Civil War Records of Alson R. Sumner

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
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16th MVI;

1st Co., 2nd Batt. VRC

 Private; enl. and must. July 2, 1861; apptd. Corpl., date not shown; transf. to V.R.C. July, 1863 must. out July 1, 1864, as Sergeant Middlebury, Vermont painter

age 23;

wounded Aug. 29, 1862 at 2d Bull Run, Va.

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
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 16th MVI

1st Co. 2nd Batt. VRC		 April 22, 1865 Invalid 66 439 47 192    
Aug. 5, 1909 Widow 924 959 689 242 Mass. Carrie A. Sumner

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

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 July 30, 1909
Place Waltham, Mass.
Age 71
Cause cardiac failure, carcinoma of stomach
Obituary Free Press Tribune, July 31, 1909
Funeral  
Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by widow, Carrie A. Sumner

Additional Information

Peggy Jo Brown. Hometown Soldiers: Civil War Veterans of Assabet Village & Maynard Massachusetts. Maynard, Mass.: Flying Heron Press, 2005. 279-282.

 

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