Evans, Ira Hobart
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Barre, VT Unit(s): 10th VT INF, 9th USCI, 116th USCI, USV Service: enl 7/28/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. B, 10th VT INF, disch 12/22/63 for pr as 1LT, 9th USCI, pr CPT, Co. B, 1/31/65, 116th USCI, Bvt MAJ USV, 3/13/65, for gallant and meritorious services in the field; m/o 2/7/1867 (Medal of Honor) See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 04/11/1844, Piermont, NH Death: 04/19/1922 Burial: Berlin Corner Cemetery, Berlin, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Monica White Findagrave Memorial #: 22659 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 7/16/1920, TX Portrait?: MOLLUS, Findagrave, History 10th Infantry College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: Not Found (If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war) Remarks: 10th Vt. History off-site DESCENDANTS Great Grandfather of John Ives, Mount Pleasant, SC (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Berlin Corner Cemetery, Berlin, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
This soldier was awarded the Medal of Honor
Ira Hobart Evans
Rank and Organization: Captain, Co. B, 116th U.S. Colored Troops.
Place and date: Hatchers Run, VA, 2 Apr 1865.
Entered service at: Barre.
Born: 11 Apr 1844, Piermont, NH.
Died: 19 Apr 1922, San Diego, Ca.
Buried:
MOLLUS
(Haynes' History
Tenth Infantry)
See also: Beyer and Keydel, 516.
He was brevetted Major, USV, 13 Mar 1865 for "gallant and meritorious service." Mustered out of Civil War service on 7 Feb 1867, well after the end of the fighting. He had served in the Union forces that occupied the Texas border to counter the French occupational element in Mexico, and was the Provost Marshal for Brownsville. After his discharge he stayed in Texas, served in the Freedman's Bureau and in the Internal Revenue service. At the urging of Governor Edmund Davis, he ran for, and was elected to, the Texas State Legislature in 1870. Four months into the term he was unanimously made Speaker of the Texas House, the youngest to ever hold that office. A legislational dispute would cost him that position, and he finished his term in 1871. He became a successful businessman and civil leader in Texas, and helped found Houston-Tillotson College.
See findagrave.com
NARA File Number: E-53-CT-1863.
