Civil War Records of Albert (E.) Conant

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
F 30th MVI Private; enl. Dec. 13, 1861; must. Dec. 20, 1861 disch. for disability Jan. 6, 1863, New Orleans, La. Acton farmer

age 23;

died at sea on way home from La.
MASSCW, 3:365

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page 52-53 (rejected recruit), page 70-71 (30th MVI) (PDF)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
F 30th MVI April 22, 1867 Father 146 015     William Conant

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  8 pages (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

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Death

Date January 31, 1863
Place at sea
Age 26
Cause chronic diarrhea
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial  
Survived by father, William Conant

Additional Information

The death of Albert E. Conant, Soldier in the United States Service, is recorded in the 1862/63 annual report for the Town of Acton (p. 20), and the 1863/64 annual report for the Town of Acton: 18.

The name Albert Conant is included on the Acton Memorial Library Soldiers' Tablet, "Our Honored Dead."

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See also:

Hosmer, The Town of Acton in the Civil War: 67.

 

 

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