Hiram Reese Howard-Point Pleasant, WV
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Don.Morfe
N 38° 52.500 W 082° 07.458
17S E 402472 N 4303505
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action at Missionary Ridge, TN on November 25, 1863. He is buried in Lone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, WV in Section 7, Lot 528.
Waymark Code: WMZ8Z4
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2018
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He was born on February 17, 1843 in Urbana, OH and died on May 9, 1912 in Point Pleasant, WV. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: HOWARD, HIRAM R.
• Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 11th Ohio Infantry
• Place and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863
• Entered service at: Ohio
• Date of issue: 29 July 1892
Citation: Scaled the enemy's works and in a hand-to-hand fight helped capture the flag of the 18th Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.).
Armed Service: Army
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