Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. G, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
The third of four children born to Turner Ewell, a Marshfield farmer, and his wife Ruth (Torrey).
Abijah was a 27 year-old Shoemaker from Marshfield, when he enlisted at South Scituate, MA on May 7, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. G.
Abijah was with his Regiment in the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, including the siege of Yorktown and fought at the Second Battle of Bull Run, where on August 30, 1862 he suffered a gunshot wound to the back. During this battle the 18th Massachusetts experienced extraordinary casualties with 55 killed or mortally wounded and another 116 wounded out of approximately 350 men who charged masked Confederate canon batteries and entrenched infantry. Abijah was hospitalized at Carver Gen. Hospital, Washington from Sept. 1 until Nov. 29, 1862 when he returned to duty. Unable to carry a cartridge box or his musket due to his wound, Abijah was detailed to light duty at the regimental hospital for the duration of his service. He was mustered out of military service on Sept. 2, 1864 at the expiration of his three year enlistment.
Following his military service Abijah returned to his father's farm in Marshfield. He was granted an Invalid pension of $2.67 a month due to his disability from the gunshot wound. He was a member of the David Church G.A.R. Post No. 189, Marshfield Hills, MA.
By 1891 Ewell was afflicted with cancer of the face and deposed to the Pension Bureau while seeking an increase in his pension that much of his face was "gone" due to the disease. Abijah was 59 when he died of cancer and was interred beside his parents at Two Mile Cemetery.
Private, Co. G, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
The third of four children born to Turner Ewell, a Marshfield farmer, and his wife Ruth (Torrey).
Abijah was a 27 year-old Shoemaker from Marshfield, when he enlisted at South Scituate, MA on May 7, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. G.
Abijah was with his Regiment in the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, including the siege of Yorktown and fought at the Second Battle of Bull Run, where on August 30, 1862 he suffered a gunshot wound to the back. During this battle the 18th Massachusetts experienced extraordinary casualties with 55 killed or mortally wounded and another 116 wounded out of approximately 350 men who charged masked Confederate canon batteries and entrenched infantry. Abijah was hospitalized at Carver Gen. Hospital, Washington from Sept. 1 until Nov. 29, 1862 when he returned to duty. Unable to carry a cartridge box or his musket due to his wound, Abijah was detailed to light duty at the regimental hospital for the duration of his service. He was mustered out of military service on Sept. 2, 1864 at the expiration of his three year enlistment.
Following his military service Abijah returned to his father's farm in Marshfield. He was granted an Invalid pension of $2.67 a month due to his disability from the gunshot wound. He was a member of the David Church G.A.R. Post No. 189, Marshfield Hills, MA.
By 1891 Ewell was afflicted with cancer of the face and deposed to the Pension Bureau while seeking an increase in his pension that much of his face was "gone" due to the disease. Abijah was 59 when he died of cancer and was interred beside his parents at Two Mile Cemetery.
Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. G, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
The third of four children born to Turner Ewell, a Marshfield farmer, and his wife Ruth (Torrey).
Abijah was a 27 year-old Shoemaker from Marshfield, when he enlisted at South Scituate, MA on May 7, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. G.
Abijah was with his Regiment in the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, including the siege of Yorktown and fought at the Second Battle of Bull Run, where on August 30, 1862 he suffered a gunshot wound to the back. During this battle the 18th Massachusetts experienced extraordinary casualties with 55 killed or mortally wounded and another 116 wounded out of approximately 350 men who charged masked Confederate canon batteries and entrenched infantry. Abijah was hospitalized at Carver Gen. Hospital, Washington from Sept. 1 until Nov. 29, 1862 when he returned to duty. Unable to carry a cartridge box or his musket due to his wound, Abijah was detailed to light duty at the regimental hospital for the duration of his service. He was mustered out of military service on Sept. 2, 1864 at the expiration of his three year enlistment.
Following his military service Abijah returned to his father's farm in Marshfield. He was granted an Invalid pension of $2.67 a month due to his disability from the gunshot wound. He was a member of the David Church G.A.R. Post No. 189, Marshfield Hills, MA.
By 1891 Ewell was afflicted with cancer of the face and deposed to the Pension Bureau while seeking an increase in his pension that much of his face was "gone" due to the disease. Abijah was 59 when he died of cancer and was interred beside his parents at Two Mile Cemetery.
Private, Co. G, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
The third of four children born to Turner Ewell, a Marshfield farmer, and his wife Ruth (Torrey).
Abijah was a 27 year-old Shoemaker from Marshfield, when he enlisted at South Scituate, MA on May 7, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. G.
Abijah was with his Regiment in the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, including the siege of Yorktown and fought at the Second Battle of Bull Run, where on August 30, 1862 he suffered a gunshot wound to the back. During this battle the 18th Massachusetts experienced extraordinary casualties with 55 killed or mortally wounded and another 116 wounded out of approximately 350 men who charged masked Confederate canon batteries and entrenched infantry. Abijah was hospitalized at Carver Gen. Hospital, Washington from Sept. 1 until Nov. 29, 1862 when he returned to duty. Unable to carry a cartridge box or his musket due to his wound, Abijah was detailed to light duty at the regimental hospital for the duration of his service. He was mustered out of military service on Sept. 2, 1864 at the expiration of his three year enlistment.
Following his military service Abijah returned to his father's farm in Marshfield. He was granted an Invalid pension of $2.67 a month due to his disability from the gunshot wound. He was a member of the David Church G.A.R. Post No. 189, Marshfield Hills, MA.
By 1891 Ewell was afflicted with cancer of the face and deposed to the Pension Bureau while seeking an increase in his pension that much of his face was "gone" due to the disease. Abijah was 59 when he died of cancer and was interred beside his parents at Two Mile Cemetery.
Family Members
Advertisement
Advertisement
