MILITARY · WAR MEMORIAL

Confederate Veterans Memorial

Military
Confederate ancestors who fought during the War Between the States from 1861 to 1865 are remembered here, along with Ruth Evelyn Dodson Townsend, the charter president credited with sustaining the chapter through her efforts. Those named are Pvt. Wm. H. Merrick, Pvt. Maness J. Strawn, Pvt. J. W. Rogers, Joseph A. Robins, Pvt. Louis F. Davis, Capt. Nathaniel A. Wesson, Pvt. John M. Holland, Pvt. James Newton Houston, Dr. James T. Shackelford, 1st. Lt. R. H. Mcneal, John H. Pratt, W. G. Rains M. D., Sgt. James S. Coleman, J. G. Kennedy, Pvt. George H. Vise, David Richard Odle, 1st. Lt. John F. Akin, Sgt. Wm. Franklin Rushing, Cpl. James L. Kelley, Pvt. L. D. Crawley, Pvt. William Hafford Boggan, Pvt. E. E. Tanner, Pvt. C. C. Kelley, Sgt. John W. Alexander, Reuben Houston Tucker, A. C. Bond, Pvt. A. L. Fisher, Sgt. Demps J. McClure, Cpl. D. Webster Lacy, Cpl. A. J. Rushing, Cpl. N. J. Smith, Pvt. H. Phillip Rushing, Pvt. Sam McCollum, and 2nd. Lt. Absalom Brashear.
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