Recipients of The Southern Cross of Honor

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Recipients of The Southern Cross of Honor from Madison, Jackson, and Marshall Counties

In the year 1899, the United Daughters of the Confederacy began awarding recognition badges to the aging soldiers of the South. Called the Southern Cross of Honor, the requirements for this award were strict. “No Crosses will be furnished by the Custodian,” said Rule 2, Section 1, “until Certificates of Eligibil-ity have been properly filed by the veterans and certified by two or more officers of the Camp.” Rule 3 stated that living veterans would receive their Crosses first, with descendants of deceased veterans being allowed to apply for them thereafter. However, Rule 6 specified that no one but the veterans themselves would be allowed to wear the Cross. Rule 4 said the Crosses should be presented on Memorial Day, Robert E. Lee’s or Jefferson Davis’ birthday, or at another date selected by the UDC members of each state.

Fortunately for posterity, Rule 2, Section 4 stated, “Each Chapter shall keep a book alphabetically arranged in which is re-corded the name and command of every soldier or descendant of a soldier who receives the Cross, so that there may be no possibil-ity of bestowing a second Cross upon the same person.” Somewhere in many towns across the South these local UDC Chapter records must still exist. The list of medals presented by the Virginia Clay Clopton Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, is available on microfilm in the Heritage Room of the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library. llhile not alphabetical, the roster is very valuable for genealogists because it includes veterans not only from Huntsville, but also from neighboring counties — and even other states. Furthermore, many of these men do not appear in the 1907 Alabama Confederate Veteran Census.

The first Crosses were awarded in Huntsville in 1903, with most following within a period of a few years. A handful date to as late as the early 1920s. It is known that some Crosses were awarded after that time, such as to three black associate members (Matthew Gray, Essex Lewis, and Henry Bolden) of the Egbert J. Jones Camp, United Confederate Veterans. Perhaps these additional records will turn up some day.

The following Confederate veterans were awarded the Southern Cross of Honor by the Virginia Clay Clopton Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Note that in cases where a relative of a deceased veteran applied, the place of residence may not be the same as the veteran’s. Also, the units should always be double checked with the military records, since the preparers several times appear to have confused the infantry and the cavalry (e. g. #128 and #129).

name rank & unit

