Brackett Family

The Bracketts were a farm family from Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine. Orrin William Brackett (b. ca 1841) served as a private in Co. G, 25th Maine Infantry (a nine-month regiment, 1862-1863) and in the 1st Battalion Maine Light Artillery. His brother, Alvin M. Brackett (b. ca. 1843) served as a private in Co. F, 1st Maine Cavalry. Alvin was mortally wounded during the Dahlgren raid in Virginia on March 1, 1864.

Archive: 
U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Other: 
James Coco Collection, Harrisburg CW Roundtable, Box 13

Letters

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ID Lettersort ascending Date Author Recipient From To
12392 Brackett15 March 10, 1863 Alvin Brackett Hattie Walker Falmouth, Stafford County, VA
12390 Brackett14 February 8, 1863 Alvin Brackett Hattie Walker Falmouth, Stafford County, VA
12389 Brackett13 January 24, 1863 Orrin William Brackett Hattie Walker Fairfax County, VA
12388 Brackett12 December 21, 1862 Orrin William Brackett Hattie Walker Fairfax County, VA
12387 Brackett11 December 5, 1862 Alvin Brackett Orrin William Brackett Fairfax County, VA
12386 Brackett10 November 29, 1862 Orrin William Brackett Hattie Walker DC
12371 Brackett1 October 12, 1861 Alvin Brackett Orrin William Brackett Augusta, Kennebec County, ME

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