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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Joseph Hampton Barnett Medals, Ms1979-001, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Joseph Hampton Barnett Medals was donated by Special Collections in 1979.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Joseph Hampton Barnett Medals was completed prior to 2010. Additional description was completed in January 2011.
Joseph Hampton Barnett was born in the Montgomery/ Rockbridge County area of Virginia. He was a farmer prior to enlisting in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. At the age of twenty, he joined the G company of the 4th Regiment, Virginia Infantry. He was discharged only five months later due to chronic rheumatism. He attended several CSA reunions from 1899-1916. He received the Southern Cross of Honor for his service. He died December 13, 1922.
The Southern Cross of Honor was a medal given by the Daughters of the Confederacy . It was first given in Atlanta, July 1898, to the husband of one of the designers for his service to the Confederacy.
The Joseph Hampton Barnett Medals contains the Southern Cross of Honor, reunion medals from Florida and Richmond, Virginia, and ribbons from the Grand Camps Confederate Veterans of Virginia reunions.
The medals are divided into two envelopes with the first containing the Southern Cross of Honor, two medals from reunions and a button from a reunion. The second envelope contains the rest of the badges in the collection in chronological order.
The guide to the Joseph Hampton Barnett Medals by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).