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Amos Ackley Veteran

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20 May 1897 (aged 81–82)
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Born between 1815 and 1820.
Family listed in the 1850 census for Hamilton Township, Atlantic Co., New Jersey. Listed in the household are Amos, his wife Ann, children Joseph and Elizabeth and a Ruhamah Ramsey, a sister of Ann's.

Family listed in the 1860 census for Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey. Listed in the household are Amos, wife Ann, and children Joseph, Elizabeth, George, William and Arabel. Amos is listed as a farmer.

The 1870 census for Camden, New Jersey lists an Amos Ackley as visiting in the household of Sarah Scull and her daughter, Rebecca. These people were probably relatives of Amos' daughter-in-law, Cynthia SCULL Ackley. It is also possible that Sarah was the sister of Amos' wife and she had married a SCULL.

Amos' wife Ann, and children George, William and Arabel, are all living at Hamilton Township, Mays Landing, Atlantic County, New Jersey, in the 1870 census.

Amos' wife Ann had died before 1880, when we find him now living in Philadelphia. He is listed in the Philadelphia, PA 1880 census as Amis Ackley, with wife Sarah. New wife listed as being born in Delaware. They lived on Prince Street at number 120.

In the marriage record of Amos and Ann, his first name is spelled as Amomos.

Fought in the Civil War. Was in Co. B, 25th Reg., New Jersey Volunteers. Amos was shot in the right upper back and shoulder while assisting the ambulance crew at Fredericksburg, Virginia, on 13th Dec. 1862. He was put on a stretcher to be taken to a tent when the Confederate forces opened fire, causing the stretcher carriers to drop him, which caused permanent damage to his right ankle and foot.

25th REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Organized at Beverly, N.J., and mustered in Companies "A," "C," "E," "H" and "K" September 18, and Companies "B," "D," "F," "G" and "I" September 26, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., October 10,1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Casey's Division, Defences of Washington, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, to April, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to June, 1863.
SERVICE.--Camp on East Capital Hill and picket at Fairfax Seminary till November 30. March to Aquia Creek, Va., November 30-December 8, thence to Falmouth, Va. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Camp near Falmouth till February 11, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 11, and duty there till March 13. Picket at Fort Jericho near Dismal Swamp till April 10. Siege of Suffolk April 11-May 4. Near Suffolk, Reed's Ferry, Nansemond Church Road May 3. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4. Constructing Fort New Jersey near Norfolk, Va., May 10 to June 4. Moved to Portsmouth June 4. At Camp Cadwallader, Beverly, N.J., June 8-20. Mustered out at Beverly, N.J., June 20, 1863.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 19 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 37 Enlisted men by disease. Total 57.

At time of death was listed as a farmer.
Born between 1815 and 1820.
Family listed in the 1850 census for Hamilton Township, Atlantic Co., New Jersey. Listed in the household are Amos, his wife Ann, children Joseph and Elizabeth and a Ruhamah Ramsey, a sister of Ann's.

Family listed in the 1860 census for Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey. Listed in the household are Amos, wife Ann, and children Joseph, Elizabeth, George, William and Arabel. Amos is listed as a farmer.

The 1870 census for Camden, New Jersey lists an Amos Ackley as visiting in the household of Sarah Scull and her daughter, Rebecca. These people were probably relatives of Amos' daughter-in-law, Cynthia SCULL Ackley. It is also possible that Sarah was the sister of Amos' wife and she had married a SCULL.

Amos' wife Ann, and children George, William and Arabel, are all living at Hamilton Township, Mays Landing, Atlantic County, New Jersey, in the 1870 census.

Amos' wife Ann had died before 1880, when we find him now living in Philadelphia. He is listed in the Philadelphia, PA 1880 census as Amis Ackley, with wife Sarah. New wife listed as being born in Delaware. They lived on Prince Street at number 120.

In the marriage record of Amos and Ann, his first name is spelled as Amomos.

Fought in the Civil War. Was in Co. B, 25th Reg., New Jersey Volunteers. Amos was shot in the right upper back and shoulder while assisting the ambulance crew at Fredericksburg, Virginia, on 13th Dec. 1862. He was put on a stretcher to be taken to a tent when the Confederate forces opened fire, causing the stretcher carriers to drop him, which caused permanent damage to his right ankle and foot.

25th REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Organized at Beverly, N.J., and mustered in Companies "A," "C," "E," "H" and "K" September 18, and Companies "B," "D," "F," "G" and "I" September 26, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., October 10,1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Casey's Division, Defences of Washington, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, to April, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to June, 1863.
SERVICE.--Camp on East Capital Hill and picket at Fairfax Seminary till November 30. March to Aquia Creek, Va., November 30-December 8, thence to Falmouth, Va. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Camp near Falmouth till February 11, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 11, and duty there till March 13. Picket at Fort Jericho near Dismal Swamp till April 10. Siege of Suffolk April 11-May 4. Near Suffolk, Reed's Ferry, Nansemond Church Road May 3. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4. Constructing Fort New Jersey near Norfolk, Va., May 10 to June 4. Moved to Portsmouth June 4. At Camp Cadwallader, Beverly, N.J., June 8-20. Mustered out at Beverly, N.J., June 20, 1863.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 19 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 37 Enlisted men by disease. Total 57.

At time of death was listed as a farmer.


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