Cyrus Hamlin (general)
| Cyrus Hamlin | |
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Cyrus Hamlin
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| Born |
April 26, 1839 Hampden, Maine |
| Died | August 28, 1867 (aged 28) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Place of burial | Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Union |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1862 - 1866 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General Brevet Major General
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| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
| Relations |
Hannibal Hamlin (father) Charles Hamlin (brother) |
Cyrus Hamlin (April 26, 1839 – August 28, 1867) was an attorney, politician, and a general from Bangor, Maine, who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Hamlin was born in Hampden, Maine, a suburb of Bangor. He was the third son of Hannibal Hamlin, the Vice President of the United States, and his wife. His brother, Charles Hamlin, was a Union Army major who was appointed a brevet brigadier general at the end of the war.
Hamlin was educated at the Hampden Academy and studied at Waterville College (now Colby College) in Waterville, Maine. He was admitted to the bar in 1860 and practiced law for a year in Kittery, Maine.
Hamlin was commissioned as a captain in the Union Army in April 1862, serving as an aide-de-camp to Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont.
Hamlin was among the first to advocate enlisting African-American troops in the Union Army. In February 1863, he was appointed the first colonel of the 80th United States Colored Troops and was assigned to field duty in Louisiana. There he eventually took charge of a brigade of black troops and participated in the Siege of Port Hudson. He was promoted to brigadier general in December 1864 and assigned command of the military district of Port Hudson, Louisiana, Department of the Gulf. Hamlin was mustered out of the United States Volunteers on January 15, 1866.
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