  1. J. E. Popejoy, New Market, Ala. Pvt., Co. K, 4th Ala. Cav.
  2. W. Y. C. White, Huntsville Pvt., Co. G, 4th Ala. Cav.
  3. James Claridge, Huntsville Pvt., 18th Miss. Cav.
  4. B. T. ReaRan, Gurley, Ala. Pvt., Co. C, 25th Bn. Ala. Cav.
  5. A. V. Underwood, Huntsville Pvt., Co. A, 10th Ala.
  6. J. C. W. Steger, Gurley, Ala. Asst. Surgeon, 4th Ala. Cav.
  7. Peter Simmons, Huntsville Lt., Co. I, Carter’s Scouts
  8. J. W. P. Kelly, Huntsville Pvt., Co. K, 4th Ala. Cav.
  9. William J. Mastin, Huntsville Pvt., Co. E, 4th Ala. Cav.
  10. J. L. Crowson, Brownsboro, Ala. Pvt., Co. A, 30th Ala. Inf.
  11. Benja. G. Eddins, Fisk, Ala. Pvt./Cpl., Co. K, 49th Ala.
  12. Lew W. Esslinger, Huntsville Pvt./Lt., Co. E, 37th Tenn.
  13. Joseph H. Sloss, Huntsville Cpt./Maj., Co. F, 4th Ala. Cav.
  14. A. J. Bentley, Huntsville Pvt., Co. B, 35th Ala. & Lt., I, 33d Mississippi
  15. Milton Humes, Huntsville Pvt., Co. A, 63d Va. & Cpt./Bvt. Major of Cav.
  16. Henry Dillard, Huntsville Pvt., Co. D, 7th Ala. (Madison Rifles) & Lt. (mother, Amelia Dillard, applied)
  17. G.W. Godsey, Maysville, Ala. Pvt./Sgt., Co. E, 48th Ala.
  18. Frank A. McClung, Chattanooga Pvt., Co. C, 4th Ala. Cav.
  19. R. J. Johnson, New Market, Ala. Pvt., Co. F, 27th Ala. Inf. (wounded at Franklin)
  20. Jos. S. Neil, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, 41st Tenn.
  21. H. B. Roper, Huntsville Pvt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf. & Adit. (Lt.), 26th Ala. Inf.
  22. A. S. Fletcher, Huntsville Pvt./Cpt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf.
  23. George A. Quick, Huntsville Pvt., Co. G, 1st Confed. Cav.
  24. H. P. Ryan, Huntsville Cpt., “detailed to transportation department”
  25. T. M. Ramey, Huntsville Pvt., Co. A, 41st Tenn. Inf.
  26. James K. Pinkston, Huntsville Pvt., Co. G, 12th Ala. Inf.
  27. James R. Fears, Huntsville Pvt., Co. I, 3d Ala. Inf.
  28. I. A. Durham, Huntsville Pvt./Lt., Co. C, 50th Ala.
  29. James White, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Inf. & Lt. Col of Cav.
  30. John W. Grayson, Gurley, Ala. Lt./Cpt., Co. E, 37th Tenn.
  31. W. J. Kelly, Huntsville Cpl., Co. D, 2d Confed. Inf. & 4th Ala. Cav.
  32. N. F. Anderson, Huntsville Pvt., Co. D, 1st Tenn Inf.
  33. Samuel R. Lewis, Huntsville Pvt., Co. D, 35th Ala. Inf.
  34. J. H. Bryant, Huntsville Pvt./Sgt., Co. I, 55 Ala.
  35. W. I. Fuqua, New Market, Ala. Pvt., Co. F, 27th Ala. Inf.
  36. Gilbert Greenway, Hot Springs, Ark. Pvt./Lt., Co. D, 1st Va. Cav.
  37. Reuben A. Hall, Garth, Ala. Pvt., Co. D, 41st Tenn. Inf.
  38. R. B. Ledbetter, Keys Mill Pvt., Co. H, 49th Ala. Inf.
  39. I. H. Lowe, Hazel Green, Ala. Pvt., Co. G, 4th Tenn. Inf.
  40. A. H. McCoy, New Market, Ala. Pvt./Sgt., Co. F, 27th Ala.
  41. P.I Pike, Lax, Ala. Pvt., Co. L, 5th Ala. Cav.
  42. G. M. Robertson, Dunbrook, Ms. Pvt., Co. D, 7th Ala. Inf.
  43. James E. Seat, Huntsville Lt., Co. E, 4th Ala. Cav.
  44. D. W. Spivey, Gurley, Ala. Pvt., Co. C, 4th Ala. Cav.
  45. E. M. Winston, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Inf. (note: lost arm at Sharpsburg)
  46. W. H. Webster, Haden, Ala. Pvt./Cpl., Co. K, 49th Ala.
  47. B. W. Hinds, New Hope, Ala. Lt., Co. B, 48th Ala. & Cpl. Co. B, 3d Ala. Cav.
  48. A. J. Powell, Huntsville Pvt., Co. H, 24th Tenn. Inf.
  49. C. E. Collier, Madison, Ala. Pvt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf.
  50. T. J. Corn, Huntsville Pvt./Sgt., Co. K, 32d Tenn.
  51. E. B. Carter, Huntsville Pvt., Co. L, 1st Tenn. Inf.
  52. J. C. McCown, — Pvt., Co. K, 7th Ala. Cav.
  53. W. H. McLain, Huntsville Pvt., Co. A, 11th Ala. Cav.
  54. John Jones, Madison, Ala. Pvt., Co. D, 35th Ala. Inf.
  55. D. C. Drake, Huntsville Pvt., Co. G, 17th Tenn. Inf.
  56. Albert R. Eskine, Huntsville Surgeon, 25th Ala. Inf. (daughter, Janet Erskine, applied)
  57. Jo. Green Collier, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Inf. & Co. C, 4th Ala. Cav.
  58. William H. Jordan, Maysville Pvt., Co. C, 4th Ala. Cav.
  59. L. W. McCravey, Huntsville Pvt., Co. K, Forrest’s Regt. & Lt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Cav.
