United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
George J. Alden. Born in Ludlow, Mass.___Son of Jefferson Alden,___by occupation a Mechanic,___Unmarried,___at the age of 28 enlisted for three years in the 27th Regiment of Infantry, Mass. Vols.__Company I.___ Mustered into service in September, 1861, and was appointed Sergeant. Participated with his Reg. in the {unreadable} Expedition, being present at the engagements of Roanoke Island, Newbern. In the fall of 1862, he was ill for several weeks caused by sun-stroke. Octo. 6, 1862, he was ordered to Wingfield, N.C., to recruit and to take command of Company "E", 1st North Carolina Union Vols. Dec. 9, 1862, was returned to his Reg. Feb. 17, 1863, was ordered by War Department to report in N.Y. City to Brig. Gen. Daniel Ullmann, to whom the charge of organizing a force of colored troops had been delegated. March 20, 1863, was commissioned as Captain in the 5th Reg. United States Vols. The officers of the prospective force of colored troops were appointed and assigned before the departing of Gen. Ullmann and his corps of officers for Louisiana. After their arrival in that state, recruiting for the force was carried on by the officers in the different parishes in which the Union army held a footing. In one month from the time of landing, three (3) full companies had been recruited, Capt. Alden's being one of the number. May 20, 1863, he was detailed for duty as Engineer before Pt. Hudson, La., and continued in that service till the section lines of works had been remodelled, Jan. 14, 1864. Capt. Alden's regiment was not filled till subsequent to the surrender of Pt. Hudson. He was mustered in 1 Sept., 1863. Jan. 18, 1864, detailed as President of Gen. Court Martial, from which duty he was {unreadable} March 25, 1864. 25 Dec. 1863, was promoted to the {unreadable}. 20 Sept., 1864, he resigned his commission and was discharged.