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HomeMy WebLinkAboutConfederate Veteran (magazine) 0 gf d t te era e ra May/dune 2009 411 dNIIM ~ < Air"' t. . , F, , Ohl T _Inc +a 714 v f3 _ _ f m a- . a, F W r- - , y , as yw.. `=~a , moo; r t r i " vJ, is " :M"" t. ~fx As G#~~' r er k" r r r " . ` Q 'I ~k i! raj . '1Z ~DL au. The Jefferson Davis Tribute., In 1861. the united States became a country divided. The War Between the States forced friend against friend and brother against brother. In four more than three million men fought for liberty. By war's end the struggle had claimed the lives of more Americans than any other conflict in history. billed Yet from our greatest tragedy came some of our most courageous leaders; one of the most memorable being Jefferson Finis Davis. As President of the barrel is Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis left an indelible mark on history. He was a soldier, a statesman and a patriot. And through the long yearsl eautif dly of the War for Southern Independence, he fought tirelessly for the Confederate cause. complemented Now America Remembers is proud to introduce an exclusive Tribute issued in association with the International Sons of Confederate ; 'bv hand-polished Veterans, honoring this legendary leader of the Confederacy: The Jefferson Davis Tribute Rifle. For this Tribute we chose a working recreation ' ii alnn stocks and of the classic 1862 Richmond Musket R fle in caliber .58. produced for us by the master craftsmen of Armi Sport. Craftsmen commissioned' 24 ;,clot gold decoration. specifically by America Remembers have designed all artwork in lustrous 24-karat gold, along with detailed, hand-painted acrylic,ii s of asrnrnemoratit:e honoring the President of the Confederate States, n eti s are it coin along the The 1862 Richmond Musket Rifle hlnr~,barrel "PresidentJefferson rillen For this handsome Tribute America Remembers and the ISCV selected the legendary Mode] 1862 Richmond Rifle, one of Finis Davis," ' 1861-150th the most carried field firearms among Confederate soldiers during The Civil War. Lacking the industrial output of the North, l riniversarv of the War for Southern 1I I the Confederates had to make do with long arms from Europe or arms they could produce. The life of the Richmond Rifle el miepertdenre -1865," and "Den began in 1861 when retreating Union soldiers set the Harper's Ferry Armory on fire. The blaze destroyed thousands of ° 1'in,lice." rile motto of the Confederacy, weapons. but much of the manufacturing machinery was salvaged. Confederate forces moved what they could to i t 1 Richmond, VA, where the firearms (dubbed "'Richmond Rifles") were produced and issued to Confederate soldiers - ~ `Gad tVill ~ II who fought bravely on the battlefield.Vindicn Only 300 Available ' Only 300 Jefferson Davis Tribute Rifles will ever be produced in this exclusive limited edition. Reservations will be accepted in the order they are received. As a working blaekpowder firearm, the _ Tribute can be shipped to your home in most locations, but you must be of legal age to purchase. As always, if you are not satisfied with your Tribute after receipt, you may return it within 30 davs - for a complete and courteous refund. Don't hesitate to become one of the fortunate owners of this truly unique. historic, masterpiece. Your Jefferson Davis Tribute will forever honor those brave Southern leaders and help support the historic organization that is directly related to preserving the v s i ,rya' of 1h Conf~,l " k r Uny q (n, /shred lock plate features a portrait of Je ferwn Davis from the well-known photo by Mathew Bwdv and is decorated by elegant, ornamental scrollwork. Stamped into the plate to the left of the /famine r is "1862," a bust production tear for the original Richmond rifle. Ii) the right of the harruner is the legend: " C S. Richmond, VA." At this time, the ISCV has commissioned a handsome bronze statue the ri,,lir side uj ihr .ttoek features of Jefferson Davis, "LookingForward - Looking Back", which will an illustration of two crossed be unveiled as pair of their 150th Anniversary iemernbc run the War urn- Confederate,flags(the familiar Southern Independence. The monumental st auc will depict Jefferson Dais Confederate battle flag and the with his son, Joseph Evan Dav~rs, who died during the War Between the States Third National flag) loser-etched as a result of an accidental fall From a w endow of the Confederate Execufive r into the wain it. Both flags are * a Mansunt kni>vvn rod tv as the White House of the Confederacy. Also featured is s, ,s hoed-painted in brilliant red. r Jim Limber, who was rescued by the Dav ises front nialtreatinem and raised as y, white and blue. I then own. America Rcmembers is proud to be a part of this htuouc project < i The left side of the stack representing Jefferson Davis as a compassionate family man - aside of this Southern featuresa laser-etched quote from Jefferson Davis: "The Icon rarely menxni alized in the histbrv books, For each rifle sold in this edition" a principle for which ire royahy w ill be paid to assist in the campaign to fund this historic statue. Skeicit of siaiu,, contend is bound to r: e r, Elm, I i i i 1 reassert itself. though it mm' be f siish to reserm _ of rile Mcti:::, r„ui. at an0dter 11111 ;Ie, at the current issue price of S2,195.