  60. W. L. Christian, Owen’s X Roads Pvt., Co. F, 1st Ala. Inf. & 1st Ky. Cav. & Co. F, 4th Ala. Cav.
  61. W. C. Myrick, New Market, Ala. Pvt., Co. E, 16th Ala. Inf.
  62. John J. Ward, Huntsville Cpt., Ward’s Battery (former mayor of Huntsville; killed in Atlanta campaign; daughter, Ellen Ward Wilson, applied)
  63. Elijah T. Martin, Madison Pvt., Ward’s Battery
  64. James R. Walker, Plevna, Ala. Pvt., Co. D, 41st Tenn. Inf
  65. W. E. Clutts, Center Hill, Ala. Pvt., Co. K, 49th Ala. Inf.
  66. M. E. Davis, Gurley, Ala. Pvt., Co. H, 39th Ga. Inf.
  67. J. P. Horner, New Market, Ala. Pvt., Co. K, 4th Ala. Cav.
  68. Steven C. Giles, Keys Mill, Ala. Pvt., Co. G, 15th Miss. Inf
  69. Richard H. Medlin, Huntsville Pvt., Co. E, 37th Tenn. Inf
  70. Robert A. Lanford, Huntsville Pvt./Sgt, Co. F, 2d Ark. Inf. (killed at Shiloh; daughter applied)
  71. Isaac Denton Reagan, Huntsville Pvt., Co. C, 13th Tenn. Cav (daughter, Elizabeth Reagan Brown, applied)
  72. W. A. Rison, Huntsville Lt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Cav. (son, A. L. Rison, applied)
  73. William Balch, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, Orr’s Miss. Regt.
  74. Alexander Carmichael, New Market Pvt./Sgt, Co. B, 2d Conf.
  75. Francis Clanton, Huntsville Pvt./Lt. Col., 7th Ala. Cav. (daughter, Mary Clanton, applied)
  76. C. C. Vest, Plevna, Ala. Pvt., Co. C, 3d Tenn. Inf.
  77. W. M. Scroggins, New Hope Pvt., Co. A, 1st Ala. Inf.
  78. S. B. Phillips, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, 41st Tenn. Inf.
  79. John l. Duckett, Huntsville Pvt., Co. C, 50th Ala. Inf.
  80. J. Q. Dillard, Triana, Ala. Pvt./Cpl., Co. F, 7th Ala. Inf.
  81. John A. Douglas, Huntsville Pvt., Co. D, Forrest’s Bn.
  82. J. W. Campbell, Taylorsville Pvt, Co. C, 3d Ala. Cav.
  83. Ben Patteson, Huntsville Pvt./Lt. Co. E, 35th Ala.
  84. A. W. Mosely, Huntsville Pvt., Co. B, 35th Ala. Inf.
  85. Alfred Moore, Huntsville Pvt., Co. E, 4th Ala. Cav.
  86. Graves Clark, Huntsville Pvt., Co. E, 26th Ala. Inf.
  87. G. T. Miller, Huntsville Pvt., Co. K, 4th Ala. Cav.
  88. R. T. Coles, Cottonville Pvt./Lt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Inf
  89. J. W. Battle, Huntsville Pvt., Co. C, 35th Ala. & Lt. Co. C, 50th Ala.
  90. John L. Grundy, Monrovia Pvt., Co. I, 50th Ala. Inf.
  91. W. E. Aday, Huntsville Pvt., Co. D, 7th Ala. Inf.
  92. H. P. Turner, Huntsville Pvt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf.
  93. Cullen Wilson, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Inf. (note: lost arm at Seven Pines)
  94. K. D. Gribble, Madison Pvt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Inf.
