Arthur Sewall Hyde

Captain Arthur Sewall Hyde was one of the Century’s veterans of the Great War, son of that stalwart veteran of our own Civil War, General Thomas W. Hyde, whose published story of his own four years with Sedgwick’s Corps is perhaps the most interesting personal narrative of the soldier’s experiences in that older conflict. Captain Hyde left his work as organist and choirmaster to volunteer for active service as soon as our country had declared war on Germany. He was under fire with his company during seventy-one successive days in the Cantigny campaign; “showing at all times,” in the words of a general order from his regimental commander, “splendid energy, initiative, and great courage.” The unusual talent of Captain Hyde as organist and chorus leader, first displayed at the Emmanuel Church of Boston and afterwards at St. Bartholomew’s in New York, was known to a wide circle of admirers; his gift as a singer was known only to his personal friends. His work at the organ was resumed with his old enthusiasm when mustered out of service, but he had been one of the many victims of the Germans’ poison gas and never sang again.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1921 Century Association Yearbook