Bio: Albert C. Evans :Pittsfield, Merrimack Co, New Hampshire

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Submitted by: Rick Giirtman  rickman@worldpath.net
Date: March 15, 2001
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From the Book
'History of Pittsfield, N. H. in the Rebellion'
by H. L. Robinson, published 1893


ALBERT C. EVANS.
was a carpenter by trade. He was born in Barnstead, May 13, 1841, a son of
William C. and Martha J. G. (Carr) Evans. He moved to Pittsfield in 1850,
attended our town schools and the academy. He enlisted in Company F, Twelfth
New Hampshire volunteers, and was made corporal, September 5, 1862.

He was wounded in the hand and lost a finger at the Battle of
Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863. He was very cool under fire. When our lines
were driven back in this engagement, Evans got behind a tree to give one
more shot to the advancing enemy. As Captain Bartlett passed him, Evans
called out, " I say, Asa, this is real old business," a favorite expression
of his. He was promoted to sergeant, November 7 1863. He was also with this
regiment at the Battle of Fredericksburg.

So well had he conducted himself in every position in which he was placed,
that he was discharged from the Twelfth by order of General Butler, to
accept a commission in the First United States volunteers. This was composed
of men who had been taken prisoners, and who had become tired of fighting
against their country, and were willing to enlist under the old flag,
provided that they should not be called upon to fight their old comrades in
arms. They were known among our troops as " Galvanized Yanks," and were to
be sent West, where if they were taken prisoners they would not be
recognized ; for, according to the laws of war, if caught they would be
shot.

Evans joined this regiment at Norfolk, Va., and soon afterwards was sent to
Chicago, and from there he went with his command to Camp Reno in Missouri,
and did provost duty at headquarters of General Pope. The rebels had sent
men among the Indians of the Northwest to stir them into a revolt, and soon
Evans was sent to Fort Snelling in Minnesota. From there he went to Fort
Wadsworth, Dakota, where he remained through the winter until the spring of
1865, when he was transferred to Fort Ambercrombie. While crossing Dakota
mountains, piloted by an Indian who lost the way, the entire command came
very near freezing to death. His next place was St. Paul, Minn. From here he
was sent to St. Cloud, where the savages were killing our settlers and
burning their dwellings. He was the first man to enter that place after the
massacre. After the Indians had been driven off, he was sent to Fort
Wadsworth, and from there to Fort Leavenworth ; then he was sent on to the
plains and built Fort Fletcher, and remained through the winter guarding the
mail route to Denver. The time of this regiment having expired, he
proceeded to Fort Leavenworth, where he was discharged May 10, 1866.
During his services with this command, Captain Evans (for such was his rank)
had many skirmishes with the Indians, and in every engagement he was a
prudent and brave officer. He was, I believe, the last man from Pittsfield
to be mustered out of the United States service.

Comrade Evans is now a resident of Havre de Grace, Md.