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William Holland Confederate Veteran mag., dated May ,1902, page 223.   Capt. WILLIAM HOLLAND, one of the best citizens of Jackson, Tenn., and one of the bravest and most devoted Confederate soldiers...' passed over the river to rest under the shade of the trees' on Feb. 13, 1902, there to meet with his comrades and great commanders before the ' great white throne'. Comrade Holland was born in Greenville Dist., S.C., May 21, 1825 and lived there until the 'rude alarms of war' in his gallant old home State called for patriotic service, he did not hesitate a moment... he followed in the 'Butler Guards, into the splendid Second South Carolina Infantry Regiment, under the heroic Col. J.B. Kershaw. The command was soon ordered to Richmond and thence forth to the final surrender at Appomattox he was in all the battles of his command in the Army of Virginia. Following the battle of Gettysburg he was promoted to the command of his company. After the war he engaged in merchandising. In 1871 he moved to Jackson, Tenn. where he became a prominent and beloved citizen. He was long an officer of the M.E. Church, South. His wife and four children survive him. As evidence of his popularity the floral tributes at the funeral were considered the finest ever seen in Jackson.