Civil War Records of Christopher Myers

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
C 25th MVI Private; enl. and must. Oct. 14, 1861 must. out Oct. 20, 1864 Templeton farmer

age 19
MASSCW, 3:20

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
C 25th MVI Sept. 26, 1890 Invalid 943 597 961 048 Mass.  
March 14, 1919 Widow 1 137 781   Mass. Isabella Myers

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  11 pages  (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

Recorded as member no. 49 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 December 22, 1918
Place Chelsea Soldier's Home, Chelsea, Mass.
Age 76
Cause  
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
Survived by Isabella Myers

Additional Information

Christopher Myers is recorded in the 1890 special veterans census as a resident of Acton ("1890 Veterans Schedules," Ancestry.com).

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See also:

Brown, Hometown Soldiers:  344-347.

 

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