Herbert E. Hill

Herbert E. Hill, 1886

History of the Eighth Regiment Vermont Volunteers, 1886

Quick Facts

Significance:

US Civil War Veteran

Place of Birth:

Boston, Mass.

Date of Birth:

December 18, 1846

Place of Death:

Somerville, Mass.

Date of Death:

April 8, 1892

Pvt. Herbert E. Hill fought with the 8th Vermont during the Battle of Cedar Creek. He became a successful businessman after the war and paid for the regiment’s monument on this battlefield.

Hill enlisted with Company I of the 8th Vermont Regiment at the end of 1863, nine days before his 18th birthday.