  95. George P. Turner, Huntsville Cpt., Magruder’s Staff & Lt. Col., Wheeler’s Staff
  96. W. S. White, Belle Mina Pvt./Sgt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf
  97. D. H. Turner, Normal, Ala. Pvt./Cpt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf
  98. Harris Toney, Triana Pvt., Co. D, 1st La. Cav.
  99. J. T. Stephenson, Huntsville Pvt., Co. G, 32d Tenn. Inf.
  100. William I. Spivey, Berkley Pvt., Co. E, 37th Tenn. Inf.
  101. D. G. Smith, Meridianville 1st Sgt., Co. D, 41st Tenn. Inf.
  102. Alex Simpson, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Inf.
  103. Felix W. Sibley, Huntsville Pvt., Co. K, 4th Ala. Cav.
  104. J. M. Robinson, Huntsville Cpl., Co. D, 7th Ala. Inf. & Lt. Col. of Cavalry
  105. J. S. Cushing, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, 12th Ala. Cav.
  106. R. M. Deyoung, Ryland Pvt, Co. B, 13th S. C.
  107. John A. Cambron, Bell Factory Pvt., Co. C, 1st Ala. Inf.
  108. J. H. Landman, Huntsville Pvt., Forrest’s Regt.
  109. H. J. Kenney, Huntsville Pvt., Co. E, 35th Ala. Inf.
  110. John P. Hampton, Meridianville Cpt./Maj. 43d Miss. Inf.
  111. Henry Goldsmith, Huntsville Pvt., Co. D, 4th La. Inf.
  112. W. D. Hooper, Huntsville Pvt., Co. C, 3d N. C. Cav.
  113. James H. Burwell, Jeff Pvt, Co. K, 4th Ala. Cav. (second request; first medal lost).
  114. A. F. Evans, Huntsville Lt., Co. G, 35th Ala. Inf.
  115. Samuel Shurlock, Huntsville Pvt., Co. D, 8th Tenn. Cav.
  116. Emmett Kelly, Huntsville Pvt., Co. B, Forrest’s Cav. (deceased; wife, Sallie L. Kelly, applied)
  117. Wilson C. Pollard, H’sville Pvt., Maxwell’s Pioneer Corps
  118. L. H. Scruggs, Huntsville Pvt./Lt. Col., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf.
  119. W. C. Bragg, Hurricane Pvt., Co. K, 4th Ala. Cav.
  120. B. F. Laxson, [blank] Pvt./Lt. Co. K, 4th Ala. Cav.
  121. J. B. Laughlin, Huntsville Pvt., Co. D. 7th Ala. Inf. & Co. F, 4th Ala. Cav.
  122. R. Barnwell Rhett, Huntsville Officer on staff of Gen. Roswell S. Ripley, editor of Charleston Mercury, member of Legislature
  123. William Richardson, Huntsville Pvt./Lt., Co. E, 26th Ala. Inf. (This was Congressman Richardson, who served in Washington for many years.)
  124. William D. Pettus, Rep Pvt., Co. D, 35th Ala. Inf.
  125. Willam A. Pettus, [blank] Pvt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Cav.
  126. Charles S. McCalley, H’ville Pvt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf.
  127. Boliver S. McCalley, [blank] Pvt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf. (living, but sister, Mattie E. McCalley, applied)
