Green Berry Raum Sr.
Born: December 3, 1829
Birthplace: Golconda Illinois
Father: Major John Raum 1793 – 1869
(Buried: Golconda Cemetery Golconda Illinois)
Mother: Juliet C. Field 1810 – 1872
(Buried: Golconda Cemetery Golconda Illinois)
Wife: Maria Field 1831 – 1915
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Virginia)
Children:
Effie Raum Walters 1854 – 1938
(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery West Palm Beach Florida)
Maud Raum Maguire 1859 – 1928
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery Washington D.C.)
Green Berry Raum Jr. 1863 – 1914
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery Washington D.C.)
Maria Raum Moses 1867 – 1951
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Virginia)
Frances Raum Cranston 1871 – 1962
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Virginia)
Occupation before War:
1853 – 1856: Attorney in Golconda Illinois
1856 – 1857: Attorney in Kansas Territory
1857 – 1861: Attorney in Harrisburg Illinois
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Major of 56th Illinois Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1864: Colonel of 56th Illinois Infantry Regiment
1862: At the Siege of Corinth Mississippi ordered the charge
1863: Participated in the Siege of Vicksburg Mississippi
1863: Wounded during the Battle of Missionary Ridge
1864: Held the line of communication during Atlanta Campaign
1864: Brevetted Brigadier General
1864: Helped reinforce Resaca Georgia and Hold it from Confederates
1865: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers Infantry
1865: Brigade Commander during the Carolina’s Campaign
1865: Resigned as Brigadier General on May 6th
Occupation after War:
Obtained a Charter for Cairo and Vincennes Railroad Company
President of Cairo and Vincennes Railroad Company
1867 – 1869: U.S. Congressman from Illinois
1876 – 1883: United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue
1880: Acting Chairman of Republican Party National Convention
1889 – 1893: United States Commissioner of Pensions
1893 – 1909: Attorney in Chicago Illinois
Died: December 18, 1909
Place of Death: Chicago Illinois
Age at time of Death: 80 years old
Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Virginia
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