. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . eleven inches tall, of light complexion and hair,with blue eyes; and that he enlisted as a privatefor nine months in the Forty-fifth Regiment of In-fantry, Company F, on the 17th of September, discharge bears the same date as that of his comrades ofthe regiment, July 8, 1863. At the time of his enlistment, hewas employed as a brakeman on steam-cars. Mr. Hills confesses to have had but little military enthusiasm,and, from his point of view, saw but little to admire or com
. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . eleven inches tall, of light complexion and hair,with blue eyes; and that he enlisted as a privatefor nine months in the Forty-fifth Regiment of In-fantry, Company F, on the 17th of September, discharge bears the same date as that of his comrades ofthe regiment, July 8, 1863. At the time of his enlistment, hewas employed as a brakeman on steam-cars. Mr. Hills confesses to have had but little military enthusiasm,and, from his point of view, saw but little to admire or commendin the official movers during his nine-months service in the ter-ritory of North Carolina. He was with his regiment, and wasengaged at the battle of Whitehall and in other importantmovements; but, by reason of indisposition, he did not share inthe exposures of other engagements with the enemy. His younger brother, Albert White Hills, served during sixmonths of the winter of 1862-3 as a nurse in the Columbia-college Hospital at Washington, , then under care of Sur-geon Crosby. 37 289 Luther Dow NDER a failure to procure from this soldier anyfacts in his army-experience, the sketch which fol-lows has been arranged from such other sourcesof information as were within reach. He was a native of Brighton, Mass., son of Da-vid and Lucy Holmes; born March 2, 1835. With a robust form, five feet five inches and ahalf tall, light hair and complexion, and gray eyes,he seemed formed for much endurance. His occupation wasbutchering. His first enlistment was for three months, in Nimss LightBattery. Here he served as a private from May 18, 1861, toAug. 2 following, in the State of Maryland. July 31, 1862, he again entered the service as a private inCompany D, Thirty-fifth Regiment of Infantry; and was dis-charged for disability, Oct. 19, 1863. He accompanied his regiment to the heights opposite Wash-ington, and was detailed as guard over camp-equipage while hiscomrades passed
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