Pleasant Adams Hackleman (November 15, 1814 – October 3, 1862) was a lawyer, politician and Union general who was killed during the

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. Hackleman was born in Franklin County, in 1814. He married Sarah Bradburn in 1833 and began his life as a farmer. He studied law and eventually passed the bar and began practicing law. From 1837 to 1841 he served as

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. In 1840 he became editor of the ''Rushville Republican'' until the war. In 1841 he was elected to the Indiana State Legislature and served as a delegate to the National Republican Convention in Chicago which elected

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as the Republican presidential candidate. On May 20, 1861, when the Civil War began, Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton appointed Hackleman

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of the 16th Indiana Volunteer Infantry of one-year volunteers. Hackleman and the 16th Indiana were sent to the Eastern Theater where they were engaged at the

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. On April 28, 1862, he was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers and ordered to report to

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in the Western Theater. Hackleman was assigned to command the 1st Brigade in the 2nd Division of the

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. The 2nd Division, led by Thomas A. Davies, was temporarily attached to William S. Rosecrans'

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stationed around

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. On October 3, the Confederate Army attacked Rosecrans. Early in the fighting the Confederates forced a gap between Davies and General Thomas J. McKean's divisions and the Union line began to fall back. At this point in the battle Hackleman attempted to rally his brigade and was shot through the neck. He was taken to the

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in Corinth where he lay dying from the mortal wound. His final words were: "I am dying, but I die for my country". His body was returned to his home in Rushville where he was buried. He was the only Indiana general to be killed in battle during the Civil War. Hackleman is the namesake of the rural community of

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*Eicher, John H., & Eicher, David J., ''Civil War High Commands'', Stanford University Press, 2001, . * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hackleman, Pleasant A. 1814 births 1862 deaths Union army generals People of Indiana in the American Civil War Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War Politicians killed in the American Civil War Republican Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives People from Franklin County, Indiana People from Rushville, Indiana American newspaper editors Indiana lawyers

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