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)
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"Burial of Gen. Berry," New York Times, May 15, 1863, p. 8.
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