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GEORGE H. CRAM. Born in Pennsylvania. - Appointed from Kentucky MILITARY HISTORY. - Captain 9th Kentucky Volunteers, October, 1861. Engaged at the battle of Shiloh, Tenn. (wounded). Lieutenant-Colonel 9th Kentucky Volunteers, April, 1862. Engaged at the battles of Perryville, Ky., and Stone River, Tenn. (wounded, and commanding regiment). Colonel 9th Kentucky Volunteers, March, 1863. Engaged at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., East Tennessee campaign, battle of Missionary Ridge, Tenn. (wounded), and in the Atlanta campaign (commanding regiment and brigade). Brevet Brigadier-General U. S. Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Shiloh, Tenn., Stone River, Tenn., East Tennessee campaign, winter of 1864, and in the Atlanta campaign. First Lieutenant 17th U. S. Infantry, February, 1866. Captain 17th U. S. Infantry, October, 1867. Brevet Captain U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Shiloh, Tenn. Brevet Major U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Missionary Ridge, Tenn. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services before Atlanta, Ga. At the post of Galveston, Tex., from - to -
Military record of civilian appointments in the United States Army. By Guy V. Henry. Author: Henry, Guy Vernor, 1839-1899. Publication Info: New York,: D. Van Nostrand, 1873.