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- Milton was a good student. He studied law and had some inventive genius, but became non compos mentis. He lived in New Britain, Connecticut.
1880 Federal Census of New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut
Milton H. Bassett 39 M CT CT CT Head Lawyer
Prudence M. 41 F CT CT CT Wife Keeping House
Lotta B. 9 F CT CT CT Daughter At School
Jane B. 8 F CT CT CT Daughter
Samuel B. 6 M CT CT CT Son
Herbert H. 2 M CT CT CT Son
1900 Federal Census of Middletown, Middlesex County, CT (11 Jun 1900)
Milton H. Bassett 59 M CT CT CT Patient
(Residing at the Connecticut Hospital for the insane)
1910 Federal Census of Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut (11 May 1910)
Milton H. Bassett 69 M CT CT CT Boarder
(Married at 40)
Milton Humphrey Bassett (1840-1926)
Civil War Manuscripts Project
Private - New Britain
Thirteenth Connecticut Infantry, Company A
1859-1875 1 box
Letters and other papers describe experiences in the 13th Connecticut Infantry
and in the U.S. Military Telegraph Service in Louisiana including the
surrender of Port Hudson and the lack of aseptic medical facilities; Bassett
also discusses the social condition of African Americans and attitudes towards
their suffrage, renders wonderful descriptions of the natural habitat of
Louisiana's Southwest Passage in 1863. The collection includes a phrenological
evaluation of Bassett by Orson Squire Fowler (1809-1887). Also included is
other Bassett family correspondence and deeds. A typed transcription of the
Civil War letters by Mrs. Willard Butler Clary and a folder index is included
with the collection. Bassett, an unmarried student, enlisted 14 September 1861
and was mustered in a Private on 22 December 1861. Beginning to study t
operation of the telegraph in New Orleans in July of 1862, Bassett accepted a
discharge from the army to assume a position with the U.S. Military Telegraph
Service on 28 August 1863. He remained with the Telegraph Service until 31
January 1866. Among other service, Bassett operated the U.S. Military
Telegraph lines in the field with Brevet Major General J.H. Wilson from
February 1-28, 1865. He became Chief Cipher Clerk and Manager of the U.
Military Telegraph in Montgomery, AL, 1865 July 13 - 1866 January 31. H
letters provide detailed descriptions of the places and people he encountered
during the war and in the post-war south. The collection also contains
genealogical information on the Bassett family.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1840 - Aft 1925 (> 86 years)