Ebenezer was the son of Thomas Lee, a landed farmer, and his wife Rachel. In 1850, he lived in Oley Township, Berks County, with his parents, older sister Deborah, and younger siblings Thomas, Amos, and Washington.
In 1860, he lived with his father and siblings in Shanesville, Oley Township, while nearby, his new wife Catharine Ann (Kitty An) Palm lived with her family and their year-old son Earnest P. In early 1861 the couple also had a daughter Louisa.
Six months later, the 88th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment (known as the Cameron Light Guards), Company B (aka Neversink Fire Zouaves), recruited him in Reading, Berks County. He mustered into the U.S. service as a Private at Philadelphia on 13 September 1861 for a three-year term and subsequently re-upped. His wife and young children never saw him alive again.
From 19 Months A Prisoner of War: The 88th "was ordered to Washington on Oct. 1, and assigned to guard duty at Alexandria, where it received its arms and equipment. On Feb. 18, 1862, five companies were detailed for garrison duty in forts on the Potomac, and on April 17, the regiment, reunited, moved to Cloud's mills, to guard the line of the Orange & Alexandria railroad from Bull Run to Fairfax Court House. May 7, the command was ordered to report to Gen. McDowell and assigned to Gen. Ricketts' division, with which it fought at Cedar mountain, Thoroughfare gap, the second Bull Run, Chantilly, Antietam and Fredericksburg, its heaviest loss being at Bull Run, where 15 were killed, 102 wounded and 48 missing. It went into winter quarters at Fletcher's Chapel and, with the exception of the 'Mud March,' remained there until April 28, 1863, when it started on the Chancellorsville movement. Its part in this was not important, but its service at Gettysburg was brilliant and resulted in the capture of the colors of the 16th Ala. and 23rd N. C. The regiment shared in the movements of the army during the remainder of the year, ending with the Mine Run campaign, after which it went into winter quarters at Culpeper. Enough men reenlisted to insure the continuance of the 88th as a veteran organization and on May 3, 1864, it broke camp and spent the next three days in guarding wagon trains on their way to the Wilderness. Engagements followed in rapid succession at Spottsylvania, the North Anna river Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor and White Oak swamp and on June 16, the command arrived at Petersburg. it was engaged on June 18, and at the Weldon railroad in August, besides performing arduous siege duties. In Feb., 1865, it joined in the Hatcher's run movement being engaged at Dabney's mills ..."
Ebenezer's service in Co. B, 88th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment:
Mustered In as a Private: September 13, 1861
Promoted to First Sergeant (date unknown)
Wounded at Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863
Wounded at Petersburg, June 18, 1864
Captured at Weldon Railroad, August 19, 1864
Died at Annapolis, Md April 6, 1865.
In 1860, he lived with his father and siblings in Shanesville, Oley Township, while nearby, his new wife Catharine Ann (Kitty An) Palm lived with her family and their year-old son Earnest P. In early 1861 the couple also had a daughter Louisa.
Six months later, the 88th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment (known as the Cameron Light Guards), Company B (aka Neversink Fire Zouaves), recruited him in Reading, Berks County. He mustered into the U.S. service as a Private at Philadelphia on 13 September 1861 for a three-year term and subsequently re-upped. His wife and young children never saw him alive again.
From 19 Months A Prisoner of War: The 88th "was ordered to Washington on Oct. 1, and assigned to guard duty at Alexandria, where it received its arms and equipment. On Feb. 18, 1862, five companies were detailed for garrison duty in forts on the Potomac, and on April 17, the regiment, reunited, moved to Cloud's mills, to guard the line of the Orange & Alexandria railroad from Bull Run to Fairfax Court House. May 7, the command was ordered to report to Gen. McDowell and assigned to Gen. Ricketts' division, with which it fought at Cedar mountain, Thoroughfare gap, the second Bull Run, Chantilly, Antietam and Fredericksburg, its heaviest loss being at Bull Run, where 15 were killed, 102 wounded and 48 missing. It went into winter quarters at Fletcher's Chapel and, with the exception of the 'Mud March,' remained there until April 28, 1863, when it started on the Chancellorsville movement. Its part in this was not important, but its service at Gettysburg was brilliant and resulted in the capture of the colors of the 16th Ala. and 23rd N. C. The regiment shared in the movements of the army during the remainder of the year, ending with the Mine Run campaign, after which it went into winter quarters at Culpeper. Enough men reenlisted to insure the continuance of the 88th as a veteran organization and on May 3, 1864, it broke camp and spent the next three days in guarding wagon trains on their way to the Wilderness. Engagements followed in rapid succession at Spottsylvania, the North Anna river Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor and White Oak swamp and on June 16, the command arrived at Petersburg. it was engaged on June 18, and at the Weldon railroad in August, besides performing arduous siege duties. In Feb., 1865, it joined in the Hatcher's run movement being engaged at Dabney's mills ..."
Ebenezer's service in Co. B, 88th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment:
Mustered In as a Private: September 13, 1861
Promoted to First Sergeant (date unknown)
Wounded at Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863
Wounded at Petersburg, June 18, 1864
Captured at Weldon Railroad, August 19, 1864
Died at Annapolis, Md April 6, 1865.
