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Acton sent 13 men for the New York campaign in Nov. 1776. In 1777, we find the record, on agravestone in Woodlawn Cemetery, that Jonathan Hosmer (nephew of Abner Hosmer who was lettered at Concord fight) “died in the service of his Country inBennington.For the taking of Burgoyne at Saratoga in October 1777, Acton ana Concord raised a volunteer company of 63 men. Two of the officers were Acton men, Lt. John Heald andSergeant Samuel Piper. Others from Acton included:Col. Francis Faulkner, Capt. Simon Hunt, Joseph Brown (who at Saratoga shot back the bullet he had been wounded with at Bunker Hill)
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Acton Assabet Valley Beacon
Acton, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Jun 28, 1973
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