* My deposit Name and fit of $195 per rifle is enclosed. I wish to pay the balance another at the rate of $100 per month, no interest or carrying Address form.' charges. Thirty -day return privilege. ,If ,an -krsaiv ~aeie t r a,ceptaace -da -ifit,a ;r„ o, to ,nrr,,,enf. CCity/State/Zip a~ s,,si„ ii itsate.eodd5%sotst«,. a' ❑ Check enclosed for $ Telephone Charge payment of $ to: America Remembers' []VISA []MasterCard []AMEX []Discover 10226 Timber Ridge Drive * Ashland, Virginia 23005 www.americaremembers.com ' ©AHL, ha Vu F"I'_ To place your reservation toll-free call 1-800-682-2291 L---------------------------- og e era Yeteraq. Volume 67, No. 3~`°° May/June 2009 Refer all copy to: Editor-in-Chief Official Journal of the • 9701 Fonville Road Sons of Confederate Veterans Wake Forest, NC 27587 - C - r. Though men deserve, they may not,win, success; The brave will honor the brave, vanquished none the less. • s o r • • 11th Mississippi Infantry ....15 j. s 11 # • ' • Lee at Gettysburg His Finest Hour? ............16 # Sam Davis Youth Camp ....26: • • • • _ 15 r • r • A Visit to Gettysburg 43 B # .fir 2009 SCV Annual r • • # # Reunion :...................50:. w # • s s • # # S.D. Lee Institute, SONSOFCONLEDERULL • ® Charleston, SC 58 VETERANS STEPHEN U. LEE INSTITLTE • • • • 0 WWW.SCV.OR(; 1- • • . • DEPARTMENTS • • r • # ` ® ° From the Editor 3 Retention 24 Commander-in-Chief ...............4 Books in Print ..........................25 Dispatches from the Front .......6 Camp News 28-39 Lt. Commander-in-Chief.......... 8 New Members 40-42 Forward the Colors 10 Carr Me Back 44 Chaplain's Comments ............12 Notices ......................................48 • ! The Last Roll 14 Confederate Classifieds.......... 54 Confederate Images ................15 ON THE COVER - Off To War by John G. White. Oil on canvas © 2008 J.G. White, all rights reserved. - Used u7ith permission. CONFEDERATE ' O mm 2 D p Z h N 1896 Help Preserve Our Heritage With Every Call You Make. Pa Thanks to the SCV's partnership with Affinity4, you can help the SCV defend the Confederate soldier's good name, honor • ' • • t your own ancestor's memory, and ensure the true history ' • of the South is presented to future generations - all without impacting your budget. 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Over the past 15 years through unique Program, donated more than $75 • to organizations making a difference in our world. i r~r .1® r r FROM THE EDITOR have received more than a few requests 1 _ for more battle stories in the pages of ' the Confederate Veteran. It's a challenge to publish more battle stories for several rea- sons. First, they are usually long, and we only have a limited number of pages devoted to articles. For example, in three issues each year, six pages are used for reunion information and the Sam Davis Youth Camp. I don't mean to bore you with the details of magazine construc- ® tion, but I'm not sure everyone understands. Second, not that many battle stories are submitted for publication, but we have many more ancestor articles and camp projects. - - However, this issue we feature a battle story, Lee at Gettysburg. Thanks to Compatriot Ron Jones for submitting it. As a three-day battle, any story about Gettysburg will be long, so part one is presented in this q issue, with part two slated for the July/ August issue. I hope you enjoy it, and I'll be on the lookout for more battle stories for future issues. I attended my first Stephen D. Lee Institute in Charleston on the first weekend in February and thoroughly enjoyed it. Of course, Charles- ton is a great Southern city and I hadn't visited it since the burial of the CSS Hunley crew five years ago, so it was a good excuse to visit again. I heartily recommend the Institute to everyone. The speakers were outstanding, the crowd was great and the fellowship with fel- low Confederates was excellent. I'm already looking forward to next year's event in Nashville. Our national reunion will be here before we know it. An updated - - registration form and information, along with a schedule of events, starts on page 50. Make your plans now! A new Sam Davis Youth Camp in Texas has been added to this year's schedule. Of course, new info and registration form are on page 26. Please continue to send in your camp photos and letters. As always, please let me know if you have any questions. Until then, I remain, . Yours in the Cause, El AN Editor-in-Chief Confederate Veteran May/June 2009 - 3 POR"E" OF THE CONNANDERmlNmCHIEF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF CHARLES E. MCMICHAEL f CIC scv.ORG 'There is no venue we need fear to tread' Greetings, Compatriots, invariably, we will be doing some public event and someone will come up to us and say "I never When participating in public events with heard of the SCV before" or "I have