Abram (Abraham) Sanders Piatt
Born: May 2, 1821
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Father: Benjamin McCullough Piatt 1779 – 1863
(Buried: Mac – a – creek Cemetery, West Liberty, Ohio)
Mother: Elizabeth Barnett 1780 – 1867
(Buried: Mac – a – creek Cemetery, West Liberty, Ohio)
1st Wife: Hannah Ann Piatt 1823 – 1861
(Buried: Mac – a – creek Cemetery, West Liberty, Ohio)
2nd Wife: Emma Belle Murray 1873 – 1967
(Buried: Indian Soldiers Home Cemetery, Tippecanoe, Indiana)
Children:
Kentuck Ben Piatt 1841 – 1912
(Buried: Mac – a – creek Cemetery West Liberty Ohio)
William McCoy Piatt 1846 – 1927
(Buried: Mac – a – creek Cemetery West Liberty Ohio)
Mary Arabella Piatt Worthington 1850 – 1936
(Buried: Mac – a – creek Cemetery West Liberty Ohio)
Jacob I. Piatt 1852 – 1903
(Buried: Mac – a – creek Cemetery West Liberty Ohio)
Education:
Attended Xavier University
Occupation before War:
Farmer in Mac – a – creek Valley in Logan County, Ohio
Publisher and Editor of Mac – a – Creek Press Newspaper
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of 13th Ohio Infantry Regiment
1861: Helped raise and Organize 54th Ohio Infantry Regiment
1861: Helped raise and Organize 34th Ohio Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 34th Ohio Infantry Regiment
1861: Led his regiment at the fighting at Chapmanville, Virginia
Served on Picket Duty, Scouting Duty and served against guerillas
1862: Served in the fighting near Princeton, Western Virginia
1862 – 1863: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
1862: Served in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1862: Suffered from the effects of Typhoid Fever
1862: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
1862: Injured and unable to walk at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Resigned as Brigadier General on February 17th
Occupation after War:
Farmer in Mac – a – creek Valley in Logan County, Ohio
Builder of a Castle near West Liberty, Ohio
1871 – 1872: Editor of The Capital Newspaper
1873 – 1880: Editor – in – Chief of The Capital Newspaper
1876: Ordered to be arrested by President Grant for starting riot
1879: Unsuccessful Greenback Candidate for Governor of Ohio
1880 – 1908: Farmer in Mac – a – creek Valley in Logan County, Ohio
1888 – 1889: Editor of Belford’s Magazine
Died: March 23, 1908
Place of Death: Logan County, Ohio
Cause of Death: Cancer
Age at time of Death: 86 years old
Burial Place: Mac – a – creek Cemetery, West Liberty, Ohio
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