A new government issued grave plaque has been installed for Eber Hill. The old grave stone was made from marble and would have quickly become unreadable because of the elements and its flat position.
On June 11, 2005, the Department of Massachusetts SUVCW placed a G.A.R. marker on his grave.
Below is the history of his previous grave stone.
Above is Eber Hill's burial location at Calvary Cemetery on November 2, 2004. There was nothing marking his grave, as the government stone had been covered over with sod. The next day his grave stone was uncovered and the photograph below shows its restored state.
Eber Hill's government grave stone was broken at the point where it would have been buried up to. It was resting flat on the ground in Section D. November 7, 2004.
Thank you to the Department of Massachusetts SUVCW, Jodi Fuller at the Catholic Cemetery Association of the Archdiocese of Boston, Inc. and the Ground Keepers at Calvary Cemetery for their assistance in restoring this grave site.
Eber
Hill
1826
- June 28, 1895
9th Battery Mass. Vols.; Artificer; Res. Cambridge; blacksmith; 37; transf. from 1st Battery, March 12, 1865; disch. April 26, 1865, near Petersburg, Va., as Supernumerary. See 1st Battery Mass. Lt. Arty. (3 yrs.).
1st Battery Mass. Vols.; Artificer; Res. Cambridge; blacksmith; 35; enl. and must. Sept. 6, 1861; re-enlist. Jany 2, 1864; transf. to 9th Battery, as Artificer. See 9th Batty. Mass. Lt. Arty.
Listed on government grave plaque:
Eber Hill, Artif 1 & 9 Indpt Btry Mass Lt Arty, Civil War, 1826 - 1895
Listed on old government stone:
- Eber Hill, 1st Mass. Lt. Batt'y
Information from Veterans' Graves Registration - City of Woburn
- Name: Hill, Eber
- Name of Cemetery: Calvary
- Place: Woburn
- Location: 12 Range 16, Sect. D.
- Where Remains Buried Elsewhere: No
- Branch of Service: Army
- Organization: 1 Mass. L.A. trans. to 9 Mass. L.A. Mar. 12, 1865
- Born: 1826
- Type of Stone: Govt., Marble
Information from Headstones of Union Civil War Veterans
- Name: Hill, Eber
- Rank: Pvt. & Artificer
- Regiment: 1st Indpt. Batty. Mass. L.A.
- Cemetery: Calvary
- City or Town: Montvale, Mass.
- Grave:
- Date of Death: June 28, 1895
- Headstone Supplied By: Lee Marble Works, Lee, Mass.
- Contract Dated: August 25, 1902
