Ebenezer W. Peirce

Ebenezer W. Peirce
Born(1822-04-10)April 10, 1822
Assonet, Massachusetts
DiedAugust 14, 1902(1902-08-14) (aged 80)
Assonet, Massachusetts
Buried
Assonet Burying Ground
Allegiance United States of America
Union
Branch United States Army
Union Army
Years of service1843–1864
Rank Brigadier General (Massachusetts Militia)
Colonel (Union Army)
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War
Other workFarmer
Signature

Ebenezer Weaver Peirce (April 10, 1822 August 14, 1902), was a brigadier general in the Massachusetts militia, serving as 90day volunteers in the Union Army in the opening months of the American Civil War, and a colonel of the 29th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army between December 1861 and July 1864. He later became a farmer, real estate speculator, historian and genealogist.