John Ackermann
Co B 12th Missouri Infantry
Joined for duty, Belleville, Illinois, 8 Aug 1861, age 18.
Height 5'5. Fair Complexion. Blue eyes. Dark brn hair.
Muster in at St. Louis Arsenal, 16 Aug 1861, as Corporal.
Reduced to ranks 29 Sep 1861.
Wounded slightly tip of ear, 6 Mar 1862, Pea Ridge, Ark.
Teamster 20 Sep 1862 - 1 Nov 1862 Regt. QMD, extra duty.
Bugler, January 1863.
Died 29 July 1864 of wounds received in action 28 July 1864 before Atlanta.
ACKERMAN, JOHN
MUSICIAN US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/29/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION H SITE 8447
-VA grave locator
Originally buried about 4 miles NW of Atlanta.
13 Unknowns in same burial pit, said to be men of the 12th Missouri Infantry in graves H-8448 to H-8460.
However, a report about the actions of the brigade of which the 12th Missouri was but one regiment, states that there was only one man killed in the battle of 28 July. If that was Ackermann, then who were the 13 Unknowns?
No. 457.
Reports of Colonel Hugo Wangelin, Twelfth Missouri Infantry, commanding Third Brigade, of operations May 13-16, July 22-25, and July 28-September 3.
HDQRS. THIRD Brigadier, FIRST DIV., 15TH ARMY CORPS,
August 5, 1864.
CAPTAIN: In obedience to orders just received, I hereby submit report of the part taken by this brigade in the engagement with the enemy July 28, 1864.
...
The loss this brigade sustained was light in comparison with the enemy's loss, of whom 72 were buried in our immediate front. This brigade lost 1 man killed and 34 wounded, of whom 5 were officers. Lieutenant-Colonel Kaercher, Twelfth Missouri, in side, doing well; Major Murphy, Twenty-ninth Missouri, in breast, serious, but doing well so far; Captain Affleck, Twelfth Missouri, in leg and abdomen, has since died; Lieutenant Taylor, Twenty-ninth Missouri, on head, doing duty again; and Lieutenant Sellentin, Twelfth Missouri through windpipe, doing well.
The brigade did move out on 2 Aug, so perhaps the wounded were mortally wounded and left behind with no one to mark their graves when they died However, I went through the pensions on fold3 and none of the 12th Missouri listed there were killed near Atlanta.
John Ackermann
Co B 12th Missouri Infantry
Joined for duty, Belleville, Illinois, 8 Aug 1861, age 18.
Height 5'5. Fair Complexion. Blue eyes. Dark brn hair.
Muster in at St. Louis Arsenal, 16 Aug 1861, as Corporal.
Reduced to ranks 29 Sep 1861.
Wounded slightly tip of ear, 6 Mar 1862, Pea Ridge, Ark.
Teamster 20 Sep 1862 - 1 Nov 1862 Regt. QMD, extra duty.
Bugler, January 1863.
Died 29 July 1864 of wounds received in action 28 July 1864 before Atlanta.
ACKERMAN, JOHN
MUSICIAN US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/29/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION H SITE 8447
-VA grave locator
Originally buried about 4 miles NW of Atlanta.
13 Unknowns in same burial pit, said to be men of the 12th Missouri Infantry in graves H-8448 to H-8460.
However, a report about the actions of the brigade of which the 12th Missouri was but one regiment, states that there was only one man killed in the battle of 28 July. If that was Ackermann, then who were the 13 Unknowns?
No. 457.
Reports of Colonel Hugo Wangelin, Twelfth Missouri Infantry, commanding Third Brigade, of operations May 13-16, July 22-25, and July 28-September 3.
HDQRS. THIRD Brigadier, FIRST DIV., 15TH ARMY CORPS,
August 5, 1864.
CAPTAIN: In obedience to orders just received, I hereby submit report of the part taken by this brigade in the engagement with the enemy July 28, 1864.
...
The loss this brigade sustained was light in comparison with the enemy's loss, of whom 72 were buried in our immediate front. This brigade lost 1 man killed and 34 wounded, of whom 5 were officers. Lieutenant-Colonel Kaercher, Twelfth Missouri, in side, doing well; Major Murphy, Twenty-ninth Missouri, in breast, serious, but doing well so far; Captain Affleck, Twelfth Missouri, in leg and abdomen, has since died; Lieutenant Taylor, Twenty-ninth Missouri, on head, doing duty again; and Lieutenant Sellentin, Twelfth Missouri through windpipe, doing well.
The brigade did move out on 2 Aug, so perhaps the wounded were mortally wounded and left behind with no one to mark their graves when they died However, I went through the pensions on fold3 and none of the 12th Missouri listed there were killed near Atlanta.
Inscription
MUS.
12 MO. INF.
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