Ebenezer was the son of Thomas Lee, a landed farmer, and his wife Rachel. In 1850, he lived in Oley Township, Berks County, with his parents, older sister Deborah, and younger siblings Thomas, Amos, and Washington.
In 1860, he lived with his father and siblings in Shanesville, Oley Township, while nearby, his new wife Catharine Ann (Kitty An) Palm lived with her family and their year-old son Earnest P. In early 1861 the couple also had a daughter Louisa.
Six months later, the 88th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment (known as the Cameron Light Guards), Company B (aka Neversink Fire Zouaves), recruited him in Reading, Berks County. He mustered into the U.S. service as a Private at Philadelphia on 13 September 1861 for a three-year term and subsequently re-upped. His wife and young children never saw him alive again.
From 19 Months A Prisoner of War: The 88th "was ordered to Washington on Oct. 1, and assigned to guard duty at Alexandria, where it received its arms and equipment. On Feb. 18, 1862, five companies were detailed for garrison duty in forts on the Potomac, and on April 17, the regiment, reunited, moved to Cloud's mills, to guard the line of the Orange & Alexandria railroad from Bull Run to Fairfax Court House. May 7, the command was ordered to report to Gen. McDowell and assigned to Gen. Ricketts' division, with which it fought at Cedar mountain, Thoroughfare gap, the second Bull Run, Chantilly, Antietam and Fredericksburg, its heaviest loss being at Bull Run, where 15 were killed, 102 wounded and 48 missing. It went into winter quarters at Fletcher's Chapel and, with the exception of the 'Mud March,' remained there until April 28, 1863, when it started on the Chancellorsville movement. Its part in this was not important, but its service at Gettysburg was brilliant and resulted in the capture of the colors of the 16th Ala. and 23rd N. C. The regiment shared in the movements of the army during the remainder of the year, ending with the Mine Run campaign, after which it went into winter quarters at Culpeper. Enough men reenlisted to insure the continuance of the 88th as a veteran organization and on May 3, 1864, it broke camp and spent the next three days in guarding wagon trains on their way to the Wilderness. Engagements followed in rapid succession at Spottsylvania, the North Anna river Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor and White Oak swamp and on June 16, the command arrived at Petersburg. it was engaged on June 18, and at the Weldon railroad in August, besides performing arduous siege duties. In Feb., 1865, it joined in the Hatcher's run movement being engaged at Dabney's mills ..."
Ebenezer's service in Co. B, 88th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment:
Mustered In as a Private: September 13, 1861
Promoted to First Sergeant (date unknown)
Wounded at Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863
Wounded at Petersburg, June 18, 1864
Captured at Weldon Railroad, August 19, 1864
Died at Annapolis, Md April 6, 1865.
In 1860, he lived with his father and siblings in Shanesville, Oley Township, while nearby, his new wife Catharine Ann (Kitty An) Palm lived with her family and their year-old son Earnest P. In early 1861 the couple also had a daughter Louisa.
Six months later, the 88th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment (known as the Cameron Light Guards), Company B (aka Neversink Fire Zouaves), recruited him in Reading, Berks County. He mustered into the U.S. service as a Private at Philadelphia on 13 September 1861 for a three-year term and subsequently re-upped. His wife and young children never saw him alive again.
From 19 Months A Prisoner of War: The 88th "was ordered to Washington on Oct. 1, and assigned to guard duty at Alexandria, where it received its arms and equipment. On Feb. 18, 1862, five companies were detailed for garrison duty in forts on the Potomac, and on April 17, the regiment, reunited, moved to Cloud's mills, to guard the line of the Orange & Alexandria railroad from Bull Run to Fairfax Court House. May 7, the command was ordered to report to Gen. McDowell and assigned to Gen. Ricketts' division, with which it fought at Cedar mountain, Thoroughfare gap, the second Bull Run, Chantilly, Antietam and Fredericksburg, its heaviest loss being at Bull Run, where 15 were killed, 102 wounded and 48 missing. It went into winter quarters at Fletcher's Chapel and, with the exception of the 'Mud March,' remained there until April 28, 1863, when it started on the Chancellorsville movement. Its part in this was not important, but its service at Gettysburg was brilliant and resulted in the capture of the colors of the 16th Ala. and 23rd N. C. The regiment shared in the movements of the army during the remainder of the year, ending with the Mine Run campaign, after which it went into winter quarters at Culpeper. Enough men reenlisted to insure the continuance of the 88th as a veteran organization and on May 3, 1864, it broke camp and spent the next three days in guarding wagon trains on their way to the Wilderness. Engagements followed in rapid succession at Spottsylvania, the North Anna river Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor and White Oak swamp and on June 16, the command arrived at Petersburg. it was engaged on June 18, and at the Weldon railroad in August, besides performing arduous siege duties. In Feb., 1865, it joined in the Hatcher's run movement being engaged at Dabney's mills ..."
Ebenezer's service in Co. B, 88th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment:
Mustered In as a Private: September 13, 1861
Promoted to First Sergeant (date unknown)
Wounded at Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863
Wounded at Petersburg, June 18, 1864
Captured at Weldon Railroad, August 19, 1864
Died at Annapolis, Md April 6, 1865.
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