Edward Reed Cryer, Civil War Veteran, Sumner Co., TN
2nd Lt. Edward Reed Cryer 1837---Apr 6, 1862 at Shiloh
"...these dead shall not have died in vain."
Abraham Lincoln, 1863
The son of Hardee Murfree Cryer and Susan DuVal, Edward Reed Cryer met his fate on the battlefield at Shiloh. He was but 25 years old.
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