Hiram Seymour Hall (September 26, 1835 - July 1, 1908) was a

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officer in the

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who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the

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Hall was born in Barkersville, New York, on September 26, 1835. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on June 27, 1862, at the

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and on November 7, 1863, at the

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, while serving as a

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with Company G, 121st New York Infantry. After the war, he returned to New York and married Augusta J. Galentine Hall (1842–1927). The couple had three children: Clarence Seymour Hall (1868–1922), Harry B. Hall (1869–1891), and Augusta J. Hall Kemper (1880–1940). His Medal of Honor was issued on August 17, 1891. Hall died at the age of 72, on July 1, 1908, survived by his wife and two of his children and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in

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121st Infantry Regiment – Civil War – Otsego And Herkimer Regiment
1835 births 1908 deaths People from Saratoga County, New York Burials in Kansas People of New York (state) in the American Civil War Union Army officers United States Army Medal of Honor recipients American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor {{AmericanCivilWar-bio-stub