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NOTE 1:
Burial:
Old Cemetery, Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin County, ME
NOTE 2:
The history of Mechanic Falls 1795 - 1893 to commemorate the
town's 100th year was reprinted in 1993. The book includes
references to the [Jacob] Morrell Hackett farm, and the
twins Edward and Edwin who both joined
Company K of the 5th Maine. Edward was
taken prisoner at Brandy Station, VA, Nov. 27, 1863 by
guerillas, while guarding the cattle. He was eventually
sent to the Andersonville, GA prison and died there in 1864.
Edwin was wounded but returned to Mechanic Falls and later
relocated to Brunswick, Maine.
NOTE 3:
Edward A. Hackett
Enlisted from Oxford, Maine at age 19,on 6/24/61, as Pvt..
Mustered into K Co. of the Maine 5th. Infantry
Date and Method of discharge not stated
Detailed to Brigade Headquarters
POW 11/27/63 (place not stated)
No further record.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine
Historical Data Systems, Inc.
NOTE 4:
5th Maine Infantry
Muster In: June 24, 1861
Muster Out: July 27, 1864
Length of Service: Three Years
Engagements
First Bull Run, VA - July 21, 1861
West Point, VA - May 7, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
Gaines Mill, VA - June 27-29, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
Goldings Farm, VA - June 27-28, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
Malvern Hill, VA - July 1, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
Cramptons Gap, MD -September 14, 1862 (Antietam Campaign)
Antietam. MD - September 17, 1862
Fredericksburg, VA - December 13, 1862
Chancellorsville, VA - May 1-4, 1863
Gettysburg, PA - July 1-3, 1863
Funkstown, MD - July 10, 1863
Rappahannock Station, VA - November 7, 1863 (Bristoe
Campaign)
Locust Grove, VA - November 27, 1863 (Mine run Campaign)
Wilderness, VA - May 5-7, 1864
Spottsylvania, VA - May 7-20, 1864
North Anna, VA - May 23-27, 1864
Cold Harbor, VA - May 31-June 12, 1864
Casualties
107 Killed or Died of Wounds
77 Died of Disease
NOTE 5:
ANDERSONVILLE PRISON: About 194,000 Union soldiers and about
214,000 Confederate soldiers were held prisoner during the
Civil War. The North and the South had about 30 major prison
camps each. Both sides also set up temporary prison
quarters. Prison conditions were generally miserable because
the camps were overcrowded and officials could not provide
adequate care. In the South, where such necessities as food
and clothing were in short supply for the Confederacy's own
soldiers and civilians, prisoners had an especially
difficult time.
One of the best-known prisons was Andersonville, a
Confederate camp in Georgia. It was horribly overcrowded,
and prisoners were deliberately abused and neglected. At
Andersonville, as many as 33,000 Northern prisoners at a
time were crowded into a log stockade that enclosed only
161/2 acres (6.7 hectares). After the war, the graves of
nearly 13,000 Union prisoners were discovered there. The
officer in charge of Andersonville, Henry Wirz, became the
only Confederate soldier to be tried and executed for war
crimes after the war.
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