  128. Robert S. McCalley, Birmingham Pvt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Cav.
  129. A. F. Barclay, Huntsville Pvt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Cav.
  130. Allison W. Baker, New Market Pvt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Cav.
  131. J. W. Yancy, Huntsville Pvt./Sgt., Co. B, 1st Tenn. Inf
  132. T. A. Bailes, Gurley Pvt., Co. C, 4th Ala. Cav.
  133. J. H. West, Huntsville Pvt., Co. C, 26th Ala. Inf.
  134. Ben L. Coyle, Huntsville Pvt. Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf. & Co. K, 4th Ala. Cav.
  135. A. B. Shelby, Huntsville Pvt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf. & Co. C, 4th Ala. Cav.
  136. W. W. McMillan, New Hope, Ala. Corp., Co. G, 12th Ala.
  137. John B. Dawson, Huntsville Pvt., Jackson Artillery (note: served from Virginia)
  138. Newton P. Taylor, Gladstone, Ala. Sgt., Co. E, 2d Ark.
  139. R. S. Odell, Huntsville, Ala. Pvt., Co. E, 4th Tenn. Cav.
  140. W. A. Stewart, Deposit, Ala. Pvt., Co. G, 12th Ala.
  141. Charles C. Sale, Huntsville Lt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf. (mortally wounded at 1st Manassas; widow applied)
  142. L. L.Ward, Huntsville Pvt., Co. K, 2d Confed. (discharged severely wounded)
  143. W. J. Chambers, Maysville, Ala. Sgt./Lt., 9th Tex. Cav.
  144. Burwell J. Curry, Perry Co., Ala. Lt./Cpt., Co. D, 3d Ala. Cav. (note: placed on disabled list and served as QM)
  145. Levi Lewis, Maysville, Ala. Pvt., Co. F, 35th Ala.
  146. A. J. Byrne, Maysville, Ala. Pvt., Co. F, 4th Ala. & Lt. on staff
  147. W. M. Sanderson, Nebo, Ala. Pvt., Co. I, 50th Ala.
  148. Hugh N. Moore, Huntsville Pvt., Co. E, 4th Ala. Cav.
  149. S. H. Russell, Huntsville Pvt./Sgt. Co. H, 4th Ala. Cav.
  150. T. J. Ferguson, Dublin, Miss. Pvt./Sgt. Co. K, 49th Ala.
  151. Jere Murphy, Huntsville Lt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Cav.
  152. Wilson L. Ward, Huntsville Pvt., Co. D, 30th N. Car.
  153. Edward H. Brooks, Huntsville Pvt., Co. K, 4th Ala. Cav. (daughter, May Brooks Hughes, applied)
  154. Charles J. Mastin, Mobile, Ala. Pvt., Co. I, 4th Ala. & Cpt. on staff of Gens. Bates and Breckenridge (son, Venrose Mastin, applied)
  155. William J. Mastin, Mobile, Ala. Lt., Co. I, 4th Ala. & Maj. on Gen. Breckenridge’s staff (grandson, Claiborne Schley, applied)
  156. W. B. Allen, Harvest, Ala. Pvt. Co. A, 11th Ala. Cav.
  157. W. W. Garth, Huntsville Lt. Col. on Longstreet’s Staff
  158. J. W. Mayhall, Guntersville, Ala. Pvt., Co. H, 12th Ala.
  159. John H. Martin, Monrovia, Ala. Pvt., Iard’s Battery
  160. George A. Morris, Madison Co. Pvt., Co. K, Forrest’s Regt.
  161. Thomas C. Morris, Meridianville Pvt., Co. E, 12th Ala.
  162. R. J. Giles, Gibbs, Ala. Pvt., Co. C, 50th Ala.
  163. Josiah Lamb, Plevna, Ala. Pvt./Cpl. Co. F, 27th Ala.
  164. W. R. Faulkinberry, Goring, Ala. Pvt., Co. K, 49th Ala.
  165. W. H. Farris, Huntsville, Ala. Pvt., Co. F, 4th Ala.
  166. William H. Echols, Huntsville Cpt./Maj. Corps of Engr.
  167. W. W. Humphrey, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, 7th Ala. & Sgt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Cav.
