Berry, Hiram Gregory

Life Span
to
Full name
Hiram Gregory Berry
Place of Birth
Rockland, ME
Burial Place
Rockland, ME
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
5
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
1
Family
Jeremiah Berry (father), Frances Gregory Berry (mother), Almira M. Brown (wife), Lucy F. Berry (daughter) 
Occupation
Politician
Military
Businessman
Other
Other Occupation
Carpenter, Building Contractor
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Democratic
Whig
Government
Local government
Military
Union Army
Date Event
- The Army of the Potomac concentrates on Chancellorsville in preparation for an attack on Lee
Union and Confederate armies collide near Chancellorsville in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
"Stonewall" Jackson's flanking movement seizes the initiative in the Battle of Chancellorsville
Lee's Army of Northern Virginia forces back entrenched Union forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville
- The beaten Union Army retreats across the Rappahannock, ending the Battle of Chancellorsville
General H.G. Berry, Chancellorsville casualty, is buried in his home town of Rockland, Maine
War Department renames the forts defending Washington DC to honor senior officers killed in the war
How to Cite This Page: "Berry, Hiram Gregory," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/39358.