CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS
Part 9
MASSACHUSETTS - UNION ARMY
Name - State Serv - Enlist Date - Enlist Rank - Enlist Age
BOYD, Alexander
MA 21 Jul 1862 Priv 48y
bn Carrickfergus,Ire.(Medway)
Worked as a Sailor,Served
Massachusetts Enlisted E Co
2nd Inf Reg MA Wounded in foot
in front at Atlanta,Mustered
Out 20 Jul 1865.
BOYD, Charles
MA 30 May 1864 Priv 30y
Claimed Residence in Quebec,Canada
East,Worked as a Clerk,
Served Massachusetts,Enlisted
K Co 2nd Cav Reg MA,deserted
at Boston,MA on 06 March 1865.
BOYD, Charles A.
MA 24 Oct 1861 Musician -
Claimed Residence in Lynn,Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted
Band Co 17th Inf Reg MA, disch
on 30 August 1862.
BOYD, Charles O.
MA 10 May 1864 Priv 21y
Claimed Residence in Chelsea,Worked
as a Clerk, Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted 6th
LA Reg MA, Mustered Out at
Galloup's Island Boston Harbor
on 06 May 1865,Died on
24 August 1911.
BOYD, Cheney
MA 19 Jul 1861 Priv 29y
Claimed Residence in Spencer,Worked
as a Farmer,Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted K Co
21st Inf Reg MA, disch
disability at Philadelphia,PA
on 13 January 1863.
BOYD,Edward
MA 02 May 1864 Priv 20y
Claimed Residence in Boston,Worked
as a Morocco Finisher,
Served Massachusetts,Enlisted
9th Co Unattached Inf Reg MA,
Mustered Out on 11 August
1864.
BOYD,Edward A.
MA 16 Jul 1861 Priv 25y
Claimed Residence in Newton,Worked
as a Baker,Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted A Co
13th Inf Reg MA,Mustered
Out at Boston,MA on 01 August
1864.
BOYD,Francis
MA 21 Apr 1864 Priv 25y
Claimed Residence in Sheffield,Worked
as a Laborer,Promoted
to Full Comm Sergt,Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted L Co 5th Cav
Reg MA,Mustered Out at Clarksville,TX
on 31 October 1865.
BOYD,Francis E.
MA 26 Feb 1862 2nd Lieut 21y
Claimed Residence in Boston,Worked
as a Merchant,Promoted
to Full Capt on 04 October
1862(As of Co. H 3rd MA Cav),
Promoted to Full Major on
14 November 1864 (As of 4th MA HA),
Promoted to Brevet Lt Col
on 13 March 1865,Served Massachusetts,
Commission S Co 4th HA Reg
MA,Mustered Out at Washington,DC
on 17 June 1865.
BOYD,George
MA 21 Apr 1862 Priv
32y
Claimed Residence in New York,
Worked as a Carpenter,Served
Massachusetts,Used alias:
George Brown, Enlisted Navy Reg,
disch on 14 February 1867.
BOYD,George
MA 07 Mar 1864 Priv
20y
Claimed Residence in Brookline,Worked
as a Sugar Boiler.
BOYD,George E.
MA 21 Sep 1864 Priv
19y
Claimed Residence in Worcester,Worked
as a Clerk Served
Massachusetts, Enlisted A
Co 1st HA Reg MA, Mustered Out
on 04 June 1865.
BOYD,George S.
MA 25 Jul 1862 Corpl
35y
Claimed Residence in Brighton,
Worked as a Carpenter,Promoted
to Full Sergt on 07 July 1863,Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted E Co.
33rd Inf Reg MA, Mustered
Out on 13 May 1865.
BOYD,Harlan P.
MA 05 Jan 1864 Priv
21y
Claimed Residence in Ashland,Worked
as a Shoemaker,Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted D Co
2nd Cav Reg.MA, deserted on
27 June 1865(Deserted from
furlough).
BOYD,Hugh
MA 12 Jul 1861 Priv
27y
Claimed Residence in Lowell,Worked
as a Wool Sorter,Promoted
to Full 2nd Lieut on 29 September
1862,Promoted to Full 1st
Lieut on 29 December 1862,Served
Massachusetts,Transfered D Co
16th Inf Reg MA,disch disability
on 13 Feb 1864(Resignation
as 1st Lieut of Co D).
BOYD,Isaac H.
