Edgar C. Hendrick Born in Holyoke, Mass. ___ Son of Jabez Hendrick, ___ by occupation a Clerk, ___ Unmarried, ___ at the age of 18 enlisted for three years in the 27th Regiment of Infantry, Mass, Vols. ___ Company G. Mustered into service in September, 1861. At the Battle of Newbern he was injured by the concussion of a cannon ball, and therefore remained in hospital three weeks. April 9, 1862, he was appointed Corporal, ___ January 1, 1863, he was promoted to Sergeant. Furloughed thirty days, may 29, 1863, and visited Chicopee. He participated in all the movements and engagements of the regiment in North Carolina and Virginia, except in the following particulars: At Bermuda Hundred, VA May 16, 1864, he was sick in hospital; so was not able to take part in the battle of that day and place, when so many of the company were captured by the enemy. June 3, 1864, in the Battle of Cold Harbor, VA, he was struck at once by four balls, one through the ankle, one in the leg, one in the arm, and the fourth through the body. The regiment was charging a battery, and received a volley from a force of rebels in ambush. He was carried to the rear and thence to the field hospital. His brother Private Joel H. Hendrick of the 10th regiment, was immediately sent for (the regiments being only a short distance apart) and tenderly cared for him. Next morning at sunrise he breathed his last, often expressing his readiness to die in such a cause.
