Soldier:  Hiram Pratt Howard

Regiment:  85^th. OVI                             

Company:  C

Age:      20                  

Date Entering Service:  July 2, 1862

Period of Service:  3 months 21 days

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

Mustered out with Company on September 23, 1862

Battles in which he fought:

The 85^th. OVI organized at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio between May and June 1862 to guard a large number of Rebel prisoners held there. Soldiers mustered out between September 23 and September 27, 1862 at expiration of service.

Other interesting information discovered:

Hiram Pratt Howard was born on July 2,1841.  He married Christina M. Hack in Morrow County on March 25, 1866.  Four children were born of this union.  Hiram lived and farmed in the Westfield Township area of Morrow County most of his life.  He applied for an invalid’s pension on April 3, 1890.  His wife Christina applied for a widow’s pension on May 27, 1909.

Date of Death:  May 21,1909                  Place of Burial:  Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio

Adopted By:  Kay Patterson                                                       Researcher:  Velda L. Montgomery