John Hamilton

First Name: John
Last Name: Hamilton
Unit: 
Co. M, 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry; Co. K, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry
Residence (County): 
Beaver County, PA
Biography: 

John Hamilton was the son of Isabelle Hamilton (b. ca. 1806) and the brother of James (b. ca. 1839), Mary (b. ca. 1842) and Isabelle A. Hamilton (b. ca. 1848). He cannot be located for certain in the 1860 Census, but a 14-year-old of that name was living in the household of a farmer named William Given in neighboring Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He was drafted and mustered into the Co. M, 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry on July 16, 1863, then was transferred to Co. K, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry in July 1864. John Hamilton was killed at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run, Virginia on October 28, 1864.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
13997 Hamilton9 March 18, 1864 John Hamilton Friends of John Hamilton Licking Creek, VA Butler County, PA
14000 Hamilton10 March 24, 1864 John Hamilton Friends of John Hamilton Licking Creek, VA Butler County, PA
14001 Hamilton11 May 17, 1864 John Hamilton Friends of John Hamilton Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA Butler County, PA
14002 Hamilton12 July 11, 1864 John Hamilton Isabelle Hamilton , Isabelle A. Hamilton Petersburg, VA Butler County, PA
14003 Hamilton13 August 6, 1864 John Hamilton Isabelle Hamilton , Isabelle A. Hamilton Petersburg, VA Butler County, PA
14004 Hamilton14 September 29, 1864 John Hamilton Isabelle Hamilton , Isabelle A. Hamilton Petersburg, VA Butler County, PA
13996 Hamilton8 February 21, 1865 John Hamilton Isabelle Hamilton Licking Creek, VA Butler County, PA

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