Person:Cyrus Askam (1)

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Cyrus A. Askam
b.5 Jun 1844
Facts and Events
Name Cyrus A. Askam
Gender Male
Birth[3] 5 Jun 1844
Death[3] 6 Nov 1907 Erie, Ohio, United StatesOhio Soldiers' Home
Burial[3] Ohio Soldiers Home Cemetery, Erie, Ohio, United StatesSec H, Lot 8, Grave 31

Civil War Service

Source: S1

  • Private, Company L, 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery
  • Mustered in 16 June 1863
  • Injured 29 October 1863 in railroad accident on Kentucky Central Railway
  • Discharged 25 February 1864 at Cincinnati, Ohio on Surgeon's certificate of disability

Pension

Source: S2

  • Application 296201; Certificate 483298
  • Widow's Pension: Application: none listed
References
  1.   Foraker, J.B; H.A. Axline; and J.S. Robinson. Official roster of the soldiers of the state of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866. (Akron [Ohio]: Werner Co., 1886-1895).
  2.   United States. Veterans Administration. Organization index to pension files of veterans who served between 1861 and 1900- [1917]. (Washington, District of Columbia: The National Archives, 1949).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Baker, Scott. Civil War Veterans Buried at the Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky, Ohio.