Brigadier-General Hiram G. Berry was buried in the town he was born with "full Masonic honors." He had been killed at dawn eleven days before by a Confederate sharpshooter at the head of his brigade, which he usually led without much concern for his safety, during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He left a wife and young daughter. Notable citizens who attended the services included Vice-President Hamlin and Abner Coburn, the state's governor. (By John Osborne)