Person:Hiram Berry (2)

Watchers
Browse
Maj. Gen. Hiram Gregory Berry
b.27 Aug 1824 Rockland, Thomaston (now Knox), Maine, United States
d.2 May 1863
Add Parents and Siblings
Add Spouse and Children
Facts and Events
Name Maj. Gen. Hiram Gregory Berry
Gender Male
Birth[1] 27 Aug 1824 Rockland, Thomaston (now Knox), Maine, United States
Military[2] Abt 1862 Maine, United StatesEnlisted, 4th Maine Infantry (Civil War)
Military[2] Mar 1862 promoted to Brigadier General
Military[2] reassigned to command of the 3rd Brigade of Hamilton's Division (later Kearny's), 3rd Corps
Death[1][2] 2 May 1863 age 36 - killed at Battle of Chancellorsville by a sharpshooter's round
[edit]

Research Notes

  • The 3rd Brigade consisted of four regiments: the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 5th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment and the 37th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Family Recorded, in Gould, Edward Kalloch. Major-General Hiram G. Berry: his career as a contractor, bank president, politician, and major-general of volunteers in the Civil War, together with his war correspondence, embracing the period from Bull Run to Chancellorsville. (Rockland, Maine: Courier-Gazette, 1899).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Hiram Gregory Berry, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Hiram_Berry_%282%29"