Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
New Hampshire Camps
The Sons of Veterans (of the United States of America) was organized in 1881, their name being amended in 1925 to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. It received its federal charter in 1954, making it the legal heir of the Grand Army of the Republic. In New Hampshire, the first Camp was organized in 1882. The NH Department (early on called a division) held its first annual encampment in 1883.
The following list (camp name, number, and location) is incomplete, and will be amended as more data is found. Camps highlighted in color indicate an individual page written about them. Note: When a camp surrendered its charter, their number may have been reused when another camp was organized. In this case, a date will follow their entry below to show approximate year of existence.
The following list (camp name, number, and location) is incomplete, and will be amended as more data is found. Camps highlighted in color indicate an individual page written about them. Note: When a camp surrendered its charter, their number may have been reused when another camp was organized. In this case, a date will follow their entry below to show approximate year of existence.
W W Brown - 1 - Manchester
Elbridge E Webster - 2 - Lake Village (1884) Thomas B Leaver - 2 - Concord (1892) William S Leach - 3 - Meredith Village (1884) Gen John A Logan - 3 - Laconia (1887) John H. Varney - 3 - Milton (1897) Capt Thomas A Harris - 3- Portsmouth (1920) Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter - 3 - Portsmouth (1958) Dudley H Robinson - 4 Epping (1885) - 4 - Claremont (1893) Abraham Lincoln - 4 - Troy (1896) O W Keyes - 5 - Ashland (1884) Thomas Sanborn - 5 - Newport (1893) Louis Bell - 5 - Farmington (1899) Granite State - 5 - New Hampshire (1951) Charles W Canney - 5 - Rochester (2003) Abraham Lincoln - 6 - Derry Depot (1884) William H Hawkins - 6 - Meredith (1894) George L Adams - 6 - Greenville Elmer Hutchinson - 6 - Newport (ca 1946) Jeremiah S Durgin - 7 - Penacook/Boscawen (1894) Levi Dolloff - 8 - Gorham (1884) J N Patterson - 8 - Lebanon (1888) Gilbert F Dustin - 8 - Hopkinton/Contoocook (1897) Custer - 9 - Hampstead (1883) - 9 - Milan (1894) John Franklin Clark - 9 - Tilton (1896) Major McKinley - 9 - Lebanon O P Newcombe - 10 - Lisbon (1889) Col T A Barker - 10 - Keene (1897) Timothy Tilton - 10 - Laconia (1898) Gen S G Griffin - 10 - Keene (1901) Evarts W Farr - 11 - Littleton B F Fellows - 11 - Center Sandwich (1897) Capt J H Johnson - 11 - Deerfield (1911) George W Chandler - 11 - Antrim Henry L Richards - 12 - Portsmouth W P Ham - 13 - Sandwich Maj James M Davis - 13 - Berlin Falls (1889) Stephen J Wentworth - 14 - Great Falls (Somersworth) - 15 - Northwood (1898) Thomas M Carr - 15 - Hillsborough (1902) Col Alfred F Holt - 16 - South Lyndeboro R O Wright - 17 - Plymouth J Q A Warren - 18 - Nashua - 19 - Danville Capt A S Libby - 19 - Wolfeboro (1898) Joseph Everett - 20 - Chester (1889) S P Carbee - 20 - North Haverhill (1904) Dr Marshall Perkins - 20 - Marlow (1905) George Norwood - 21 - Winchester (1889) Edwin N Taft - 21 - Winchester (1891) Edwin R Cutter - 21 - Jaffrey (1904) Winfield - 22 - Newmarket James H Osgood - 22 - Suncook A J H Buzzell - 23 - Dover John H Streeter - 24 - Swanzey Moses H Savage - 24 - Alton Grant - 25 - Winchester |
Charles B Woodford - 25 - Franklin Falls (1893)
- 26 - East Northwood David R Rays - 26 - Claremont Phil Sheridan - 27 - Hinsdale Lieut George S Cobb - 28 - Exeter Charles W Canney - 29 - Rochester (1894) John J Hanson - 30 - Newmarket (1907) Gen S G Griffin - 30 - Keene (see #10) John G Walker - 31 - West Stewartstown (1888) Joseph Mead - 31 - Glen (1907) John W Folsom - 32 - Ossipee Major Stephen R Swett - 32 - Elkins (1908) Charles L Fuller - 33 - Peterboro Charles H Farley - 33 - Hollis (1912) Capt H G Sherman - 34 - Claremont (1889) Martin A Haynes - 34 - Laconia/Lakeport Frank W Butler - 35 - Bennington L E Robbins - 36 - East Jaffrey (1889) Col W S Pillsbury - 36 - Derry Stephen W Wheeler - 37- New Ipswich (1889) Benjamin Cline - 37 - Lyme Centre (1909) John W Spaulding - 38- Milford William Eastman - 39 - Whitefield Capt. Asa W Bartlett - 39 - Pittsfield C Francis Adams, Jr - 40 - East Derry Lieut M Johnson - 41 - Candia Dr Ben Crosby - 42 - Hanover Alfred N Dow - 42 - Seabrook David Proctor - 43 - Wilton (1889,'91) Albert P Gage - 43 - Wilton William Quimby - 44 - Kingston (1889) Eliphalet Jones - 45 - Weare Col H W Blair - 46 - Piermont George A Adams - 47 - Greenville Walter P Straw - 48 - Hillsboro Bridge William B Luey - 49 - Colebrook - 50 - Haverhill (1889) Gen Wentworth - 51 - Conway (1890) Col Mason W Tappan - 52 - Bradford (1890) Marcus M Collis - 53 - Portsmouth A C Wiggin - 54 - Wolfeboro (1891) Samuel A Simonds - 55 - Goffstown (there were no camps #56-59) Gilman E Sleeper - 60 - Salem E T Pease - unknown camp # - Rochester Camps still in operation
W.W. Brown - 1 - Manchester Charles W Canney - 5 - Rochester J.S. Durgin - 7 - Boscawen Major McKinley - 9 - Lebanon S.G. Griffin - 10 - Keene Gilman E. Sleeper - 60 - Salem |
LIST UPDATED: 02 Feb 2021
Sources include:
- New Hampshire Department SUVCW Roster: 1939, 1946, 1949-54
- various city and town directories
- various local NH newspapers
- Veteran Soldiers and Sailors Handbook (1889), pg 169
- Roster of the New Hampshire Division, Sons of Veterans U. S. A., Head-quarters, Dover, N.H., 1891 & 1892
- New Hampshire Department SUVCW Roster: 1939, 1946, 1949-54
- various city and town directories
- various local NH newspapers
- Veteran Soldiers and Sailors Handbook (1889), pg 169
- Roster of the New Hampshire Division, Sons of Veterans U. S. A., Head-quarters, Dover, N.H., 1891 & 1892