Civil War Records of Lincoln E. Wheeler

Lincoln E. Wheeler

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
E 26th MVI Private; enl. Sept. 7, 1861; must. Oct. 18, 1861; re-enlist. Jan. 1, 1864 must. out Aug. 26, 1865 Concord farmer age 18
MASSCW: 3:94

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page 60-61 (PDF*)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
E 26th MVI Dec. 21, 1891 Invalid   464 040 Mass.  

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  16 pages (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

Fifteen members of Isaac Davis Post No. 138 G.A.R. in front of the Telephone Office Building, West Acton, on May 30, 1924 (photograph, Acton Memorial Library archives 24.1.1)


Death

Date December 14, 1927
Place

Cambridge, Mass.
Age  
Cause  
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by  

Additional Information

Lincoln Elbridge Wheeler, age 11, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. -\97) of Charles and Ann Wheeler  (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 16).

Lincoln Wheeler, age 16, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton in the 1860 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 162) of Charles and Ann Wheeler  ("1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

Lincoln E. Wheeler's name is included on the Acton Memorial Library Soldiers' Tablet, "The Men of Acton Who Fought For The Union."

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See also:

Hosmer, The Town of Acton in the Civil War: 19, 44, 124.

 

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