Civil War Records of Albert Moulton

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
E 6th MVI (9 months) Private; enl. Aug. 25, 1862; must. Aug. 31, 1862 must. out June 3, 1863 Acton farmer age 37

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page 34-35 (PDF)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
E 6th MVI Nov. 1, 1890 Invalid 965 025 718 755 Mass.  
Feb. 26,1902 Widow 757 743 545 332 Mass. Huldah Moulton

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  5 pages  (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

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Death

Date September 29, 1901
Place Acton, Mass.
Age 75
Cause pnuemonia
Obituary Concord Enterprise, October 2, 1901
Boston Globe, January 28, 1900
Funeral  
Burial  
Survived by Huldah Moulton

Additional Information

Older brother of Charles Moulton and James Moulton. 

Albert Moulton, age 27, a Rail Road Laborer born in New Hampshire, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 302/312) with Huldah Moulton and two children  (source:  1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton. Compiled by Ann S. Lainhart.  Boston, 1989. Page 38.)

Albert Moulton, age 33, a farmer, is recorded as an inhabitant of South Acton (dwelling no. 297) in the 1860 federal census, in household with Huldah, age 26 and four children (source:  1860 United States Federal Census. In: Ancestry.com [online database]).

Albert Moulton, age 39, a farmer, is recorded in the 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 233/266) with Huldah Vettum Moulton and five children  (source:  1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton. Compiled by Ann S. Lainhart.  Boston, 1989. Page 68.)

Albert Moulton is recorded in the 1890 special veterans census as a resident of Acton (source: 1890 Veterans Schedules. 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:

Peggy Jo Brown. Hometown Soldiers: Civil War Veterans of Assabet Village & Maynard Massachusetts. Maynard, Mass.: Flying Heron Press, 2005. 262-265.

 

 

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