Excerpt from Early Dublin: A List of the Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, N. H

It must not be forgotten that some who served from Dublin and are credited to it, served from other towns, also, at a later date while still others entered the army from neighboring towns, or from an adjoining state, before removing to Dublin and entering the army from that town. The tax lists and census reports show that there was an active movement and growth of population in Dublin and neighboring towns before, during and immediately after the revolutionary period.

The fourth Provincial Congress of New Hampshire, held at Exeter, May 17, 1775, divided the state into seventeen districts, each of which was organized as a regiment under the command of a colonel whose duty it was to see that the quota of soldiers required from his command was duly furnished. These colonels were selected from the most prominent citizens of the several districts and in many cases took the field for shorter or longer periods. The able-bodied male inhabitants between the ages of sixteen and fifty years formed the town's Training Band. Each member of that force, which was intended for active service, was required to provide himself with the foll wing accoutrements a good fire arm, good ram rod, a worm, priming wire and brush, and a bayonet fitted to his gun, a scabbard and belt there for, and a cutting sword or tomahawk or hatchet, a pouch con taining a cartridge box that will hold fifteen rounds of cartridges at least, a hundred buck shot, a jack knife and tow for wadding, six fiints, one pound of powder, forty leaden bullets fitted to his gun, a knapsack and blanket, a canteen or wooden bottle sufficient to hold one quart. The Training Bands were required to muster eight times a year. The completeness and efficiency of this military organization were such that New Hampshire was more than once enabled to render notably prompt and effective aid in the emergencies of the struggle for independence.

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