Civil War Records of Charles H. Blood

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
E 6th MVI (9 months) Private; enl. Aug. 25, 1862; must. Aug. 31, 1862 must. out June 3, 1863 Acton farmer age 20
MASSCW, 1:413

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): 34-35 (PDF)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
E 6th MVI Aug. 24, 1891 Invalid 1 050 571 832 768 N.Y.  

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  3 pages (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

Isaac Davis Post No. 138, Acton, Massachusetts  (Sargent, Grand Army of the Republic: 424.)


Death

Date

January 6, 1907

(source: pension file)

Place was residing in Middletown, N.Y.
Age  
Cause  
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by never married

Additional Information

Charles Henry Blood, age 13, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 247/253) with Sumner and Nancy Blood. Also in the household was his older brother George Francis Blood  (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 31.)

Charles Blood, age 17, is recorded as an inhabitant of South Acton in the 1860 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 316) of Sumner Blood ("1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

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

 

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