Soldier:  Hiram Benedict

Regiment:  3^rd. OVI                   

Company:  I

Age:  25                       

Date Entering Service:  September 4, 1862

Period of Service:  3 years

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):

Discharged on surgeon’s certificate of disability.  Date unknown.

Other interesting information discovered:

Hiram Benedict left Cardington after the war, and resided in Henry County, Oh, Hickory Grove, Iowa and finally Pasadena, California where he died.

Date of Death:  August 8, 1909           

Place of burial:  Mountain View Cemetery, Pasadena, Ca.

Adopted By:  In memory of Cecil and Phyllis Haycook                                                     

Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard