Moses C. Hanscom (1842 - 1873)

Born 1842 in Danville, Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

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Biography

Moses Hanscom was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Moses was born in 1842. He was the son of Moses Hanscom.

He passed away in 1873 and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery Auburn, Maine.^[1]

Medal of Honor citation

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Moses C. Hanscom, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 14 October 1863, while serving with Company F, 19th Maine Infantry, in action at Bristoe Station, Virginia, for capture of the flag of 26th North Carolina (Confederate States of America).

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 19102

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_C._Hanscom

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6J2-Q3K : 12 April 2016), Moses C Hanscom in household of Moses Hanscom, Durham, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing family 165, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHB-WDP : 12 December 2017), Moses C Hanscomb in entry for Moses Hanscomb, 1860.

• "Maine, Civil War Enlistment Papers, 1862-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QB-N8YM : accessed 18 October 2018), Moses C Hanscom, 04 Aug 1862; citing Bowdoinham, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States, Maine State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm .

• "Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:246N-B6N : 11 March 2018), Moses C Hanscom, 04 Aug 1862; citing Military Service, , State Archives, Augusta.

• "Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:246N-B6F : 11 March 2018), Moses C Hanscom, 28 Nov 1861; citing Military Service, , State Archives, Augusta.

• "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQZ-MNS : 13 March 2018), Moses C Hanscom, 1873; citing Death, , State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,830.

• "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-MBDM : 16 March 2018), Moses C Hanscom, 1873; citing Burial, Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,769,714.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV7-S5VK : 13 December 2015), Moses C. Hanscom, 1873; Burial, Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States of America, Oak Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 19102, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDY5-B4Y : 13 March 2018), Moses C Hanscom, 1890.

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Maine%2C_Unsourced_Profiles