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Charles Eustis Hubbard
b. 1842
A Civil War veteran and early Bell Telephone executive, he is best remembered for writing a firsthand regimental history that preserves the experience of Massachusetts soldiers in the field. His life bridged military service, publishing, and the fast-changing world of American communications.
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The Campaign of the Forty-fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia "The Cadet Regiment"
by Charles Eustis Hubbard
About the author
Born in Boston in 1842, Charles Eustis Hubbard served in the Union Army during the Civil War with the Forty-Fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, also known as the Cadet Regiment. He later wrote The Campaign of the Forty-Fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, a detailed account that helped preserve the story of that unit for later readers.
Hubbard also had a place in early telephone history. Contemporary records and later historical sources identify him as an early officer of the Bell Telephone Company, where he served as secretary and clerk, linking his career to the formative years of one of America’s most important communications businesses.
Reliable biographical details about his personal life are limited in the sources I found, so it is safest to remember him chiefly as both a veteran memoirist and a participant in the rise of the Bell system. His surviving work remains valuable for readers interested in Civil War memory and nineteenth-century American history.