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

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