been looking my camp, there is one statement that I for an organization like this for years." Amazing! sometimes hear that just astounds me. We have wondered aloud if these men never get I will first tell you why this one utterance so per- out or ever see the news. Maybe they have been plexes me before I let you know what it is. overseas for a few years. Our camp, like a great many others, has been However, there is a good lesson in this for all very visible in the public and the media. We par- of us. We have to look for ways to cast a wider net ticipate in many local parades and festivals, per- because it is clear some large number of potential form living history demonstrations, and speak to SCV members do not even know we exist - and schools and local civic groups. We take part in the we must find innovative ways to reach them. largest Memorial Day ceremony in the area and First, I suggest that we should be proactive have a ceremony on Confederate Memorial Day and peremptory when dealing with the media. in front of our parish courthouse. I once worked Camps or Brigades should routinely make contact with a reporter from a local TV station on a story with members of the local media, even if - or es- that turned out to be a four-part series on the his- pecially if - nothing is going on at that moment. tory and meaning of the Confederate Flag, which Go to your local TV and radio stations as well as by all accounts, turned out well. There was even the newspaper to meet with the editors and news one occasion where several of us were thrown out directors. Tell them who you are and what the of a mall for wearing Confederate uniforms. Of SCV is. Take some materials to leave with them, course, the mall cops denied later that was the give them your contact information and ask them reason. This garnered a large amount of press to please contact you should a story arise that in- coverage. It was, literally, a front-page news story, volves the War or the Flag. It is much better to and there was even an editorial cartoon about it make our points in the initial story than trying to on the opinion page of the paper. The overwhelm- play defense or catch-up after a story has run that ing amount of coverage was in our favor. The we find objectionable. Follow up your visits with head of security at the mall was later fired. a letter thanking them for their time and consid- Now that I have outlined a little of the back eration. I have seen this work. There have been ground, I will get to the statement I always dread several occasions when reporters have called us to hear. first. 4-Coll f eclc rata 1 eteran MaY/June 2009 Another possible untapped venue is civic organizations. - Many of them have the same problems we experience in trying to line up interesting speakers and new topics for monthly meet- ings. Contact the civic groups in your area and provide them with a several different topics on which your members can pro- vide presentations. I have seen this kind of presentation will re- sult in other invitations from attendees who also belong to other groups. I think it is especially worthwhile to make this kind of contact with your local veterans' groups. There you will find men who are normally sympathetic with anyone who is telling a SONS OF CONFEDERATE history of bravery and sacrifice. VETERANS Another tactic in the effort to reach out further is to include -#F FRAI,. FXFr- aTly COUNCIL governmental bodies. I am well aware that all too often many elected officials run screaming from our Heritage because they Commander-in-Chief fear any negative comments. But this is not always the case, and Charles E. McMichael you will never know until you try. Lt. Commander-in-Chief Here is one example. I had the pleasure oT speaking at the R. Michael Givens { Kirby-Smith Camp 1209 at their Lee/Jackson banquet in Jack- sonville, Florida, this January. While there I got to meet a lady Mark Albert S Adjutant-in-Chief Simpson impson about whom I had already heard wonderful things. Her name is Glorious Johnson. She is a retired school teacher and a member Judge Advocate-in-Chief of the Jacksonville City Council. You may recall that recently our Simon B. Buckner, N compatriots there fought a winning battle to stop the renaming Chief of Staff of Forrest High School. Miss Johnson added her considerable in- Charles L. Rand, III fluence and voice to our efforts. She is one elected official who Chief of Heritage Defense understands the importance of history and remembrance. That B. Frank Earnest I night at the banquet she wore a lovely period dress and led the p Chaplain-in-Chief singing of Dixie! Miss Johnson also happens to be a lady of Af- Dr. Cecil A. Fayard, Jr. rican descent. So you never know who is friend or foe until it comes time to actually hit the line. Always approach elected offi- Army of Northern ing, Jr. Bragdon R. Bowling, Jr. cials with a positive demeanor. If you approach a politician with commander an attitude of "We know you may not like this, but you will set a negative tone from the start. In plain language, give them Eugene G. Hogan, 