Civil War Records of Nathan Goss

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
E (Davis Guards) 6th MVI
(3 months)		 enl. April 16, 1861; must. April 22, 1861 must. out Aug. 2, 1861 Acton    
E 26th MVI enl. Sept. 2, 1861; must. Oct. 18, 1861; re-enl. Jan. 1, 1864 must. out Aug. 26, 1865 South Acton stone cutter age 39

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): 7 Pages (PDF*)
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page  26-27, 54-55 (PDF*)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
               

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  x

Grand Army of the Republic

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Death

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Additional Information

According to the enlistment papers in his service record, Nathan Goss was born in Epsom, New Hampshire.

A 32 year old stonecutter named Nathan Goss, born in New Hampshire, is recorded in the 1850 census as a resident of Milton, Mass., in household with Lorinda Goss (source:  1850 United States Federal Census. In: Ancestry.com [online database]).

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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