Civil War Records of John Callahan

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
F 40th MVI Private; enl. Aug. 11, 1862; must. Sept. 3, 1862 disch. May 27, 1863 for disability at Washington, DC. [credit] South Acton laborer age 42

1862/63 Annual Report for the Town of Acton, p. 19 (Volunteers who received the town bounty, *recruited from other town and not credited to Acton)

MASSCW, 4:130

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page 72-73

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
F 40th MVI   Invalid 156 153 298 257    
  Widow 801 642 588 132 Mass. Julia Callahan

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  first 120 pages (PDF), additional 88 pages

Grand Army of the Republic

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Death

Date May 2, 1892
Place Maynard, Mass.
Age  
Cause heart disease
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial St. Bridget's Cemetery, Maynard, Mass.
Survived by wife Julia

Additional Information

See: Brown, Hometown Soldiers, pp.  61-63.

 

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