Graffiti soldier

Life of Samuel Hoyt, Common Soldier

  • Birth

  • Enlistment at Erie, Pennsylvania

    Enlistment at Erie, Pennsylvania
    The 83rd Pennsylvania had many stories to tell by the end of the war.
  • Marriage to Angeline

  • Discharge

    Samuel Hoyt served three years of the Civil War.
  • Move to Kansas

    Move to Kansas
    The Hoyt family may have traveled to Kansas by covered wagon.
  • Move to Grant's Pass Oregon

    Move to Grant's Pass Oregon
    Samuel Hoyt lived out the remainder of his life in Oregon
  • Pension Application

    Pension Application
    Recurring asthma justified an initial pension.
  • Death of Angeline

  • Marriage to Emma Condart

  • Pension Increase

    Pension Increase
    Late in life, Samuel Hoyt's declining health justified a pension increase to $72 per month, a large sum for the time.
  • Samuel Hoyt's Death