Acton Memorial Library Civil War Archives | Civil War Records of Walter Ozro Holden

Civil War Records of Walter O. Holden

Service

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

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

Pension

Co.	Regiment	Date Filed	Type	App. No.	Cert. No.	State	Beneficiary/Remarks
E	6th MVI	Feb. 9, 1883	Invalid	471 994	271 019	Mass.
E	6th MVI	Oct. 25, 1915	Widow	1 054 817		Mass.

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives): 15 pages (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

Recorded as member no. 20 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	September 4, 1915
Place	Acton, Mass.
Age	77
Cause	dysentary
Obituary	Concord Enterprise, Sept. 9, 1915
Funeral
Burial	Mt. Hope Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by	wife Helena C. (Gray)

Additional Information

Walter C. [sic] Holden, age 23, a farmer, is recorded as an inhabitant of West Acton in the 1860 federal census, in household with Ellen C. Holden, age 29 (source: 1860 United States Federal Census. In: Ancestry.com [online database]).

Walter Osro Holden, a 28 year old farmer, is recorded in the 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 176) with Hellen Colby Holden (source: 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton. Compiled by Ann S. Lainhart. Boston, 1989. Page 61-62.)

Walter O. Holden is recorded in the 1890 special veterans census as a resident of Acton (1890 Veterans Schedules. In: Ancestry.com [database on-line]).

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

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