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28th New York Infantry Regiment

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Asa C Hill

Asa C Hill is buried at Millsville Cemetery in Shelby, NY. The cemetery is on the east side of East Shelby Road and Asa Hill is buried about four rows from the front.

Mr. Hill was born in Massachusetts in August 1837 and moved to Shelby, NY, with his family when he was young. He enlisted with Company D on November 28, 1861 as a Private. He remained in this rank until January 14, 1863, at which time he was discharged for disability at Central Park Hospital in New York City. Details of his dicharge are unknown.

He is buried along with his wife, Kate, his son, Asa B and his grandson, Floyd. Of the monuments which have been visited to date, Mr Hill has one of the most amazing monuments of any man of the 28th NY.

There is text on three of the four sides of the monument, as follows:

ASA C HILL Born Aug. 19, 1837 Died April 25, 1881 At 7 P.M. ------ KATE BODINE Wife of Asa C Hill Born Feb. 3, 1844 Died Sept. 27, 1938

ASA C HILL Enlisted Nov. 14, 1861 Wounded Aug. 9, 1862 Taken Prisoner Aug. 18, 1862 Taken to Libbe Prison Sept. 25, 1862 Exchanged Oct. 6, 1862 Discharged Jan. 14, 1863

ASA B Son of A.C. and K.B. Hill Born Jan. 15, 1879 Died Aug. 7, 1937 ------ Bertha B Peek Wife of Asa B Hill Born Aug. 22, 1881 Died Mar. 7, 1958 ------ Floyd J Hill May 28, 1908 to Aug, 15. 1910

However despite the amount of information provided on the three sides of the stone, it is the complete monument itself which is the prize:

Last visited: November 1st 2008