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Acton Memorial Library |
Civil War Records of Lieut.-Colonel David P. Muzzey
Service
| Co. | Regiment/Ship | From | To | Residence | Occupation | Notes |
| A | 1st MVI | Private; enl. and must. May 23, 1861 | disch. Sept. 27, 1861 to accept. promotion in 23rd Mass. Inf. | Cambridge | lawyer | age 22 |
| I | 23rd MVI | 2nd Lieut.; comm. Oct. 11, 1861; must. Dec. 4, 1861 | resigned and disch. July 18, 1862 | Cambridge | lawyer | age 23 |
| G | 3rd Ma. Cav. | Ist Lieut.; comm. and must. Nov. 1, 1862; comm. Captain June 17, 1863; must. Sept. 13, 1863; comm. Major Aug. 15, 1865; must. Sept. 1, 1865; comm. Lieut. Colonel, Oct. 5, 1865; not must. | must. out Sept. 28, 1865, as Major |
Cambridge | lawyer | age 28 [sic] |
Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): x
Pension
| Co. | Regiment | Date Filed | Type | App. No. | Cert. No. | State | Beneficiary/Remarks |
| A I G |
1 MVI 23 MVI 3 MaCav |
Aug. 30, 1892 | Invalid | 1 128 105 | 1 082 087 | Mass. | |
| Aug. 12, 1910 | Widow | 947 275 | 708 927 | Mass. | Sarah A. Muzzey |
Grand Army of the Republic
Isaac Davis Post No. 138, Acton, Massachusetts (source: A. Dean Sargent. Grand Army of the Republic: Civil War Veterans Department of Massachusetts 1866 to 1947. 426.)
Death
| Date | August 3, 1910 |
| Place | Cambridge, Mass. |
| Age | |
| Cause | septicemia |
| Obituary | Boston Globe, August 4, 1910 Cambridge Chornicle, August 6, 1910 |
| Funeral | |
| Burial | Stow, Mass. |
| Survived by | Sarah A. Muzzey |
Additional Information
Col. Muzzey resided in Stow and Littleton for a period after the war.
News Item: "Many Years Secretary of Overseers of Poor." Cambridge Chronicle, August 2, 1902. Historic Cambridge Newspaper Collection, http://cambridge.dlconsulting.com
See also biographical sketch, pp. 400-403, in: James K. Ewer. The Third Masschusetts Cavalry in the War for the Union. Published by direction of the Historical Committee of the Regimental Association, 1902. Digital edition online at: http://www.archive.org/details/thirdmasscavalry00ewerrich
Portrait above from Ewer, p. 80.
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