  168. E. C. Landers, Huntsville Pvt./Cpl., Co. F, 23d Tenn
  169. William Davison, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Cav.
  170. J. H. Salmon, New Hope, Ala. Pvt., Co. C, 50th Ala. (note: lost arm at Peachtree Creek, Ga.)
  171. G. T. McLaurine, Huntsville Cpl., Co. B, 3d Tenn.
  172. H. B. Roper, Huntsville Pvt./Lt., Co. I, 4th Ala.
  173. S. W. Pettus, Madison Pvt., Co. G, 4th Ala. Cav.
  174. James Sanderson, Lux, Ala. Pvt., Co. I, 50th Ala.
  175. John Tyler Darwin, Huntsville Pvt./Lt., Co. I, 4th Ala. (killed at Gettysburg; brother, Sidney J. Darwin, applied)
  176. John Harris, Gurley, Ala. Pvt., Co. F, 35th Ala.
  177. Andrew J. Esslinger, Berkley, Ala. Pvt., Co. K, 49th Ala.
  178. Thomas J. Taylor, Huntsville Lt./Cpt., Co. K, 49th Ala. (Judge T. J. Taylor died in 1894; his son applied)
  179. John Matthews, Huntsville Pvt., Co. B, 35th Ala. (daughter, Jennie Matthews, applied)
  180. J. Sikes Gilbert, Huntsville Cpt. & Commissary
  181. W. T. Nail, Huntsville Pvt., Co. B, 28th Miss. Cav.
  182. Benjamin F. Steger, Brownsboro Pvt., Co. D, 4th Ala. Cav. (widow, Fannie E. M. Steger, applied)
  183. W. C. Denson, Huntsville Pvt., Co. B. 2d Ala. Cav. (widow applied)
  184. John Logan Bradford, Huntsville Pvt., Co. I, 4th Ala. (widow, Mollie Logan Bradford, applied)
  185. John Carroll Patton, Hatteris, Ala. Pvt., Co. K, 49th Ala.
  186. J. M. Winfrey, Walling, Ala. Pvt., Co. E, 35th Ala.
  187. F. M. Bennett, Huntsville Pvt., Co. C, 4th Ala. Cav.
  188. Lemuel P. Bridges, Huntsville Pvt., Co. G, 26th La.
  189. G. M. Johnson, Huntsville Pvt., Co. H, 26th Ga.
  190. Fleming Jordan, Maysville Pvt., Co. C, 4th Ala. Cav.
  191. J. W. Thompson, Huntsville Pvt., Co. E, 7th Ala. Cav.
  192. T. B. Connally, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, Forrest’s Cav.
  193. W. B. Robinson, Huntsville Pvt., Co. A, Corps of Cadets, University of Alabama
  194. Z. T. McCollum, Chase, Ala. Pvt., Co. H, 1st Tenn. Cav.
  195. T. J. Alexander, Maysville Pvt., Co. C, 2d Tenn Bn. & Lt., Co. E, 1st Tenn. Cav.
  196. Reuben M. Spivey, [ form not completed]
  197. James L. Ridley, Atlanta, Ga. Pvt., McNairy’s Bn. & Doctor (deceased; wife, Fanny J. Ridley, applied)
  198. R. C. Rodgers. Philadelphia, Miss. Pvt., Co. H, 33d Miss. & Pvt., 21st Tenn.
  199. D. A. Timberlake, Huntsville Cpl., Co. F, 4th Ala. Inf.
  200. John R. Slaughter, Huntsville Pvt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf. & Surgeon (daughter, Mary E. Slaughter, applied)
