On June 20, 1861, George W. Akers enlisted for 3 years as a private in Company C of the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry at age 21. He was mustered into Federal service on the same day. After being wounded in the left arm at Malvern Hill, Virginia on July 1, 1862, George was hospitalized and eventually discharged for disability at Washington, D.C. on March 23, 1863.
On October 11, 1863, George married Christine M. Ennes in Birmingham, Ohio.
Their two children were Ernest N. Akers (born August 4, 1866) and Earl C. Akers (born on January 11, 1869).
George died in Washington, D.C. from the effects of the gunshot wound that he received during the war. Christine remarried a man named Nelson L. Strong
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
For further information on the Fourth Michigan Infantry, copy this link into your browser and press enter: www.4thmichigan.wordpress.com
On October 11, 1863, George married Christine M. Ennes in Birmingham, Ohio.
Their two children were Ernest N. Akers (born August 4, 1866) and Earl C. Akers (born on January 11, 1869).
George died in Washington, D.C. from the effects of the gunshot wound that he received during the war. Christine remarried a man named Nelson L. Strong
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
For further information on the Fourth Michigan Infantry, copy this link into your browser and press enter: www.4thmichigan.wordpress.com
On June 20, 1861, George W. Akers enlisted for 3 years as a private in Company C of the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry at age 21. He was mustered into Federal service on the same day. After being wounded in the left arm at Malvern Hill, Virginia on July 1, 1862, George was hospitalized and eventually discharged for disability at Washington, D.C. on March 23, 1863.
On October 11, 1863, George married Christine M. Ennes in Birmingham, Ohio.
Their two children were Ernest N. Akers (born August 4, 1866) and Earl C. Akers (born on January 11, 1869).
George died in Washington, D.C. from the effects of the gunshot wound that he received during the war. Christine remarried a man named Nelson L. Strong
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
For further information on the Fourth Michigan Infantry, copy this link into your browser and press enter: www.4thmichigan.wordpress.com
On October 11, 1863, George married Christine M. Ennes in Birmingham, Ohio.
Their two children were Ernest N. Akers (born August 4, 1866) and Earl C. Akers (born on January 11, 1869).
George died in Washington, D.C. from the effects of the gunshot wound that he received during the war. Christine remarried a man named Nelson L. Strong
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
For further information on the Fourth Michigan Infantry, copy this link into your browser and press enter: www.4thmichigan.wordpress.com
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