Ebenezer W. Peirce
Ebenezer W. Peirce | |
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| Born | April 10, 1822 Assonet, Massachusetts |
| Died | August 14, 1902 (aged 80) Assonet, Massachusetts |
| Buried | Assonet Burying Ground |
| Allegiance | United States of America Union |
| Branch | United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1843–1864 |
| Rank | Brigadier General (Massachusetts Militia) Colonel (Union Army) |
| Battles / wars | American Civil War |
| Other work | Farmer |
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Ebenezer Weaver Peirce (April 10, 1822 – August 14, 1902), was a brigadier general in the Massachusetts militia, serving as 90–day 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.