Co. I, 59th NY Inf.
Nov. 19, 1861 enlisted at the age of 24 in Peekskill, NY
June 22, 1864 he was listed as a POW at Petersburg, VA
He was promoted to corporal and mustered out May 14, 1865 at New York City.
ACKER , JOHN N,—Age, 24 years. Enlisted, November 1, 1861,
at Peekskill, to serve three years; mustered in as private, 59th N Y Vol Infntry Co.I, November 19, 1861; transferred to Co. D, June 25, 1863;
re-enlisted as a veteran, December 21, 1863; captured, June
22, 1864, near Petersburg, Va. ; promoted corporal, no date;
mustered out, May 14, 1865, at New York city; also borne as
John W . Acker .
Source N Y State Military Museum
Another old veteran has heard the last bugle call and gone to his lone rest.
John W. Acker, well-known to all Peekskillers, died at his home on South Street on Monday in the 68th year of his age. He had been in poor health and almost totally blind for a numb«r of years.
He was born in Peekskill and was the son of John L. and Matilda Ganung Acker. The second youngest of a family of eight, he learned the trade of a molder in his youth with the firm of Whitney & Montany under the management of nt of Coffin S. Brown He also worked for the Union Stove works.
At the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion he was imbued with the spirit, as were so many Peekskill boys, and enlisted in the 59th Regt, N.Y. Volunteers. He waa made corporal and transferred to Co. I, June 25, 1863.
Few soldiers have a better record than Mr. Acker. He was in tho battle of Chantilly, Antietam, Second Bull Run, Breaste Station, Malvern Hill, and performed special arduous duty during the Mine Run campaign, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville.
He was also in the Gettysburg campaign the Wilderness,Wupping Heights, Spottsylvania, Hanover, North Anna Cold Harbor, Bethesda Church and Jerusalem Plank Road. His term of enlistment expired in the winter of 1864. He reenlisted at once but was granted a 30-day furlough. In the company of others, he returned home to spend his furlough going back to his regiment at the completion of his leave.
In the attack on Beama Station in June 1864, Mr. Acker and his comrades of the regiment were taken prisoner through the blunder of a staff officer and were taken to Libby Prison. A month later they were taken to Andersonville, Ga., where nine
months of torture and privation left him with disease from which he never recovered. He was exchanged and came north. He was honorably discharged June 19, 1865.
April 30, 1869, Mr. Acker married Josephine, daughter of Charles and Mary Ann Rikeman Van Voorhis. She with her son Frederick, of Chicago and a daughter Mrs. O Edward Hadden, of this village, survive him. The deceased was formerly an active member of Columbia Hose Company No I. He was mustered into Abram Vosburgh Post, No. 95, G.A.R. May 18, 1880, and was a member of its Relief Committee for many years. Among his comrades he was exceedingly well-liked and respected.
His remains were interred in Hillside with military honors.
Highland Democrat
April 23, 1904
Nov. 19, 1861 enlisted at the age of 24 in Peekskill, NY
June 22, 1864 he was listed as a POW at Petersburg, VA
He was promoted to corporal and mustered out May 14, 1865 at New York City.
ACKER , JOHN N,—Age, 24 years. Enlisted, November 1, 1861,
at Peekskill, to serve three years; mustered in as private, 59th N Y Vol Infntry Co.I, November 19, 1861; transferred to Co. D, June 25, 1863;
re-enlisted as a veteran, December 21, 1863; captured, June
22, 1864, near Petersburg, Va. ; promoted corporal, no date;
mustered out, May 14, 1865, at New York city; also borne as
John W . Acker .
Source N Y State Military Museum
Another old veteran has heard the last bugle call and gone to his lone rest.
John W. Acker, well-known to all Peekskillers, died at his home on South Street on Monday in the 68th year of his age. He had been in poor health and almost totally blind for a numb«r of years.
He was born in Peekskill and was the son of John L. and Matilda Ganung Acker. The second youngest of a family of eight, he learned the trade of a molder in his youth with the firm of Whitney & Montany under the management of nt of Coffin S. Brown He also worked for the Union Stove works.
At the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion he was imbued with the spirit, as were so many Peekskill boys, and enlisted in the 59th Regt, N.Y. Volunteers. He waa made corporal and transferred to Co. I, June 25, 1863.
Few soldiers have a better record than Mr. Acker. He was in tho battle of Chantilly, Antietam, Second Bull Run, Breaste Station, Malvern Hill, and performed special arduous duty during the Mine Run campaign, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville.
He was also in the Gettysburg campaign the Wilderness,Wupping Heights, Spottsylvania, Hanover, North Anna Cold Harbor, Bethesda Church and Jerusalem Plank Road. His term of enlistment expired in the winter of 1864. He reenlisted at once but was granted a 30-day furlough. In the company of others, he returned home to spend his furlough going back to his regiment at the completion of his leave.
In the attack on Beama Station in June 1864, Mr. Acker and his comrades of the regiment were taken prisoner through the blunder of a staff officer and were taken to Libby Prison. A month later they were taken to Andersonville, Ga., where nine
months of torture and privation left him with disease from which he never recovered. He was exchanged and came north. He was honorably discharged June 19, 1865.
April 30, 1869, Mr. Acker married Josephine, daughter of Charles and Mary Ann Rikeman Van Voorhis. She with her son Frederick, of Chicago and a daughter Mrs. O Edward Hadden, of this village, survive him. The deceased was formerly an active member of Columbia Hose Company No I. He was mustered into Abram Vosburgh Post, No. 95, G.A.R. May 18, 1880, and was a member of its Relief Committee for many years. Among his comrades he was exceedingly well-liked and respected.
His remains were interred in Hillside with military honors.
Highland Democrat
April 23, 1904
Co. I, 59th NY Inf.
