Civil War Records of Charles A. Hanscom

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
B 32nd MVI Private; enl. and must. Nov. 26, 1861 discharged for disability Nov. 25, 1862, at Philadelphia, Penn. Acton shoemaker age 38
MASSCW, 3:462

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page 70-71 (PDF)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
B 32nd MVI July 23, 1890 Widow 450 259 303 940 Mass. Achsa Hanscom

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  6 pages  (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

Recorded as member no. 48 in the membership roster of Isaac Davis Post No. 138 G.A.R., Acton, Massachusetts (Acton Memorial Library archives, 92.2.1). 

G.A.R. Personal War Sketch

Death

Date April 13, 1886
Place Acton, Mass.
Age 62
Cause pnuemonia
Obituary Concord Freeman, April 16, 1886
Funeral  
Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by Achsa Hanscom

Additional Information

Name included on the Acton Memorial Library Soldiers' Tablet, "The Men of Acton Who Fought For The Union."

Charles Anderson Hanscomb, a 31 year old shoemaker born in Maine, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 120) with Achsa Hanscomb, age 28, and 3 children (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 18.)

Charles A. Hanscom, a 37 year old boot maker born in Maine, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton in the 1860 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 80) with Achsa Hanscom, age 37, and four children ("1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

Charles Anderson Hanscom, a 40 year old shoemaker, is recorded in the 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 35) with Achsa Hanscom and one child (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 46)

Charles H. [sic] Hanscom is recorded in the 1890 special veterans census as a resident of Acton ("1890 Veterans Schedules," Ancestry.com)

 

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