53rd Reg, Co G, Indiana Volunteers

s/o Hiram and Anna (Reed) Boyd

Hiram married Rhoda Ann Scott on January 28, 1858 in Perry County, IN. Rhoda Ann was a daughter of Thomas and Locky Scott. Records indicate Rhoda was born in 1841 in Kentucky.
By 1860 census time Hiram and Rhoda were the parents of atleast two daughters, 2 year old Ellen and 5 month old Nancy. On December 31, 1865 there was a Rhody Ann Boyd (Hiram's widow) who married a Ephraim Reed in Perry County, Indiana. No further records on this family.

Fifty-Third Regiment
Roster of Enlisted men, Company G
Privates-line 2
Name: Boyd, Hiram
Date of Muster: Feb 24, 1862
Remarks: Veteran, Killed in camp by enemy (no dates or location)

Hiram Boyd - Civil War
Record Series: Military Records
Collection:Civil War
County: Statewide
Referencenumber:CIV018422
Accession Number:1938001
Age:24
Date Enrolled:1862/02/14
Where Enrolled:Cannelton, Indiana
Regiment:53
Company:G
Discharge Date:1864/07/28
Notes:Killed while in Camp by the enemy at Atlanta, GA. Veteran, 2/22/64.
Name:Hiram Boyd
Indiana State Digital Archives

53rd Regiment Infantry
Organized at New Albany and Indianapolis, Ind., February 19 to March 6, 1862. Guard prisoners at Indianapolis until March 15. Ordered to Savannah, Tenn., March 15. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade. 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30, 1862. March to Memphis, Tenn., via Grand Junction, LaGrange and Holly Springs, June 1-July 21, and duty there until September 6. March to Jackson and Bolivar, Tenn., September 6-14. Battle of Metamora, Hatchie River, October 5. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November, 1862, to January, 1863. Duty at Colliersville and Memphis until April. Ordered to Young's Point, La., thence to Grand Gulf, Miss., and duty there until June 12. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 15-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Reconnaissance to Pearl River July 15. Duty at Vicksburg until August 15. Ordered to Natchez, Miss., August 15, and duty there until November 24. Expedition to Harrisonburg September 1-8. Near Harrisonburg and capture of Fort Beauregard September 4. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., November 24, and duty there until February, 1864. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Veterans on furlough March and April. Moved to Bird's Point, Mo., April 28; thence to Clifton, Tenn., and march to Ackworth, Ga., via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., May 5-June 9. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 9-September 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Turner's Ferry July 5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Leggett's or Bald Hill July 20-21. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.

It is not known where Pvt. Hiram Boyd rest in the State of Georgia. Many of the soldier's bodies were moved several years later to National Cemeteries, their markers unreadable. He may be listed as a "UNKNOWN". I have researched all the unknowns, none of the death dates match his of 7-28-1864.