John Cracklin joined Company A of the 5th Massachusetts Infantry for a period of 100 days starting in July 1864. This unit served in the defenses in the region around Baltimore before heading back to Massachusetts and being mustered out in November of that same year.
According to his obituary, he was 76 years old when he passed away in March of 1908, and was living in the Soldier's Home in Dayton Ohio at the time of his death. (Please check out that link - there is a lot of good information in it.)
His body was brought back to Newport, where he had formerly lived and he was buried in Evergreen Cemetery
In his will, he asked that his estate be left to his sisters Mary Jane Dearborn of Cleveland, Ohio and Susan E Pearce of Boston, Massachusetts, if they could be found; if not he wanted his money divided equally between the Protestant and Catholic Orphan Asylums of Campbell County. He also added that if the government did not provide him with a headstone, $25 be taken from his estate to give him one.
He did get that headstone he earned.
Rest in peace, soldier.
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