Union Civil War Officer. A native of England, he emigrated to America and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the Civil War, he answered President Lincoln's call for volunteers and enlisted to serve in the Union Army. Hannaford was mustered into Company ?? with the 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry when the regiment was formed in April of 1861. He eventually became Corporal. He returned to Cincinnati after the regiment was mustered out in 1864 and received a commission as Adjutant Lieutenant with the 197th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in April of 1865. He wrote several articles of his unit's course during the war and had a couple of them published in Harper's Magazine in 1863 and 1864. He published a few books after the war about his time in the service including: "The Story of a Regiment, Campaigns and Associations of the 6th Ohio Regiment (1868)" and the "Last Survivor (1904)." He died at his residence in Springfield, Ohio in 1905.
Union Civil War Officer. A native of England, he emigrated to America and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the Civil War, he answered President Lincoln's call for volunteers and enlisted to serve in the Union Army. Hannaford was mustered into Company ?? with the 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry when the regiment was formed in April of 1861. He eventually became Corporal. He returned to Cincinnati after the regiment was mustered out in 1864 and received a commission as Adjutant Lieutenant with the 197th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in April of 1865. He wrote several articles of his unit's course during the war and had a couple of them published in Harper's Magazine in 1863 and 1864. He published a few books after the war about his time in the service including: "The Story of a Regiment, Campaigns and Associations of the 6th Ohio Regiment (1868)" and the "Last Survivor (1904)." He died at his residence in Springfield, Ohio in 1905.
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