"TO THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY: THE UNDERSIGNED, RESIDING AT MACON GA WHO IS AN EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIER AND A MEMBER OF CAMP NO. 484 U.C.VS., HEREBY, AT YOUR REQUEST, PRESENTS THIS CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR A CONFEDERATE CROSS OF HONOR. HE ENTERED THE SERVICE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES ON THE 6TH DAY OF MAY, 1864, AS A PRIVATE IN COMPANY D OF THE 5TH REGIMENT OF GA RESERVES VOLUNTEERS, C.S.A., AND WAS AT THAT TIME A RESIDENT OF HANCOCK CO., GA. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM SAID SERVICE BY PAROLE ON ABOUT THE 15TH DAY OF MAY, 1865, AT WHICH TIME HE HELD THE RANK OF PRIVATE. "RESPECTFULLY, Z.T. BINION "WE ENDORSE THE ABOVE CERTIFICATE. | W.J. PARKER| C.M. WILEY| "MEMBERS CAMP NO. 484, UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS "APPROVED BY ORDER OF AB. F. JONES| COMMANDER CAMP NO. 484 UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. "W.A. POE ADJUTANT."
[Georgia]: September 19, 1901. Printed broadsheet on pale blue paper, completed in manuscript and docketed on verso. Very Good. Zachary Taylor Binion 1846-1924] enlisted as a private with Companies D & H, 5th Regiment Georgia Reserves, in April 1864. He was a farmer in Hancock County, Georgia, for many years..... More