Joseph R. Barlow, born September 01, 1833 at Newburyport, Massachusetts, son of James R. & Emeline Barlow, shoemaker, Newburyport Massachusetts enlistedThe United States Army Military History Institute
2nd Lieutenant Joseph R. Barlow
April 15, 1861 for 3 months, age 27, Private, Co A 8th MA Militia Infantry, organized at Boston Massachusetts, with regiment from Annapolis Maryland to Washington DC in April 1861, guard duty at Relay house on Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, mustered out August 01, 1861, re-enlisted September 23, 1861, age 28, Private, Co I 23rd MA Infantry, with Burnside's NC expedition, promoted to Corporal on October 26, 1863, promoted to Sergeant on October 19, 1864 at
Drury's Bluff, Cold Harbor & Petersburg Virginia in 1864 commissioned Second
Lieutenant on June 02, 1865, mustered out as Sergeant with regiment June 25, 1865.Pension application no. 57028 filed February 24, 1890, certificate no 492462, resi-
dent Newburyport, Massachusetts [C1890]
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