Hiram Crawford served in Companies D. & E. 20th Indiana Infantry in the Civil War.
Hiram enlisted on July 22, 1861 as Sgt. and was promoted to 2nd Lt. and transferred to Company K. On reorganization of the regiment he was promoted 1st Lt. of Company E. on Nov 21, 1862 at the age of 27.
The 20th Indiana is on the record of the 300 most fighting regiments in the Civil War. They took part in the Battles of Groveton, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville. At Gettysburg they went into action with 496 men of whom 32 were killed and 114 wounded, and 10 missing. They ten took part in the "Assault on the Bloody Angle" at Spotsylvania and the Battles of Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Sailor's Creek, Farmville, Appomattox and Lee's Surrender. At the end of the war they participated in the 2 day Grand Review of the Army down Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington before President Johnson. 200,000 men over two days past the reviewing stand. They returned to Indiana and were mustered out on July 12, 1865 at Indianapolis.
In the 1880 census of Chicago, Hiram is listed as 42 years old, born in Canada, and an employee of the Chicago City Railway. He was residing with his wife Catherine age 37 born NY. and their son Harry age 12, and daughters Jessie age 7 and Blanche age 1, all born in Illinois.
Hiram received an Army Invalid Pension for his service in the Civil War and following his death his wife Kathryn received an Army Widows Pension. In the census her name is spelled Catherine but on the pension papers it is Kathryn.
When Hiram died on Nov 29, 1920 he was described as a retired man 82 years old born on Dec 26, 1837 in Canada, the son of Hiram Crawford and Nancy Comfort Crawford, married to Catherine Crawford residing at 5412 Glenwood Ave., Chicago, buried at Rose Hill Cemetery on Dec 2, 1920.
Hiram enlisted on July 22, 1861 as Sgt. and was promoted to 2nd Lt. and transferred to Company K. On reorganization of the regiment he was promoted 1st Lt. of Company E. on Nov 21, 1862 at the age of 27.
The 20th Indiana is on the record of the 300 most fighting regiments in the Civil War. They took part in the Battles of Groveton, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville. At Gettysburg they went into action with 496 men of whom 32 were killed and 114 wounded, and 10 missing. They ten took part in the "Assault on the Bloody Angle" at Spotsylvania and the Battles of Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Sailor's Creek, Farmville, Appomattox and Lee's Surrender. At the end of the war they participated in the 2 day Grand Review of the Army down Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington before President Johnson. 200,000 men over two days past the reviewing stand. They returned to Indiana and were mustered out on July 12, 1865 at Indianapolis.
In the 1880 census of Chicago, Hiram is listed as 42 years old, born in Canada, and an employee of the Chicago City Railway. He was residing with his wife Catherine age 37 born NY. and their son Harry age 12, and daughters Jessie age 7 and Blanche age 1, all born in Illinois.
Hiram received an Army Invalid Pension for his service in the Civil War and following his death his wife Kathryn received an Army Widows Pension. In the census her name is spelled Catherine but on the pension papers it is Kathryn.
When Hiram died on Nov 29, 1920 he was described as a retired man 82 years old born on Dec 26, 1837 in Canada, the son of Hiram Crawford and Nancy Comfort Crawford, married to Catherine Crawford residing at 5412 Glenwood Ave., Chicago, buried at Rose Hill Cemetery on Dec 2, 1920.
Hiram Crawford served in Companies D. & E. 20th Indiana Infantry in the Civil War.
Hiram enlisted on July 22, 1861 as Sgt. and was promoted to 2nd Lt. and transferred to Company K. On reorganization of the regiment he was promoted 1st Lt. of Company E. on Nov 21, 1862 at the age of 27.
The 20th Indiana is on the record of the 300 most fighting regiments in the Civil War. They took part in the Battles of Groveton, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville. At Gettysburg they went into action with 496 men of whom 32 were killed and 114 wounded, and 10 missing. They ten took part in the "Assault on the Bloody Angle" at Spotsylvania and the Battles of Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Sailor's Creek, Farmville, Appomattox and Lee's Surrender. At the end of the war they participated in the 2 day Grand Review of the Army down Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington before President Johnson. 200,000 men over two days past the reviewing stand. They returned to Indiana and were mustered out on July 12, 1865 at Indianapolis.
In the 1880 census of Chicago, Hiram is listed as 42 years old, born in Canada, and an employee of the Chicago City Railway. He was residing with his wife Catherine age 37 born NY. and their son Harry age 12, and daughters Jessie age 7 and Blanche age 1, all born in Illinois.
Hiram received an Army Invalid Pension for his service in the Civil War and following his death his wife Kathryn received an Army Widows Pension. In the census her name is spelled Catherine but on the pension papers it is Kathryn.
When Hiram died on Nov 29, 1920 he was described as a retired man 82 years old born on Dec 26, 1837 in Canada, the son of Hiram Crawford and Nancy Comfort Crawford, married to Catherine Crawford residing at 5412 Glenwood Ave., Chicago, buried at Rose Hill Cemetery on Dec 2, 1920.
Hiram enlisted on July 22, 1861 as Sgt. and was promoted to 2nd Lt. and transferred to Company K. On reorganization of the regiment he was promoted 1st Lt. of Company E. on Nov 21, 1862 at the age of 27.
The 20th Indiana is on the record of the 300 most fighting regiments in the Civil War. They took part in the Battles of Groveton, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville. At Gettysburg they went into action with 496 men of whom 32 were killed and 114 wounded, and 10 missing. They ten took part in the "Assault on the Bloody Angle" at Spotsylvania and the Battles of Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Sailor's Creek, Farmville, Appomattox and Lee's Surrender. At the end of the war they participated in the 2 day Grand Review of the Army down Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington before President Johnson. 200,000 men over two days past the reviewing stand. They returned to Indiana and were mustered out on July 12, 1865 at Indianapolis.
In the 1880 census of Chicago, Hiram is listed as 42 years old, born in Canada, and an employee of the Chicago City Railway. He was residing with his wife Catherine age 37 born NY. and their son Harry age 12, and daughters Jessie age 7 and Blanche age 1, all born in Illinois.
Hiram received an Army Invalid Pension for his service in the Civil War and following his death his wife Kathryn received an Army Widows Pension. In the census her name is spelled Catherine but on the pension papers it is Kathryn.
When Hiram died on Nov 29, 1920 he was described as a retired man 82 years old born on Dec 26, 1837 in Canada, the son of Hiram Crawford and Nancy Comfort Crawford, married to Catherine Crawford residing at 5412 Glenwood Ave., Chicago, buried at Rose Hill Cemetery on Dec 2, 1920.
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