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June 30th, 1821 AD (search for this): chapter 36
Supplementary biographies. 1844. Ebenezer Pierce Hinds. Private 7th Maine Vols. (Infantry), August 21, 1861. died August 17, 1862, on board steamer State of Maine, of disease contracted in the service. Ebenezer Pierce Hinds was born, according to the entry made by himself in the Class-Book, at Livermore, Maine, June 30, 1821. He was the son of Ebenezer and Louisa (Pierce) Hinds, and the fifth in descent from Ebenezer Hinds, who was, in 1776, a Presbyterian preacher in Middleboroa, Mass. He was also the fifth of the family who, from father to son, bore the same baptismal name. Middleboroa continued to be the residence of the family till 1801, when the grandfather and father of the subject of this memoir emigrated to Maine. His father was, for many years, a master ship-builder at Pittston, in that State, where he is still living. On entering college he first joined the class which graduated in 1843, but remained only during the Freshman year, when he left Cambridg
August 21st, 1861 AD (search for this): chapter 36
Supplementary biographies. 1844. Ebenezer Pierce Hinds. Private 7th Maine Vols. (Infantry), August 21, 1861. died August 17, 1862, on board steamer State of Maine, of disease contracted in the service. Ebenezer Pierce Hinds was born, according to the entry made by himself in the Class-Book, at Livermore, Maine, June 30, 1821. He was the son of Ebenezer and Louisa (Pierce) Hinds, and the fifth in descent from Ebenezer Hinds, who was, in 1776, a Presbyterian preacher in Middleborg townships. Declining, with characteristic modesty, a lieutenant's commission, he entered the service as a private, saying that he thought he could serve his country better in that capacity than in any other. He was mustered in on the 21St of August, 1861, and left Augusta with the regiment for Baltimore, August 23. The following extract from a letter written in Virginia, November 9, 1861, illustrates the spirit in which he devoted himself to the service of his country, and at the same t
1861 AD (search for this): chapter 36
creasing prospect of distant hill and intervening ridges! His life in the woods proved not a bad training for the new career upon which he was about to enter, and, in the long probation of mud and discipline passed in Virginia in the winter of 1861-62, he had occasion to congratulate himself on having learned to make a sleeping berth, Aroostook fashion, of boughs well laid down. It was from Maysville, where his farm was situated, that he enlisted in the Seventh Regiment Maine Volunteers, ave deeds for which the Seventh Maine soon became honorably known. His services were none the less important, and he brought to their performance the same conscientious fidelity which distinguished all that he did. After spending the winter of 1861-62 in camp, near Lewinsville, Virginia, the regiment went through the Peninsular Campaign and took part in most of its battles, greatly distinguishing itself on several occasions. Mr. Hinds was the occasional chronicler of its fame in the columns
1862 AD (search for this): chapter 36
ed not a bad training for the new career upon which he was about to enter, and, in the long probation of mud and discipline passed in Virginia in the winter of 1861-62, he had occasion to congratulate himself on having learned to make a sleeping berth, Aroostook fashion, of boughs well laid down. It was from Maysville, where hine the less important, and he brought to their performance the same conscientious fidelity which distinguished all that he did. After spending the winter of 1861-62 in camp, near Lewinsville, Virginia, the regiment went through the Peninsular Campaign and took part in most of its battles, greatly distinguishing itself on severa to reclaim his body, or to obtain more than the few facts above recorded relating to his last moments. The date of his death as given above is that which has been adopted by his family. According to the Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of Maine for the year 1862, it occurred a few days later. He died unmarried.
