Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol. XVIII, February 1910, No.2, page 81 Judge Howard Van Epps Howard Van Epps was born in Eufaula, Ala., in 1847; and died at Jacksonville, Fla., in December, 1909. At the beginning of the War between the States he joined the Confederate army, where he made a splendid record. He was severely wounded in his arms and legs, and never fully recovered from the effects. After the war he graduated from the University of Georgia with high honors, and also completed his law course. He was appointed solicitor for the city court of Atlanta, and for ten years was judge of that court. After leaving the bench, he compiled several legal works that are now in constant use by the bar and bench of Georgia. He was a man of brains and much energy, and won many friends. He loved children, and in his work among the Sunday schools of Atlanta did much good. He was zealous in his business affairs, devoted to his Church and its purposes.