Urias (also known as Uriah) Kreighbaum
Born: August 1839, Ohio
Died: February 6, 1915
PVT CO C 20 IND INF
PVT CO D 20 IND INF
Served during the Civil War as a PVT in CO C 20 IND INF from July 23, 1861 until February 1864, and as a PVT in CO D 20 IND INF from April 1, 1864 until July 18, 1865. He participated in the Battle of Bull Run and Gettysburg. He suffered a gunshot wound to the right shoulder during the Battle of the Wilderness.
He married in 1868 and during the 1880s made his home in Nebraska. By 1900 he and his family were living in the Valle Vista area of Riverside County, California where he was a rancher.
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