Enlisted for the duration of the war (date not listed), on 5/5/1862 he was appointed and commissioned as 1st Lieutenant.
Present on all rolls until Killed In Action at Leetown.
Attorney John Staples, on behalf of Lt. Akers' family, filed a Settlement Claim on 3/9/1865.
The 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment was organized at Wytheville, Virginia in August of 1861. It was composed of eleven companies from southwestern Virginia with men from Amherst, Bland, Grayson, Nelson, Patrick, Tazwell, Wise and Wythe Counties.
Enlisted for the duration of the war (date not listed), on 5/5/1862 he was appointed and commissioned as 1st Lieutenant.
Present on all rolls until Killed In Action at Leetown.
Attorney John Staples, on behalf of Lt. Akers' family, filed a Settlement Claim on 3/9/1865.
The 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment was organized at Wytheville, Virginia in August of 1861. It was composed of eleven companies from southwestern Virginia with men from Amherst, Bland, Grayson, Nelson, Patrick, Tazwell, Wise and Wythe Counties.
Bio by: BigFrench
Family Members
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement