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Confederate Veteran , Vol. XXII,
August, 1924.
In the passing of RICHMOND VIRGINIA
ACKER, of Williamston, S.C., on the morning of the 24 th of May, 1924,
all save, one of that fine body of men composing the Gist Riflemen,
Company D, of the Hampton Legion, organized for Confederate service in
the town of Williamston, in the early spring of 1861, have crossed to
the other side to 'rest in the shade of the trees'.
R.V. ACKER was born in Anderson
co., S.C., in 1840, the youngest of 14 children. When the call to arms
was sounded in 1861, he was among the first to respond and he enlisted
as one of the original members of the Gist Rifles. The Hampton Legion,
which soon became famous for its dauntless courage and efficiency, was
first brought into action at the first battle of Manassas. Young ACKER
actively participated in that six succeeding engagements, giving a good
account of himself in each, and to the end at Appomattox Courthouse on
April 9, 1865, acquitted himself as a faithful and gallant soldier.
Though he passed through 4 years
of carnage and blood without receiving a wound, soon after locating at
Williamston he fell ' mortally wounded' by a shaft from Cupids quiver
and in Jan. 1876, he was happily married to MISS DELLA ROPER of Laurens,
S.C. To this union 6 sons and 2 daughters were born, of whom 2 sons and
a daughter survive.
.....having served his
generation well, he fell asleep in his 84th year and his body, dressed
in the Confederate gray that he loved so well, was tenderly laid to rest
in the Williamston cemetery.
[ R.W. Alexander, D.D.]
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{ all may not be from Spartanburg
County, but believe most have a relation in the area.}
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