UPSON COUNTY, GA - Southern Cross of Honor Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Lisa Graham LisaGraham32@aol.com Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Copied from the Materials at the Upson County Courthouse The Southern Cross of Honor The following Men received The Southern Cross. Explanation below Soldier Name Company Regiment Abercrombie, J.T. I 32nd GA Abercrombie, W. A. I 32nd GA Adams, J. Arch C 3rd GA Cavalry Adams, James K. G Ashby's Tennessee Calvary Allen, S.B. A 5th GA Arrington, Jesse A 46th GA Atwater, James W. F & I 9th GA & 6th GA Barker, E.M. A 46th GA Bentley, James W. D 13th GA Bentley, J. J. D 13th GA Beall, Thomas D. K 5th GA Beall, W.Y. K 5th GA Berry, J. W. H 13th GA Bethel, Benjamin F 9th GA Beverly, Joseph T. A 46th GA Birdsong, A. H. K 5th GA Birdsong, Henry F. B 1st GA Black, W. J. J 32nd GA Black, C. A. A 46th GA Black, J. F. J 32nd GA Blalock, James M. A 1st TX Volunteers Bland, John A 46th GA Blassingname, J. S. L 54th GA Blassingname, James P. B 46th GA Blassingname, J. W. I 32nd GA Boles, B. R. J 32nd GA Bloodworth, J. M. B 3rd GA Battalion Blount, J. B. A 46th GA Blount, A. P. A 46th GA Bond, Robert M. A 8th GA Battalion Brooks, S. W. J 32nd GA Britt, P. G. D 13th GA Britt, Daniel H. A 14th GA Bowers, H. C. E 6th GA Brown, George A 46th GA Brown, T.J. B 2nd GA Battalion SS Bradley, R.F. B Blounts Battalion Burkett, W. L. J 32nd GA Burkett, E.V. A 5th GA Burnette, W. P. J 32nd GA Caraway, John D. I 32nd GA Castten, B. G. H Cummings Battalion Chakley, W. S. E 44th GA Collier, Edwin L. A 4th GA Crawford, C. C. A 2nd GA Battalion Cotton, J. A. C & A 7th GA and Bouards Battalion Daniel, T. H. D 4th GA Daniel, James M. D 13th GA Daniel, J.G. A 48th GA Dallas, T. A. F 9th GA Dallas, Edwin D 13th GA Danielly, A. J. F 10th GA Davidson, Davis C. D 13th GA Davidson, E. S. B 55th GA Davis, Wilson S. F 9th GA Davison, W. J. A 46th GA Dawson, Davis A. D 13th GA Dawson, S. A. D 13th GA Dawson, E.C. E 2nd GA Cavalry Deloache, S. J. G 54th GA Denham, George W. A 46th GA Dickinson, John D. B 5th GA Earl, J. R. G 28th Alabama Volunteers Ellington, J.M. A 46th Ga Farr, Arthur I 32nd GA Fallin, W. C. E 32nd GA Ford, Robert M. K 5th GA Foster, J. J. D 2nd GA Franklin, W. C. F 9th GA Garside, O. R. I 45th GA Gerald, W. R. A 46th GA Gilliand, Hugh M. K 3rd GA Gordy, W. L. D 13th GA Graham, William J. D 13th GA Grant, Isaiah K 45th GA Gunn, W. C. B 32nd GA Hall, G.W. F 17th GA Hannah, G. W. T. F 19th TN Hardy, James P. F 27th GA Harrell, R. G. D 13th GA Harris, B. R. I 46th GA Harrison, George A. A 63rd GA Harrison, J. L. A 8th GA Harvey, M. J. K 12th GA Hightower, J. W. F. H &B 37th GA & Blounts Battalion Herring, J. W. A 3rd GA Hickmon, Aaron A 46th GA Holloway, T. P. A 46th GA Howell, Henry H. F 9th GA Howard, A. C. C. D 13th GA Howell, J.B. A 46th GA Hunt, George K 5th GA Irby, J. H. E 6th GA Irvin, E. C. A 46th GA Jackson, John A. I 32nd GA Jackson, R.T. C 37th GA Jackson, Henry N. F 9th GA Jenkins, B. S. B 6th GA Jimmerson, W. K 5th GA Jones, J.R. A 46th GA Jordan, J. R. G 27th GA Johnson, William F 9th GA Kersey, A. W. K 3rd GA King, A. J. K 5th GA King, Jacob Scott K 5th GA King, Peter C. K 5th GA King, W. P. K 5th GA Lee, B.F. B Battalion GA Cadets Lewis, David W. I 32nd GA Lewis, John F. I 32nd GA Lewis, J. F. B 2nd GA Mabry, James J. D 2nd GA Mallory, John C S Navy Mallory, J. M. A 46th GA