Biography of Ebenezer B. Sargent :Pittsfield, Merrimack County, New Hampshire

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Submitted by: Jody Goodson  kestrell@prodigy.net
Date: May 14, 2001
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From the Book
'History of Pittsfield, N. H. in the Rebellion'
by H. L. Robinson, published 1893

page 145 & 146

EBENEZER B. SARGENT,
Uncle Ben, as he is familiarly called by his comrades, was born in Loudon,
April 11, 1821. His father was Ebenezer Sargent, a son of Benjamin Sargent,
the first minister of Pittsfield.  His mother was, before her marriage,
Miss Annie Batchelder. When Comrade Sargent was quite young his parents
moved to Pittsfield and lived here until he was eleven years of age, when
his parents went to Epsom to reside. There he remained until he was
seventeen, when the family returned to Pittsfield and ever after made this
town their home, although for a time Mr. Sargent worked in Gilmanton and
other towns.
     Mr. Sargent was a shoemaker and farmer, owning a very productive farm
on the Dowboro road, where he still resides. In 1849 he married Miss
Abigail Philbrick, and they had a family of nine children.
     At the breaking out of the war, besides this large family he had his
aged father and mother to care for, but in 1864, when the First New
Hampshire heavy artillery was raised, he enlisted in Company E of that
regiment, and served until after the close of the war.  During his service
he was taken sick and sent to the hospital. When he had partially
recovered the physicians discovered that he was apt in caring for the sick,
and his services were retained for six months. 
     He was mustered into service September 5, 1864. On the 15th of June,
1865, the regiment was mustered out of service in Virginia and the next day
started for home, where Mr. Sargent arrived three days later. Mr. Sargent at
the time of his enlistment was 43 years of age, and was looked upon by his
comrades as almost a patriarch.
     He often speaks very highly of his comrades from this town, but more
especially of Dr. B. H. Bartlett, who had charge of the hospital where he was
stationed for six months, and he delights to get with "the boys" and recall
the days when they went soldiering together.
     Every Memorial Day finds Uncle Ben on hand with flags and flowers, to
honor the memory of his comrades who have gone before by placing the emblem
of the country they loved so well, upon their graves, and to adorn the same
with a wreath of the season's choicest gifts.