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PVT William King Acklen
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PVT William King Acklen Veteran

Birth
Death
27 Jun 1862 (aged 20)
Gaines Mill, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Cenotaph
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Officers' Section X, Lot 108
Memorial ID
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Company I, 4th Alabama Infantry, Whiting's Brigade, Whiting's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence: Huntsville AL; Single; student.
Enlisted for 1 year's service on 4/26/1861 at Huntsville, AL, he was mustered into Company I "North Alabamians", 4th Alabama Infantry, as a Private.
Present from enlistment on all Rolls and every battle that the 4th Alabama was involved in until Killed In Action in Battle of Gaines' Mill, VA (part of Seven Days' Battles).

The 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Dalton, Georgia, in May 1861. The men were recruited in Dallas, Madison, Macon, Lauderdale, Jackson, Marengo, Perry, and Conecuh counties.
It reported 130 men disabled at Gaines' Mill.

[He is listed as W. R. Ackler in Register of the Confederate Dead, Interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. Hollywood Memorial Association of Richmond (Va.)Published by Gary, Clemmitt and Jones, printers, Richmond, VA. 1869.]
Company I, 4th Alabama Infantry, Whiting's Brigade, Whiting's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence: Huntsville AL; Single; student.
Enlisted for 1 year's service on 4/26/1861 at Huntsville, AL, he was mustered into Company I "North Alabamians", 4th Alabama Infantry, as a Private.
Present from enlistment on all Rolls and every battle that the 4th Alabama was involved in until Killed In Action in Battle of Gaines' Mill, VA (part of Seven Days' Battles).

The 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Dalton, Georgia, in May 1861. The men were recruited in Dallas, Madison, Macon, Lauderdale, Jackson, Marengo, Perry, and Conecuh counties.
It reported 130 men disabled at Gaines' Mill.

[He is listed as W. R. Ackler in Register of the Confederate Dead, Interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. Hollywood Memorial Association of Richmond (Va.)Published by Gary, Clemmitt and Jones, printers, Richmond, VA. 1869.]

Inscription

William K. Acklen
CO I 4th ALA Reg
Fell in the gallant charge at Gaines Mill
June 27,1862

Gravesite Details

Body later removed to Huntsville, Alabama



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