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PVT Charles Ackerman

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PVT Charles Ackerman Veteran

Birth
Altenburg, Landkreis Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany
Death
6 Nov 1864 (aged 40–41)
Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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On 30 Jul 1863 Charles, a carpenter, mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in Company A, being credited to the quota of Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was a substitute for one Thomas W. Snow who had been drafted.

He is described as being 5 feet 9 and 3/4 inches tall, with brown eyes, brown hair and a dark complexion.

On 11 May 1864 he was wounded at Spotsylvania, Virginia, in the back.

On 27 Jul 1864 Charles was transferred to Company E, of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry while "absent sick."

In Nov 1864 Charles was wounded at Petersburg, Prince George County, Virginia, by a mortar shell, causing amputation of both legs. He died of his wounds as a member of the 20th Massachusetts.

He is one of the more than 4000 unidentified burials in this cemetery.
On 30 Jul 1863 Charles, a carpenter, mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in Company A, being credited to the quota of Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was a substitute for one Thomas W. Snow who had been drafted.

He is described as being 5 feet 9 and 3/4 inches tall, with brown eyes, brown hair and a dark complexion.

On 11 May 1864 he was wounded at Spotsylvania, Virginia, in the back.

On 27 Jul 1864 Charles was transferred to Company E, of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry while "absent sick."

In Nov 1864 Charles was wounded at Petersburg, Prince George County, Virginia, by a mortar shell, causing amputation of both legs. He died of his wounds as a member of the 20th Massachusetts.

He is one of the more than 4000 unidentified burials in this cemetery.

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