Mangham, J.W. B 2nd GA Battalion SS Marchman, J. W. I 1st Arkansas Matthews, T. F. G 6th GA Mauldin, James M. D 13th GA Melton, John K 55th GA Middlebrooks, L. N. D 2nd GA Middlebrooks, Thomas J. D 2nd GA McDaniel, Joshanay E 45th GA McDaniel, H. M. E 45th GA McDaniel, J. T. B 32nd GA McDaniel, W. J. B 32nd GA McDonald, C. J. B 3rd GA McFarlin, R.M. D 13th GA McFarlin, J. W. A 46th GA McGee, E. L. C 59th GA McKenney, B. F. Blounts Battalion McKenzie, William D. I 32nd GA McKinley, J. R. I 2nd GA Miller, W. A. 7th GA Mitchell, George I 32nd GA Mitcham, J. A. A 46th GA Moncrief, R. J. A 3rd GA Morgan, G. J. I 32nd GA Moncrief, R. B. K 61st GA McVey, T. J. A 46th GA Nelson, T. J. I 6th GA Newman, W.T. B 2nd Battalion SS Ogletree, J. T. I 5th GA Owens, Allen F. K 5th GA Oxford, J. F. K 5th GA Page, W. C. A 46th GA Pasley, W. P. I 11th GA Perryman, W. J. D 13th GA Pierce, James B. I 32nd GA Pierce, Thomas C. A 46th GA Powers, John H. B 1st GA Pounds, J.M. K 27th GA Ray, J.C. I 32nd GA Reeves, F. J. D 13th GA Reeves, J. B. D 13th GA Reeves, R.B. D 13th GA Reeves, Johnathan C 37th GA Riviere, J. F. Gibsons Battery Rogers, F. R. B 31st GA Ruffin, K. D. A 46th GA Rutherford, William K 45th GA Sanders, J. C. F 45th GA Sealy, W. A. A 8th GA Self, David D 13th GA Simmons, John D. B 2nd GA Singleton, A. E. B 2nd GA Battalion Sharman, Thomas S. D 13th GA Shaw, R. B. B 32nd GA Shruptine, R.D. A 46th GA Skelton, W. L. K 2nd NC Smith, Gilbert M. A 46th GA Smith, W. O. K 5th GA Smoot, William K 3rd GA Spain, W. B. E 6th GA Stafford, J. A. E 3rd GA Battalion Starling, Thomas E Blounts Battalion Starling, J. W. E 3rd GA Battalion Stewart, David A 46th GA Stewart, John B. A 46th GA Thompson, E.B. D 13th GA Thompson, Jesse A 46th GA Thurston, Hugh King K 5th GA Tillman, J.D. I 32nd GA Traylor, J.L. A 46th GA Trice, R. L. I 32nd GA Trice, John T. D 32nd GA Trice, William B. I 32nd GA Turner, J. P. I 32nd GA Vining, F. J. K 5th GA Vining, J. S. A 46th GA Walls, Oliver F 9th GA Walker, D. K. E Hamptons Calvary GA Walker, A. W. K 3rd GA Ward, R. C. K 5th GA Warren, J. W. G 63rd GA Watson, R. F. G 9th Alabama Watson, W. W. A 5th GA Weaver, W. J. D 2nd GA Battalion Weaver, G. A. Sr. B 2nd GA White, J. E. A 46th GA White, Moses C 3rd GA Cavalry White, W. S. F 9th GA White, A. W. F 9th GA Whitman, D. J. I 32nd GA Whittington, F. M. A 46th GA Williams, N. A. D 46th GA Williams, B. R. B 32nd GA Williams, A.J. C 37th GA Willingham, T. J. B Blounts Battalion Wilmot, G. D. D 13th GA Wright, F. H. B 8th GA Woodall, Jacob F 2nd GA Womble, D. R. K 5th GA Womble, D. W. D 2nd GA Zorn, William G. K 5th GA Zorn, John Calvin A & F 46th GA & 9th GA The Confederate Congress approved an act on 13 October 1862 to honor the officers, noncommissioned officers and privates for their valor in the armies of the Confederate States. During the war, however, there were shortages of metals, and many medals were not minted or awarded. The names of these soliders were, however, recorded in Honor Roll and preserved in the Adjuntant Inspect General’s records. According to a form letter I recently received from the UDC,(United Confederate Veterans) the story is that the Southern Cross of Honor was conceived by Mrs. Alexander S. Erwin in July of 1898 while attending a reunion of Confederate Veterans in Atlanta. She is credited with the design of the medal, which was manufactured by Mr. Charles