11 credit for having some sense until they show you differently. Executive Councilman When spreading our message and promoting the cause, there Army of Tennessee is no venue we need fear to tread. Charles Kelly Barrow From the highest mountain to the lowest valley, carry our Commander message and the truth we know. Thomas V. Strain, Jr. Cast a wide net and be seen! Executive Councilman Army of Trans-Mississippi Milton T. Owens Deo Vindice Commander Paul C. Gramling, Jr. Charles E. McMichael Executive Councilman Commander-in-Chief Past Commanders-in-Chief C1C@SCV.Org Christopher M. Sullivan Denne A. Sweeney R.G. Wilson Confederate Veteran May/June 2009 - 5 Dl"SpatcheS From the front A collection of letters to the editor from our members. Disputes joint resolution government of the United States, nor Never could the displaying of the of Congress has the Confederacy ever been recon- US flag be an insult to our brave ances- ized as a country. Yes, I believe it was a tors. They never stopped being Ameri- To the Editor: country, but the truth must prevail. cans (the idea of America), and being In the last issue of the Confederate "Teach history as it was not as Americans was what made them great. Veteran there was a letter that stated it is." The seal has Washington on it. The na- the following: tional flags were red, white, and blue, On March 2, 1928, the United John Tucker in many cases. The Battle Flag was red, States Senate issued the following joint Buffalo Guards Camp 1975 white, and blue, with stars. They were Resolution: #41 "A war was waged be- Buffalo, New York fighting to get free of a tyrannical and tween 1861-1865 between TWO orga- oppressive government, much as we nized governments. The United States Flies both United States have now. That is guaranteed us in of America and the Confederate States the Declaration of Independence, writ- of America and Confederate Flags ten as all knew and know by a Virgin- . These were the official titles of the To the Editor: ian. contending parties. This is in response to the letter of I fly both flags at my home and It was NOT a Civil War as it was not Michael Biggers. Although born in Cal- was reprimanded in 1985 by the state fought between two parties within the ifornia many years ago, myself and my supreme court for flying a Confederate same government. It was NOT a war parents had great respect for the Con- Flag on Lee's birthday because it hap- .of secession, for the Southern States federacy. When small we used to fly a pened to be on or near MLK's birth- seceded without a thought of war. The Confederate Flag on our radio antenna. day. Many of us have fought under the right of a state to secede had never been When I was in Vietnam, my wife and US flag and proud of it in the Spanish questioned. It was not a War of Rebel- my parents flew the Confederate Flag American War, WWI, WWII, Korea, lion, for sovereign, independent states, at our house (she stayed with my par- Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. This co-equal, CANNOT REBEL against ents). In Vietnam I flew a Confederate is our country now, and our charge each other. It was the War Between the Flag, as did many of us. Our new lieu- is to tell the truth about the War and States, because 22 nonseceding states tenant had us take all state and other not let its well-earned glory be be- made war on 11 seceding states to flags down as it was "causing prob- trayed. There are some places where force them back into the United States. lems." My friend, a black American E- the Confederate Flag should be flown It was not until after the surrender of 6, had no problem with the flag I flew. alone, such as memorials and parades. was decided to be Most of the men in my battalion were It would not be insulting to fly a US 1865 that secession unconstitutional." from the South and proud of it. Yet I flag at these events or places either. Nor The author has been misinformed. must say they were just as proud of the would it be a dishonor not to fly the US What actually occurred was that United States flag but not necessarily flag. Until something drastic happens Congress in 1928 passed a joint reso- felt the same about Yankees. We must our flag is the flag of the United States lution concerning a wartime claim by remember that many of the Confederate of America for we are Americans of Nevada against the United States. The generals left the Union army, and did Confederate heritage. A heritage which resolution referred to the conflict as the so after much soul-searching. After the is far superior to the heritage of sons of 'War Between the States' in explaining war, many served in the US Congress. the Yankee veterans. We have been one the context of the claim. (The resolu- Although their love of the Confederacy country for more than 140 years. It was tion's sponsor called it the "Civil War" had not died, they saluted the US flag. apparently God's will that we lost the in his remarks on the Senate floor). In most courtrooms in the South, both war because our ancestors fought bet. Even the United Daughters of the the US and