Born in Kingsboro, NY.
Alvergreen Ackert joined the Army of the Potomac at the age of 15 as a musician (drummer). NY State Town Clerk Register state that he served in the -
Battle of Maryland Height (Bolivar) and the surrender at Harpers Ferry
Battle of Olustee, FL
Battle at Chester Station, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, VA and Deep Bottom.
Killed on January 16 1865 at Fort Fisher, NC due to an explosion of a magazine. Remains "buried near Fort Fisher"
Below is an account of that day in Jan by his Colonel, COL Walrath'
The men bivouacked and slept soundly after their hard work, and many were taking an extra matritional nap next morning. Some were busy in preparing breakfast when the powder magazines exploded, burying about 200 men under the sand from two to ten feet deep, and many were injured by the falling of timbers, powder boxes, and dense masses of sand. For a few moments, those who escaped were mute with horror and astonishment. Entrenching tools were soon brought to the spot and the men worked fast and hard exhuming their dead comrades from the ruins, and I shudder when I think how near I came of being buried with the rest. The Lieut. Colonel was standing by my side, looking on and giving directions to the cooking of our breakfast about five minutes before the explosion took place, when I proposed to him to take a walk on the parapet, remarking, "that it would give us a better appetite for so poor a breakfast," (hard tack and fried pork.) He hesitated, saying he was tired, &c., but I urged him and we went,—we had gone about seventy-five or one hundred yards when the magazine exploded. Our attention was called in that direction at the time which gave us plenty of time to throw ourselves under a gun carriage, making an excellent cover against the falling debris of the magazine. But such a sight when we returned I shall never forget! The pen cannot describe the groans of the dying and wounded, or depict the agony impressed on every face, brother searching after brother, comrade after comrade, and all expecting that other magazines would soon follow this one. There is a Court of Inquiry now in session investigating the cause of the explosion. In my opinion it happened by a torpedo fired from the other side of the river, on the plan of Colt's submarine battery.
Alvergreen Ackert joined the Army of the Potomac at the age of 15 as a musician (drummer). NY State Town Clerk Register state that he served in the -
Battle of Maryland Height (Bolivar) and the surrender at Harpers Ferry
Battle of Olustee, FL
Battle at Chester Station, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, VA and Deep Bottom.
Killed on January 16 1865 at Fort Fisher, NC due to an explosion of a magazine. Remains "buried near Fort Fisher"
Below is an account of that day in Jan by his Colonel, COL Walrath'
The men bivouacked and slept soundly after their hard work, and many were taking an extra matritional nap next morning. Some were busy in preparing breakfast when the powder magazines exploded, burying about 200 men under the sand from two to ten feet deep, and many were injured by the falling of timbers, powder boxes, and dense masses of sand. For a few moments, those who escaped were mute with horror and astonishment. Entrenching tools were soon brought to the spot and the men worked fast and hard exhuming their dead comrades from the ruins, and I shudder when I think how near I came of being buried with the rest. The Lieut. Colonel was standing by my side, looking on and giving directions to the cooking of our breakfast about five minutes before the explosion took place, when I proposed to him to take a walk on the parapet, remarking, "that it would give us a better appetite for so poor a breakfast," (hard tack and fried pork.) He hesitated, saying he was tired, &c., but I urged him and we went,—we had gone about seventy-five or one hundred yards when the magazine exploded. Our attention was called in that direction at the time which gave us plenty of time to throw ourselves under a gun carriage, making an excellent cover against the falling debris of the magazine. But such a sight when we returned I shall never forget! The pen cannot describe the groans of the dying and wounded, or depict the agony impressed on every face, brother searching after brother, comrade after comrade, and all expecting that other magazines would soon follow this one. There is a Court of Inquiry now in session investigating the cause of the explosion. In my opinion it happened by a torpedo fired from the other side of the river, on the plan of Colt's submarine battery.
Born in Kingsboro, NY.
Alvergreen Ackert joined the Army of the Potomac at the age of 15 as a musician (drummer). NY State Town Clerk Register state that he served in the -
Battle of Maryland Height (Bolivar) and the surrender at Harpers Ferry
Battle of Olustee, FL
Battle at Chester Station, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, VA and Deep Bottom.
Killed on January 16 1865 at Fort Fisher, NC due to an explosion of a magazine. Remains "buried near Fort Fisher"
Below is an account of that day in Jan by his Colonel, COL Walrath'
The men bivouacked and slept soundly after their hard work, and many were taking an extra matritional nap next morning. Some were busy in preparing breakfast when the powder magazines exploded, burying about 200 men under the sand from two to ten feet deep, and many were injured by the falling of timbers, powder boxes, and dense masses of sand. For a few moments, those who escaped were mute with horror and astonishment. Entrenching tools were soon brought to the spot and the men worked fast and hard exhuming their dead comrades from the ruins, and I shudder when I think how near I came of being buried with the rest. The Lieut. Colonel was standing by my side, looking on and giving directions to the cooking of our breakfast about five minutes before the explosion took place, when I proposed to him to take a walk on the parapet, remarking, "that it would give us a better appetite for so poor a breakfast," (hard tack and fried pork.) He hesitated, saying he was tired, &c., but I urged him and we went,—we had gone about seventy-five or one hundred yards when the magazine exploded. Our attention was called in that direction at the time which gave us plenty of time to throw ourselves under a gun carriage, making an excellent cover against the falling debris of the magazine. But such a sight when we returned I shall never forget! The pen cannot describe the groans of the dying and wounded, or depict the agony impressed on every face, brother searching after brother, comrade after comrade, and all expecting that other magazines would soon follow this one. There is a Court of Inquiry now in session investigating the cause of the explosion. In my opinion it happened by a torpedo fired from the other side of the river, on the plan of Colt's submarine battery.
Alvergreen Ackert joined the Army of the Potomac at the age of 15 as a musician (drummer). NY State Town Clerk Register state that he served in the -
Battle of Maryland Height (Bolivar) and the surrender at Harpers Ferry
Battle of Olustee, FL
Battle at Chester Station, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, VA and Deep Bottom.
Killed on January 16 1865 at Fort Fisher, NC due to an explosion of a magazine. Remains "buried near Fort Fisher"
Below is an account of that day in Jan by his Colonel, COL Walrath'
The men bivouacked and slept soundly after their hard work, and many were taking an extra matritional nap next morning. Some were busy in preparing breakfast when the powder magazines exploded, burying about 200 men under the sand from two to ten feet deep, and many were injured by the falling of timbers, powder boxes, and dense masses of sand. For a few moments, those who escaped were mute with horror and astonishment. Entrenching tools were soon brought to the spot and the men worked fast and hard exhuming their dead comrades from the ruins, and I shudder when I think how near I came of being buried with the rest. The Lieut. Colonel was standing by my side, looking on and giving directions to the cooking of our breakfast about five minutes before the explosion took place, when I proposed to him to take a walk on the parapet, remarking, "that it would give us a better appetite for so poor a breakfast," (hard tack and fried pork.) He hesitated, saying he was tired, &c., but I urged him and we went,—we had gone about seventy-five or one hundred yards when the magazine exploded. Our attention was called in that direction at the time which gave us plenty of time to throw ourselves under a gun carriage, making an excellent cover against the falling debris of the magazine. But such a sight when we returned I shall never forget! The pen cannot describe the groans of the dying and wounded, or depict the agony impressed on every face, brother searching after brother, comrade after comrade, and all expecting that other magazines would soon follow this one. There is a Court of Inquiry now in session investigating the cause of the explosion. In my opinion it happened by a torpedo fired from the other side of the river, on the plan of Colt's submarine battery.
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