Civil War Records of Daniel R. Briggs

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
B 1st Ma. Cav. Private; enl. and mustered Sept. 25, 1861 January 29, 1862 Acton tinman

age 35;

discharged for disability

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page 38-39

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
B 1st Ma. Cav. April 21, 1862 invalid 764 21 508    
Nov. 19, 1900 widow 730 127 512 800 Mass. Sarah J. Briggs

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  6 pages (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

x


Death

Date Sept. 6, 1900
Place Chelsea, Mass.
Age 83
Cause  
Obituary Chelsea Gazette, September 15, 1900
Funeral  
Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by Sarah J. Briggs

Additional Information

Name included on the Acton Memorial Library Soldiers' Tablet, "The Men of Acton Who Fought For The Union."

 

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