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Post-war bust view, sporting a long, bushy beard. Printed on the bottom border of the mount is, “Corp’l. ORRIN BROCK, Co. E”. Photographer’s info on reverse: H.W. Osgood, Pittsfield, NH.. Period ink inscriptions on reverse: “Orrin Brock / Co E 2nd N.H. Vols. / Pittsfield”.
Overall good condition; light soiling & wear around edges.
Born in Barnstead, NH in 1842, Orrin Brock was an 18 year old resident of Pittsfield, NH when he enlisted on 5/21/61 as a Corporal. On 6/3/61 he mustered into Co. E, 2nd NH Infantry. Reduced to Private at his request on 8/8/61. Re-enlisted on 1/1/64. Discharged for disability on 2/17/65. Resided in Pittsfield after the war, dying there on 12/3/94. He is buried in Floral Park Cemetery in Pittsfield. [ld]
The Second New Hampshire Volunteers was attached to and joined the Department of Washington, June 23, 1861; Hooker's brigade, Army of the Potomac, August 12, 1861; First Brigade, Hooker's division, Army of the Potomac, October 3' 1861; First Brigade, Second Division, Third Army Corps, March 16, 1862; Department of the East, March 3,1863; Casey's division, Twenty-second Army Corps, May 27, 1863; Third Brigade, Second Division, Third Army Corps, June 14, 1863; District of St. Mary's, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, July, 1863; Second Brigade, Second Division, Eighteenth Army Corps, April 23,1864; Eighteenth Army Corps (Corps Headquarters), June, 1864; First Brigade, First Division' Eighteenth Army Corps, August 13, 1864; Department of Virginia and North Carolina, September 1'1864; Third Brigade, First Division, Eighteenth Army Corps, October 7, 1864; Third Brigade, Third Division, Twenty-fourth Army Corps,December 2, 1864; First Independent Brigade, Twenty-fourth Army Corps, July 10,1865;Department of Virginia, August, 1865. Sub-District of Essex, District
Northeast Virginia,
E N G A G E M E N T S
Bull Run,Va....................................July 21, 1861
Siege of Yorktown, Va............................May 4, 1862
Williamsburg, Va.................................May 5, 1862
Skirmish at Fair Oaks, Va......................June 23, 1862
Peach Orchard, Va..............................June 25, 1862
Glendale, Va...................................June 30, 1862
Malvern Hill, Va........................July 1, Aug. 5, 1862
Kettle Run, Va.................................Aug. 27, 1862
Bull Run (2nd).................................Aug. 29, 1862
Chantilly, Va..................................Sept. 1, 1862
Fredericksburg, Va.............................Dec. 14, 1862
Getteysburg, Va.................................July 2, 1863
Wapping Heights, Va............................July 23, 1863
Swift Creek, Va..................................May 9, 1864
Drewry's Bluff, Va..............................May 16, 1864
Cold Harbor, Va...............................June 1-9, 1864
Port Walthall, Va..............................June 16, 1864
Petersburg, Va......................Aug. 18 to Sept. 1, 1864
Reconnoissance near Williamsburg road, Va......Oct. 27, 1864
Richmond, Va., occupation of....................Apr. 3, 1865
Source: New Hampshire Soldiers & Sailors War of the Rebellion, Ayling
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