Confederate flags flew. ter and planned better and were more Confederacy and the Sons of Confed- I am aware of how the South was God-fearing than the average Yankee, erate Veterans' official histories noted treated after the war, but it again had These facts we must live with. If th this resolution did not constitute offi- become part of the United States of time again comes as it will (God will cial recognition. America. Again, remember that the ing it will be a long time off) to bre The war has never been recognized soldiers of the Confederacy had been at from the Union, we will never stop b as the War Between The States by the one time proud Americans. ing Americans and proud of the heri 6 - Confederate Veteran Mav/June 200 tage of our ancestors who fought and with his views need to remember one fully, education and shameless advoca- died for America from the Revolution thing: we're the SCV, not the VFW. cy will provide a future where neither on. adherence to core values or celebration Glenn Lacy of heritage is impeded by the intoler- Walter A. Murray, Jr. John T. Coffee Camp 1934 ant few. Judge retired, BA, JD, MA, Phd Advance, Missouri For now, it is understandable that General William D. McCain Camp 584 the Scouts are averse to any additional Gillette, Wyoming Boy Scouts under attack controversy. on many fronts Confederate Flags not Don R. Anderson allowed over graves To the Editor: General William B. Bate Camp 34 In reference to the editorial in the Gallatin, Tennessee To the editor, March/April edition by Chief of Heri- In reply to Mr. Young's letter Fly the tage Defense B. Frank Earnest, I ad- Confused about Point US Flag Alongside the Confederate Flag, I mire, respect, and understand his zeal Lookout flag strongly disagree with his views. for our organization, but respectfully To state that "we dishonor our ask him to ease up on The Boy Scouts To the Editor: ancestors when we do not honor the of America, at least temporarily. I am I read the Point Lookout article United States Flag," is misleading, to not privy to the specific correspon- with interest, as my great-great-great- say the least. dence between .Mr. Earnest and the grandfather Private William H. Moore, The reason that I, and many others Scouts, but am aware that for the past 4th South Carolina Cavalry, was im- like me, fly only the Confederate Flag is few years the Scouts have been literally prisoned there in the spring and sum- due to the fact that our government has at war with their enemies. mer of 1865. Thanks for the article. waged a cultural war upon us Southern- The Scouts' refusal to amend the Of note, there is an error in both ers. This is our way of fighting back. requirement that members swear an the article, and likely with the compa- Here, in Missouri, the government oath to God (i.e. barring atheists) and triots at Point Lookout. In the photo on has torn down the Confederate Flags refusing to allow homosexuals to serve page 17, they are hoisting the Confeder- that flew over mass graves containing as Scout leaders have brought them all ate States Navy Jack. This is very puz- Confederate dead. The public has not the controversy they can likely handle zling, since I'm not sure how much the been allowed a say in the matter. This at the moment. Judges in California are CS Navy had to do with Point Lookout. is in spite of the fact that polls have refusing to have any connections to the Surely their number held prisoner there shown an overwhelming majority of "bigoted" (discrimination due to sexu- were very few. Additionally, the photo Missouri citizens want these flags re- al orientation) organization. has been encaptioned Battle Flag. Are turned to their rightful place of honor. Recently, the organization success- the folks at Confederate Veteran unaware Also, Mr. Young implies that Con- fully defended a lawsuit by the ACLU of which flags are which? The Battle federates were not Americans - when to stop the Defense Department from Flag of that similar design belonged to in fact, they were the real Americans! allowing the Boy Scouts to hold its the Army of Northern Virginia, and it They were the ones who were fighting National Jamboree every four years at was square. As it was, it was never an for the Constitution and the Founders' Fort A.P. Hill in Fredericksburg, VA official CSA flag, but it was adopted as vision for this land. (citing unconstitutional establishment the canton of the second and later na- In closing, Mr. Young reflects Lin- of religion because the organization's tional ensigns. But again, the rectangle- coln's tyranny when he demands that membership is limited to those who shaped flag was not that canton. Southerners fly the US Flag alongside believe in God). In 2004, the Pentagon I sincerely hope the folks at the the Confederate Flag. It's none of his settled a lawsuit by telling military magazine consider writing an article business what flag is flown on private bases around the world not to become on the flags, explaining the flags, and property. direct sponsors of Boy Scout troops or perhaps give the history of the various