Usage Date: April 25, [1866?]
Usage Location: Louisville, KY
Recipient: Mrs. Lottie M. Ruffin
Lottie M. Ruffin was married to Julian Calx Ruffin of the 12th Virginia Light Artillery, who was killed May 16, 1864, in the battle of Drewry's Bluff. She had five children, the last being born in 1863. Her father-in-law, Edmund Ruffin, was a famous fire-brand speaker and ardent secessionist who even traveled to Charleston, SC, and fired one of the first shots at Fort Sumter in April, 1861. Her father-in-law was despondent following Lee's surrender and committed suicide in the summer of 1865.