Capt. Ebenezer Vose Hitch, (USA)

Ebenezer Vose HITCH Birth(1,2,3,4,5,6,7): Death(4,8): Burial(4): General: Was Captain in General Benjamin F. Butler's troops (Union) in the Civil War. Story is told in "Where the Wings Grow" by Agnes De Mille published by Doubleday, NY, 1978. Note, this source states that there were 11 children in all - including the six listed here. However, three daughters died young of yellow fever and there were two stillbirths. He also served as a Private, Readi Company, 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry according to the Union Soldiers Index in the National Archives.

From "A Hitch Orchard", Daisy Hitch Davies, 1931: "Ebenezer Vose Hitch was the grandson of Ebenezer Vose Soule and was named for him. When Ebenezer Vose Soule was 21 years old, so tradition in the family runs, he took his first trip to England and brought back a writing desk and a miniature of himself. This desk and miniature is now in the possession of his grandson Henry A. Hitch of Bridgeport, CT. (1930) Henry A. Hitch's daughter, Carlene, looks almost exactly like her grandfather Soule of the miniature even to coloring of eyes and hair.

I never met Cousin Eben's first wife but visited at his home after his second marriage. His second wife was a pleasant English girl who has now - 1930 - been living in England for several years. Cousin Eben, a very fine man, was blind several years before his death. He resided in many places, Fairhaven, New Orleans, Chicago, New York, England where he courted his second wife and possibly other places. Business caused him to move about. His Civil War service follows; -

Was a private - 3rd. Mass. Cavalry - Sept. 27,1861 Capt. 2nd. Louisiana Cavalry - July 4, 1864. Reg. consolidated with 1st Louisiana Cavalry Sept. 7, 1864. Mustered out Dec. 18, 1865. See Vol. 2 - Mass, in Army and Navy which is to be found in public library, 42nd. Street and Fifth Ave., New York City."

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