Note: This memorial is currently under development.
Born in 1841, Joseph Acker was a 21-year-old carpenter residing in Perry County, Pennsylvania during the outbreak of the Civil War.
CIVIL WAR MILITARY SERVICE
Mustered in to Company D of the 47th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers on 6 November 1862. Killed on 19 October 1864 while serving with the 47th during the Battle of Cedar Creek, one of the major engagements of Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Source: U.S. Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1864.
Note: Hain's "History of Perry County Pennsylvania" states the following about "Joseph Auker": "S.C. Harrison Jones, John F. Egolf, Joseph Auker, and Jerome Y. Small were killed at Cedar Creek and are buried in the National Cemetery at Winchester, Virginia, the remains of Egolf and Auker in lot 10, and those of Small in lot 25." However, this should have read "section 10". Acker and Egolf were interred in the same section of the cemetery, but in different lots: Acker (#215), Egolf (#226).
Name of Dependent: Shierer, Rebecca. Source: U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Application No: 502378. Date 4 March 1891. State from Which Filed: Pa. Document also confirms Joseph Acker's service with Company D of the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers.)
Major Engagements of the 47th Pennsylvania During His Term: Defense of the nation's capital (Fall 1861); defense of Florida and southern areas (1862); Battle of Pocotaligo, South Carolina (October 1862); defense of Florida via garrisoning at Forts Taylor and Jefferson (1863); participated in Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign across Louisiana (March-May 1864), including the Battles of Sabine Crossroads and Pleasant Hill; participated in Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign (including Battles of Fisher's Hill and Opequan, September 1864); killed in action during that campaign at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia on 19 October 1864).
Sources: Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; Civil War Veterans' Card File, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Hain's "History of Perry County Pennsylvania"; Schmidt's "A Civil War History of the 47th Regiment of Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers"; U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Application No: 502378; filed 4 March 1891 from Pennsylvania).
Born in 1841, Joseph Acker was a 21-year-old carpenter residing in Perry County, Pennsylvania during the outbreak of the Civil War.
CIVIL WAR MILITARY SERVICE
Mustered in to Company D of the 47th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers on 6 November 1862. Killed on 19 October 1864 while serving with the 47th during the Battle of Cedar Creek, one of the major engagements of Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Source: U.S. Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1864.
Note: Hain's "History of Perry County Pennsylvania" states the following about "Joseph Auker": "S.C. Harrison Jones, John F. Egolf, Joseph Auker, and Jerome Y. Small were killed at Cedar Creek and are buried in the National Cemetery at Winchester, Virginia, the remains of Egolf and Auker in lot 10, and those of Small in lot 25." However, this should have read "section 10". Acker and Egolf were interred in the same section of the cemetery, but in different lots: Acker (#215), Egolf (#226).
Name of Dependent: Shierer, Rebecca. Source: U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Application No: 502378. Date 4 March 1891. State from Which Filed: Pa. Document also confirms Joseph Acker's service with Company D of the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers.)
Major Engagements of the 47th Pennsylvania During His Term: Defense of the nation's capital (Fall 1861); defense of Florida and southern areas (1862); Battle of Pocotaligo, South Carolina (October 1862); defense of Florida via garrisoning at Forts Taylor and Jefferson (1863); participated in Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign across Louisiana (March-May 1864), including the Battles of Sabine Crossroads and Pleasant Hill; participated in Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign (including Battles of Fisher's Hill and Opequan, September 1864); killed in action during that campaign at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia on 19 October 1864).
Sources: Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; Civil War Veterans' Card File, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Hain's "History of Perry County Pennsylvania"; Schmidt's "A Civil War History of the 47th Regiment of Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers"; U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Application No: 502378; filed 4 March 1891 from Pennsylvania).
Note: This memorial is currently under development.
Born in 1841, Joseph Acker was a 21-year-old carpenter residing in Perry County, Pennsylvania during the outbreak of the Civil War.
CIVIL WAR MILITARY SERVICE
Mustered in to Company D of the 47th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers on 6 November 1862. Killed on 19 October 1864 while serving with the 47th during the Battle of Cedar Creek, one of the major engagements of Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Source: U.S. Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1864.
Note: Hain's "History of Perry County Pennsylvania" states the following about "Joseph Auker": "S.C. Harrison Jones, John F. Egolf, Joseph Auker, and Jerome Y. Small were killed at Cedar Creek and are buried in the National Cemetery at Winchester, Virginia, the remains of Egolf and Auker in lot 10, and those of Small in lot 25." However, this should have read "section 10". Acker and Egolf were interred in the same section of the cemetery, but in different lots: Acker (#215), Egolf (#226).
Name of Dependent: Shierer, Rebecca. Source: U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Application No: 502378. Date 4 March 1891. State from Which Filed: Pa. Document also confirms Joseph Acker's service with Company D of the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers.)
Major Engagements of the 47th Pennsylvania During His Term: Defense of the nation's capital (Fall 1861); defense of Florida and southern areas (1862); Battle of Pocotaligo, South Carolina (October 1862); defense of Florida via garrisoning at Forts Taylor and Jefferson (1863); participated in Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign across Louisiana (March-May 1864), including the Battles of Sabine Crossroads and Pleasant Hill; participated in Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign (including Battles of Fisher's Hill and Opequan, September 1864); killed in action during that campaign at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia on 19 October 1864).
Sources: Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; Civil War Veterans' Card File, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Hain's "History of Perry County Pennsylvania"; Schmidt's "A Civil War History of the 47th Regiment of Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers"; U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Application No: 502378; filed 4 March 1891 from Pennsylvania).
Born in 1841, Joseph Acker was a 21-year-old carpenter residing in Perry County, Pennsylvania during the outbreak of the Civil War.
CIVIL WAR MILITARY SERVICE
Mustered in to Company D of the 47th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers on 6 November 1862. Killed on 19 October 1864 while serving with the 47th during the Battle of Cedar Creek, one of the major engagements of Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Source: U.S. Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1864.
Note: Hain's "History of Perry County Pennsylvania" states the following about "Joseph Auker": "S.C. Harrison Jones, John F. Egolf, Joseph Auker, and Jerome Y. Small were killed at Cedar Creek and are buried in the National Cemetery at Winchester, Virginia, the remains of Egolf and Auker in lot 10, and those of Small in lot 25." However, this should have read "section 10". Acker and Egolf were interred in the same section of the cemetery, but in different lots: Acker (#215), Egolf (#226).
Name of Dependent: Shierer, Rebecca. Source: U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Application No: 502378. Date 4 March 1891. State from Which Filed: Pa. Document also confirms Joseph Acker's service with Company D of the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers.)
Major Engagements of the 47th Pennsylvania During His Term: Defense of the nation's capital (Fall 1861); defense of Florida and southern areas (1862); Battle of Pocotaligo, South Carolina (October 1862); defense of Florida via garrisoning at Forts Taylor and Jefferson (1863); participated in Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign across Louisiana (March-May 1864), including the Battles of Sabine Crossroads and Pleasant Hill; participated in Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign (including Battles of Fisher's Hill and Opequan, September 1864); killed in action during that campaign at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia on 19 October 1864).
Sources: Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; Civil War Veterans' Card File, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Hain's "History of Perry County Pennsylvania"; Schmidt's "A Civil War History of the 47th Regiment of Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers"; U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Application No: 502378; filed 4 March 1891 from Pennsylvania).
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JOSEPH ACKER
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