Civil War Records of Nahum H. Whitcomb

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
E 6th MVI (9 months) Private; enl. Aug. 25, 1862; must. Aug. 31, 1862 died Dec. 13, 1862 of disease, at Suffolk, Va. Littleton farmer age 24

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
E 6th MVI April 18, 1863 Widow 18 738 7 646   Mary F. Whitcomb
May 11, 1868 Minor 160 821 113 689   Oliver A. Whitcomb

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  12 pages (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic


Death

Date December 13, 1862
Place Suffolk, Va.
Age  
Cause pneumonia
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial  
Survived by

Mary F. Whitcomb;  Oliver A. Whitcomb

Additional Information

Born 1838 Littleton, Mass. Widow a resident of Littleton, Mass.

The death of Nahum Whitcomb is mentioned in a letter dated Dec. 20, 1862 from Eliza Sprague to her brother Aaron Jones Fletcher.

 

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