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Died in service, 1861–1865 · 6th Michigan Infantry
The tie, exactly: a Harris Township family's son, carried in the record by a single clause inside his brother-in-law's sketch: Elizabeth (McMichael) Griffith's brother Hiram "died in the war," in the 6th Michigan Infantry, after three months' service, from Niles. That clause is the whole of what the sources read first-hand give of him — no dates, no place of death — and the entry prints him at exactly that strength rather than omitting him: a war-dead roll that waits for complete records is a roll with names missing, and his name is the one this township's record supplies.
The roster line, settled since: Michigan's official roster (the Brown Books, through the state roster project) carries him in Company A, 6th Michigan Infantry, from Niles, age 21 — converging with Howard's clause. His death's date, place and circumstance remain a named gap (settlers: the Record of Service, vol. 6; his compiled service record), carried in Wars.
Named gap — the service record: the settling sources are the Michigan adjutant general's published roster of the 6th Infantry and the federal compiled service records, which together would fix his enlistment, his company and the date and place of his death.
Sources:
- Howard (1907), vol. 2, biographical sketches — the Griffith sketch, for the McMichael clause.