Abbott, Asa Townsend, May 31, 1842 born at Sidney, Maine, son of Abiel Abbott; April 29, 1861 pvt., Co. E, 1st Minn. Infantry Rgt. Aug. 15, 1861-Sept. 4, 1863 pvt., Signal Corps; Aug. 31, 1863 2ndlt., Signal Corps (45/81) with March 3, 1863 date of rank; July 10-12, 1864 at Ft. Stevens, Washington, D. C. July 21, 1864 returned to Signal Camp, Georgetown, D. C. March 25, 1865 assigned to Department of the Cumberland; Aug. 29, 1865 mo; Dec. 11, 1865 married Victoria F. Cross; March 7, 1867 2ndlt., 28th U. S. Infantry Rgt. and brevet 1stlt., U. S. Army for Signal Corps war service; 1867 appointed military commandant of Shattuck Military School at Fairbault, Minn. by the secretary of war; March 31, 1869 unassigned; July 14, 1870 assigned to 3rd U. S. Artillery Rgt. June 30, 1876 1stlt. April 23, 1879 retired; 1880 living in Minneapolis, Minn. c.1895 living at Fairbault, Minn. Dec. 6, 1923 died in Rice County, Minn. and buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery in Rice County. Children: Howard Abbott, February 1867 born in District of Columbia; Evangeline "Nellie" Abbott, April 22, 1870 born in Maryland or District of Columbia; Carrie Abbott, c.1872 born in Virginia.
Sources: Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65; Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903; Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866; Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century
Sources: Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65; Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903; Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866; Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century
Abbott, Asa Townsend, May 31, 1842 born at Sidney, Maine, son of Abiel Abbott; April 29, 1861 pvt., Co. E, 1st Minn. Infantry Rgt. Aug. 15, 1861-Sept. 4, 1863 pvt., Signal Corps; Aug. 31, 1863 2ndlt., Signal Corps (45/81) with March 3, 1863 date of rank; July 10-12, 1864 at Ft. Stevens, Washington, D. C. July 21, 1864 returned to Signal Camp, Georgetown, D. C. March 25, 1865 assigned to Department of the Cumberland; Aug. 29, 1865 mo; Dec. 11, 1865 married Victoria F. Cross; March 7, 1867 2ndlt., 28th U. S. Infantry Rgt. and brevet 1stlt., U. S. Army for Signal Corps war service; 1867 appointed military commandant of Shattuck Military School at Fairbault, Minn. by the secretary of war; March 31, 1869 unassigned; July 14, 1870 assigned to 3rd U. S. Artillery Rgt. June 30, 1876 1stlt. April 23, 1879 retired; 1880 living in Minneapolis, Minn. c.1895 living at Fairbault, Minn. Dec. 6, 1923 died in Rice County, Minn. and buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery in Rice County. Children: Howard Abbott, February 1867 born in District of Columbia; Evangeline "Nellie" Abbott, April 22, 1870 born in Maryland or District of Columbia; Carrie Abbott, c.1872 born in Virginia.
Sources: Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65; Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903; Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866; Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century
Sources: Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65; Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903; Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866; Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
