Ellis County Texas Archives Photo Person.....Derden, Ruben Whitfield ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Merle Stevens estevens150@earthlink.net October 24, 2008, 11:24 am Source: Unavailable Name: Ruben Whitfield Derden Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/ellis/photos/derden7163gph.jpg Image file size: 146.4 Kb The reversible ribbon with his name on the pin part. Red was worn to meetings and the black to Confederate comrades funerals. The Southern Cross of Honor Only a Confederate veteran could wear the Southern Cross of Honor, and it could only be bestowed through the UDC. Money could not buy the Cross; they were bought by loyal, honorable service to the South and given in recognition of this devotion. The first Cross ever bestowed was upon Mrs. Erwin’s husband, Captain Alexander S. Erwin, by the Athens (Ga.) Chapter on April 26, 1900. Mr. Derden was a member of Company C, 19 Texas Cavalry, Parson's Brigade and served through the entire four years of the civil war. Ruben Whitfield Derden Born Mar 24, 1840 Died Jan 7, 1924 Myrtle Cemetery - Ennis File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/ellis/photos/derden7163gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/txfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb