Civil War Records of William H. Gray

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
E (Davis Guards) 6th MVI
(3 months)		 Private, enl. May 7, 1861; must. May 7, 1861; apptd. Hosp. Steward, May 7, 1861 must. out Aug. 2, 1861 Acton   age 40
Non-com. staff 26th MVI Hospital Steward; enl. Aug. 28, 1861; must. Oct. 18, 1861 dishonorably discharged Nov. 25, 1862 Acton trader age 40
  1st U.S. Colored Cavalry apptd. 1st Lieut., Asst. Surgeon Dec. 22, 1863. must. out Feb. 4, 1866 South Acton  

 

 

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Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): 8 Pages (PDF*)
Compiled military service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served with the United States Colored Troops [microform] : 1st through 5th United States Colored Cavalry, 5th Massachusettts Cavalry (Colored), 6th United States Colored Cavalry (1997). Reel 0005 - 1st United States Colored Cavalry Fly, Benjamin - Griffin, Oliver. Online at: http://www.archive.org/details/compiledmili0005akesunit. See pp: n1357-n1395
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page  26-27, 28-29, 46-47 (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

William Howard Gray, a 34 year old shoemaker, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 288) with Mary Ann Gray  (source:  1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton. Compiled by Ann S. Lainhart.  Boston, 1989. Page 36.)

W.H. Gray, age 40, a store keeper (born Mass.) is recorded as an inhabitant of South Acton in the 1860 federal census (dwelling no. 292), in household with Mary Ann Gray, age 37, and Charles S. Gray, age 4 (source:  1860 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. 4, 19, 39, 99.

Letter from W.H. Gray to Capt. Daniel Tuttle, April 21, 1861. In:  Letters from Acton. Acton, Mass.: Acton Historical Society, 1985. Page 8-9.

 

 

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