. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . oyage of six days, it arrived and landed. Service here was ingarrison for the defence of that city until March 5, when an-other embarkation ensued, and the troops were landed at More-head City, under orders to proceed to Kinston to the relief ofUnion forces there; but, having gone as far as Nevvbern, theorder was countermanded. 28S WARREN ALVIN HERSEY. The regiment remained at Morehead City for a short time,and then went to Goldsborough as guard of that town until then ret
. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . oyage of six days, it arrived and landed. Service here was ingarrison for the defence of that city until March 5, when an-other embarkation ensued, and the troops were landed at More-head City, under orders to proceed to Kinston to the relief ofUnion forces there; but, having gone as far as Nevvbern, theorder was countermanded. 28S WARREN ALVIN HERSEY. The regiment remained at Morehead City for a short time,and then went to Goldsborough as guard of that town until then returned to Morehead. Two days after this, the Thirty-eighth again embarked for another trip to Savannah ; where itstaid in camp till the last day of June, and then left for homeby steam-transports. The regiment arrived in Boston harboron the 5th of July, and landed on Galloupes Island. On the13th the men received their discharge, after three years (a fewdays only lacking) of service, — much of it as severe as thatwhich fell to the lot of their associate regiments in this memo-rable war. William Kingston UT few particulars are obtained of the army-experi-ence of this soldier, a son of William H. and Debo-rah Hills. He was born at Boston, July 13, 1842. His descriptive list shows him to have been fivefeet 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;
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