A great business card presented by Thomas J. Jones, 41st Tennessee Infantry.  Jones's card is approxiamtely 3 3/4 inches by 2 7/8 inches.  On one side "T.J. Jones - Company B, Confederate Veterans - Company F - 41st Tenn.Infantry - Nashville, Tenn" is written.  On the reverse side is Jones's likeness.  Jones's was born in Liberty, DeKalb County, Tennessee, on February 4, 1844.  He volunteered at Shelbyville, Tennessee on October 28, 1861, in Company F, 41st Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A.  He was slightly wounded in the knee and captured at Fort Donelson.  Jones spent 22 months as a prisoner of war at Camp Morton, Indiana.  He was paroled May 22, 1865.  Jones returned to the Nashville area and for thirty years was in the employ of the N.C. & St. L. Railway.  He was a member of Company B, Confederate Veterans.  Jones died in 1910 leaving a wife and 4 children.

 

I have included a photo out of the "Confederate Veteran" magazine with Jones and the other boys from Company B!  A copy of the photo out of the magazine comes with the card.

A great business card presented by the color bearer of the 13th Viriginia Cavalry.  William B. Harrison was selling fire insurance when he had these cards made but he was very proud of his service as color bearer in the 13th Viriginia Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia.  The card is approximately 3 7/8 inches by 2 3/8 inches.  A Confederate battle flag and a third national flag are in the center of the card.  Written on the card is "April 1861 - Prince George C.H. - April 1865 - Appomattox - W.B. Harrison - Color Bearer 13th Va. Cavalry - Petersburg, Va. - Fire Insurance".  The card has some discolorization on the right side with a tear in the discolorization. 

 

William B. Harrison mustered in the 5th Virginia Cavalry in April 1861.  He was promoted to 2nd sergeant  of the 13th Viriginia Cavalry in 1862.  In the "Confederate Veteran" magazine, volume 32 (1924) William talks about his days as color bearer.

 

Dear Comrade,

 

I have read with very much interest your account of Stuart's cavalry at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863.  In this account of W.H.F. Lee's  command, you refer to the charge which Major Newhall made direct attack on the colors.

 

"The 13th Virginia Cavalry made this charge and Major Newhall led a squadron, attempting to attack us on our right, and made for the colors.  I was color bearer of the 13th Virginia Cavalry, and defended the colors with my lance, and struck Newhall in the mouth, dismounting him.  On releasing my lance blade, I made a thrust at his orderly and caught him in the stomach, dismounting him.

 

"Major Newhall was sent to Atlantic City and recovered.  Later he rejoined his command, and in 1864 was drowned in the Rappahannock River, above Fredericksburg.

 

This is one of the few occurances where both parties in personal conflict were later identified.  I am now living in Petersburg, Va., and will be eighty-two years old next December, am in good health, and at my office nearly every day in the year.

 

I have been a regular subscriber to the "Veteran" since it's first publication, and read all your contributions to this magazine with a great deal of pleasure. 

 

Yours very truly,

 

William B. Harrison,

Color Bearer 13th Virginia Cavalry, W.H.F. Lee's Division.

 

Harrison was also Camp Commander of the A.P. Hill Confederate Veteran Camp in Petersburg, Virginia.

 

 

 

This banner was used at an United Confederate Veteran reunion and stored at an United Confederate Veteran camp.  It has been in a private collection for many years and the opprtunity to find another one will not present itself for awhile.  Please call for further information.

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