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NOTE 1:
MILITARY: "Hackett, Sumner S.; private; Co. G; 17 Regt.;
Infantry."
Source: Adjutant-Generals Report, List of Volunteers from
Maine,
1861-1866; page 214.
NOTE 2:
Enlisted from Strong, Maine at age 36, on 8/18/62, as a Pvt.
Mustered into G Co.
Maine 17th. Infantry
Discharged on 11/11/63 for disability
Sick in hospital 1862
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine
Historical Data Systems, Inc.
NOTE 3: 17th Maine Infantry
Muster In: August 18, 1862
Muster Out: June 4, 1865
Length of Service: Three Years
Engagements
Fredericksburg, VA - December 13, 1862
Chancellorsville, VA - May 1 - 4, 1863
Gettysburg, PA - July 1 - 3, 1863 (Gettysburg Campaign)
Wapping Heights, VA - July 21 - 23, 1863
Catlett's Station, VA - October 14, 1863 (Bristoe Campaign)
Kelly's Ford, VA - November 7, 1863 (Bristoe Campaign)
Mine Run, VA - November 26 - December 1, 1863
Wilderness, VA - May 5 - 7, 1864
Po river, VA - May 9 - 11, 1864 (Spotsylvania Campaign)
Spotsylvania, VA - May 7 - 20, 1864
North Anna, VA - May 23 - 27, 1864
Totopotomy, VA - May 26, - 30, 1864
Cold Harbor, VA - May 31 - June 12, 1864
Petersburg, VA Seige - June 1864
Jerusalem Plank Road, VA - June 22 - 23, 1864 (Petersburg
Campaign)
Deep Bottom, VA - August 14, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign)
Poplar Spring Church, VA - September 30 - October 2, 1864
(Petersburg
Campaign)
Fort Hell, VA - (Petersburg Campaign)
Boydton Road, VA - October 23, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign)
Hatchers Run, VA - December 8 - 9, 1864 (Petersburg
Campaign)
Deatonsville, VA - April 6, 1865 (Appomattox Campaign)
Saylors Creek, VA - April 6, 1865 (Appomattox Campaign)
Farmville, VA - April 7, 1865 (Appomattox Campaign)
Appomattox, VA - April 9, 1865
Casualties
1,371 Enrollment
207 killed
552 wounded
163 died of disease
31 in Confederate Prisons
Re-enlisted men and recruits transferred to 1st Regiment
Maine Heavy
Artillery, June 1865.
The 17th Maine Regiment sustained the heaviest battle losses
of any
Maine Infantry Regiment
NOTE 4: Buried Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin County, ME
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