HIRAM CONKLE WAS KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG ON JULY 1ST, 1863. HERE ARE A COUPLE LETTERS HE WROTE HOME PRIOR TO THE BATTLE AND ONE WRITTEN TO HIS SISTER AFTER HE WAS KILLED. THESE LETTERS APPEARED IN THE DEFIANCE OHIO DEMOCRAT WHERE HIRAM WORKED BEFORE THE WAR.

PRIVATE CONKLE IS PROBABLY BURIED AT THE GETTYSBURG
NATIONAL CEMETERY AS A "uNKNOWN" IN THE INDIANA SECTION.