Second Generation

2. Cpl Charles W ACKLEY appeared in the census 1880 & 1900 in Minnesota. He was born about 1842 in Wisconsin.^1,2,3,4,5 grave records has birth as ca 1842
1900 census has birth as Oct 1840 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Iowa. He was living in 1870 in Falls, Cerro Gordo , Iowa.³ On 5 Jul 1870 he was Farmer at Falls, Cerro Gordo , Iowa.³ On 7 Jun 1880 he was a farmer at Bloomfield, Fillmore, Minnesota.¹ He was living in 1880 in Bloomfield, Fillmore, Minnesota.¹ He appeared in the following News Article from the Stevens Point Daily Journal • on 21 Sep 1896 in Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin THE FIRST INFANTRY

Report of Reunion Held at St. Paul, on September 3d


At the Ryan Hotel, St. Paul, on September 3, 1896, twenty five of the survivors of the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer infantry met in reunion and organized the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer infantry association.

(excerpt) Company K, C W Ackley , Spring Valley Minnesota He was living in 1900 in Spring Valley, Fillmore , Minnesota.² He lived at 922 N Cedar in Colorado Springs, El Paso , Colorado in 1911.⁶ He lived at 925 N Cedar in Colorado Springs, El Paso , Colorado in 1924.⁷ He died on 21 Apr 1925.^4,5,8 He was buried on 21 Apr 1925 in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso , Colorado.^4,8 Lot #T-067
He served in the military Civil War in 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry.⁹ 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry


Organized at Camp Scott, Milwaukee, Wis., and mustered in October 19, 1861. Moved to Louisville, Ky., October 28-31, and duty there till November 14. Attached to Negley's 7th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December, 1861. 7th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1862. Negley's 7th Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1862. 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division (Centre), 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps to October, 1864.

SERVICE.-Ordered to West Point, Ky., November 14, 1861; thence to Elizabethtown, Ky., December 3, and to Bacon Creek December 11. Moved to Munfordsville, Ky., December 17, and duty at Camp Wood till February, 1862. Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 3. Duty at Nashville till March 29. Action on Granny White Pike, near Nashville, March 8. Moved to Columbia March 29-April 2. Moved to Bigley's Creek, and duty guarding railroad at bridges till May 3. Rogersville May 13. Expedition to Chattanooga May 28-June 17 (Cos. "A," "B," "G" and "K"). Chattanooga June 7-8. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till August. (Part of Regiment at Columbia and Mooresville till August 18.) March to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 18-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Crab Orchard, Ky., October 1-16. Battle of Perryville , Ky., October 8. Guard duty at Mitchellsville till December 7. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Jefferson December 30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Jones' Ford July 2. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Davis Cross Roads , near Dug Gap, September 11. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Rossville Gap September 21. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Reconnoissance to Cooper's Gap November 30-December 3. Scout to Harrison and Ootlewah January 21, 1864 (Detachment). Demonstration on Dalton , Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Non-Veterans ordered to Nashville, Tenn., September 21. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 21st Wisconsin Infantry. Regiment mustered out October 13, 1864.

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 151 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 142 Enlisted men by disease. Total 300.

Cpl Charles W ACKLEY and Harriet (Hattie) H SMITH were married on 13 Oct 1869 in Mitchell , Iowa.^{1,2,3,4,5,7,8,10} Harriet (Hattie) H SMITH (daughter of Lott SMITH and Mrs Julia Ann SMITH) appeared in the census 1880 & 1900 in Minnesota. She was born about 1849 in Vermont.^{1,2,3,4,5,8,11} grave recoreds has middle initial as H and birth as ca 1849
1900 census has birth as Nov 1847 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Iowa. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Colorado. She was living in 1930 in Colorado Springs, El Paso , Colorado.¹¹ living with son-in-law Benjamin McBride 1930 She died on 25 Sep 1930 in Colorado.^4,5,8 She was buried on 25 Sep 1930 in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso , Colorado.^4,8 Cpl Charles W ACKLEY and Harriet (Hattie) H SMITH had the following children:

+3	i.	Phoebe Grace ACKLEY.
4	ii.	Irving Lewis ACKLEY was born on 12 May 1876 in Fillmore, Minnesota.1,5,12,13,14,15 birth record lists as Lewis Irving Recorded in: Fillmore, Minnesota He appeared in the census in 1880 in Minnesota. He registered for the draft in 1917/18 in Saint Paul, Ramsey , Minnesota12 On 30 Apr 1930 he was a real estate salesman at Chicago, Cook , Illinois.15 He appeared in the census in 1930 in Illinois.15 He was living in 1930 in Chicago, Cook , Illinois.15 lodger 1930
+5	iii.	Bertha May ACKLEY.