Individual Details
LT. Eric Bergland
(25 Apr 1844 - 1918)
He was a "son of one of the preachers at Bishop Hill" (Cf. Illinois State Historical Society Journal, vol. 18, no. 3, pg. 568 "Janson and the Bishop Hill Colony".
He was a Lt. in the U.S. Army
From the HPC web site, finding aid for the Eric Bergland Collection:
"Major Eric Bergland, born April 25, 1844 in Helsingland, Sweden, was the son of Anders Berglund who emigrated to the United States in 1846. The Bergland family settled in Illinois where Eric spent much of his youth working at the Bishop Hill Colony printing office. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Bergland, then aged seventeen, joined the 57th Illinois Infantry, organizing in Henry County. He took part in the capture of Fort Donelson, the Battle of Shiloh, Corinth, and Resaca. While in the field at Rome, Georgia, Lt. Bergland received his appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Taking an extension on that appointment, Bergland reported to Johnson's Island, Ohio as an assistant to Captain Tardy until the end of the war. After graduation from the academy in 1869, Bergland joined the Fifth Artillery at Fort Warren, Massachusetts; at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut; in the field on the Canadian boundary during the Fenian raid (1870); and at Artillery School, Fort Monroe (1872). In 1884, Bergland was transferred to the Corps of Engineers, teaching engineering, mathematics, ethics, and law at the academy. Bergland later served on western surveys in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado and on river and harbor improvements in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1891, Bergland's responsibilities included the building of lighthouses at Cape Charles, Hog Island, Wolf Trap, and at numerous other locations. Major Bergland married Lucy Scott McFarland, daughter of Mary Eppes Scott and William C. McFarland of Lexington, Kentucky. Lucy was a cousin and frequent guest of Lucy Webb Hayes at the White House during Hayes's term in office. In 1896, Bergland retired from the service. He died at his residence in Baltimore, Maryland in 1918."
"Mr. Bergland was very unfortunate when he stood his first exam. for promotion - he failed to pass, and six or seven of his juniors were promoted over his head; but he is now a captain, having successfully passed the last examination. Lucy is disgusted with army life; indeed, all the places seem dull after West Point..."
Louise D. Breckinridge to Hayes Cousins, March 12, 1885
He was a Lt. in the U.S. Army
From the HPC web site, finding aid for the Eric Bergland Collection:
"Major Eric Bergland, born April 25, 1844 in Helsingland, Sweden, was the son of Anders Berglund who emigrated to the United States in 1846. The Bergland family settled in Illinois where Eric spent much of his youth working at the Bishop Hill Colony printing office. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Bergland, then aged seventeen, joined the 57th Illinois Infantry, organizing in Henry County. He took part in the capture of Fort Donelson, the Battle of Shiloh, Corinth, and Resaca. While in the field at Rome, Georgia, Lt. Bergland received his appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Taking an extension on that appointment, Bergland reported to Johnson's Island, Ohio as an assistant to Captain Tardy until the end of the war. After graduation from the academy in 1869, Bergland joined the Fifth Artillery at Fort Warren, Massachusetts; at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut; in the field on the Canadian boundary during the Fenian raid (1870); and at Artillery School, Fort Monroe (1872). In 1884, Bergland was transferred to the Corps of Engineers, teaching engineering, mathematics, ethics, and law at the academy. Bergland later served on western surveys in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado and on river and harbor improvements in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1891, Bergland's responsibilities included the building of lighthouses at Cape Charles, Hog Island, Wolf Trap, and at numerous other locations. Major Bergland married Lucy Scott McFarland, daughter of Mary Eppes Scott and William C. McFarland of Lexington, Kentucky. Lucy was a cousin and frequent guest of Lucy Webb Hayes at the White House during Hayes's term in office. In 1896, Bergland retired from the service. He died at his residence in Baltimore, Maryland in 1918."
"Mr. Bergland was very unfortunate when he stood his first exam. for promotion - he failed to pass, and six or seven of his juniors were promoted over his head; but he is now a captain, having successfully passed the last examination. Lucy is disgusted with army life; indeed, all the places seem dull after West Point..."
Louise D. Breckinridge to Hayes Cousins, March 12, 1885
Events
| Birth | 25 Apr 1844 | Helsingland, Sweden | |||
| Marriage | 5 Jun 1878 | Lexington, Fayette Co., KY - Lucy Scott McFarland |  | ||
| Death | 1918 | Baltimore, Baltimore (city), Maryland, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Lucy Scott McFarland |
| Child | Dr. John McFarland Bergland M.D. (1879 - ) |
| Child | William Bergland |
| Child | Leonard Bergland |
| Child | Mary Brita Bergland |
| Father | Anders Berglund |