Hiram J. Eaton, None
| conflict: | Civil War |
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| branch: | Army |
| rank: | Private |
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| location: | 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry |
| enlistment date: | April 26, 1861 |
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| discharge date: | None |
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| history: | Fought at Bull Run, South Mountain, and White Sulphur Springs; served for two years "until physical disability incapacitated him" and was discharged in 1863; while recuperating from wounds he suffered at the Second Battle of Bull Run, he met President Abraham Lincoln, who stopped by the temporary hospital set up in the U.S. Senate chambers. |
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| references: | Iron Range Civil War veterans collection, Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota. |
Personal Information
| date of birth: | May 12, 1840 |
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| home town: | Virginia, MN |
| date of death: | July 21, 1931 |
| father: | Herbert A. Eaton |
| mother: | Mary E. Eaton (nee Leach) |
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| school: | None |
Last update: 1/11/2017
