Civil War Records of Samuel R. Burroughs

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
E 26th MVI Private; enl. Sept. 24, 1861; must. Oct. 18, 1861; re-enlist. Jan. 1, 1864; prom. Corpl. March 1, 1865 must. out Aug. 26, 1865 West Acton farmer

age 18

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): pages 50-51, 52-53 (PDF) 

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
E 26th MVI Oct. 27, 1890 Invalid 868 772 828 632 MA  

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  27 pages (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

Recorded as member no. 110 in the membership roster of Isaac Davis Post No. 138 G.A.R., Acton, Massachusetts (Acton Memorial Library archives, 92.2.1). 

G.A.R. Personal War Sketch

Death

Date November 12, 1922
Place Acton, Mass.
Age 79
Cause  
Obituary Concord Enterprise, Nov. 15, 1922 
Funeral Concord Enterprise, Nov. 22, 1922
Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by Elizabeth and one sister, Mrs. Woodward

Additional Information

Saml R. Burroughs, age 17, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton in the 1860 federal census, in household with G.C. Burroughs, age 59, a farmer, and Louisa J. Burroughs, age 49.

Samuel R. Burroughs is recorded in the 1890 special veterans census as a resident of Acton. (source: Ancestry.com. 1890 Veterans Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census [1890] Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; [National Archives Microfilm Publication M123, 118 rolls]; Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C.)

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

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See also:

Henry L. Hosmer. The Town of Acton in the Civil War,  1861-1865.  Tucson, AZ: The Author, 2001. 42.

 

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