Mr. Young and his camp can do Cub Scout dens. souvenir versions. As a note, the UCV whatever they wish; however, don't tell The Scouts have had to defend convened a committee on this very is- me what to do. What Mr. Young needs various lawsuits across the country, sue in 1904, and it appears the same to remember is that appeasement ac- attempting to prevent them from us- mistake is cropping up again. complishes nothing. ing any public buildings for meetings In closing Mr. Young and those (separation of church and state). Hope- Continued on page 56 Letters to the editor are welcome. Please e-mail to eic@scv.org or you. can mail to 9701 Fonville Road, Wake Forest, NC 27537 Please include your camp name, number and city. Space is limited; try to keep to 500 words or less, but longer letters may be edited and/or printed, space permitting. Differences of opinion are invited; attacks on fellow compatriots are not and will not be published. Confederate Veteran MaylJune 2009 - 7 Y~ k RiEPORT OF T14E "f v, 4~ j LT. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF LT. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF J; R. MICHAEL GIVENS klyLTCIC@SCV.ORG SCV - Back on the Track! "The winner ain't the one with the fastest car; it's the one with me that the Cause of the Confederacy is neither who refuses to lose." lost nor dead but is found and lives on in the hearts and - Dale Earnhardt actions of men who favor freedom over repression. Our efforts to vindicate the Confederate soldier and When our ancestors answered the call to pro- to see that the true history of the South is presented to tect their families and their country from in- future generations are difficult, to say the least. Nearly vasion, they did not stop to ask if they had all of the modern media view our culture as something the biggest army or what the world opinion of their to be ridiculed and exploited. President Jefferson Davis actions might be. They did not ask if the food would said, "If we lose this war, the North would rewrite his- be good during the march or if their families at home tory in its favor." Today, virtually all Southern schools would be cared for by the government. They simply teach our children from books published in the North did their duty. by Northern authors. To paraphrase Dale Earnhardt's statement, our men Dealing with the attitude of our Northern detrac- didn't have the fastest car, but they did refuse to lose. tors is one thing, but the most pitiful sight is the self- Some may argue that the Cause for which our forefa- hating Southerner who feels he must prove something thers fought was long ago lost. Some may contend that to the enlightened Yankee. How these misguided mis- their hopes perished, just as Mr. Earnhardt's did that creants can be so blind to their own noble heritage is fateful day in Daytona in 2001. But I hope you will agree beyond my understanding. My own moral fiber would a + r ft r~~ :boa r,, a C 8 - Confederate Veteran Mavllune 2009 never allow me to turn on my own family as these peo- James Hylton Motorsports. Our driver is the legendary ple so carelessly do. James Hylton. At the time I am writing this, Mr. Hyl- But this is what makes our job so interesting and ton is preparing his paperwork to join the SCV through our victories so sweet. Every time we successfully de- the service of his great-grandfather William Anderson fend the Cause or present our ancestors' story, we are Hylton, late of the 54th Virginia Infantry. brought closer to their vindication. I was meeting with Mr. Hylton at the Daytona In- A prime example is the saga of recent NASCAR af- ternational Speedway back in February. He was getting fronts. About three years ago, under the tutelage of the ready to qualify for the first race of the season. I noticed forward-thinking Brian France, NASCAR turned its a Confederate Flag flying defiantly in the middle of the back on its faithful fans and turned to the North and infield. Mr. France's ban is still in effect, so I made my West in search of a broader and, perhaps, more present- way over to have a word with the stalwart defender of able audience. I am sure that their intention was not the Southern will. When I arrived, I met a young man to completely dismiss the Southern fan (as long as his from Georgia who, with his family, stayed in their mo- money was still green), but to gather more fans (read as for home in the infield during race week. I asked him money) and water down the influence of the Southern about the flag and if he knew about the ban. He allowed fans. that when Brian France pays for his parking space, then In an effort to diversify, Brian France had his or- Brian France might have a say about his flag. ganization ban all uses of Confederate symbols. "Any I told the young man about the SCV. He had never area that NASCAR controls at the racetrack, you will heard of us. I left him with literature and an invitation never see the Confederate Flag," said NASCAR diver- to join us. sity director Tish Sheets. "It is not allowed on race cars, This is exactly the point: Whether the rulers of