155. John Dunnell Hill
He served in the Twenty-Seventh Regiment Maine which was raised in the County of York and went into service at Portland on the tenth day of September, 1862. Mr. Hill was captain of Company C. and afterwards promoted to Major. The Regiment was mustered out in July, 1863. He was one of the officers and men who volunteered to remain after their term of service had expired and assist in the defense of Washington, DC. (See “A Shower of Stars” by John J. Pullen, published 1966 by J.B. Lippincott Company for description of 27th Maine and their receiving the first award of the Congressional Medal of Honor). He was older than most of the men in his Regiment when he entered the services and had enjoyed the advantage of an early training in the militia of the state. He was a robust, hardy stalwart man, inured to out-of-door, active life and frank and hearty in manner; a man to be depended on, and always found ready for duty. A genuine patriot, a worth officer an honest man and a Christian soldier. He died Nov. 20, 1868.
He served in the Twenty-Seventh Regiment Maine which was raised in the County of York and went into service at Portland on the tenth day of September, 1862. Mr. Hill was captain of Company C. and afterwards promoted to Major. The Regiment was mustered out in July, 1863. He was one of the officers and men who volunteered to remain after their term of service had expired and assist in the defense of Washington, DC. (See “A Shower of Stars” by John J. Pullen, published 1966 by J.B. Lippincott Company for description of 27th Maine and their receiving the first award of the Congressional Medal of Honor). He was older than most of the men in his Regiment when he entered the services and had enjoyed the advantage of an early training in the militia of the state. He was a robust, hardy stalwart man, inured to out-of-door, active life and frank and hearty in manner; a man to be depended on, and always found ready for duty. A genuine patriot, a worth officer an honest man and a Christian soldier. He died Nov. 20, 1868.