8 1/2 x 11, imprinted form, filled out in ink. Mar. 25, 1901. To the United Daughters of the Confederacy: The undersigned, residing at Washington, N.C., who is an Ex-Confederate Soldier, and a member of Camp 424, U.C.V. hereby, at your request, presents this Certificate of Eligibility for a Confederate Cross of Honor. He entered the service of the Confederate States on the 10 day of Mch. 1862, as a Private in Company A, of the 67th Regiment of N. Carolina Volunteers, C.S.A., and was at that time a resident of Beaufort Co., N.C. He was honorably discharged from said service by Col. Jno. N. Whitford, Col. of 67th Reg. N.C. Vol. on the 10th day of May 1865, at which time he held the rank of Private. Respectfully, Thos. J. Gurganus. We endorse the above certificate, M. Bonner, Jno. R. Ross. Members Camp No. 424, United Confederate Veterans. Approved by order of Macon Bonner, Commander Camp No. 424 United Confederate Veterans. Alston Grimes, Adjutant. There are two small punch holes at the top of the document which do not affect the content. Light age toning.

John R. Ross, enlisted at Beaufort County, N.C., on Sept. 30, 1861, as a corporal, and was mustered into Co. B, 3rd North Carolina Light Artillery (40th North Carolina Troops). He was promoted to sergeant on Sept. 15, 1864, and was wounded in action on March 19, 1865, at Bentonville, N.C.

Macon Bonner, enlisted on Sept. 15, 1861, and was commissioned 1st lieutenant in the 31st North Carolina Infantry. He later transferred to the 3rd North Carolina Light Artillery (40th N.C. Troops). In the fall of 1864, Bonner's company was sent to Augusta, Ga., and later Savannah, to meet the invasion of General William T. Sherman, with whose forces he was engaged in several skirmishes. After the evacuation of Savannah, he was with his command at Fort Holmes until the fall of Fort Fisher, when he was stationed at Fort Anderson, and participated in the fight with the enemey. At the evacuation of this fort he was captured, and confined at the Old Capitol Prison and Fort Delaware, until June 1865, when he took the oath of allegiance and was released. After the war he was appointed postmaster of Washington, N.C., by President Cleveland.