Cyrus Morton Hatch was born in Nobleboro, Maine on Sept 16, 1829. He was mustered into Company D on April 29, 1861. He was listed as being 28 years old, but was actually 31. He was shot in the hip at Antietam. Family oral history has it that he laid in a ditch for three days before he was rescued and that he put a plug of chewing tobacco in the wound to stop the bleeding. He survived buy walked with a limp for the rest of his life. As a result of his wound Cyrus was discharged for disability on December 5, 1862. On May 27, 1865, Cyrus married Frances Anne Osgood at Sheepscott Bridge in New Castle, Maine. Frances was 24 and 11 years younger than Cyrus. They moved to Minneapolis where Cyrus had lived prior to the war. Their daughter, Edith, was born on Aug 20, 1866. Their first son, Walter was born on Sept 11, 1867. In 1868, they moved and traveled by covered wagon to San Jose in Santa Clara County, California. There he made a living as a house carpenter. Their third child, Everett, was born on March 23, 1870. Apparently they also lived for a time in Reedley, California. Cyrus was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. The 1910 roster of the surviving veterans of the First Minnesota states that he died on June 19, 1910, at the Soldiers Home in Sawtelle, Los Angeles County, California. He would have been 80 years old at the time of his death. Cyrus was buried in Lot 88 C, Grave 4, at the newly opened Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale. Sources: Roster of the First Minnesota Infantry, 1910. Los Angeles County Records Dept, Norwalk, CA. Family oral history. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