  201. Elva Parnell, Huntsville Pvt., Morgan Co. Home Guard
  202. H. M. Jones, Madison Co. Pvt., Co. F, 7th Tenn. Cav.
  203. N. B. Wingo, Huntsville Pvt., Roberts’ Battery (Arkansas)
  204. B. M. Miller, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, 35th Ala. Inf.
  205. John T. Slaton, Huntsville Pvt., Co. E, 9th Ala. Inf.
  206. Elias C. Spragins, Martindale, Tex. Lt., Co. I, 4th Ala. (son, Stith Spragins, applied)
  207. B. F. Echols, Gurley, Ala. Pvt., Co. A, 1st Ala. Cav.
  208. W. R. Green, Bell Factory, Ala. Pvt., Co. F, 17th Tenn. Inf
  209. John S. Dickson, Huntsville Cpt./Maj. Co. E, 35th Ala. (killed at Franklin; son, W. G. Dickson, applied)
  210. Stephen P. Winston, Mobile Cpt., Co. B, 1st Bn. Ala. Art. (died in service; daughter, Annie C. Winston, applied)
  211. Sidney J. Mayhew, Huntsville 1st Asst. Engr., Topographical Corps (widow, Mrs. S. J. Mayhew, applied)
  212. B. F. Camper, Madison, Ala. Pvt., Co. F, 35th Ala. Inf.
  213. Charles Harris, Huntsville Lt., King’s Battery (daughter, Mrs. Horace M. Layman, applied)
  214. David Humphreys Todd, Shelbyville, Ky. Cpt., Co. A, 21st La. Artillery (This was Mary Todd Lincoln’s half-brother and Abe Lincoln’s brother-in-law! He died in Huntsville in 1871; daughter, Elsie Todd Sampson, applied.)
  215. Thomas Slack, Huntsville? Pvt., Co. K, 28th Va. Inf.
  216. R. J. Schrimpsher, Huntsville Sgt./Cpl. Co. E, 37th Tenn.
  217. J. S. Renfrow, Gurley Pvt., Co. G, 12th Ala.
  218. Jo. Robbins, Huntsville Cpt./Col. 3d Tenn. Cav. (daughter, Mrs. Francis Tappey, applied)
  219. Samuel A. Wyatt, Huntsville 1st Sgt./Cpt., Co. H, 10th Ala. (son, I. B. Wyatt, applied)
  220. Robert P. Crockett, Huntsville Cpt., 18th Tenn. Inf. (daughter, Allie Crockett Webster, applied)
  221. Wm T. Bennett, Gurley, Ala. Pvt., Co. C, 25th Ala Cav. Bn.
  222. P. B. Fletcher, Madison Pvt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf.
  223. J. D. Ragland, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, 7th Ala. & Co. C, 4th Ala. Cav.
  224. Chillian I. White, Atlanta, Ga. Pvt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf. (son, Levi D. White, applied)