August 23rd (search for this): chapter 36
id down. It was from Maysville, where his farm was situated, that he enlisted in the Seventh Regiment Maine Volunteers, Company I, composed chiefly of men from that and the adjoining townships. Declining, with characteristic modesty, a lieutenant's commission, he entered the service as a private, saying that he thought he could serve his country better in that capacity than in any other. He was mustered in on the 21St of August, 1861, and left Augusta with the regiment for Baltimore, August 23. The following extract from a letter written in Virginia, November 9, 1861, illustrates the spirit in which he devoted himself to the service of his country, and at the same time shows the strength of his attachment to his family. In a few days we expect to be marched out to battle. . . . . I can hardly tell whether I feel much anxiety about myself, but I do think much, very much, of the friends behind me. One thing is certain, sister, there is a God here as at home, and he will no
August 17th, 1862 AD (search for this): chapter 36
Supplementary biographies. 1844. Ebenezer Pierce Hinds. Private 7th Maine Vols. (Infantry), August 21, 1861. died August 17, 1862, on board steamer State of Maine, of disease contracted in the service. Ebenezer Pierce Hinds was born, according to the entry made by himself in the Class-Book, at Livermore, Maine, June 30, 1821. He was the son of Ebenezer and Louisa (Pierce) Hinds, and the fifth in descent from Ebenezer Hinds, who was, in 1776, a Presbyterian preacher in Middleborr, he had so confidently predicted his return. The prediction was indeed fulfilled to the ear, but not to the sense; for, on the arrival of the vessel at her destination, he was found dead on the deck. He is supposed to have died on the 17th of August, 1862, as the steamer was entering the port of Philadelphia. His remains were hastily interred with those of some thirty others, all in unmarked and unnumbered graves, at Oak Grove Cemetery, about forty miles from Philadelphia; and when a broth
1801 AD (search for this): chapter 36
e of Maine, of disease contracted in the service. Ebenezer Pierce Hinds was born, according to the entry made by himself in the Class-Book, at Livermore, Maine, June 30, 1821. He was the son of Ebenezer and Louisa (Pierce) Hinds, and the fifth in descent from Ebenezer Hinds, who was, in 1776, a Presbyterian preacher in Middleboroa, Mass. He was also the fifth of the family who, from father to son, bore the same baptismal name. Middleboroa continued to be the residence of the family till 1801, when the grandfather and father of the subject of this memoir emigrated to Maine. His father was, for many years, a master ship-builder at Pittston, in that State, where he is still living. On entering college he first joined the class which graduated in 1843, but remained only during the Freshman year, when he left Cambridge and resumed school-teaching in order to provide the means of completing his college course; for he had already, before going to college, taught a great many common
1856 AD (search for this): chapter 36
a while at Barnstable. It was about this time also, it is supposed, that he went on a fishing-voyage to the Banks of Newfoundland. After he had been absent more than a year from South Paris, his friends there having removed the causes which had led to his abrupt departure, gladly welcomed him back; and he resumed his position at the head of the Oxford Normal Institute, which he continued to hold for nearly five years longer, but, failing still to make it profitable, finally abandoned it in 1856. During the next three years he taught a school at Livermore Falls, and afterward went to Aroostook County, Maine, where, in local phraseology, he took up wild land and made himself a farm,—still teaching at intervals. His letters from this farm show that the same energy and enthusiasm he had displayed in teaching he here directed to the chopping of big trees, of which he had already felled about nine acres (out of a hundred), and he was full of projects for building a house and opening
July 20th (search for this): chapter 36
ille, Virginia, the regiment went through the Peninsular Campaign and took part in most of its battles, greatly distinguishing itself on several occasions. Mr. Hinds was the occasional chronicler of its fame in the columns of the Aroostook Pioneer, whose editor was his neighbor and friend at home, but whether writing to this journal or to his own family, he usually says little about himself beyond the mention of his health, which seems to have remained good almost to the last. On the 20th of July, a fortnight after the arrival of the army at Harrison's Landing, he writes from that place:— Dear Sister Louisa, and good friends at home. . . . . My health is good as usual, though I should be stronger were I in Maine. You ask if I was in any of the battles. Not exactly, but nearly in two or three, but fortunately did not get hurt . . . . As I have told you before, have no fears for me. I shall return to Maine. May not this year . . . . We shall have peace some time. Our count
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