Andrew Jackson Alden (1837 - 1906)

Born 14 Mar 1837 in Kingston, Roane, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Jan 1906 at age 68 in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States

Biography

Andrew was born in 1837. He passed away in 1906. Company G, 60th Illinois Infantry.

Enlisted 1 Dec. 1861, in Hamilton County, Illinois, mustered in 17 Feb. 1862, Company G, 60th Illinois Infantry, in Jonesboro, Illinois, as Captain. Resigned 23 Sept. 1862. Reenlisted 12 Feb. 1864 in Springfield, Illinois, mustered in 12 Feb. 1864, Camp Butler, Illinois, as Captain, Company F, 13th Illinois Cavalry. Promoted Major 23 April 1865 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and mustered in 28 April 1865 at Little Rock, Arkansas. Also commissioned Lt. Col. on 5 Sept. 1865 but he was never mustered in for that rank. Mustered out 31 Aug. 1865 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, as Major.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4J-VMJ : 18 February 2021), Andrew J Alden in entry for George M Alden, 1860.

• Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29903534/andrew-jackson-alden

• "United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ3M-WGT : 12 March 2018), Andrew J Alden, 1897; citing p. 2551, Danville, Illinois, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1749 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 84; FHL microfilm 1,548,685.

• "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6WB-D5J : 20 August 2019), Andrew J Alden, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,634,054.

• http://civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&1296257