Diary of a Confederate Congressman, 1862-1863 [Page] 273
Second Session
Met at Richmond, Va., November 7, 1864. Adjourned March 18, 1865.
DIARY OF FRANKLIN BARLOW SEXTON
[Wednesday, July 23rd, 1862....]
....28th. Came over the Miss. River this morning and landed at Col. Acklin's (5) plantation. Thanks be to God for our safe deliverance. Col. A is a very vain and self-important--but a very hospitable gentleman. Gave us an excellent breakfast. Started at 11 o'clock in a cart--four of us--rather a primitive mode of.....
(5)--Col. Acklin--unknown.
Colonel Joseph A. S. Acklin's plantation was in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; that is where he died on September 11, 1863.
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