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16th Regiment at the Weirs

3/19/2019

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16th Regiment at the Weirs
- click on photo to enlarge image; from personal collection (S Dow)
In this undated photograph, Civil War veterans (their spouses, widows and/or family members) of the 16th New Hampshire Infantry gather at their ​​regimental building located in the N.H. Veteran's Association complex at The Weirs in Laconia. Many of the men can be seen wearing GAR medals, as well as the NHVA Reunion (rectangle shaped) badges. Some of the women had Woman's Relief Corps (the auxiliary to the GAR) medals as well. On the back was written: "Mother Webber, Bernard, Andy Holt + wife, John Carkin", though there was no indication of where these people were standing in the above photo.

Mother Webber was probably Maria L. (Taggart), widow of Brooks K. Webber of Company I (16th NH). They had a son named Bernard born 1895, who may be the young man in the third row centered between flags. Brooks died in 1903, so this photo may in 1910's, based on Bernard's age in picture.

Andrew "Andy" Holt, a sergeant in Company G, was a Lyndeborough resident. His wife was Abby J, whose obituary mentioned she was a member of the Woman's Relief Corps, and she died in 1916. Andy passed away in 1924.

John C. Carkin was also a Lyndeborough native, and he had served in Company H. He died in 1923.

The New Hampshire Veteran's Association was originally made up of Civil War veterans, and was formed in 1875 (in Manchester, NH). Their second reunion was held at Weirs Beach (or The Weirs) in 1878, where they continued to hold their encampments in the decades to come. Land was donated the following year, and buildings were constructed to house the veterans of the individual NH regiments.

Read more about the location here:
http://weirsbeach.com/reasons-tovisit/history/veterans/nh-va-history/
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    Steve Dow, Signals Officer
    and Dep't Sec, NH SUVCW;
    ​CC, Canney Camp #5
    JVC, Sleeper Camp #60​

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