James was the CEO of the Grenada Compress Company, he is seen here wearing his Civil War Medal, The Southern Cross of Honor given by the Daughters of the Confederacy. This medal was approved by the Confederate Congress in 1862 as an honor on par with the Northern Medal of Honor. Approximately 14,000 received this honor, among the millions who served the Southern Cause, States Rights.
James was given special permission to build a machine to make wooden horse shoe nails for the Confederate Army, a nail that he invented. He was a machinist by trade thru out the civil war. He was 19 at the beginning of the War between the States.
James was the CEO of the Grenada Compress Company, he is seen here wearing his Civil War Medal, The Southern Cross of Honor given by the Daughters of the Confederacy. This medal was approved by the Confederate Congress in 1862 as an honor on par with the Northern Medal of Honor. Approximately 14,000 received this honor, among the millions who served the Southern Cause, States Rights.
James was given special permission to build a machine to make wooden horse shoe nails for the Confederate Army, a nail that he invented. He was a machinist by trade thru out the civil war. He was 19 at the beginning of the War between the States.
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