Mr. Thompson

The commander of the battalion after Gantt's capture, Major James Houston Akin, was my great uncle, my great grandfather Edward P. Akin was a private in company E.
I have done a lot of study of this unit.
I have collected a lot of information all over the place.
The internet is a wonderful-I repeat- wonderful place to gather info. I have just returned from Maury County on a fact finding trip. I visited my family cemetary , Pisgah Hill, in Hampshire. Many veterans of this battalion are also buried here-along with veterans of all wars of this country from the revolution to Vietnam.
Anyway, I would be more than happy to share all of my info with you. I have a couple of relics I would be glad to share photographs. I am on a mission to discover what happened to the battle flag. It was saved from capture at Bentonville by the color bearer J.J. Delks, who would bring it to Maury County once in a while for reunions.