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James Everett Alden

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James Everett Alden Veteran

Birth
South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
26 Nov 1921 (aged 82)
Burial
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Oak Avenue East 1861
Memorial ID
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Residence Brattleboro VT;
Enlisted on 8/21/1861 as a Corporal.
On September 21, 1861 he mustered into Company F. Vermont 4th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on May 23,1865
He was listed as:
POW 6/23/1864 Weldon Railroad, Virginia Confined 6/25/1864 Petersburg, Virginia (Also at Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia) Confined 7/12/1864 Andersonville, Georgia
Paroled 4/28/1865 (place not stated)
Promotions:
Sergeant
1st Sergt 5/5/1864
Intra Regimental Company Transfers: 2/25/1865 from company F to company A

Additional Information:
Sent to Millen, Georgia, 10/31/64. Paroled 4/28/65. Mustered out 5/23/65. Living in Springfield, Massachusetts, on the 1870 Federal census. Died 11/26/1921 in Torrington, Connecticut, of a cerebral hemorrhage. (surname listed as "Aldin"). Worked as a stock broker/banker managing Richter & Co. ("investment securities") in Springfield.
Testified at the trial of Captain Henry Wirz. According to his obituary in The Springfield Daily Republican of 11/30/1921, Alden was commander of I. W. Steele GAR post of Torrington…was president of Co. F Association of the 4th Vermont regiment and a member of the National association of Andersonville Survivors… Also listed as J. W. Ulden at Andersonville.

Sources:
http://www.weldonrailroad.com/updates.html
http://www.civilwardata.com/
active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&370935
Residence Brattleboro VT;
Enlisted on 8/21/1861 as a Corporal.
On September 21, 1861 he mustered into Company F. Vermont 4th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on May 23,1865
He was listed as:
POW 6/23/1864 Weldon Railroad, Virginia Confined 6/25/1864 Petersburg, Virginia (Also at Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia) Confined 7/12/1864 Andersonville, Georgia
Paroled 4/28/1865 (place not stated)
Promotions:
Sergeant
1st Sergt 5/5/1864
Intra Regimental Company Transfers: 2/25/1865 from company F to company A

Additional Information:
Sent to Millen, Georgia, 10/31/64. Paroled 4/28/65. Mustered out 5/23/65. Living in Springfield, Massachusetts, on the 1870 Federal census. Died 11/26/1921 in Torrington, Connecticut, of a cerebral hemorrhage. (surname listed as "Aldin"). Worked as a stock broker/banker managing Richter & Co. ("investment securities") in Springfield.
Testified at the trial of Captain Henry Wirz. According to his obituary in The Springfield Daily Republican of 11/30/1921, Alden was commander of I. W. Steele GAR post of Torrington…was president of Co. F Association of the 4th Vermont regiment and a member of the National association of Andersonville Survivors… Also listed as J. W. Ulden at Andersonville.

Sources:
http://www.weldonrailroad.com/updates.html
http://www.civilwardata.com/
active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&370935

Gravesite Details

Co F 4th VT Infantry Regiment



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