Acton Memorial Library Civil War Archives | Civil War Records of George N. Pierce

Civil War Records of George N. Pierce

Service

Co.	Regiment / Ship	From	To	Residence/ Credit	Occupation	Notes
E	6th MVI (9 months)	Private; enl. Aug. 25, 1862; must. Aug. 31, 1862	must. out June 3, 1863	Acton	farmer	age 18
MASSCW, 1:415

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page 34 (PDF)

Pension

Co.	Regiment	Date Filed	Type	App. No.	Cert. No.	State	Beneficiary/Remarks
E E	6th MVI 43d Wisc	July 28, 1890	Invalid	831 513	775 431	Tenn.
E E	6th MVI 43d Wisc	March 1, 1901	Widow	736 492	533 977	Ala.	Louise Pierce

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives): 12 pages (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

Death

Date	February 10, 1901
Place	Jefferson County, AL
Age
Cause
Obituary
Funeral
Burial
Survived by	Louise Pierce

Additional Information

George Newton Pierce, age 10, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 62) of Amos Handley, a farmer (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 11).

George Peirce [sic], age 15, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton in the 1860 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 342) of Amos Handley ("1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

George N. Pierce's name is recorded on the Acton Memorial Library Soldiers' Tablet, "The Men of Acton Who Fought For The Union."

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