Civil War Records of Cyrus E. Barker

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
H
 13th MVI
 Private; June 29, 1861 discharged for wounds Jan. 13, 1863. Sudbury powder maker

wounded Sept. 17, 1862 at Antietam, Md., apptd. Corpl., Nov. or Dec., 1862

C 59th MVI Private; Dec. 30, 1863 died April 9, 1865     wounded July 30, 1864 Petersburg, Va., as Sergt; prisoner Aug. 19, 1864, Weldon Railroad, Va.; exchanged March 14, 1865; died of disease, April 9, 1865, Annapolis, Md.

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): x

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
H 13th MVI May 16, 1865 Widow 94 033 78 214   Annie Barker
C 59th MVI

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  9 pages (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

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Death

Date April 9, 1865
Place Annapolis, Maryland
Age 22
Cause  
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial  
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Additional Information

Name included on the Acton Memorial Library Soldiers' Tablet, "Our Honored Dead."

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See also:

Henry L. Hosmer. The Town of Acton in the Civil War,  1861-1865.  Tucson, AZ: The Author, 2001. 11, 62, 76.

 

 

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