Aftermath
After returning home from Delaware, Julius Hacker married Susannah Hopper in 1865; he died in 1902. His wife drew an "indigent" Confederate widow's pension.
Julius' brother William Hacker also survived the war; he married Mary A. Goin on 26 Feb. 1865. Brother Joseph, who had married Julia Ann Rodgers about 1858, likewise survived. He eventually moved his family to the Oklahoma Territory.
On April 1, 1866, my great-grandfather Joseph H. Hacker married Eliza Jane Silvey, who died in 1881. He remarried in 1890 to Nancy Ann Boles/Balch.
Of his Civil War experience, Joe later told his son Alexander that he was out lying in the woods one night and he felt something warm against his back. He was not sure what had moved in on him. It was a pig that had snuggled up to him to get himself warm. My grandfather later narrated this story to my Uncle Leonard, who in turn passed it to my cousin Terry and myself.
In later years, Joe drew a Union pension; and in 1915, he died at the home of his daughter Maggie Morgan in Morgan Co., TN. Uncle Leonard recalled that they brought him down from Oakdale on the train and buried him at Prospect Cemetery, now called Dyllis, in Roane Co., TN.
Why he was buried at Dyllis after dying in Morgan County was a mystery to us until my cousin Gillis Morgan, whose mother was Maggie Morgan, told us that Grandpa Joe had wanted to be buried with the other "old soldiers" at Dyllis. My grandfather began work on the form to get a veteran's headstone during the 1920s, but was unable to complete it. In 2001, Uncle Leonard, Terry, and I completed the forms and finally received a Civil War headstone for Grandpa Joe, which Terry placed at Dyllis.
Alfred Hacker Jr. eventually moved to McMinn County, where his family had resided previously. His brother George, who also served in the Union Army, survived the war as well and returned to the McMinn/Meigs Counties area.
In 1868, Alfred's first wife died; and he married Nancy Taylor White in 1871. He received a Union pension for his injuries, and was in his 90s when he died in 1937. He outlived most of his children.
Alfred's oldest brother Samuel also returned to McMinn County. He appears to have married at least twice, once to a woman named Nancy, surname unknown; and second in 1887 to Matilda Irwin, born Rhoda Shannon. He never fully recovered from the wound he received early in the war; and the ball, which was never removed, resulted in the muscles wasting away. He later received a Confederate pension for his disability, and his wife Rhoda received an indigent widow's pension after his death.
In Roane County, Sally Hacker and Angeline Silvey began trying to pick up their lives without their men. Neither would marry again. Sarah received a pension and lived into her 80s, residing near many of her children and other relatives.
Angeline does not appear to have received a pension, even though she filed a pension affidavit from her husband's commanding officer, testifying that William was not absent without leave, but in fact had received permission to go home. She was listed in the 1890 Veteran's Census, as are many other Civil War widows; and an 1890 letter to the Commissioner of Pensions indicated that she was ill, worn-down, and living in poverty. She would have been in her 60s at the time.
Angeline died sometime between the 1890 pension letter and when the Roane 1891 tax list was recorded, for the entry reads, "Silvey Heirs, 37 acres, the same number of acres listed for Angeline in the 1890 tax list. Her neighbors at that time were Baker, Stubbs, Rose, and Brashears.
Other Tennessee Hackers in the Civil War
- Alfred Hacker, probable father of Alfred Hacker Jr. and grandson of Julius Hacker Sr. Served with the Confederate 62nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment, also called Rowan's Infantry Regiment, and also called the 80th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. Confederate service records shows that he entered service in 1862 and died in a Confederate hospital in Jackson Mississippi on 28 April 1863. Son of Julius Hacker Jr. and Sarah Haggerty.
- Julius "Pete" James Hacker, Union Army, 15th Missouri Cav., grandson of Julius Hacker Sr, married Martha Susan Hembree. Born 1815 in Roane, TN, the son of Julius Hacker Jr. and Sarah Haggerty. Died after 1870 in Stockton, MO.
Jasper D. Hacker, 1844 - Aft. 1920, Union Army, 3rd TN Infantry, great-grandson of Julius Hacker Sr., married to Sarah C. Bice. The son of Margaret Hacker (daughter of Jacob Hacker Sr. and Martha Register) and unknown father, he was living in Monroe Co. when he enlisted. Died after 1920, probably in Limestone Co., AL.
Isaac Newton Hacker, 1840 - 1923, Confederate Army, 62nd TN. The son of Margaret Hacker (daughter of Jacob Hacker Sr. and Martha Register) and brother of Jasper D. Hacker above, he was living in Monroe Co. when he enlisted. Great-grandson of Julius Hacker Sr. Married to Presha/Preshia Vasser. Died in Limestone Co., AL.
Isaac Newton Green Hacker, 1837-1923, Confederate Army, 5th Reg. TN Cav., great-grandson of Julius Hacker Sr., bachelor, died in the Masonic Home in Nashville. Born in Greene Co., TN, son of Isaac Hacker and Mary "Polly" Henry.
Grandison Hacker, brother to Isaac Newton Green Hacker above, 1844-1862, Confederate Army, great-grandson of Julius Hacker Sr.. Died from disease at Cleveland, TN, 10 Dec. 1862 in the 63rd Reg't Tennessee Infantry. Son of Isaac C. Hacker and Mary "Polly" Henry. Apparently never married.
John Hacker, b. bet. 1834-38 - 1862, Confederate Army, great-grandson of Julius Hacker Sr., died 10 Dec. 1862. Son of Margaret Hacker, (daughter of Joseph Hacker Sr.) and unknown father. Home listed as Kingston, TN on enlistment. Appears to have been married to Elizabeth Roberts, daughter of Elias R. "Robbie" and Mary Roberts of Roane Co.
Newton Hacker, 1836-1922, Union Army, Fourth Tennessee Regiment, great-grandson of Julius Hacker Sr., married Antoinette Bradley, became a lawyer and served as a TN circuit judge; died in Greene Co. TN. Son of Jacob Hacker and Sarah Lloyd.
