Fourth Generation

101. Pvt Alfred J ACKLEY was born on 1 Sep 1849 in Penn Yan, Yates , New York.^{1,20,24,84,175} LDS also lists birth year as ca 1848 He appeared in the census in 1850 in New York. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Wisconsin. He Enlisted in the military on 23 Jan 1864¹⁷⁶ He appeared in the census in 1870 in Iowa. He was living in 1870 in Jackson Junction, Winneshiek, Iowa.¹⁷⁵ On 9 Aug 1870 he was Farm Laborer at Jackson Junction, Winneshiek, Iowa. He purchased land on 20 Mar 1877 in Chippewa , Wisconsin^87,88 Document #: 5242
He died on 7 Apr 1926 in Waupaca, Waupaca, Wisconsin.^177,178 He appeared in the following News Article from the Stevens Point Daily Journal on 13 Apr 1926 in Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES AT WAUPACA

Alfred Ackley, a brother in-law of Mrs Ben Briggs of this city and an uncle of Asa Briggs, died at the Waupaca Veteran's home last Wednesday morning and was buried in the home cemetery on Saturday. His Death Notice appeared in the Stevens Point Daily Journal on 13 Apr 1926 in Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES AT WAUPACA

Alfred Ackley, a brother-in-law of Mrs Ben Briggs of this city and an uncle of Asa Briggs died at the Waupaca Veterans's home last Wednesday morning and was buried in the home cemetery on Saturday. Mr Ackley was 79 years of age, a veteran of the Civil war and a member of the Home colony for a number of years. He is survived by his wife, who before her marriage was the widow of the late William Edminster of Belmont He was buried in Wis. Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, King, Waupaca, Wisconsin.¹⁷⁶ Wis. Veteran's Home (G.A.R. Home) - N2665, Hwy. QQ, Lot 1stCAV Section 2 He served in the military Civil War in 1 Wisconsin Cavalry Company A.^90,176 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry


Organized at Rippon and Kenosha, Wis., September 1, 1861, to February 2, 1862. Mustered in March 10, 1862. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., March 17, 1862, and duty at Benton Barracks, Mo., till April 28. Moved to Camp Glrardeau, Mo., April 28. Attached to Vandever's Brigade, District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to October, 1862. Cavalry Brigade, District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.-Scout and patrol duty in Southeast Missouri till October, 1862. Expedition to Bloomfield, Mo., May 10-11. Action at Bloomfield May 10. Chalk Bluffs May 15. Operations in Dunklin County May 16-20. Expedition to Madison, Ark., July 9-22. Scatterville July 10. Guerrilla Campaign against Porter's and Poindexter's forces July 20-September 10. West Prairie July 23. Bloomfleld July 29. Jonesboro, Ark., August 2-3 (2nd Battalion). Jackson, Languelle's Ferry and Scattervllle August 3. At Cape Girardeau till October 3. Scout to Wayne, Stoddard and Dunklin Counties August 20-27 (Detachment). Bloomfleld August 29 and September 11. Moved to Greenville October 3, thence to Patterson October 19. Expedition after Greene s guerrillas October 20-November 3. Duty at Patterson till January, 1863. Moved to Alton and West Plains January. At West plains, Pilot Knob and St. Genevieve till March. Batesville February 4. Moved to Cape Girardeau March 10. Scout from Bloomfield to Scatterville March 24-April 1. Operations against Marmaduke April 17-May 2. Whitewater River April 24 (Co. "E"). Cape Girardeau April 26. Near Whltewater Bridge April 27. Castor River, near Bloomfield, April 29. Bloomfield April 29-30. Chalk Bluff, St. Francis River, April 30-May 1. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., May 31-June 13. Triune June 19. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Eaglesville and Rover June 23. Middleton June 24. Fosterville, Guy's Gap and Shelbyville June 27. Bethpage Bridge, Elk River, July 2. Expedition to Huntsville July 13-22. At Huntsville and Fayetteville, Ala., till August 15. At Larkinsville till August 31. Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign. Reconnoissance toward Rome, Ga., September 11. Apine and Dirt Town September 12. Near Stevens' Gap September 18. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Boy Valley and Lookout Church September 22. Missionary Ridge and Shallow Ford Gap September 22. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 17. Anderson's Cross Roads October 2. Maysville, Ala., October 13. Camp at Winchester till November 20. Movement to Murfreesboro, thence into East Tennessee November 20-December 14. Operations about Dandridge and Mossy Creek November 24-28. Mossy Creek Station December 24. Pack's House, near New Market, December 24. Mossy Creek December 26. Talbot Station December 28. Mossy Creek, Talbot Station, December 29. Near Mossy Creek January 11-12, 1864. Operations about Dandridge January 16-17. Bend of Chucky Road, near Dandridge, January 16. Dandridge January 17. Operations about Dandridge January 26-28. Fair Garden January 27. Swann's Island January 28. Expedition from Motley's Ford to Murphey, N. C., February 17-22. Cleveland April 2. Mink Springs, near Cleveland, April 13. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Catoosa Springs May 3. Varnell's Station May 7 and 9. Demonstrations on Dalton May 9-13. Tilton May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Cassville May 19. Stilesboro May 23. Burnt Hickory May 24. About Dallas May 25-June 5. Burned Church May 26 and May 30-June 1. Ackworth June 3-4. Big Shanty June 6. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Howell's Ferry July 1. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Beachtown July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. McCook's Raid on Atlanta & West Point Railroad July 27-31. Campbell ton July 28. Newnan July 30-31. Expedition to Jasper August 11-15. At Cartersville August 18-October 17. Rousseau's pursuit of Wheeler September 1-8. At Calhoun till November 14. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., November 14. and duty there till December 4. Pursuit of Lyon from Paris to Hopkinsvllle, Ky., thence march to Nashville, Tenn., December 6, 1864. to January 8, 1865. Action at Hopkinsville, Ky., December 16. At Chickasaw, Ala., till March, 1865. Wilson's Raid from Chickasaw, Ala., to Macon, Ga., March 22-April 24. Centreville April 1. Selma April 2. Lowndesborough April 10 (Cos. "A" and "B"). Montgomery April 12. Columbus Road, near Tuskegee, April 14. Fort Tyler, West Point, Ga., April 16. Macon April 20. Irwinsville, Ga., May 10. Capture of Jeff Davis. At Macon and Nashville, Tenn., till July. Mustered out at Edgefield, Tenn., July 19, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 67 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 7 Officers and 321 Enlisted men by disease. Total 401.

Pvt Alfred J ACKLEY and Mattie were married.¹⁷⁵ Mattie was born about 1850 in Illinois.¹⁷⁵ She appeared in the census in 1870 in Iowa.

Pvt Alfred J ACKLEY and Amanda Electa PHELPS were married about 1923.¹⁷⁸ Amanda Electa PHELPS¹⁷⁸ (daughter of Asa C PHELPS and Asenath Eugenia FINCH) was born on 4 Aug 1860 in Theresa, Dodge, Wisconsin.¹⁷⁸ She died on 26 Jul 1947 in Farmington, Jefferson, Wisconsin.¹⁷⁸ Amanda married for the third time in 1923, Alford Ackley, who died in 1926. She then changed her name back to Edminster "for very good reasons", presumably pension eligibility. She did get a widow's pension in 1931. She died 26 July 1947 at a G. A. R. home at Farmington, Wisconsin andwas buried at Steven's Point