Scribner, Hiram W.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Middlesex, VT Unit(s): 13th VT INF, 3rd VT LARTY Service: enl 9/8/62, m/i 10/10/62, Pvt, Co. C, 13th VT INF, m/o 7/21/63; enl 8/18/64, m/i 8/18/64, Pvt, 3rd VT LARTY BTRY, m/o 6/15/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: abt 1844, Worcester, VT Death: 10/04/1933 Burial: Holton Cemetery, Holton, KS Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Findagrave Memorial #: 125020891 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 8/23/1879; widow Geneva, 10/21/1933, KS Portrait?: 13th History 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: 13th Vt. History off-site DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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BIOGRAPHY
HIRAM W. SCRIBNER volunteered from the town of Middlesex, Vt, Sept. 8, 1862, and joined Company C. His age was said to be 18, but he did not look so old, certainly appeared too young for the life of a soldier. He was of sufficient size and height and was active and anxious to become a soldier and there was an urgent demand at this date, and most anyone that was anxious to go was given a chance. He was a clean, fine looking boy and enthusiastic to join and put on the blue, carry a gun and be a soldier, and therefore passed by the medical examination and accepted. Nearly all of these young boys made the bravest and best and endured better than those past 40. It is true that young Scribner was a good boy as well as a valiant soldier. He served his full term and was mustered out July 21, 1863, having won an enviable record and gratified his youthful ambition to go to the front and help us save the Union. The patriotic devotion still controlled the loyal heart of this youthful soldier and he volunteered again in August, 1864, and joined Third Battery, Light Artillery, commanded by Captain Romeo H. Start, and here served till the end of the war. He moved West some years ago and is now residing in Atchinson, Kansas. His picture taken in 1862 is on page 206.
Source: Sturtevant's Pictorial History, Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, War of 1861-1865, p. 508