Hiram Burnham (1814 – September 29, 1864) was an officer in the Union Army who commanded a regiment and then a brigade in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. He was killed in battle while assaulting Confederate positions near Richmond, Virginia, during the Battle of Chaffin's Farm.
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| - Hiram Burnham (1814 – September 29, 1864) was an officer in the Union Army who commanded a regiment and then a brigade in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. He was killed in battle while assaulting Confederate positions near Richmond, Virginia, during the Battle of Chaffin's Farm.
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| - • 6th Maine Infantry
- • Light Division, VI Corps
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| - Colonel Hiram Burnham, ca. 1862
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| - Aroostook War
- American Civil War
*Battle of Crampton's Gap
*Battle of Antietam
*Battle of Fredericksburg
*Second Battle of Fredericksburg
*Battle of Salem Church
*Battle of Chancellorsville
*Battle of Gettysburg
*Siege of Petersburg
*Battle of Chaffin's Farm†
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| - Coroner, lumberman, county commissioner
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| - Pine Grove Cemetery,
- Cherryfield
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| - Hiram Burnham (1814 – September 29, 1864) was an officer in the Union Army who commanded a regiment and then a brigade in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. He was killed in battle while assaulting Confederate positions near Richmond, Virginia, during the Battle of Chaffin's Farm.
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