George Henry Cram

Birth Date

1838

Death Date

1872

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, soldier. Pennsylvania native. Son of Jacob Cram and Susan Cram. Student in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in 1850. Resident of Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain, lieutenant colonel, and colonel from November 26, 1861 to December 15, 1864. Wounded at the Battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee, on November 27, 1863. Brevetted Brigadier General of Volunteers.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Pennsylvania, Schuykill, Pottsville South Ward, p. 393B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Clark, Jeffersonville, p. 352.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0229.
Francis Bernard HeitmanHistorical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789 to March 2, 1903 Volume 1, Part 2 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903), 334-335.
"George Henry Cram (1838-1872)," Find A Grave, Memorial 8904032, accessed July 19, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8904032.

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