"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 and later moved to Bibb County, where he worked as a carpenter.
Charles Moses Wiley [1841-1927], a lifelong Georgia resident, was a colonel in the Confederate Army and served under Generals Lee and Jackson. After the war, he was a farmer and Macon's police chief before filling the position of Ordinary of Bibb County for 38 years. [Obituary in The Atlanta Constitution, Feb. 26, 1927, page 4.]
Abner Flewellen Jones [1838-1926] enlisted as a private in Co. J, 2nd Regiment Georgia Cavalry, "Capt. Crews' Co., Lawton's Reg't" in May, 1862; he later served with Co. A, 2nd Regiment until about October, 1864. He worked as a merchant and grocer for many years in Georgia but was in North Carolina at the time of his death.
William Ashe Poe [1851-1919] served with Co. P, Capt. Logan's Co., Cavalry, "White Country Old Men's Home Guards."
The Confederate Cross of Honor was originally known as the Southern Cross of Honor. "The Southern Cross of Honor award, which later became known as the Cross of Military Service, originated on October 13, 1862, as an act of the Confederate Congress to recognize the courage, valor and good conduct of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of the Confederate Army. Due to wartime shortages, however, the medals were unable to be made. The recipients' names were then recorded in an Honor Roll for future reference." The cross was later designed and issued by the United Daughters of the Confederacy beginning in July, 1898. [Administrative History, "United Daughters of the Confederacy, Southern Cross of Honor Records, 1905-1941", website of James Madison University Libraries, Collection No. SC 0097.]. Item #37932
Price: $350.00