Civil War Records of George Rouillard

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
  14th MLA Private; enl. Feb. 18, 1864; must. Feb. 27, 1864; must. out June 15, 1865 Acton butcher

age 22;

prisoner March 25, 1865 near Petersburg, Va.; paroled, and joined Battery May 16, 1865
MASSCW, 5:530

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

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
  14th MLA April 13, 1892 Invalid 1 105 305   Mass.  
June 4, 1931 Widow 1 695 429 A-8-6-31 Mass. Emma R. Rouillard

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  22 pages (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

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Death

Date May 23, 1931
Place Winthrop, Mass.
Age 89
Cause  
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by

Additional Information

George Rouillard, age 18, a farmer, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton in the 1860 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 335) of Frederick and Sarah Rouillard. Also in the household was 14 year old Albert Rouillard.  ("1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

George Rouillard, age 23, "Returned Soldier" is recorded in the 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household of Frederic Rouillard, age 53. Also in the household was 19 year old Albert Rouillard.  (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 55)

George Rouillard's name 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: 80.

 

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