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  1. Ida M. Sackrider: Birth: Sep 1867.

  2. Nettie Sackrider: Birth: May 1870. Death: 8 Mar 1943 in Jackson County,Michigan,USA

  3. Claud Lafayette Sackrider: Birth: 1874.

  4. Walter L. Sackrider: Birth: Nov 1885.

  5. Charles Elmer Sackrider: Birth: Feb 1887.


Notes
a. Note:   REFN: 42 He was a Civil War vet. He was in the 17TH Michigan Infantry Company F at age 23. 17th Regiment Michigan Infantry 1862-5 The Seventeenth Infantry, the celebrated "Stonewall Regiment of the Union", rendezvoused and mustered in at Detroit on May 29, 1862, when after a short period of training and equipping was sent by rail to Washington, D.C., there assigned to the 1st. Brigade, 1st. Division of the 9th. Corp. From there they were dispatched into the Maryland Campaign, under the overall command of General G. McClellan. In less than 2 weeks after leaving the state of Michigan, the Regiment was hotly contested at the battle of South Mountain on September 14th., whence it emerged with a loss of 27 killed and 114 wounded, numbering among the wounded was Lt. Galligan who later died of his wounds at Middleton, MD on the 24th. On the 17th. the Regiment was again desperately engaged at Antietam, sustaining a further loss of 18 killed and 87 wounded. After the single bloodiest day in American warfare the Regiment was on the front skirmishing with the fleeing Confederates, losing yet another man. The Regiment then left with its command returning to Virginia. The Seventeenth left Waterford, VA, on November 29th, and marched via Warrenton to near Falmouth, where it encamped from the 18th. to December 12th. It crossed the Rappahanock River with the army at Fredericksburg, but did not participate in the battle that ensued there. On the 14th. of February, 1863 the Regiment embarked on steamers at Aquia Creek for Newport News, where it encamped until the 19th. of March, when it proceeded, in command of Colonel Luce, by transport to Baltimore, thence by rail to Louisville, KY, then on to Bardstown. April 3rd. it moved to Lebanon, thence to Columbia on the 29th. Marching from Columbia, it arrived at Jamestown on the 31st. of May. The Ninth Corp having been ordered to reinforce General Grant in Mississippi, then proceeded by rail to Cairo, IL, then down the Mississippi River to the Yazoo River. Disembarking, the Regiment went into camp near Hayne's Bluff, MS. June 22nd. it was ordered to Milldale Church, there to be engaged in erecting fortifications. Leaving Milldale on the 4th. of July, it participated in the advance on Jackson, arriving before that town on the 10th., after a series of skirmishes. The Regiment lost before Jackson, 1 man who was mortally wounded. Returning to Milldale, it embarked August 3rd. heading for Kentucky, arriving at Crab Orchard on the 24th. Marching from there, it engaged in the movements made by the Army of the Ohio into eastern Tennessee, in September and October. At Knoxville on the 14th. of October, ti marched to Lenoir Station. Like the Second, Eighth and Twentieth Infantry, which were in the same Corp, the Regiment had traveled over 2100 miles during the year. The Regiment, then attached to the 3rd. Brigade of the 1st Division of the 9th. Corp remained there until the morning of the 14th., when it marched to Louden, to oppose the advance of General Longsteet, then moving on Knoxville. It lay under its arms during the night, and on the following morning commenced falling back, closely followed by the Confederates. It continued to retreat acting as a rear guard for the rest of the Corp. While crossing Turkey Creek, Longsteets men attacked in force,causing a severe engagement to occur. In this action the Regiment lost 7 men killed, 19 wounded and 10 missing. During the retreat to Knoxville, and during the Seige of Fort Saunders, the men suffered greatly, especially while being besieged, from the want of proper and sufficient rations. When the seige was lifted by the retreating Confederates the 17th. was orderd to Annapolis, MD where 200 new recruits were incorporated into its ranks. From Annapolis the Regiment set out with the Grant Campaign of 1864, when in May of that year it lost 7 men killed and 39 wounded


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