Home
Surname List
Name Index
Sources
Email Us

Third Generation


26. 2ndLT James Lawrence ACKLEY was born on 26 May 1823 in Thompkins , New York.1,2,4,20,24,79,84,85 1880 WI census puts age birth at ca 1815 He appeared in the census in 1850 in New York. He was living in 1850 in Milo, Yates , New York.20 On 1 Aug 1850 he was Chair Maker at Milo, Yates , New York.20 On 26 Jun 1860 he was Chairmaker at Sullivan, Jefferson, Wisconsin.84 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Sullivan, Jefferson, Wisconsin.84 He was dicharged from the military on 19 Jul 186586 He was living in 1870 in Jefferson, Jefferson, Wisconsin.79 On 29 Jul 1870 he was a chain maker at Jefferson, Jefferson, Wisconsin.79 He was living between 1874 and 1880 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire , Wisconsin.1,25,85 He purchased land on 1 Mar 1877 in Barron , Wisconsin87,88 Document Number : 1370

On 2 Jun 1880 he was a laborer at Eau Claire, Eau Claire , Wisconsin.85 He died on 14 Jul 1918 in Soldiers Home, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.1,2,4,17,42,89 Ethel Louise Haines MacDonald has 17 Jul He was buried on 17 Jul 1918 in Wood National Cemetery , Milwaukee, Milwaukee , Wisconsin.42,89 BURIED AT: SECTION 21 SITE 119
He Enlisted in the militaryCo I 1st Wisconsin Clavary on 30 Aug 1962 in Wisconsin86 He appeared in the census 1870 & 1880 in Wisconsin. He served in the military Civil War in 1st Wisconsin cav Co L.1,2,86,89,90
Enlisted as a Pvt, promoted to Corporal, Quartermaster Sergeant, and 2nd LT

1862 battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and Atlanta, wounded 5 times

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.
He was living in Palmyra, Wayne, New York.1,25

2NdLT James Lawrence ACKLEY and Caroline "Carrie" GOULD were married on 22 Dec 1842 in New York.1,4,17,20,25,79,84,91,92,93 Caroline "Carrie" GOULD (daughter of Daniel GOULD and Nancy SHAW) was born about 1824 in New York.2,20,79,84,85 1880 WI census puts birth as ca 1817 She appeared in the census in 1850 in New York. She died about 1884.2 She appeared in the census 1860, 1870 & 1880 in Wisconsin. 2ndLT James Lawrence ACKLEY and Caroline "Carrie" GOULD had the following children:

+98

i.

Pvt George Dallas ACKLEY.

99

ii.

Pvt Mortimer ACKLEY was born on 14 Sep 1845 in Penn Yan, Yates , New York.1,20,24,79,84 LDS lists 1850 Milo, Yates Co., NY census 5 years of age He appeared in the census in 1850 in New York. He was living in 1870 in Stark, Vernon , Wisconsin.79 On 29 Jul 1870 he was a lumberman at Stark, Vernon , Wisconsin.79 He appeared in the census 1860 & 1870 in Wisconsin. He served in the military Civil War in 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Co A.90 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Heavy Artillery


Battery "A" organized as Company "K," 2nd Wisconsin Infantry. Detached from Regiment August, 1861, and assigned to duty as Heavy Artillery at Forts Corcoran, Marcy and Ethan Allen, Defences of Washington, D. C., till October, 1861. Rejoined Regiment October 10. Permanently detached as Battery "A," 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, December 9, 1861. Attached to Military District of Washington, to May, 1862. Whipple's Command, Military District of Washington, to February, 1863. Defences of Alexandria, 22nd Army Corps, to April, 1863. 1st Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to May, 1863. 3rd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to December, 1863. 4th Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to August, 1865. Assigned to duty in the Defences of Washington D. C. at Forts Cass, Buffalo, Ellsworth, Worth, Rodgers and Willard till August, 1865. Defence of Fort Stevens against Early's attack July 11-12, 1864. Mustered out August 18, 1865.

Battery "B" organized at Milwaukee, Wis., and left State for Murfreesboro, Tenn., September, 1863. Duty at Fort Terreil, Murfreesboro, Tenn., till January, 1864. Moved to Lexington, Ky., January 4, 1864, and duty at Fort Clay, Lexington, Ky., till August, 1865. Mustered out August 30, 1865.

Battery "C" left State October 30, 1863, for Chattanooga, Tenn. Attached to 2nd Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1863. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., to April, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, to August, 1865. Duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., till March 29, 1865. At Athens, Mouse Creek and Strawberry Plains, Tenn., till September. Mustered out September 21, 1865.

Battery "D" mustered in November 7, 1863. Ordered to New Orleans, La., February 9, 1864. Attached to the Defences of New Orleans, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1864. District of LaFourche, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1865. Defences of Washington, D. C., 22nd Army Corps, to August, 1865. Garrison at Fort Jackson till July 23, 1864, thence moved to Fort Berwick near Brashear City and duty there till June, 1865. Ordered to Washington, D. C., and there mustered out August 18, 1865.

Batteries "E," "F," "G," "H," "I," "K," "L" and "M" organized September and October, 1864. Ordered to Washington. D. C. Attached to 3rd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 4th Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.

Assigned to duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C. Company "E" at Fort O'Rourke, "F" at Fort Ellsworth, "G" and "H" at Fort Lyon ("G" also at Fort Ellsworth), "I" at Fort Farnsworth, "K" at Fort Lyon, "L" at Fort Willard, "M" at Forts Lyon, Weed and Farnsworth. Batteries "E" to "M" mustered out June 26, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 77 Enlisted men by disease. Total 83.

+100

iii.

Ellen Elizabeth ACKLEY.

+101

iv.

Pvt Alfred J ACKLEY.

102

v.

Eugene ACKLEY was born in Jun 1850 in Milo, Yates , New York.20,24 He appeared in the census in 1850 in New York.1

+103

vi.

Clarence ACKLEY.

104

vii.

James L ACKLEY was born on 16 Apr 1852 in Penn Yan, Yates , New York.24

+105

viii.

Mariette Gould ACKLEY.

+106

ix.

Ida ACKLEY.

+107

x.

Lorreta ACKLEY.

+108

xi.

Lawrence James ACKLEY Jr.

+109

xii.

Elmer Ellsworth ACKLEY.

1