Seventh Generation

1629. Pvt Elijah ACKLEY was born on 8 Jan 1831 in Connecticut.^{49,363,366,367,1062} He was living in 1850 in Glastonbury, Hartford , Connecticut.³⁶³ living with Oliver & Temporance Brainerd family On 14 Oct 1850 he was Joiner at Glastonbury, Hartford , Connecticut.³⁶³ He was living about 1862 in Portland, Middlesex , Connecticut.⁵⁴⁵ He Enlisted in the military on 15 Aug 1862 in Connecticut⁵⁴⁵ He was dicharged from the military on 26 Jun 1865⁵⁴⁵ Between 1870 and 1890 he was joiner, Vulcan Iron Works at New Britain, Hartford , Connecticut.^366,367,1401 He was living between 1870 and 1900 in New Britain, Hartford , Connecticut.^{366,367,1062,1401,1402} He lived at 79 Camp in New Britain, Hartford , Connecticut between 1888 and 1890.¹⁴⁰¹ He received a military pension on 12 Jul 1890 in Connecticut⁵⁴⁵ About 1893 he was Carpenter at Plainville, Hartford, Connecticut.¹⁴⁰² He died on 19 Feb 1909.⁴⁹ He was buried in Center Cemetery, Portland, Middlesex , Connecticut.⁴⁹ He appeared in the census 1850,1870, 1880 & 1900 in Connecticut. He served in the military Civil War in D Co. 20th Inf Reg. CT.^49,545,917 20th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry


Organized at New Haven September 8, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., September 11. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.-Duty in the Defences of Washington till September 29, 1862. Moved to Frederick, Md., September 29, thence to Sandy Hook October 2. March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 10. Duty at Fairfax Station, Va., December 14, 1862, to January 19, 1863. Moved to Stafford C.H. January 19-23, and duty there till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Near Raccoon Ford till September 24. Moved to Brandy Station, thence to Bealeton and to Stevenson, Ala., September 24-October 3. Guard duty along Nashville & Chattanooga R. R. till April, 1864. Action at Tracy City, Tenn., January 20, 1864 (Co. "B"). Atlanta Ga. Campaign May to September. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Boyd's Trail May 10. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Cassville May 19. Guard Ordnance Trains May 24-June 13, and provost duty at Ackworth, Ga., till July 8. At Marietta till July 16. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. At Hardee's Plantation January 4-16, 1865. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April. Lawtonville, S.C., February 2. Reconnoissance to Silver Run Creek, N.C., March 14. Averysboro or Taylor's Hole Creek March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24, and of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C. via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Camp near Fort Lincoln till June 13. Mustered out June 13, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 76 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 85 Enlisted men by disease. Total 168.

Pvt Elijah ACKLEY and Henrietta DIXON were married on 28 May 1856 in Portland, Middlesex , Connecticut.^{5,49,367,1403} Henrietta DIXON (daughter of Living and Hannah BELL.) was born on 16 Jun 1835 in Michigan.^49,364,367 1860 census has birth in CT She appeared in the census in 1860 in Connecticut. She was living in 1860 in Portland, Middlesex , Connecticut.³⁶⁴ She appeared in the census in 1870 in Connecticut. She died on 3 Feb 1895.⁴⁹ She was buried in Center Cemetery, Portland, Middlesex , Connecticut.⁴⁹ Pvt Elijah ACKLEY and Henrietta DIXON had the following children:

3112	i.	Elijah ACKLEY was born on 27 Nov 1857.1403 He died on 11 Apr 1858 in Portland, Middlesex , Connecticut.1403
3113	ii.	William F ACKLEY was born on 27 Nov 1857.49 He died on 11 Apr 1858.49 He was buried in Center Cemetery, Portland, Middlesex , Connecticut.49
3114	iii.	Alice E ACKLEY was born on 18 Mar 1870 in Connecticut.49,367 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Connecticut. She died on 2 Oct 1870.49 She was buried in Center Cemetery, Portland, Middlesex , Connecticut.49

Pvt Elijah ACKLEY and Mary E were married.^366,1062 Mary E appeared in the census 1880 & 1900 in Connecticut. She was born in Oct 1830 in Connecticut.^366,1062 Pvt Elijah ACKLEY and Mary E had the following children:

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Gertrude ACKLEY was born about 1879 in Connecticut.366 She appeared in the census in 1880 in Connecticut. About 1893 she was Clerk at New Britain, Hartford , Connecticut.1402 She was living in 1893 in Plainville, Hartford, Connecticut.1402