NAS- driver uniforms, in the garage area or on any NAS- CAR like it or not, race fans are predominantly South- CAR-licensed product." ern. Our pool of potential new members are Southern. That was made clear several years ago when the Hundreds of thousands of Southern race fans watch Sons of Confederate Veterans planned to sponsor a these races. Simply stated, the race is a great venue to car. NASCAR refused to allow the sponsorship, even attract new members. It is the low-hanging fruit of our though several teams were struggling to stay in exis- future success. Not only are the stands filled with po- tence. tential members, but many thousands more are watch- NASCAR President Mike Helton said at the time, ing in the comfort of their homes. The Rockingham "We believe that the old Southeastern redneck heritage race is being televised on the Speed Network. Our logo that we had is no longer in existence." His boss, Brian will be seen alongside many recognized organizations France, responded, "I know exactly what he means and products. This sort of exposure is persuasive and when he talks about the regional stereotype and how will raise awareness for the SCV. he's like all of us, working to get past that." Imagine I hope that our efforts will lead to many more mem- if that stereotype was aimed at any other group than bers joining the SCV - and a public enlightened to the Southerners. No matter how much money they have, good works of our members and our grand organiza- NASCAR would have been pummeled into submis- tion. I hope that by finding a way around the problem sion and drummed out of business. of NASCAR's bigoted front-office restrictions, our own Well, the fans were not warming to the France's morale will be boosted and we will all remember that plans of inclusiveness. The Southern response was we don't necessarily need the fastest car, but we do written in a front-page piece of the Charlotte Observer, need the will to win, while refusing to lose. "NASCAR Faithful Feeling The Burn." Concerning Helton's comments, "kicked up a storm from Southern PS: As of today (March 10th), the reinstatement let- racing fans, some of whom wondered if NASCAR had ter initiative has brought 545 past members back into finally crossed a threshold from taking its devotees for the fold. Ninty-nine of these men (18 percent) have made granted to publicly being embarrassed by them" optional gifts to Heritage Defense, totaling $3,245. Di- So why am I going on about this? By the time you vision commanders are now taking up the charge. Best read this, you will already know that the SCV has got- of luck to you all. ten back on the race track. Our car is scheduled to run in the Carolina 200 at Rockingham, North Carolina! This is an ARCA race and has no connection to NAS- Michael Givens CAR. The folks at ARCA have been very friendly to Lieutenant Commander-in-Chief, SCV us and welcome our participation. Our race team is ltcic@scv.org Confederate Veteran May/June 2009 - 9 F irnmrwv o c~ The Colors AN EDITORIAL FROM THE CHIEF OF HERITAGE DEFENSE just Does Our Heri*tage Need Defendi*ng?o ell, I guess that depends on what is did our ancestors do that was so wrong or evil? Foi VV meant by "needing defending" If one thing, our critics just love to talk about thing, this implies that the actions of our like Andersonville. Yes, Union POWs did suffer anc ancestors need excusing or explain- starve there. They leave out the fact that it was the ing, of course, they do not. Union blockade that was starving everyone in the I wanted to do this article without doing a com- South, including those POWs. They leave out tha parison between North and South. That is almost our commissioner of POWs, Robert Old, beggec impossible, considering that the North and South the Union for food to feed their own men, and tha pretty much went through the same experiences at they refused. They also leave out the fact that oui the same time and places. Let us try to figure out POWs were deliberately starved in a land that hac just why we and our ancestors, and our heritage, abundant food and other necessities of life. are under constant attack and persecution. It all begins with the fact that they invaded us First, let's do away with the whole slavery is- South Carolina did all they could to avoid a con. sue. The highest figure anyone can give is that, flict at Fort Sumter. Lincoln did all he could to pro, at most, six percent of Southerners owned slaves. voke a fight. Even then, no one was killed and Ma. That means that at least 94 percent of the soldiers jor Anderson and his men marched away, carrymn of the Confederate Army had no reason to fight for their flag and under arms. They were evicted, not slavery. From the very beginning, Lincoln offered captured. After 1st Manassas, we could have easily to continue the institution of slavery if the South taken their Capitol, Washington, DC, but this way would come back into the Union. This offer was not our goal. not accepted, and our ancestors continued to fight Only after two years of a defensive war did the for their Independence. If not