Samuel Hale Post, No. 21, Salmon Falls, N.H.

   The Grand Army of the Republic Post in Salmon Falls (Rollinsford), New Hampshire, was short lived, having only served their community for two years. Their charter was dated March 22nd, 1880, and lists the names of 28 Civil War veterans from the Rollinsford, NH and South Berwick, Maine area. A note written on the back of the charter, dated March 28th, 1893, states that a meeting was held on July 10th, 1882, where members of the Post voted to surrender their charter. The reasoning behind this decision is not known.  

The twenty-eight charter members are as follows, with their Civil War units (when known):

Ezra H. Wheeler - Co. G, 17th Maine Infantry
Aug. P. Horne - (Augustus) Co. B, 9th NH Infantry
Wm. H. Aspinwell (William) - Co. B, 13th NH INF
Horatio H. Warren - Co. B, 13th NH INF
Edwin D. Jaques - Co. I, 17th ME INF
Patrick H. Maguire - Co. F, 7th NH INF
J. L. Wayland - 
Samuel Higgingbottom (Higginbottom) - 
Robert Nason - Co. B, 27th ME INF
John M. Dore - Co. B, 13th NH INF
Samuel D. Downing - Co. F, 7th NH INF
Horace Carroll - Co. A, 14th NH INF
Charles A. Goodwin - Co. B, 27th ME INF and 5th MA INF
Frank B. Wilkinson - Co. B and D, 12th ME INF
John Pinder (Pindar) - Co. B, 13th NH INF
William Clement - Co. F, 4th NH INF
James R. Miller - Co. D, 4th NH INF
Charles A. Harvey - Co. B, 27th ME INF
James Philpot - 27th Iowa Infantry
William H. Wilkins - U.S. Navy
John Brown  - Co. D, 20th MA INF; Co. C, 40th MA; 22nd VRC
Aaron Hubbard - Co. B, 17th ME INF
Edward D. Bennett - 
Thomas Cassady - 
Orenzo Rollins - Co. B, 13th NH INF
Albert S. Stackpole - 
David Sarsfield (Sarchfield) - Co. B, 4th NH INF
John McKenzie - Co. B, 13th NH INF; U.S. Navy

   The military service for five of the above named has not been proven with certainty, and so remain blank. Their names are not inscribed on the Rollinsford Civil War monument [write-up here].
   Many of the Rollinsford men would later join the ranks of the Charles W. Sawyer Post, No. 17, GAR, in Dover, NH.
   The Post number of 21 would end up being reused when the town of Seabrook, NH organized a post.

   The SAMUEL HALE Post, No. 21, was likely named after Samuel Hale, Esq (1793-1869), who was a manufacturer in Rollinsford.
   In August of 1862, following a vote of the town to pay a $150 bounty to each man who enlisted, Samuel also offered to pay out additional money for enlistees. From The Dover Enquirer, dated Aug. 7th, 1862: