Louis Bell

Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers /

Louis Bell

Louis Bell was killed leading his men into battle in one of the last battles of the Civil War, the drive to conquer Fort Fisher, North Carolina, the last open port of the Confederacy. An acting Brigadier General at the time of his death, he was an attorney by profession. Twentyseven years old, married with two children, he became a military officer by outfitting a regiment at his own expense. He had written his wife, “If I die, do not forget, my own precious wife, that I die in defense of our country. Teach our children, darling Mollie, that liberty and freedom are first freedom for all, and that for it was are bound to lay down our lives.”

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