Jonas Nutting Post, No. 53
New Ipswich, NH
Organized: after 1883 (not listed in report for that year)
Disbanded: 1918-1919 (listed in annual report of 1918, but not after this)
Named for Jonas Nutting, a New Ipswich resident and former captain of the local militia, who helped raise a company of troops in his town and from neighboring Rindge. He was commissioned first lieutenant of this unit, Company K of the 6th New Hampshire Infantry, on 30 Nov 1861, at age 56. He was discharged on 15 May '62. Four of his 5 sons would also serve in the Civil War, Charles S enlisted alongside his father in the 6th NH, but died of disease in March 62.
Jonas died in New Ipswich, NH on 20 June 1873, and was buried in the Smithville (aka South) Cemetery. His Find a Grave entry is: here
Disbanded: 1918-1919 (listed in annual report of 1918, but not after this)
Named for Jonas Nutting, a New Ipswich resident and former captain of the local militia, who helped raise a company of troops in his town and from neighboring Rindge. He was commissioned first lieutenant of this unit, Company K of the 6th New Hampshire Infantry, on 30 Nov 1861, at age 56. He was discharged on 15 May '62. Four of his 5 sons would also serve in the Civil War, Charles S enlisted alongside his father in the 6th NH, but died of disease in March 62.
Jonas died in New Ipswich, NH on 20 June 1873, and was buried in the Smithville (aka South) Cemetery. His Find a Grave entry is: here
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a repainted POST 53 GAR Marker
in Central Cemetery, New Ipswich, NH |
