Ellis Spear
Ellis Spear was an officer in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment who rose to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General during the American Civil War.
Spear was born in 1834 in Warren, Maine where he grew up on his familys farm and attended a Presbyterian church Sunday School. Spear received his higher education at Bowdoin College, graduating in 1858. Spear taught in local schools for four years while also studying law. During the second year of the Civil War he became a recruiter and formed Company G of the 20th Maine. Spear was commissioned as a captain, but was eventually promoted to the rank of major, then lieutenant colonel, and later brevetted colonel and brigadier general at the end of the war.
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