  225. John J. Robinson, Huntsville Pvt., Robinson’s Scouts, 4th Ala. Cav.
  226. W. T. Campbell, Gurley, Ala. Pvt., Co. K, 4th Tenn. Cav.
  227. John Y. Bassett, Huntsville Pvt., Co. E, 35th Ala. Inf. (died Mar. 3, 1865; sister, Laura Bassett, applied)
  228. I. H. Power, Greenfield, Ala. Pvt., Co. K, 4th Ala. Cav.
  229. J. W. Blakemore, Huntsville Pvt., Co. C, 8th Tenn. Inf.
  230. G. M. Gipson, Ryland, Ala. Pvt., Co. K, 4th Ala. Cav.
  231. J. S. Orr, Gurley, Ala. Pvt., Co. G, 2d Ky. Cav.
  232. G. W. Williams, Plevna, Ala. Pvt., Co. F, 1st Tenn. Inf.
  233. J. A. Walker, Plevna, Ala. Cpl./Sgt. Co. D, 41st Tenn.
  234. D. V. Lawrence, Huntsville Pvt., Co. K, Nixon’s Cav.
  235. J. P. Smith, New Market, Ala. Pvt., Co. K, 4th Texas
  236. F. M. Joplin, Crawley, Ala. Pvt., Co. A, 2d Va. Cav.
  237. Thomas 0. Burton, Huntsville Pvt., Co. C, 4th Ala. Cav. (daughter, Belle B. France, applied)
  238. Richard Inge Elliott, Huntsville Sgt., Co. E, 35th Ala. (daughter, Kat Elliott O’Neal, applied)
  239. William Harvey Donegan, Huntsville Pvt./Sgt Maj., Co. F, 4th Ala. Cav. (wife, Kate Coles Donegan, applied)
  240. W. E. Clutts, Huntsville Pvt., Co. K, 49th Ala. & 5th Ala. Cav. (same as #65?)
  241. W. S. Turner, Harvest, Ala. Pvt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf.
  242. T. L. Baker, Huntsville Pvt./Cpl., Co. F, 25th Bn. Ala. Cav.
  243. E. H. Giles, Huntsville Pvt., Ward’s Battery
  244. E. R. Matthews, Huntsville Pvt./Color bearer, Ward’s Bat.
  245. Elias Wellborn, Huntsville Pvt./Lt., Co. C, 15th Ark. Inf
  246. A. Schrimpsher, Huntsville Cpl., Co. F, 35th Ala. Inf.
  247. I. C. Wheeler, Huntsville Asst. Surgeon (Capt.)
  248. Macklin M. Vann, New Hope Pvt., Co. C, 50th Ala. Inf.
  249. I. W. Gill, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Cav.
  250. C. N. Vaught, Huntsville Pvt., Co. H, 1st Tenn. Inf. & “Brevet Captain of Secret Service”
  251. J. T. Wilson, Huntsville Pvt., Co. B, 35th Miss. Inf.
  252. J. I. Connally, Huntsville Pvt., Co. K, 49th Ala. Inf.
  253. I. D. W. Cobb, Gurley, Ala. Cpl., Co. C, 25th Bn. Ala. Cav
  254. J. C. Broyles, Madison, Ala. Pvt., Co. I, 10th Ala. Inf.
  255. M. M. Brooks, [blank] Pvt., Co. B, 18th Ga. Inf.
  256. W. D. Buford, Huntsville Pvt., Co. E, 35th Ala. Inf.
  257. J. A. Billions, Monrovia Pvt., Co. K, 49th Ala. Inf.
  258. B. E. Bailes, Madison Co. Pvt., Co. C, 4th Ala. Cav. (widow, Mrs. Mary Smith Bailes, applied)
  259. W. S. Davis, Huntsville Pvt., Co. B, 13th Miss. Inf.
  260. Anderson Schrimpsher, Huntsville Cpl., Co. F, 35th Ala. Inf (duplicate?; see #246)
  261. John W. Barnhill, Huntsville Pvt., Co. I, 37th N. C. Inf.
  262. J. B. Douglass, Bell Factory Pvt., Co. B, 4th Ala. Cav.
  263. A. B. Crutcher, Rainbow, Ala. Pvt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Inf. & Lt., Co. D, 35th Ala. Inf.
  264. W. F. Gardiner, Taylorsville Pvt./Lt., Co. A, 49th Ala. Inf
  265. Columbus L. Nolen, Huntsville Pvt., Co. E, 4th Tenn. Cav.
  266. Virgil Augustus Nuckolls Pvt., Co. I, 4th Ala. Inf. (daughter, Olive Nuckolls Prockett, applied)
  267. T. B. Iarren, Huntsville Pvt., Co. H, 12th Miss. Inf.
  268. J. L. B. Kelly, Huntsville Pvt., Co. C, 4th Ala. Cav. (killed Dec. 18, 1862; widow, Mary Kelly, applied)
  269. I. W. Gill, Huntsville Pvt., Co. F, 4th Ala. Inf.

Abstracted from the original certificates by Charles Rice.

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  1. Thank you so much for honoring your family in this way. I am a current member of the UDC and have 3 ancestors proven and still working on more. This
    has been a passion for me for many years. Did someone in your family receive the UDC Cross of Honor? Would love to know more about these brave and honorable men.

    Cool website.

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