MA 22 Aug 1861 2nd Lieut. 23y
Claimed Residence in West
Newbury,Worked as a Lawyer,Promoted
to Full 2nd Lieut on 22 August
1861,Promoted to Full 1st Lieut
on 22 October 1861,Promoted
to Full Capt on 21 November 1862,
Promoted to Full Major on
28 July 1864 (Not Mustered),Served
Massachusetts,Commission A
Co 19th Inf Reg.MA, died wounds on
10 April 1865.
BOYD,James
MA 30 Jul 1863 Priv
21y
Claimed Residence in Jersey
City,Worked as a Laborer,Served
Massachusetts,Drafted U Co
19th Inf Reg MA, deserted on
14 August 1863.
BOYD,James
MA 01 Aug 1863 Priv
22y
Claimed Residence in England,Worked
as a Sailor,Served
Massachusetts,Drafted B Co
15th Inf Reg MA,Transferred on
23 April 1864(Transferred
to Navy, no service found in US Navy).
BOYD,James
MA 07 Oct 1862 Priv
21y
Claimed Residence in Boston,Worked
as a Machinist,Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted C Co
42nd Inf Reg MA, deserted at
Readville,MA on 20 October
1862.
BOYD,James O.
MA 18 Aug 1862 Priv
22y
Claimed Residence in Spencer,Worked
as a Mechanic,Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted F Co
42nd Inf Reg MA, disch disability
on 18 November,died on 10
May 1910.
BOYD,John
MA 29 Dec 1864 Priv
20y
Claimed Residence in St John
New Brunswick,Worked as a Painter
Served Massachusetts,Enlisted
7th LA Reg MA,Mustered Out at
Galloup's Island,Boston,MA
on 10 November 1865.
BOYD,John
MA 03 Mar 1864 Priv
35y
Claimed Residence in Boston,Worked
as a Laborer,Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted K Co
20th Inf Reg MA,deserted
from Hospital on 22 October
1864.
BOYD,John
MA 15 Jun 1863 Priv
22y
Claimed Residence in Princeton,Worked
as a Farmer,Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted I Co
55th Inf Reg MA,Mustered Out
at Charleston,SC on 29 August
1865.
BOYD,John
MA 13 Jul 1864 Priv
30y
Claimed Residence in Montreal
Canada,Worked as a Carpenter
Served Massachusetts,Enlisted
I Co 21st Inf Reg MA,
deserted on 15 November 1864.
BOYD,John
MA 12 May 1864 Priv
21y
Claimed Residence in Burlington,Worked
as a Laborer,Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted C Co
5th Cav Reg MA,Mustered Out at
Clarksville,TX on 31 October
1865.
BOYD,John
MA 20 Oct 1862 Priv
24y
Claimed Residence in Boston,Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted
I Co 47th Inf Reg MA,deserted
at Camp Stanton,Boxford,
MA on 27 October 1862.
BOYD,John
MA of Boston.worked as laborer.On 03 Mar
1864 at age of 35 enlisted
in the 20th Massachusetts,Company K,
at the rank of Private. His
term of service ended 16 Jul 1865.
Ending status: mustered out
- wounded.
BOYD,John F.
MA 30 Jul 1862 2nd Lieut
38y
Claimed Residence in Newton,Worked
as a Broker,Served
Massachusetts,Commission K
Co 32nd Inf Reg MA,Resigned
on 30 September 1862.
BOYD,John F.
MA 10 Mar 1865 Priv
18y
Claimed Residence in Worcester,Worked
as a Farmer,Promoted
to Full Corpl on 17 April
1865, Served Massachusetts.
BOYD,John Flint MA
07 Jul 1864 Priv
19y
Born on 10 September 1846,Claimed
Residence in West Brookfield,
Worked as a Farmer, Promoted
to Full Corpl on 17 April 1865
(As of Co. A 62nd MA Inf),Served
Massachusetts, After war
was Sheriff of Douglas County,NE
Enlisted A Co 62nd Inf Reg MA
Mustered Out at Camp Meigs,Readville,MA
on 05 May 1865,
Died in Omaha,NE, on 26 January
1892.
BOYD,John P.
MA 27 Sep 1861 Wagoner
28y
Claimed Residence in Newburyport,Worked
as a Teamster,Served
Massachusetts Enlisted I Co
23rd Inf Reg MA,disch disability
at New Berne,NC on 26 March
1863
BOYD,John T.
MA 01 May 1861 Capt
34y
Claimed Residence in Charlestown,Promoted
to Full Major on
05 July 1861,Promoted to Full
Lt Col on 26 June 1862,Served
Massachusetts,Commission S
Co 5th Inf Reg MA,Mustered Out
at Camp Lander,Wenham,MA on
02 July 1863,Transferred on
05 July 1861 from Company
K to Company S.
BOYD,Joseph
MA 19 Apr 1861 Corpl
27y
Claimed Residence in Charlestown,Served
Massachusetts
Enlisted K Co 5th Inf Reg
MA,Mustered Out at Boston,MA
on 31 July 1861.
BOYD,Joseph
MA 23 Sep 1861
Priv 30y
Claimed Residence in Lowell,Worked
as a Mechanic,Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted B Co
30th Inf Reg MA, Mustered Out
at Charleston,SC on 05 July
1866.
