5TH NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER'S WARRANT — CORPORAL DAVID D. HALL, COMPANY I — SIGNED BY LT. COL. RICHARD E. CROSS AND ADJUTANT E. H. MARSTON, POINT LOOKOUT, MD., 1863

5TH NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER'S WARRANT — CORPORAL DAVID D. HALL, COMPANY I — SIGNED BY LT. COL. RICHARD E. CROSS AND ADJUTANT E. H. MARSTON, POINT LOOKOUT, MD., 1863

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Partly printed non-commissioned officer's warrant, "The Commanding Officer of the 5th Regiment of New Hampshire Vols. — To all who shall see these presents, greeting," with an engraved spread-eagle and shield vignette beneath an E Pluribus Unum ribbon, set off by ornamental calligraphic headings. Completed in manuscript, appointing David D. Hall Corporal in Company I of the 5th Regiment of New Hampshire Vols. in the service of the United States, to rank as such from the 1st day of November 1863. Given at the headquarters of the regiment at Point Lookout, Md., on the 21st day of November 1863. Signed "Richard E. Cross, Lt. Col., Commanding the Regiment," and countersigned "E. H. Marston, Lieut., Adjutant of the Regiment." Printed form number "A.G.O. No. 103" at lower left. Approx. 9 x 14 in.

Colonel Edward E. Cross's "Fighting Fifth." Fox's Regimental Losses credits the 5th New Hampshire with the heaviest battle deaths of any regiment in the Union army — 295 killed or mortally wounded, 18 officers and 277 enlisted men — with killed and wounded together numbering 1,051. The regiment fought on the Peninsula, at Antietam, at Fredericksburg in the assault on Marye's Heights, at Chancellorsville, and at Gettysburg, where Colonel Cross fell mortally wounded in the Wheatfield on July 2 while commanding the brigade. Reduced to a remnant, the regiment was refilled in New Hampshire and in November 1863 took post at Point Lookout, Md., guarding the newly established prison camp for Confederate enlisted men. This warrant was issued there within weeks of the regiment's arrival.

Richard E. Cross, younger brother of Col. Edward E. Cross, was promoted lieutenant colonel in July 1863 following his brother's death, and served as second in command under Col. Charles E. Hapgood throughout the Point Lookout posting. Elias H. Marston rose from the ranks; as Sergeant Major he is named among those who particularly distinguished themselves on July 2 at Gettysburg in the regiment's report published in the Official Records, Vol. 27. By November 1863 he was the regiment's adjutant.

A scarce regiment to find in paper, with both signatures tied to the Cross family's command of the Fighting Fifth.

CONDITION

Original folds with fold lines through the text; light, even toning; scattered spotting and light soiling; ink smudging where the regimental number is entered over the vignette; faint blue offset in the lower right blank; light edge wear. Manuscript entries and signatures clear and legible.   [ss] [ph:L]

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