★  Raum, Green Berry

Green Berry Raum Sr.

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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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As United States Commissioner of Pensions he (and his office) was responsible for the acceptance or rejection of pension applications for thousands of Civil War veterans.
 
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