This Memorial Day (Decoration Day) I will be thinking of my relatives from Madison, Gibson and Crockett Counties who served the South. Great grand father Capt. Green Don BYERS Born 1837 SC. Commissioned Capt. 28 June 1862 . 25th and later the 30th Arkansas Infantry. Mortally wounded and Captured by Major Gen B. M. Prentiss at Battle of Helena AR, 4 July 1863. Transported on U.S. Hosp Ship SS R. C. Wood to Officers’ Hosp, Ward G, Memphis, TN. Died in Memphis Union Hosp 18 Jul 1863. Great grand father William Osborne BOYKIN Born 8 Nov 1831 Madison Co., TN I Co. 18th Cav or Capt, QM, Co. A, 9th TN inf. Died 18 Nov 1883/4 Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., TN Great Grand Uncle Cleon BOYKIN Born May 1843 Madison Co., TN Pvt, Inf/Reg’t/I Company 1st TN Cav. Was a POW and paroled at Jackson, TN. Captured Haywood Co., June 16 1863, Went to Alton Prison and Transferred to Point Lookout, MD, exchanged 17 Feb 1865. Was in Battle of Shilo Died 1927 Great Grand Uncle James E. BOYKIN Born 1841, Madison Co., TN pvt, G Company, 6th Infantry Great Grand Uncle James M. BOYKIN Born 1841, Madison Co., TN pvt, I Company, 6th Infantry Died aft 1900 Great Grand Uncle Joseph A. BOYKIN Born 1844 Madison Co., TN Rank/Company: PVT, Company I, 1ST Cav TENNESSEE Captured: 07/04/63 HOWARD CO., TN Died/Cause: 04/11/64 TYPHO MALARIA Buried: STATE GROUND Thadius H. BOYKIN Born 1833, Madison Co., TN pvt, D Co., 51st Con Inf Died 9 Mar 1872 Great Grand Uncle Thomas B. BOYKIN Born 1846 Madison Co., TN Pvt I Company, 1st Cav Died at home of wounds