Civil War Records of Loring M. Jackson (a.k.a. Loring W. Jackson)

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
E 26th MVI Private; enl. and must. Aug. 12, 1862; re-enlist. Jan. 1, 1864 must. out Nov. 7, 1864 Acton farmer age 32; recorded as Loring "W." Jackson

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page  56-57 (PDF)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
E 26th MVI June 29, 1892 Invalid 1 119 007 852 187 Mass.  

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  4 pages  (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

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Death

Date April 27, 1896
Place

Somerville, Mass.
Age 65 years, 6 months
Cause pneumonia
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial  
Survived by

a widower at time of death

(source: Somerville death record, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910.  In:  American Ancestors  [online database].)

Additional Information

Loring M. Jackson was born c. 1831 in Porter, Maine to parents Stillman Jackson and Mary Mason (source: Somerville death record, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910.  In:  American Ancestors  [online database].).

Loring Mason Jackson, a 34 year old carpenter, born in Maine, is recorded in the 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 309/348) with Harriet Samantha Jackson  (source:  1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton. Compiled by Ann S. Lainhart.  Boston, 1989. Page 77.).

Loring M. Jackson, a 40 year old carpenter, born in Maine, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton in the 1870 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 335/387) with Hattie S. Jackson and one child  (source:  1870 United States Federal Census. In: Ancestry.com [online database]).

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

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See also:

Henry L. Hosmer. The Town of Acton in the Civil War,  1861-1865.  Tucson, AZ: The Author, 2001. 45.

 

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