Amos T. Akerman - Cartersville, GA
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N 34° 09.934 W 084° 47.742
16S E 703185 N 3782709
"Amos Tappan Akerman served as United States Attorney General under President Ulysses S. Grant from 1870 to 1871. A native of New Hampshire, Akerman graduated from Dartmouth College in 1842." ~ Wikipedia
Waymark Code: WMPP0W
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2015
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County of plaque: Bartow County
Location of plaque: Friendship Plaza fence, behind train depot, Cartersville
Plaque erected: 2001
Plaque erected by: Cartersville-Bartow Convention & Visitors Bureau
Plaque Text:
AMOS T. AKERMAN
Lawyer, U.S. Attorney for District of Georgia, 1869-70; U.S. Attorney General 1870-71. Born Portsmouth, N.H., February 23, 1821; died in Cartersville, Georgia, December 21, 1880; buried Oak Hill Cemetery.
Served as Confederate soldier in Georgia State Guard, 1864. As U.S. Attorney General in cabinet of President Ulysses S. Grant, organized Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted first civil rights violation case.
More interesting information can be read in his Find-A-Grave