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THB[CIVIL WAR] Female Soldier Leona Houston, 6th N.H.
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LiveNov 22, 2025
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Full-length studio portrait of a soldier identified as Leona Houston. N.p., n.d. Period pencil inscription reads "Leona Houston" to mount verso alongside modern pencil inscription that reads: "Fr. N.H. CDV Album."
Wearing a modified sack coat and Hardee hat, the figure is identified as Leona Houston of the 6th New Hampshire Infantry.
Three soldiers with the last name "Houston" are listed in the muster rolls of the 6th New Hampshire - though none is immediately identifiable as Leona. She may be one of these three Houstons, enlisting with a brother or husband, or perhaps she served under an entirely different alias.
The 6th New Hampshire was organized in the autumn of 1861 and moved to North Carolina at the start of 1862. After the Expedition to New Berne, they joined Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia, fighting at Second Bull Run, South Mountain, and Antietam, where they were blooded at Burnside's Bridge. After fighting at the Battle of Fredericksburg, they moved west in 1863 and joined the Sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson before moving to Kentucky. They returned east in 1864, rejoining the Army of the Potomac and fighting in the major battles of the Overland Campaign and the Siege of Petersburg. They closed the war fighting in the Appomattox Campaign. After surrender, they moved to Washington, D.C. for the Grand Review and mustered out on July 17th.
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