Anderson H. Givhan
*Anderson Holmes Givhan was born in 1844 in Uniontown, Perry county, Alabama . He died on 12 Mar 1916 in Gastonburg, Wilcox county, Alabama. He was buried in In Pope Family cemetery in Safford, in south east Perry county. Anderson joined the Curry Draggons also called 3rd Alabama Cavalry, Company F on 25 January 1862 in Perry County, Alabama at the age of 18 years. He was enlisted by Capt. Samuel Jennings Murphy as a Private.
Shortly after the company formed the measles broke out. Many of the men got sick and some were sent home others recuperated and continued on into battle.
Here are the comments from Anderson from an interview given after the war about 1905.
"The Company at once started for Tennessee. It went up on the M. & O. Railroad and disembarked at Bethel, a small station north of Corinth. There Mr. Givhan took the measles, and with W. F. Setzler was sent to a hospital in Corinth. In the meantime, the Company itself was quarantined on account of the measles and was stationed at Rienze. While he was ill, Mr. Givhan says that the Company had some small engagements. Later it was assigned to the 3rd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, under Col. James Hagan, on the formation of that command." interview notes of A. H. Givhan
Anderson was listed on the following company muster rolls:
30 Apr to 30 June 1863
31 Oct to 31 Dec 1863 the note on this roll says he was wounded near Gadsden and sent to hospital at Alexandria Ala 19 Aug 1863
*Anderson married Virginia (Jennie) Carolina Pope on 13 Sep 1865 in Perry County, Alabama. Virginia was born in 1846 in Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama.
They had the following 8 children all born in Uniontown Perry county:
F i. Mary Anna Givhan was born 5 Sept 1866
M ii. Walter Pope Givhan was born on 28 Apr 1868. He died on 18 Mar 1939. Walter married Bettie Coats about 1899.
F iii. Stella Calotta Givhan was born 10 June18670
M iv. Claudius Anderson Givhan was born 29 July 1872
M v. Jacob Allen Givhan was born on 29 Oct 1873. He died on 17 Nov 1946 in Selma, Dallas county, Alabama.
F vi. Marcie Louise Hattie Stine Givhan was born 19 July 1877
F vii. Julia Inez Givhan was born 7 Dec 1883
F viii. Virginia Carolina Givhan was born 14 Sept 1885
The information for the children's births were given to me from John Givhan, great grandson of Anderson.
John also told me that Anderson lost his left arm in a cotton gin accident near Uniontown in Perry county.
It is interesting to me that many of the decendants from these soldiers also served their county in battle. I wonder what Anderson would have thought when he learned that his great great grandson John was fighting in Vietnam exacty hundred years after Anderson himself fought in the Civil War.
John told me the following about himself. 
"US Army July 1962 - October 1964
Tank Platoon Leader, 66th Armor, 2nd Armored Division - Ft. Hood, TX
May 1963 - Awarded Army Aviator Wings, Helicopter Pilot Training - Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, TX; Fort Rucker, AL; Class 63-4T; Qualified Command Pilot: UH-1B, ch-21-c, h-19, h-13, h-23,helicopters
September 1963 - April 1964 - Republic of Vietnam, 120th Aviation Company, 145th Aviation Battalion, Tan Son Nhut, Air Base, Saigon, Vietnam
October 1964 - First Lieutenant - Medically retired due to wounds sustained from enemy hostile fire April 12, 1964 while on a Helicopter Combat Assault Mission, Republic of Vietnam
Awarded: Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Air Medal with 9 Oak Leaf Clusters, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, and Nominated for inclusion in Alabama Military Hall of Honor."
John wrote book about his adventures in life in his autobiography: Rice and Cotton: South Vietnam and South Alabama. This book is available on amazon.com.
John was also an active participant in film documentary: In the Shadow of the Blade 2002 - 2005"
Patrick and Cheryl Fries, Arrowhead Film
said "We first met John Givhan in 2000 when
we were filming the ITSOTB proposal at Fort Rucker. Two years had gone by and we'd lost touch with him, so had no way to tell him that the mission was off the ground. Two days before filming in Columbus, Givhan was waiting for sports scores on the local news when he saw a Huey on the screen and turned up the volume. He was shocked and delighted to see that "In The Shadow of The Blade" was making its way across the country, and picked up the phone to call Austin, fearing he'd missed his opportunity. We were thrilled to be "reunited" with John. "Can you get to Columbus two days from now?" And that is how, three decades after the man who'd saved Givhan's life died while trying to save another, John Givhan met his hero's son and grandson."
Sources
1. United States. Record and Pension Office., Compiled Service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Alabama., Washington C. C. : The National Archives, 1961-1962.Third Alabama Cavalry E-K 1861-1865 FHL#0880339.
2. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama 3 Reg file box Typed copy of Muster roll dated 31 October 1864, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
3. 1860 Federal Census.
4. Alabama Death Certificate, 1916 vol. 41, certificate # 239.Alabama Death certificate for Anderson Holmes Givhan.
5. 1880 Federal Census, Alabama, Perry county, 16 beat, page 15 &16.head of house hold Anderson Givhan.
6. Perry County Alabama Probate Judge, Perry county marriages, FHL # 1290272 page 77.
7. Alabama Death Certificate, 1946 certificate #20104.Alabama death certificate for Jacob Allen Givhan.
8. John Givhan great grandson of Anderson Holmes Givhan.