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United Daughters of the Confederacy Application

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United Daughters of the Confederacy Application
<B>The United Daughters of the Confederacy Application for Confederate Surgeon Major Samuel Houston Caldwell's Granddaughter Rowena.</B></I> This application for membership in the United Daughters of the Confederacy was made by the granddaughter of Confederate Surgeon Major Samuel Houston Caldwell. Rowena Davis made the application February 1, 1910, and in doing so, listed a genealogical wartime history of her family. Besides noting that her grandfather Samuel H. Caldwell had been the surgeon of the 46th Tennessee Infantry (later enlisting in Forrest's Cavalry), she notes the service of Caldwell's brothers as such: <BR><BR><I>My uncle Colonel James F. Caldwell served through the war on the staff of General Polignac's Brigade in Trans-Miss. Dept. My uncle A. W. Caldwell was Capt. Of Com. B, 5th Tenn. Inftry Reg. Mortally wounded July 28, -04 in front of Atlanta. My uncle R. D. Caldwell served in Miller's Bat. Of cavalry, died in the service from disease in 1864. My uncle Marion Davis Served faithfully in the 5th Tenn. Reg. Inftry. My uncle Sam Thompson served faithfully in the 5th Tenn. My uncle Jessie and Bartlett served faithfully in the Confederate army.”</B></I> <BR><BR>The document is signed by "Miss Rowena Davis" and also signed at the "Recommended" line by her grandfather, the former Confederate surgeon to General Forrest as "S. H. Caldwell, Lt. Comm. U.C.V. Camp 1284" noting his position as assistant commander of the local United Confederate Veterans camp. Additionally, her grandmother, the wife of Dr. Caldwell, "Mrs. Mary B. Caldwell" signs the document as a member of the membership committee of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. This is an interesting and revealing document signed by the Confederate surgeon and which contains a great explanatory note of the history of this family that was so devoted to the Confederacy.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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