Commissary Sergeant, Company H, 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Enlisted on November 20, 1862. At war's end, the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry and the 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry were consolidated to form the 3rd Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry. Hamilton was mustered out with Company E, 3rd PA Provisional Cavalry on October 31, 1865.
Hamilton served with his son Hiram in Company H. Hiram died as a POW in Danville Prison, Virginia.
Lived in Butler County, Pennsylvania before the war. Filed for a pension on April 26, 1877, application number 234,748, certificate 249,120.
See 18th PA Cav for a virtual cemetery of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Hamilton served with his son Hiram in Company H. Hiram died as a POW in Danville Prison, Virginia.
Lived in Butler County, Pennsylvania before the war. Filed for a pension on April 26, 1877, application number 234,748, certificate 249,120.
See 18th PA Cav for a virtual cemetery of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Commissary Sergeant, Company H, 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Enlisted on November 20, 1862. At war's end, the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry and the 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry were consolidated to form the 3rd Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry. Hamilton was mustered out with Company E, 3rd PA Provisional Cavalry on October 31, 1865.
Hamilton served with his son Hiram in Company H. Hiram died as a POW in Danville Prison, Virginia.
Lived in Butler County, Pennsylvania before the war. Filed for a pension on April 26, 1877, application number 234,748, certificate 249,120.
See 18th PA Cav for a virtual cemetery of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Hamilton served with his son Hiram in Company H. Hiram died as a POW in Danville Prison, Virginia.
Lived in Butler County, Pennsylvania before the war. Filed for a pension on April 26, 1877, application number 234,748, certificate 249,120.
See 18th PA Cav for a virtual cemetery of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
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