Wednesday, January 13, 2010

16 Year Old Cavalry Soldier Dies in War.

HIRAM O. KIDDER - 16 YEARS OF AGE
Hiram O. KIDDER at sixteen years of age enlisted, at Ypsilanti, MI, 16 November 1863, to serve in the 1st Michigan Cavalry, Company A, during the Civil War. Hiram KIDDER gave the following information at his induction five feet four inches, black hair, fair complexion, occupation a farmer.
Hiram O. KIDDER was KILLED IN ACTION, at Haw's Shop, Virginia on Saturday, 28 May 1864. This was a fight between cavalry forces from the North and South.
Hiram KIDDER was born in 1848, the 7th child of John M. and Sally KIDDER, of London, Monroe Co., MI.
Hiram O. KIDDER is the youngest Kidder to be Killed in Action during the Civil War.

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