HENRY DEWITT CLINTON HILL -- 142nd and 175th INFANTRYSURVIVED THE WAR -- KILLED BY TRAIN - Even though he was 25 years oldwhen he enlisted for a town bounty of \$500, Henry Dewitt Clinton Hill'sMuster Roll Abstract for the 142nd Infantry states that his occupationwas "student". He was learning how to be a lawyer. At one point, he andothers had raised a company of men for the 118th Infantry, and suedMarsena R. Patrick, the Provost Marshal, claiming the company had beenwrongly assigned to the 142nd. In late summer of 1864, he enlisted in the 175th Infantry although hewas never mustered in as a 2nd lieutenant. He also had a Muster RollAbstract from the same time period for the 169th Infantry, but it saidhe was absent at the Depot for Recruits and at muster-out. He wastransferred to the 142nd Infantry as a private and less than a monthafter enlistment on October 27, 1864, he was shot in the neck at theBattle of Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road, one of the 79 injuries, 21deaths and 3 men who went missing or were captured. He soon recoveredand mustered out with the regiment on June 7, 1865, at Raleigh, NC.Henry returned home, set up a law practice, married twice and everythingwent well until January 1899.His obituary was in the Morning Star -- Saturday, January 21, 1899Victim of Railroad Accident at Eagle Bridge"The announcement of the death of Henry DeWitt Clinton Hill, inyesterday\'s Star, was received with expressions of regret on all sided.It appears from later reports that he was not on his way to Troy, but hehad spent the day in Eagle Bridge on legal business and was crossing thetracks to take a train for home when he was struck by the Fitchburglocomotive. The Troy Times of last evening had the following -Mr. Hill was born in Schroon Village about 60 years ago and passed thegreater portion of his life at Whitehall, where he began his lawstudies, and practiced until 1884. He was senior partner of the firmHill & Little, Judge F. A. Little being the junior partner. He waselected Surrogate of Washington County, in 1884, completing two 6-yearterms in 1896. His official duties made him a prominent resident ofSalem. Upon his retirement from his official capacity, he returned toCambridge with his family, where he had since made his home.He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served as a lieutenant ofCompany H in the 142nd NY, and was wounded in the neck while underGeneral Butler and the fight of the James. He was prominent inveterans\' circles and was at one time president of the WashingtonCounty Veterans Association. Mrs. Hill organized at Salem the firstWomen\'s Relief Corps in Washington County.Members of his family arrived in Troy last evening. The remains weretaken to Cambridge this afternoon. The funeral will be held Mondayafternoon at afternoon at 3:30 o\'clock from the Cambridge MethodistChurch and the interment will be made in Whitehall, Tuesday."Henry was buried in the Boardman Cemetery in Whitehall, NY. Both hiswives, Jennie and Adelaide, his parents Gilson and Harriet Hill andother members of his extended family are also buried there.
