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William Henry Packard

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William Henry Packard

Birth
Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
21 Aug 1896 (aged 73)
Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
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On November 3, 1862, William enlisted in the Union Army at Camp Brigg in Pittsfield. He was 40 years old at the time. He would serve as He served as a private within Company I of the 49th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, seeing action in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and he would be discharged honorably on Sept. 1, 1863 after ten months of service and his union disbanded at Pittsfield.1 But this short description does not do his unit justice. He served for 9-10 months in the 49th Regiment commanded first by Captain William Francis Bartlett, based on the unit history RBM III reprinted in the Packard/Mills Family History. The unit, after moving from area to area, gaining a “reputation for good discipline.” It left from Long Island to Louisiana on the Illinois steamer in January 1863, arriving in New Orleans by early February. Without giving a dry union history, the National Park Service gives a nice overview. The unit was attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, of the 19th Army Corps, and that it engaged in recon toward Port Hudson in March, fought in the siege of the same area in May through July, off and on. Beyond this, it fought at Plain's Store and at Cox's Plantation (“line of Bayou Lafourche”) during the summer. In fighting at Port Hudson, it was assisting Farragut’s union fleet. During its time in service, 2 officers were killed, 28 men killed or mortally wounded, and 84 men killed by disease. By August 9, after staying in the nearby area, it left New Orleans, going on the Templer steamer to Cairo, Illinois, and taking a train to Pittsfield, where it arrived on August 22. Once there, there was likely, an “enthusiastic reception” (with Rachel and family likely in attendance) and it was “mustered out of the United States service” on September 1.

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source: historyhermann
On November 3, 1862, William enlisted in the Union Army at Camp Brigg in Pittsfield. He was 40 years old at the time. He would serve as He served as a private within Company I of the 49th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, seeing action in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and he would be discharged honorably on Sept. 1, 1863 after ten months of service and his union disbanded at Pittsfield.1 But this short description does not do his unit justice. He served for 9-10 months in the 49th Regiment commanded first by Captain William Francis Bartlett, based on the unit history RBM III reprinted in the Packard/Mills Family History. The unit, after moving from area to area, gaining a “reputation for good discipline.” It left from Long Island to Louisiana on the Illinois steamer in January 1863, arriving in New Orleans by early February. Without giving a dry union history, the National Park Service gives a nice overview. The unit was attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, of the 19th Army Corps, and that it engaged in recon toward Port Hudson in March, fought in the siege of the same area in May through July, off and on. Beyond this, it fought at Plain's Store and at Cox's Plantation (“line of Bayou Lafourche”) during the summer. In fighting at Port Hudson, it was assisting Farragut’s union fleet. During its time in service, 2 officers were killed, 28 men killed or mortally wounded, and 84 men killed by disease. By August 9, after staying in the nearby area, it left New Orleans, going on the Templer steamer to Cairo, Illinois, and taking a train to Pittsfield, where it arrived on August 22. Once there, there was likely, an “enthusiastic reception” (with Rachel and family likely in attendance) and it was “mustered out of the United States service” on September 1.

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source: historyhermann

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Wm. H. Packard
Died
Aug. 21, 1896
Ae 74 Yrs

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Tombstone Inscriptions of Cummington Massachusetts, Mrs. Max Lederer 1964

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