This a poem about the Sixth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiment written by Frank A. Cargill, a Union veteran, written on 22 August, 1915. Frank Cargill had enlisted as a Private at the age of 14, and was mustered in as a substitute in Company G of the 6th New Hampshire Infantry on the 6 June, 1864. Records show that he was wounded at Petersburg, Virginia on 7 July, 1864, barely a month after he enlisted. Private Cargill was mustered out of the service with his unit on 17 July, 1865 at Alexandria, Virginia. Cargill went on to become a doctor and settled in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Dr. Cargill was active in the Grand Army of the Republic, and was the Department of Connecticut Commander in 1930. He died 2 March, 1932 at the age of 83. The seven page poem is made up of four line verses. The text is hand written in cursive, and for the most part easy to read. It is titled "To The Sixth New Hampshire" and a sample of the text reads as follows:

Half a century, adding four the nation knocked upon the door of staid New Hampshire to respond with valiant sons to save the bond

Their father's blood had signed and sealed that proud Old Glory might not yield from hill and dale:from farm and mill the boys came forth with sturdy will

The gallant Sixth from "A to K": a thousand strong in grand array brave comrades chosen to command and lead them on to Dixie land

Assigned to Burnside's floating corps bound for Carolina's shore baptized in Hatteras' angry surf the boys all longed for mother earth

On Ronoke Island's conquered soil on Camden's ground they crossed the foil then off to Newbern took their tread all except the sick and dead

and it continues like that until the last page. The poem ends "Dedicated to the Sixth New Hampshire" by Frank A. Cargill, M.D. Private Company G. It lists his address as 2 Brooklyn St, Rochester, N.Y. and is dated Aug. 22 1915. The content of the poem shows that of a man who has seen strife and sacrifice on the battlefield. The paper is lined and has turned a light brown in color. A single straight pin is used to hold the pages together. This will sure add to any Civil War document collection, even though it is only 104 years old!