Hiram Seymour Hall (September 26, 1835 - July 1, 1908) was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor

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 Battle of Gaines's Mill and on November 7, 1863, at the Second Battle of Rappahannock Station, while serving as a captain with Company G, 121st New York Infantry.

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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 Lawrence, Kansas.

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Medal of Honor citation

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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

Henry Seymour Hall