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Hiram Gregory Berry

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After being elected on October 8, 1853, Berry was a director of the Lime Rock National Bank in Rockland. On October 19, 1857, after its president Knott Crockett died, he assumed presidency of the bank. He resigned from his position to enter the army on June 5, 1861.
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On April 21, 1852, Hiram co-founded the Rockland Steam Manufacturing Company along with I. K. Kimball, A. H. Kimball, and Joseph C. Libby. The company created doors, sashes, and blinds. Its buildings, however, caught fire in 1855 and were destroyed.
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A Review of the Case of Brigadier-General Joseph W. Revere, United States Volunteers, Tried by Court-Martial, and Dismissed from the Service of the United States August 10, 1863
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At the beginning of the Civil War, he went to Augusta and offered his services to the Governor and was given orders to recruit a regiment.". He participated in the
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Berry was reassigned to the command of the 3rd Brigade of Hamilton's Division (later Kearny's), 3rd Corps. The 3rd Brigade consisted of four regiments: the
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Berry was killed by a sharpshooter's round at 7:26 am (Gould, Edward (1899), Major-General Hiram G. Berry, page 267) on May 3, 1863, during the
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I have endeavored to confine myself strictly to the official action of the Court-Martial which sentenced me to dismissal from the Army...
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and subsequently became the mayor of Rockland. He also originated and commanded the "Rockland Guard," a volunteer
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List of STOCKHOLDERS, With amount of Stock held by each Jan. 1, 1854, in the BANKS OF MAINE.
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Hiram Gregory Berry was born on August 27, 1824, on his parents' farm in the Meadows of
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around Richmond. Berry was then promoted to Major-General on November 29, 1862.
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Major-General Hiram G. Berry: Bull Run to Chancellorsville (Abridged, Annotated)
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assumed command of Berry's Division, though Revere's poor decisions led to his
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company, which held a reputation for drill and discipline.
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Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War
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Berry was placed in command of the 2nd Division of the
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benefited General Hooker. His brigade fought in the
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Thomaston
Rockland
Maine
Chancellorsville
Virginia
United States of America
United States Army
Union Army

Major General
4th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
III Corps
III Corps
American Civil War
First Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Williamsburg
Battle of Seven Pines
Battle of Chancellorsville

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Army of the Potomac
American Civil War
Thomaston
City of Rockland
Maine
Rockland
Maine
carpenter
State Legislature

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