Civil War Records of James Brant

Service

Co.	Regiment / Ship	From	To	Residence/ Credit	Occupation	Notes
E	26th MVI	Private; enl Sept. 4, 1861; must. Oct 18, 1861; re-enlist. Jan. 1, 1864	must. out Aug. 26, 1865	Boxborough [credit Acton]	farmer	age 18/20
MASSCW, 3:88 Record of the Massachusetts Volunteers, 1:508

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page 50-51 (PDF)

Pension

Co.	Regiment	Date Filed	Type	App. No.	Cert. No.	State	Beneficiary/Remarks
E	26th MVI	July 8, 1892	Invalid	1120647		NY

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives): 24 pages (PDF)

Grand Army of the Republic

Death

Date	April 13, 1899
Place
Age
Cause
Obituary
Funeral
Burial	Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY, Plot 5707 (source: Interment.net, website, http://www.interment.net/data/us/ny/kings/cypressnat/index_braby.htm)
Survived by

Additional Information

James Brant, age 19, is recorded in the 1860 census as a resident of Boxborough, Middlesex, Mass., in the household (no. 57/57) of E.L. Battles ("1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

His re-enlistment credited to Acton is recorded on: Copy of the Tabulated Record of Men who Re-enlisted in the 26th Mass. Vols. about Jan. 1, 1865, and were credited on Acton's quota, none of which have received a Town bounty (broadside, approx. 11.25x13 in., courtesy Brewster Conant).

In the 1890 veterans census, James P. Brant is recorded at 106 Somes St. in Brooklyn, New York (house 320/605) ("1890 Veterans Schedules," Ancestry.com).

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