Nov. 19, 1861 enlisted at the age of 24 in Peekskill, NY
June 22, 1864 he was listed as a POW at Petersburg, VA
He was promoted to corporal and mustered out May 14, 1865 at New York City.
ACKER , JOHN N,—Age, 24 years. Enlisted, November 1, 1861,
at Peekskill, to serve three years; mustered in as private, 59th N Y Vol Infntry Co.I, November 19, 1861; transferred to Co. D, June 25, 1863;
re-enlisted as a veteran, December 21, 1863; captured, June
22, 1864, near Petersburg, Va. ; promoted corporal, no date;
mustered out, May 14, 1865, at New York city; also borne as
John W . Acker .
Source N Y State Military Museum
Another old veteran has heard the last bugle call and gone to his lone rest.
John W. Acker, well-known to all Peekskillers, died at his home on South Street on Monday in the 68th year of his age. He had been in poor health and almost totally blind for a numb«r of years.
He was born in Peekskill and was the son of John L. and Matilda Ganung Acker. The second youngest of a family of eight, he learned the trade of a molder in his youth with the firm of Whitney & Montany under the management of nt of Coffin S. Brown He also worked for the Union Stove works.
At the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion he was imbued with the spirit, as were so many Peekskill boys, and enlisted in the 59th Regt, N.Y. Volunteers. He waa made corporal and transferred to Co. I, June 25, 1863.
Few soldiers have a better record than Mr. Acker. He was in tho battle of Chantilly, Antietam, Second Bull Run, Breaste Station, Malvern Hill, and performed special arduous duty during the Mine Run campaign, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville.
He was also in the Gettysburg campaign the Wilderness,Wupping Heights, Spottsylvania, Hanover, North Anna Cold Harbor, Bethesda Church and Jerusalem Plank Road. His term of enlistment expired in the winter of 1864. He reenlisted at once but was granted a 30-day furlough. In the company of others, he returned home to spend his furlough going back to his regiment at the completion of his leave.
In the attack on Beama Station in June 1864, Mr. Acker and his comrades of the regiment were taken prisoner through the blunder of a staff officer and were taken to Libby Prison. A month later they were taken to Andersonville, Ga., where nine
months of torture and privation left him with disease from which he never recovered. He was exchanged and came north. He was honorably discharged June 19, 1865.
April 30, 1869, Mr. Acker married Josephine, daughter of Charles and Mary Ann Rikeman Van Voorhis. She with her son Frederick, of Chicago and a daughter Mrs. O Edward Hadden, of this village, survive him. The deceased was formerly an active member of Columbia Hose Company No I. He was mustered into Abram Vosburgh Post, No. 95, G.A.R. May 18, 1880, and was a member of its Relief Committee for many years. Among his comrades he was exceedingly well-liked and respected.
His remains were interred in Hillside with military honors.
Highland Democrat
April 23, 1904
Nov. 19, 1861 enlisted at the age of 24 in Peekskill, NY
June 22, 1864 he was listed as a POW at Petersburg, VA
He was promoted to corporal and mustered out May 14, 1865 at New York City.
ACKER , JOHN N,—Age, 24 years. Enlisted, November 1, 1861,
at Peekskill, to serve three years; mustered in as private, 59th N Y Vol Infntry Co.I, November 19, 1861; transferred to Co. D, June 25, 1863;
re-enlisted as a veteran, December 21, 1863; captured, June
22, 1864, near Petersburg, Va. ; promoted corporal, no date;
mustered out, May 14, 1865, at New York city; also borne as
John W . Acker .
Source N Y State Military Museum
Another old veteran has heard the last bugle call and gone to his lone rest.
John W. Acker, well-known to all Peekskillers, died at his home on South Street on Monday in the 68th year of his age. He had been in poor health and almost totally blind for a numb«r of years.
He was born in Peekskill and was the son of John L. and Matilda Ganung Acker. The second youngest of a family of eight, he learned the trade of a molder in his youth with the firm of Whitney & Montany under the management of nt of Coffin S. Brown He also worked for the Union Stove works.
At the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion he was imbued with the spirit, as were so many Peekskill boys, and enlisted in the 59th Regt, N.Y. Volunteers. He waa made corporal and transferred to Co. I, June 25, 1863.
Few soldiers have a better record than Mr. Acker. He was in tho battle of Chantilly, Antietam, Second Bull Run, Breaste Station, Malvern Hill, and performed special arduous duty during the Mine Run campaign, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville.
He was also in the Gettysburg campaign the Wilderness,Wupping Heights, Spottsylvania, Hanover, North Anna Cold Harbor, Bethesda Church and Jerusalem Plank Road. His term of enlistment expired in the winter of 1864. He reenlisted at once but was granted a 30-day furlough. In the company of others, he returned home to spend his furlough going back to his regiment at the completion of his leave.
In the attack on Beama Station in June 1864, Mr. Acker and his comrades of the regiment were taken prisoner through the blunder of a staff officer and were taken to Libby Prison. A month later they were taken to Andersonville, Ga., where nine
months of torture and privation left him with disease from which he never recovered. He was exchanged and came north. He was honorably discharged June 19, 1865.
April 30, 1869, Mr. Acker married Josephine, daughter of Charles and Mary Ann Rikeman Van Voorhis. She with her son Frederick, of Chicago and a daughter Mrs. O Edward Hadden, of this village, survive him. The deceased was formerly an active member of Columbia Hose Company No I. He was mustered into Abram Vosburgh Post, No. 95, G.A.R. May 18, 1880, and was a member of its Relief Committee for many years. Among his comrades he was exceedingly well-liked and respected.
His remains were interred in Hillside with military honors.
Highland Democrat
April 23, 1904
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