soldiers used blankets to catch the incoming explosives and simply tossed them back to Union lines, where they exploded. From the skies, passenger balloons spied on enemy lines and from below, Confederate submarines attacked ironclad ships enforcing the Union blockade. Unfortunately, technological advancements outpaced medical innovation. The wounds caused by these new weapons were often deadly. In battle, modernized weapons proved harrowing. The sheer scale of fatalities and injuries was unmatched and, today, the Civil War remains the deadliest conflict in American history.
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One inventive weapon used by the Confederacy during the war was the Winans Steam Gun, which used steam instead of gunpowder to propel bullets. Only one was ever produced.
Railroad lines carried supplies and men across the North and South during the Civil War. Thus invading armies often targeted tracks to interrupt military transportation.
During the war, Confederate forces targeted Northern factories. In June of 1864, the Southern Army successfully blew up this D.C. arsenal and factory, killing 21.
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