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1373. Pvt William
Henry B ACKLEY appeared in the census 1850 & 1860 in Maine.
He was born on 28 Sep 1837 in Whiting, Washington , Maine.26,140,656,657,666 He was living in 1860 in Whiting, Washington , Maine.657 living with mother 1860 On
25 Jul 1860 he was a sailor at Whiting, Washington , Maine. He died
on 14 Nov 1868 in DeCamp General Hosp. Davids Island, New York.140,1211 He
was buried in Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn , New York.49,1211 BURIED
AT: SECTION 1 SITE 3249
He served in the military Civil War in Co. A 15 ME INF.547,569,917,1211 15th
Regiment, Maine Infantry
Organized at Augusta December 6-31, 1861, and mustered in January 23, 1862. Moved
to Portland February 25, and there embarked for Ship Island, Miss., March 6.
Attached to Butler's New OrleansExpeditionary Corps January to March, 1862. 3rd
Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf, to September, 1862. District of West Florida, Dept.
Gulf, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. Gulf,
to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Corps, Dept. Gulf, to January,
1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Corps, Dept. Gulf, to February, 1864. 2nd
Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Corps, Dept. Gulf, to July, 1864, and Army Shenandoah,
Middle Military Division, to April, 1865. 1st Brigade. 1st Division, Dept. of
Washington, to June, 1865. 2nd Separate Brigade, District of South Carolina,
Dept. of the South, to July, 1866.
SERVICE.-Duty at Ship Island, Miss., till May, 1862, and at Camp Parapet and
Carrollton May 19-September 8. Moved to Pensacola, Fla., September 8, and duty
there till June, 1863. Action at Fifteen Mile House, Fla., February 25, 1863,
and at Arcadia March 6. Ordered to New Orleans June 21, thence to La Fourche
Landing. Expedition to Thibodeaux June 23-25. At Camp Parapet till August, and
provost duty in New Orleans till October. Expedition to the Rio Grande, Texas,
October 27-December 2. Advance on Brownsville November 3-6. Occupation of Brownsville
November 6. Expedition to Aransas November 14-21. Aransas Pass and capture of
Mustang Island November 17. Fort Esperanza November 25-27. Cedar Bayou November
23 (Detachment). Duty at Pass Cavallo, Matagorda Island till February 28, 1864.
Moved to Franklin, La., March 1-5. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Advance
from Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26, thence to Natchitoches March 26-April
2. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Pleasant Hill April 9. Cane River Crossing
April 23. At Alexandria April 26-May 13. Retreat to Morganza May 13-22.Mansura
May 16. Duty at Morganza till July. Moved to Fort Monroe, thence to Bermuda Hundred,
Va., July 1-17 (6 Cos.). Duty in trenches at Bermuda Hundred till July 28. Deep
Bottom July 28-30. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Monocacy, Md. (4 Cos.,
under Murray and Drew, moved from Morganza to Washington, D. C., July 1-12. Pursuit
of Early July 14-24. Rejoin Regiment at Monocacy, Md., August 4.) Veterans on
Furlough August 5- October 1. Non-Veterans temporarily attached to 13th Maine
Infantry, and duty at Harper's Ferry till October 5. Regiment moved to Martinsburg
October 5, and duty there till January 7, 1865. Moved to Stevenson's Depot, and
operations in the Shenandoah Valley till April. Moved to Washington, D. C., April
19-23, and duty there till May 31. On provost duty during Grand Review May 23-24.
Moved to Savannah, Ga., May 31-June 4, thence to Georgetown, S. C., June 13-14.
Duty at Georgetown, Darlington, Cheraw, Chesterfield C. H., Bennettsville, Columbia
and in Districts of Chester, Lancaster, York, Spartanburg and Union till July,
1866. Mustered out July 5, 1866. Non-Veterans mustered out January 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3
Officers and 340 Enlisted men by disease. Total 348
Pvt William Henry B ACKLEY and Josephine E (Betsey) TYLER were married on
23 Nov 1861.140,1212 Josephine E (Betsey) TYLER
(daughter of Living and Living) was born on 5 Jul 1839 in Cutler, Washington
, Maine.140 She received
a military pension on 22 Dec 1868 in for her husbands service during the Civil
War in the Maine Infantry, Regiment: 15, Company: A547 She died on 1 Dec 1919 in Weymouth, Norfolk , Massachusetts.140 Pvt William Henry B ACKLEY
and Josephine E (Betsey) TYLER had the following children:
+2793 | i. | Susan
A ACKLEY. | 2794 | ii. | Lydia
Emma ACKLEY was born on 28 Jan 1864 in Lubec, Washington , Maine.662,1213
Lubec ME town record has middle initial A She appeared in the census in 1870
in Maine. She was living in 1870 in Lubec, Washington , Maine.662 living with stepfather Stephan
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