2452. Henry McCoun Sackett, 1840–1862, of Newburgh, N. Y., only son of (997) Samuel B. and Elisabeth Townsend McCoun Sackett, was at commencement of war for preservation of the Union, employed as a clerk on a passenger and freight barge plying between Newburgh, N. Y., and New York City. He enlisted, July 16, 1861, at Middletown Orange County, N. Y., in Co. "E," 56th Regt. N. Y. S. Vols., commanded by Capt. William J. Williams (a graduate of the West Point Military Academy), to serve 3 years. The records of his regiment show that on Sept. 1, following his enlistment, he was mustered as a sergeant of his company, and that on Dec. 1 of same year he was promoted to first sergeant. He was killed in action at Fair Oaks, May 3, 1862, and was buried where he fell, in the same grove with his captain, who was killed at same time.
—Weygant, The Sacketts of America