Civil War Records of Joseph H. Newcomb

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
  U.S.S. Niphon   disch. Dec. 1864     source: pension file
B 19th MVI Private; enl. and must. Jan. 6, 1865 must. out June 30, 1865 Boston; credit Acton clerk

age 21

rec'd $325 bounty

Sources:
MASSCW, II:425;
Record of the Massachusetts Volunteers, II:307;
pension file (see below);
Town of Acton service ledger, page 44-45

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page 44-45

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
Navy Niphon   Invalid 753 673 583 184 Penn.  
B 19th MVI

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  first 118 pages (PDF), additional 78 pages (PDF)

Grand Army of the Republic


Death

Date

January 8, 1916

Place  
Age  
Cause  
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial

Dayton National Cemetery, Section 1, Row 14, Site 30.

(source: Nationwide Gravesite Locator (website). United States Dept. of Veterans Affairs. http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/)
Survived by  

Additional Information

Born November 2, 1843 in Nova Scotia (pension file: 45).

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See also:

Record for Joseph H. Newcomb (image 2557), "U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers," database, Ancestry.com.

 

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