Served with Company D, 48th Mississippi Infantry, CSA.
Family Lore: Aven was at Appomattox during the surrender signing. He had been wounded in war in the head; a silver dollar was put in his wound to fix it.He was missing for a long time, but eventually walked his way home.
The 48th Mississippi Infantry finished the war at Appomattox. Its previous campaigns were Siege of Petersburg, Cold Harbor, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg.