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Tags: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories; Canfield, William A., 1840-; United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 9th (1862-1865); New Hampshire - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories
I was born on the 10th of June, 1840, in Thornton, a small town in the northern part of New Hampshire. I was the youngest of six children. Our parents were poor in this world's goods, but rich in faith and in the knowledge of God as it is in Christ Jesus. My early instructions were limited to a common school, and I was deprived of this at the age of twelve years. Had I improved even these few years, I might have been much farther advanced than I now find myself. As it is, I have to regret many misspent opportunities of my childhood.