BOYD,Joseph
MA 25 Mar 1863 Priv
33y
Claimed Residence in Charlestown,Served
Massachusetts
Enlisted C Co 1st Battn HA
Reg MA, Mustered Out on
20 October 1865.
BOYD,Lucille
MA 09 Aug 1864 Priv
18y
Worked as a Farmer,Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted E Co.
4th HA Reg MA,Mustered Out
at Washington,DC on 17 June 1865.
BOYD,Moses E.
MA 29 Aug 1862 Priv
21y
Claimed Residence in Boston,Worked
as a Clerk,Served Massachusetts,
Enlisted D Co 44th Inf Reg.MA,
Mustered Out at Readville,MA
on 18 June 1863.
BOYD,Moses E.
MA 26 May 1862 Priv
20y
Claimed Residence in Boston,Worked
as a Clerk,Served Massachusetts
Enlisted B Co 4th Battn Inf
Reg MA,Mustered Out at Boston,MA
on 31 May 1862.
BOYD,Neil
MA 21 Aug 1863 Priv
21y
Claimed Residence in Boston,Worked
as a Sailor,Served
Massachusetts Transfered Navy
Reg, deserted on 18 May 1865.
BOYD,Patrick
MA 20 Aug 1862 Musician
43y
Claimed Residence in Quincy,Worked
as a Mechanic,Served Massachusetts
Enlisted G Co 48th Inf Reg
MA Mustered Out at Camp Lander,Wenham,MA
on 03 September 1863.
BOYD,Robert
MA 01 Apr 1864 Priv
27y
Claimed Residence in Duxbury,Worked
as a Farmer,Served Massachusetts,
Enlisted K Co 5th Cav Reg
MA,Mustered Out at Clarksville,TX on
31 October 1865.
BOYD,Thomas
MA 24 Aug 1863 Priv
19y
Claimed Residence in New York
City, Worked as a Printer, Served
Massachusetts, Drafted A Co
18th Inf Reg MA, died prisoner
at Andersonville,GA on 15
November 1864, Priv A Company 18th
Regiment MA Inf was awarded
Roll of Honor.
BOYD,Thomas
MA 08 Nov 1862 Priv
26y
Claimed Residence in Charlestown,Served
Massachusetts Enlisted I Co.
48th Inf Reg MA,deserted at
Readville,MA on 05 December 1862
Boyd,Thomas Jr. MA
24 Aug 1862 Priv
23y
Claimed Residence in Southborough,Worked
as a Shoemaker Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted C Co
1st Inf Reg MA,disch disability at
Falmouth,VA on 27 February
1863.
BOYD,Wanton
MA 10 Feb 1864 Priv
24y
Claimed Residence in East
Greenwich,Worked as a Teamster
Served Massachusetts,Enlisted
F Co 5th Cav Reg MA,Mustered
Out at Clarksville,TX on 31
October 1865.
BOYD,William
MA 21 Feb 1862 Priv
27y
Claimed Residence in Charlestown,Worked
as a Spar Maker
Served Massachusetts Enlisted
C Co 1st Cav Reg MA,disch on
21 February 1865.
BOYD,William
MA 19 Apr 1861 Priv
33y
Claimed Residence in Charlestown,Served
Massachusetts
Enlisted K Co 5th Inf Reg
MA,Mustered Out at Boston,MA
on 31 July 1861.
BOYD,William
MA 27 Jun 1864 Priv
22y
Claimed Residence in Taunton,Worked
as a Carpenter
Served Massachusetts Enlisted
U Co 2nd Cav Reg MA
(Never joined Regmt).
BOYD,William
MA 15 Apr 1864 Priv
24y
Claimed Residence in West
Roxbury,Worked as a Mechanic
Served Massachusetts Enlisted
L Co 5th Cav Reg MA,died at
Brazos,TX on 29 September
1865(Of wounds,not received in action.)
BOYD,William
MA 25 Aug 1862 Sergt
26y
Claimed Residence in Quincy,Worked
as a Mechanic,Promoted to
Full 2nd Lieut on 16 May 1863,Served
Massachusetts,Enlisted G Co
48th Inf Reg MA,Mustered Out
at Camp Lander,Wenham,MA on
03 September 1863.
BOYD,William A. MA
24 Sep 1863 Priv 41y
Claimed Residence in Lowell,Worked
as a Carpenter Served
Massachusetts Enlisted I Co
1st Cav Reg MA,Mustered Out
on 29 June 1865.
BOYD,William F. MA
07 Dec 1864 Priv 32y
Claimed Residence in Foxboro,Worked
as a Harness Maker
Promoted to Full Sergt on
10 December 1864,Served Massachusetts
Enlisted 18th Co Unattached
Inf Reg MA,Mustered Out on 12 May 1865
Died on 21 December 1910.
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