Biography of George Tuttle :Pittsfield, Merrimack County, New Hampshire

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Submitted by: Jody Goodson  kestrell@prodigy.net
Date: May 14, 2001
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From the Book
'History of Pittsfield, N. H. in the Rebellion'
by H. L. Robinson, published 1893

Page 149 & 150

GEORGE TUTTLE
     moved from Barnstead to Pittsfield in 1845. He was a native of the
former town, where he was born March 20, 1810. He was married, September
29, 1834, to Miss Judith Davis, by whom he had two sons-- Hiram A. Tuttle,
recently governor of New Hampshire, and Henry F. W. Tuttle, who served in
the Eighteenth New Hampshire volunteers.
     For many years after George Tuttle moved to this town he was employed
in the cotton factory. Upon the breaking out of the war, he enlisted in
Company G, Seventh New Hampshire volunteers, and was mustered into service
November 23, 1861. He served with his regiment nearly seventeen months, but
the exposure incident to the service was too much for his constitution,
which was never very strong, and he was discharged June 5, 1863.
     The terrible cold during his encampment at Manchester is narrated in
this book under the sketch of John C. Morrill, of the Eighth regiment, which
was encamped near the Seventh. Such exposure to a man of Mr. Tuttle's age
caused him to be sent to the hospital when he reached New York city. After
he had somewhat regained his strength he was detailed as a nurse, in which
capacity he acted, when able, until his discharge.
     He died in Pittsfield, a few years after the close of the war, from
disease caused by exposure while in the service.