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( JACOB AbKER.—Wo noticed In otir last issue the death of Jacob Acker. He died at the residence of his sister Mrs. Morris, Ilarvey county, Kansas, April 27tl. At the com* meaeement of the late war, he early took the field as a member of that gallant band of soldiers which so often received the plaudits of General Ashby, the Brock’s Gap Rifles,* Capt. Winfield, and till the close of the war was a dashing, bold, and aggressive soldier. Possessed of remarkable strength and healthful organization, ho was a most dangerous combatant to contend with in a hand to hand encounter, and that he never scrupled to engage in close quarters was shown by the sabre wounds which he carried upon his body, fie was a mark, too, for the bullet, and was shot, we believe, several times In battle. He leaves many frierds to lament him. The fellow.soldiers with whom he charged,carrying terror and death into the ranks of the enemy will read ids fate with sadness, and remember him always for hW reckless valor.County Court Proceedings, MayTerm, 1881.- John W. Minnieh, M. J.
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Harrisonburg Rockingham Register
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Thu, May 19, 1881
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