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.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL DATED OCTOBER 3, 1863 LISTED HIRAM AS BEING IN A MARKED GRAVE ON THE BATTLEFIELD. AT SOME IN TIME HIS IDENTITY WAS LOST WHEN HIS BODY WAS MOVED TO THE NATIONAL CEMETERY AND HE IS PROBABLY IN A "UNKNOWN" GRAVE IN THE INDIANA SECTION.
 
THE DEFIANCE DEMOCRAT
JANUARY 25, 1862
THE DEFIANCE DEMOCRAT
AUGUST 15, 1863