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Ebenezer Gay (Maine, colonel (U.S.A.))

b. 1836? d. 1871-09-10

Maine, soldier (U.S.A.). New Hampshire native. Married to Sophia N. Gay. Father of George Gay, Elmer Gay. Farmer in Salem, Franklin County, Maine, in 1850. Graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point on July 1, 1855. Served as cadet, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain, brevet major, and brevet lieutenant colonel in the United States Army (U.S.A.) from 1855 to 1871. Served as second lieutenant, first lieutenant, of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from July 1, 1855, to May 14 1861. Served as captain of the 16th Infantry (U.S.A.) from May 14, 1861, to September 21, 1866.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Maine, Franklin County, Salem, p. 248B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Maine, Cumberland County, Portland Ward 6, p. 246A.
Find a Grave, “Col Ebenezer Gay (1836-1871)," http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18293657 (accessed January 28, 2017).
George Washington Cullum, "Ebenezer Gay," Biographical Register of the officers and graduates, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924092703937&view=1up&seq=620 (accessed July 1, 2019), 611-612.

Citation

Gay, Ebenezer. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209902 (November 12, 2026).

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