He served in the Civil War with two brothers: Capt. Richard Amacker and Lt. Col. Obadiah Amacker.
Name: J S Amacher
Rank: Sergeant
Arrival Place: Illinois
Imprisonment Date: 8 Apr
Imprisonment Camp: Camp Douglas
Imprisonment Place: Island 10
Side of War: Confederate
Company: B
Regiment: Pt Confer Arty
Death Date: 2 Jun 1862
Name: J S Amacker
Rank: Sergeant
Imprisonment Date: 8 Apr
Imprisonment Place: Island No 10
Side of War: Confederate
Company: Co B
Regiment: Point Couper Artitery
Death Date: 2 Jun 1862∼Co. B, Louisiana Artillery
(special thanks to visitor, [email protected], for the following info) Samuel Jackson Amacker was born in St. Helena Parish on 29 May 1835. He was one of ten children born to Nathaniel Amacker and Mosilla Pierson Amacker.
The date of his enlistment in the Pointe Coupee Artillery is unknown but he does appaear on lists of members of Co. B captured at Fort Donelson 16 February 1862. He is listed as a Sergeant . The prisoners of war were sent to Camp Douglas prison near Chicago, Illinois. Prison authorities admitted him to the U.S.A. prison hospital at Camp Douglas, Illinois on May 23 and he died of pneumonia 2 June 1862. He is presumably buried at "Confederate Mound" in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.
He served in the Civil War with two brothers: Capt. Richard Amacker and Lt. Col. Obadiah Amacker.
Name: J S Amacher
Rank: Sergeant
Arrival Place: Illinois
Imprisonment Date: 8 Apr
Imprisonment Camp: Camp Douglas
Imprisonment Place: Island 10
Side of War: Confederate
Company: B
Regiment: Pt Confer Arty
Death Date: 2 Jun 1862
Name: J S Amacker
Rank: Sergeant
Imprisonment Date: 8 Apr
Imprisonment Place: Island No 10
Side of War: Confederate
Company: Co B
Regiment: Point Couper Artitery
Death Date: 2 Jun 1862∼Co. B, Louisiana Artillery
(special thanks to visitor, [email protected], for the following info) Samuel Jackson Amacker was born in St. Helena Parish on 29 May 1835. He was one of ten children born to Nathaniel Amacker and Mosilla Pierson Amacker.
The date of his enlistment in the Pointe Coupee Artillery is unknown but he does appaear on lists of members of Co. B captured at Fort Donelson 16 February 1862. He is listed as a Sergeant . The prisoners of war were sent to Camp Douglas prison near Chicago, Illinois. Prison authorities admitted him to the U.S.A. prison hospital at Camp Douglas, Illinois on May 23 and he died of pneumonia 2 June 1862. He is presumably buried at "Confederate Mound" in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.
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