Civil War Records of Charles Morse

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
E (Davis Guards) 6th MVI
(3 months)		 Private, enl. April 16, 1861; must. April 22, 1861 must. out Aug. 2, 1861 Marlborough   age 26
E 26th MVI Private; enl. Sept. 4, 1861; must. Oct. 23, 1861; re-enlist. Jan. 1 1864 must. out Aug. 26, 1865 Acton shoemaker age 27
MASSCW, 1:382, 3:92

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page  64-65 (PDF)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
E 6th MVI
26th MVI		 June 10, 1884 Invalid 515 201 835 351 Mass.  
June 8, 1890 Widow 515 994 357 951 Mass. Emira S. Morse

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  10 pages  (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

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Death

Date April 29, 1891
Place Marlborough, Mass.
Age 57
Cause

phthisis pulminalis

(source: pension file)
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial  
Survived by Emira S. Morse

Additional Information

The enlistment of Charles Morse is recorded in the 1862-63 (p. 17, 18) and 1863-64 (p. 20) annual report for the Town of Acton.

The name "Charles Morse" is included on the Acton Memorial Library Soldiers' Tablet, "The Men of Acton Who Fought For The Union."

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See also:

Hosmer, The Town of Acton in the Civil War: 43.

 

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