Civil War Records of Ephraim Forbush

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
E 6th MVI (100 Days) Private; enl. July 11, 1864; must. July 18, 1864 must. out Oct. 27, 1864 Acton farmer age 32
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Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page  30 (PDF*)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
E 6th MVI Feb. 13, 1891 Invalid 995 828 734 296 Mass.  

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  3 pages  (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

Recorded as member no. 64 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 February 21, 1909
Place Hampton, Virginia National Military Home
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Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
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Additional Information

Ephream Buttrick Forbush, a 26 year old hoslter, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 115) of Abel and Susan Forbush  (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 17).

Ephraim Forbush, age 30, a farmer, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton in the 1860 federal census, in household (no. 116) with Abel Forbush, age 63, a farmer, and Susan Forbush, age 60 ("1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

Ephraim Buttrick Forbush, a 36 year old laborer, is recorded in the 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (no. 126) of Luther Robbins Forbush (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 56).

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

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

 

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