Winn, Hiram S.

Birth: 1840

Death: 1904

Location: Lot 48, Section 3, Row 4, Old Cemetery – NW

on August 28, 1861, he enlisted in the Second Ohio Infantry, and was taken prisoner on September 20, 1863. Previous to that he was in a number of the principal engagements, and after his capture was taken to Richmond, Va, Danville, and then to Andersonville, where he remained until September, 1864, when he was taken to Milan, Ga, and there paroled on November 18 of that year. Thirteen of his comrades went to Andersonville together and only four came out alive. For his service Mr. Winn received $552.50, which he invested in land in Illinois. He came to Nebraska in 1873 and became a farmer and stock-raiser in Wood River

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