Albert Newell Hubbard
Albert Newell Hubbard was born on November 7, 1833, in Windsor, Massachusetts, to Edmund and Sally Hubbard. His father was a carpenter who owned $950 of real estate in 1850. He grew up in Windsor, and as one writer later observed, he “was brought up like most country boys of his time, receiving only a limited share of common school advantages.” Nonetheless, he “inherited considerable executive ability,” and he “went away to work at an early age.”
 
He married Venila Crittenden in Hawley, Massachusetts, on October 3, 1854, and they had four children: Aline, born around 1856; Albert Clarence, born around 1858; Elmer, born around 1867; and Eli, born around 1881. They lived in Windsor, and Hubbard worked as a farm laborer. By 1860, they owned $105 of personal property.
 
Hubbard enlisted in the Union army on July 19, 1862, and mustered in as a private in Company B of the 34th Massachusetts Infantry on August 1. The regiment took part in the General Philip Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley campaign, the siege of Petersburg, and the Appomattox campaign. He was wounded in the Battle of Cedar Creek on October 13, 1864, but he eventually recovered and rejoined the regiment. He eventually earned a promotion to sergeant. He remained devoted to the Union, telling his wife in September 1864, "I hope you may never know the horrors of war as the folks in this place [Virginia] do but it is the fruit of secesh and let it come till the last armed fo[rce] expires or returns to the support of the old flagg which we have sworn to protect." He mustered out in Richmond, Virginia, on June 16, 1865.
 
He returned to Windsor after the war and resumed his work as a farmer. By 1870, he owned $925 of real estate. He applied for a federal pension in December 1869 and eventually secured one at a rate of $12 per month. He joined the local Grand Army of the Republic post and served on Windsor’s school board for several years. He and Venila belonged to the Congregational church, and he acted as superintendent of the Sunday school. He remained in Windsor for the rest of his life, and he died there of liver and kidney disease on July 24, 1905.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(1347)Hubbard, Albert Newell1833-11-071905-07-24
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Sergeant
  • Rank highest: Sergeant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 127

  • (3238) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 28 May 1864
  • (3239) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 12 April 1865
  • (3240) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 19 April 1865
  • (3242) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 20 May 1864
  • (3243) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 8 June 1864
  • (3244) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 27 April 1864
  • (5187) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 11 October 1862
  • (5188) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard and Riley Taylor to Venila A. Hubbard, 7 October 1862
  • (5189) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 6 October 1862
  • (5190) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 5 October 1862
  • (5191) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 2 October 1862
  • (5192) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 30 September 1862
  • (5193) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 25 September 1862
  • (5194) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 23 August 186X
  • (5195) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 16 April 1863
  • (5196) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 26 January 1863
  • (5197) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 13 January 1863
  • (5198) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 23 December 1862
  • (5199) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 16 December 1862
  • (5200) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 7 December 1862
  • (5201) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 20 September 1862
  • (5202) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 27 December 1862
  • (5222) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 30 November 1862
  • (5223) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 4 November 1862
  • (5224) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 2 November 1862
  • (5225) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 30 October 1862
  • (5226) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 26 October 1862
  • (5227) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 18 October 1862
  • (5228) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 15 October 1862
  • (5229) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 14 October 1862
  • (5230) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 12 October 1862
  • (5231) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 17 September 1862
  • (5686) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 22 February 1865
  • (5687) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 24 February 1865
  • (5688) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 18 March 1865
  • (5689) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 22 March 1865
  • (5690) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 23 March 1865
  • (5865) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 12 February 1863
  • (5866) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 10 February 1863
  • (5867) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 5 February 1863
  • (5886) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 27 January 1863
  • (5887) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 6 January 1863
  • (5888) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 4 January 1863
  • (5889) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 17 November 1862
  • (5890) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, undated
  • (5891) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 12 April 186X
  • (5892) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 27 March 186X
  • (5893) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 17 March 186X
  • (5894) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 13 March 186X
  • (5895) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 5 November 1862
  • (5896) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 11 March 186X
  • (5897) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 2 March 186X
  • (5898) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 7 March 186X
  • (5899) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 30 April 1863
  • (5900) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 24 April 1863
  • (5901) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 21 April 1863
  • (5917) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 8 April 1863
  • (5918) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 26 February 1863
  • (5919) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 23 February 1863
  • (5920) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 16 February 1863
  • (5921) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 1862
  • (6969) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 25 July 1863
  • (6970) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 25 July 1863
  • (6971) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 26 May 1863
  • (6972) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, undated
  • (6973) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 1864
  • (6974) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 1864
  • (6975) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 25 December 186X
  • (6976) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 25 November 186X
  • (6977) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 23 November 1864
  • (6978) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 26 September 186X
  • (6979) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 25 May 1863
  • (6980) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Edmund Hubbard and Sally G. Hubbard, 24 September 186X
  • (6981) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 17 September 186X
  • (6982) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 30 August 186X
  • (6983) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 24 August 186X
  • (6984) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 23 August 186X
  • (6985) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 20 August 1863
  • (6986) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 20 August 186X
  • (6987) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 4 August 186X
  • (6988) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 22 July 1863
  • (6989) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 21 July 1863
  • (6990) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 19 May 1863
  • (6991) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 8 July 186X
  • (6992) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 12 June 186X
  • (6993) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 20 April 1864
  • (6994) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 4 April 1864
  • (6995) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 21 March 186X
  • (6996) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Edmund Hubbard and Sally G. Hubbard, 11 March 186X
  • (6997) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 11 March 186X
  • (7007) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 9 February 1864
  • (7008) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 15 June 1865
  • (7009) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 30 April 1865
  • (7010) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 7 May 1863
  • (7011) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 7 April 1865
  • (7012) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 17 March 1865
  • (7013) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 17 February 1865
  • (7014) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 13 February 1865
  • (7015) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 25 January 1865
  • (7016) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 18 January 1865
  • (7017) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 12 January 1865
  • (7018) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 2 January 1865
  • (7019) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 31 December 1864
  • (7020) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 21 December 1864
  • (7021) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 28 August 1862
  • (7022) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 13 December 1864
  • (7023) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 6 December 1864
  • (7024) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 28 November 1864
  • (7025) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 1 November 1864
  • (7026) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 30 October 1864
  • (7027) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 9 October 1864
  • (7028) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 28 September 1864
  • (7029) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 21 September 1864
  • (7030) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 13 September 1864
  • (7031) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 10 September 1864
  • (7032) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 8 August 1862
  • (7033) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 5 September 1864
  • (7034) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 7 September 1864
  • (7035) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 31 August 1864
  • (7036) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 7 August 1864
  • (7037) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 9 May 1864
  • (7038) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 5 May 1864
  • (7039) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 30 April 1864
  • (7040) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 18 January 1864
  • (7041) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 14 January 1864
  • (7042) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 14 January 1864
  • (7043) [writer] ~ Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 4 August 1862

People - Records: 3

  • (1348) Hubbard, Venila A. is the [wife of] (1347) Hubbard, Albert Newell
  • (2403) Hubbard, Edmund is the [parent of] (1347) Hubbard, Albert Newell
  • (2404) Hubbard, Sally Goodsell is the [parent of] (1347) Hubbard, Albert Newell

Places - Records: 1

  • (1220) [birth, death] ~ Windsor, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (196) [enlisted] ~ 34th Massachusetts Infantry

Groups - Records: 1

  • (6) [member/supporter] ~ Grand Army of the Republic
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, available from Ancestry.com; The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, MA), 4 October 1904; Albert N. Hubbard to Venila A. Hubbard, 5 September 1864, DL0964.019, Nau Collection