W. Crankshaw of Atlanta. The design consists of a cross with a Confederate battle flag surrounded with a laurel wreath on the face of the medal, with the inscription "The Southern Cross of Honor." On the back of the medal is the motto of the Confederate States of America, "Deo Vindice" (God Our Vindicator), the dates 1861 1865, and the inscription, "From the UDC to the UCV." (UCV stands for the United Confederate Veterans.) Applications were made by veterans and their families and descendants for the medal. Awarding of the Southern Cross of Honor The UCV organizations helped members complete their applications and certificates of eligibility for the Southern Cross of Honor. Many local chapers of the UDC worked with the UCVs to arrange grand ceremonies for the awarding of the large groups of medals. In some places, parades were arranged to commemorate the service of the Confederate soliders and great veterans’ reunions were held. Later applicants were awarded with their medals individually. The UDC reports that 12,500 crosses were ordered and awarded within the first eighteen months of their existence, and that 78,761 had been delivered by the UDC by the year 1913. Who has the medals today? The UDC maintains the records today for the Southern Cross of Honor. If you wish to confirm that the medal was awarded to your ancestor, you must determine the name, the state, the company, the regiment, of the individual. You can then send this information to the UDC at the following address: United Daughters of the Confederacy 328 North Boulevard Richmond, VA 23220-4057 The UDC does not have copies of the applications submitted for the Southern Cross of Honor. They do, however, maintain books with the roll of the recipients. These records may contain the UCV camp to which your ancestor belonged, the UDC chapter that awarded the Southern Cross of Honor, and the date and place of the award. (Please note, however, that not all records are this detailed.) To obtain a copy of this information, you will need to send a check in the amount of $5.00 and a SASE to the UDC Business Office at the above address. To learn more about the United Daughters of the Confederacy, visit their Web site at: http://www.hqudc.org/. You may also visit the Sons of the Confederacy’s Web site at: htp://www.scv.org/ for more information about that group. The United Daughters of the Confederacy Following the U.S. Civil War, many women in the South worked hard to rehabilitate the country and the economy, and most of all to help its Confederate veterans. For three decades following the war, these local women’ s groups did their utmost to recognize the sacrifices made by their soliders. Among their other efforts for veterans and their families, they raised money to erect monuments, set tombstones in cemeteries, and to maintain graves. Two of the local organizations came into existence as early as 1890, the Daughters of the Confedercy in Missouri, and the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Confederate Soliders Home in Tennessee. On 10 September 1894, the United Daughters of the Condederacy was organized. According to the book, The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, its members "are lineal or collateral descendants of men or women who served in the military or civil service of the Confederate States of America, or who gave material aid to the cause."