Hiram A. Fitzgerald, student 1858-1861

Fitzgerald enlisted as a private on May 23, 1862 in Co. E of the 3rd VA Cavalry. He was wounded in the face and neck at the Battle of Haw's Shop in Hanover County, VA on May 28, 1864 and taken prisoner. He was sent to Lincoln General Hospital in Washington, D.C. on May 30, 1864 and died there of a "secondary hemorrhage" on June 6, 1864. He was buried on June 7, 1864 in an undisclosed location.