Hiram N. Hamilton
Hiram N. Hamilton was born around 1837 in Cecil County, Maryland, to Hugh and Sarah Hamilton. His father was a weaver who owned $200 of real estate by 1850. He grew up and attended school in Cecil County, and by 1860, he was working as a carpenter.
He enlisted in the Union army on August 20, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company G of the 6th Maryland Infantry. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 11 inches tall, with light hair and blue eyes. He eventually earned a promotion to corporal. He died of typhoid fever in Washington, D.C., on August 17, 1863.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3895) | Hamilton, Hiram N. | 1837 | 1863-08-17 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Corporal
- Rank highest: Corporal
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 8
- (10906) [writer] ~ Hiram N. Hamilton to Mary A. Monks, 6 September 1862
- (10912) [writer] ~ Hiram N. Hamilton to Anna M. Monks, 13 December 1862
- (10913) [writer] ~ Hiram N. Hamilton to Anna M. Monks, 9 January 1863
- (10914) [associated with] ~ Unknown to Anna M. Monks, 30 January 1863
- (10920) [writer] ~ Hiram N. Hamilton to Anna M. Monks, 20 March 1863
- (10922) [writer] ~ "The Soldier to his Mother," Hiram N. Hamilton Poem, 25 March 1863
- (10925) [writer] ~ Hiram N. Hamilton to Anna M. Monks, 25 June 1863
- (15409) [associated with] ~ John A. Jerome to Hugh Hamilton, 22 August 1863
People - Records: 4
- (3895) Hamilton, Hiram N. is the [sibling of] (3897) Hamilton, George W.
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (972) [enlisted] [G] ~ 6th Maryland Infantry
SOURCES
1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Hiram N. Hamilton, available from Fold3.com.
