Unmarried son of William and Christina Emerson, both of Scotland.
SGT- Co E, 42nd MA Inf. - Enlisted at the age of 27 on Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered out; Aug. 20, 1863.
He died of consumption age 32 years, 1 month.
From the "National Aegis," 10 June 1876:
Millbury
"The town authorities have recently set thirty-four tablets over graves of deceased Union soldiers buried there. The town's roll of honor includes fifty-six names, but the other twenty-two graves have been provided with headstones by friends.
The tablets are of zinc bronze, 26 inches in height, with raised letters and bearing a design including the flag and seal of the United States. The names of the deceased thus honored...."
SGT- Co E, 42nd MA Inf. - Enlisted at the age of 27 on Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered out; Aug. 20, 1863.
He died of consumption age 32 years, 1 month.
From the "National Aegis," 10 June 1876:
Millbury
"The town authorities have recently set thirty-four tablets over graves of deceased Union soldiers buried there. The town's roll of honor includes fifty-six names, but the other twenty-two graves have been provided with headstones by friends.
The tablets are of zinc bronze, 26 inches in height, with raised letters and bearing a design including the flag and seal of the United States. The names of the deceased thus honored...."
Unmarried son of William and Christina Emerson, both of Scotland.
SGT- Co E, 42nd MA Inf. - Enlisted at the age of 27 on Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered out; Aug. 20, 1863.
He died of consumption age 32 years, 1 month.
From the "National Aegis," 10 June 1876:
Millbury
"The town authorities have recently set thirty-four tablets over graves of deceased Union soldiers buried there. The town's roll of honor includes fifty-six names, but the other twenty-two graves have been provided with headstones by friends.
The tablets are of zinc bronze, 26 inches in height, with raised letters and bearing a design including the flag and seal of the United States. The names of the deceased thus honored...."
SGT- Co E, 42nd MA Inf. - Enlisted at the age of 27 on Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered out; Aug. 20, 1863.
He died of consumption age 32 years, 1 month.
From the "National Aegis," 10 June 1876:
Millbury
"The town authorities have recently set thirty-four tablets over graves of deceased Union soldiers buried there. The town's roll of honor includes fifty-six names, but the other twenty-two graves have been provided with headstones by friends.
The tablets are of zinc bronze, 26 inches in height, with raised letters and bearing a design including the flag and seal of the United States. The names of the deceased thus honored...."
Inscription
Co. E 42 Reg't M. V.
DIED
APR 26,1867
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