Private,
Company D, 2nd Reg't, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Infantry
Mustered in: 4 Apr 1865 in
Cumberland, Md.
Mustered out: 29 May 1865 in Camp
Bradford, Baltimore, Md.
Descendants:
Joyce Wrigley (Great Great Granddaughter)
Veteran's Activity
Summary:
Hiram enlisted late in the war
with the Potomac Home Brigade in Cumberland, Md. This was near
his home in Grantsville, Md. He was a bricklayer by trade.
The Potomac Home Brigade was assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division of West Virginia. Shortly after his assignment to the brigade, the war ended and his unit's service was completed. All soldiers assigned were mustered out in Baltimore, Md and returned to their home in western Maryland.
Source: History and Roster of
Maryland Volunteers, 1861-1865, Vol. 1.