Civil War Records of James L. Hosmer

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
B 13th MVI Private; enl. Aug. 6, 1862; must. Aug. 8, 1862 dropped as deserter Oct. 10, 1862 Boston clerk

age 21
MASSCW, 2:81

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
               

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  x

Grand Army of the Republic

x


Death

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Additional Information

James L. Hosmer was born in Acton, April 26,1842 to Aaron and Sarah Hosmer. He was the cousin of Henry Hapgood. (The Letters of Henry Hapgood's Family: 59).

James L. Hosmer, age 8, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton in the 1850 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 171/household no. 207) of Aaron and Lamilla Hosmer ("1850 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

In a letter dated Sept. 22, 1862, Mary Ann (Hosmer) Hapgood wrote to her son Henry Hapgood, that "James L.H. has been in a battle, was taken prisoner but is now on parole. he has written to his mother..." (The Letters of Henry Hapgood's Family: 4). In a letter dated October 26, 1862, Ann Maria Hapgood wrote, "James L. Hosmer has got back to Boston. he had had a pretty hard time been sick & also taken prisoner. he is a paroled prisoner now and says he shall not go back untill he is Exchanged when I suppose he'll be obliged to go back." (The Letters of Henry Hapgood's Family: 16).

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See also:

Hosmer, The Town of Acton in the Civil War: 61

 

 

 

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