Enlisted on 21 September 1861 at Holly, Oakland County, Michigan; he was residing in Genesee County, Michigan, prior to his enlistment at 23 years of age; mustered in on 3 October 1861 as a private in Co. I, 3rd Michigan Cavalry; promoted to sergeant on 19 January 1864; died of gunshot wounds he received from guerrillas at San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. The U. S. Army described his death as a murder.
Enlisted on 21 September 1861 at Holly, Oakland County, Michigan; he was residing in Genesee County, Michigan, prior to his enlistment at 23 years of age; mustered in on 3 October 1861 as a private in Co. I, 3rd Michigan Cavalry; promoted to sergeant on 19 January 1864; died of gunshot wounds he received from guerrillas at San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. The U. S. Army described his death as a murder.
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J. E. Ackerson
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