UPSON COUNTY, GA - CIVIL WAR - James W. Atwater - Southern Cross of Honor
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Certificate Of Eligibility For Cross of Honor Application TO United Daughters of the Confederacy FOR
James W. Atwater
CO. F 9th Georgia Reg't
Thomaston, Ga. January 18, 1912
To the United Daughters of the Confederacy:
The undersigned residing at Thomaston, Upson Co.
Ga., who is an Ex-Confederate Soldier, but not a
member of any camp, hereby, at your request,
presents this Certificate of Eligibility for a
Southern Cross of Honor. He entered the service of
the Confederate States on the 18th day of October
1861, as a Private in COMPANY I of the 6th Georgia
Regiment of Georgia Volunteers, and afterwards
Lieut. in Co. J 32d Ga. Reg.- & at close of War
Capt. of Co. F. 9th Reg. of Ga. Reserves. He was
honorably discharged from service by being disbanded
at Augusta Ga. April 1865, at which time he held
rank of CAPTAIN. James W. Atwater
We endorse the above Certificate of eligability X JNO Caraway
Member Co. I Reg't 32
Vols., C.S.A.
X T.A. Dallas
Member Co. F. 9th Reg't
of Ga. Reserves