slavery, then what Confederacy decide to carry the War to the enemy, 10 - Confederate [veteran MavlJnne 2009 Even then, many of our ancestors did not under- highest-ranking American Indian on either side stand or approve of this decision. All they wanted was General Stand Waite. He led five tribes as part was freedom and independence. In all the fighting of the Confederate Army. At the same time, the in and around Gettysburg, only one civilian was United States used one race (Buffalo Soldiers) in an accidentally killed. No one can know just whose attempt to annihilate another race, the (American bullet killed Jenny Wade. However, they still in- Indian). sist that it was a shot fired by a Confederate sol- They use euphemisms like Civil War and Union dier. How many homes were burned and civilians Army to confuse the issue. It wasn't the Union Army killed in their invasion of the South? Cities were that committed all these atrocities. It was the Unit- under siege, and indiscriminately shelled by their ed States government and the United States Army artillery. that did far worse to the Southern people than they As I said, I did not wish to make a have ever done to any other nation on the globe. comparison, but I find it impossible not to do so. The only way they can cover their own misdeeds After Cold Harbor, in June of 1864, General Grant is to keep blaming us and our ancestors. refused an offer from General Lee for a truce. This Remember these things when people malign was so that the wounded Union soldiers might be our Heritage. We must defend the Confederate Sol- removed from the field. Instead, General Grant al- diers' good name with these truths. lowed his own wounded men to lie in the fields for three days and die. He did not want news of his B. Frank Earnest defeat to cause Lincoln to lose the nomination for Chief of Heritage Defense reelection. Would Robert E. 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'l Cha am s ` 3 is sJJ ~y J COAXI-AX.Lents ==G~ Dr. Cecil A. Fayard, Jr. Chaplain-in-Chief The George Washi*ngton,, Robert Lee Connectl*on Two of the greatest men of alone for salvation" lus Hook, New Jersey, Henry Lee the South and of our nation What about the connection and his men captured 400 British are George Washington between Washington and Lee? It soldiers, with the loss of only one and Robert E. Lee. Both of these is without question that these two man. men were unashamedly Chris- men and their families are provi- c. Harry's daring attracted tian. Both Washington and Lee dentially linked together. the attention and admiration of were men of high moral charac- General George Washington, and ter. On Washington's tombstone I. Connection One: Henry so the connection begins. Lee was are the words "Jesus said, I am "Light Horse Harry" Lee quickly promoted. the Resurrection and the Life; he A. Henry Lee, III was Robert d. Leadership runs in the fam- that believeth in Me, though he E. Lee's father. Henry was born ily, and Henry was elected gover- were dead, yet shall he live." John in Virginia in 1756; he gradu- nor of Virginia in 1792. Remem- XI:XXV. Both men set forth high ated from Princeton in 1773. He ber, this is Robert E. Lee's father. standards for themselves. At age returned from college to prepare 2. General George Washing- 15, Washington wrote out the 110 for war with Britain. ton was Light Horse Harry Lee's Rules of Civility and Decent Behav- 1. His skill with horses and his idol. One day his son, Robert, iour in Company and Conversation. temperament made him a natural would be president of Washing- Rule 108 states: "When you speak as a cavalryman. He was commis- ton College, Lexington, VA; and of God, or His attributes, let it be sioned a captain with the Virginia today that school is Washington seriously and with reverence." Light Dragoons, who were sent to and Lee University. Robert E. Lee also had rules join the Continental Army. B. "Light Horse Harry" Lee that he lived by, rules from God's a. "Light Horse Harry" led was appointed to the Continental Word and rules based upon it. As his men on lightening-fast raids Congress; and upon the death of to Lee's faith, he once said, "I can on enemy supply trains, crippling President George Washington, he only say that I am nothing but the enemy. was asked by the Congress to de- a poor sinner, trusting in Christ b. In a surprise attack at Pau- liver a tribute to the general and 12 - Confederate Veteran MaN, June 2009 president he so loved, describing ington Parke Custis, grandson of him for posterity. Here are those Martha Washington. famous words that he, the father C. Robert E. Lee grew to man- of R.E. Lee wrote: hood in a town where the in- v z."First in war, first in peace fluence and example of George and first in the hearts of his coun- Washington was deeply ingrained trymen second to none in the in the citizenry. &u+s humble and endearing scenes of 1. R.E. Lee's boyhood heroes private life." were his father, "Light Horse Har- ry" Lee, the Scottish patriot Wal- 'II. Connection Two: Growing lace, and George Washington. Up In The Washington Area 2. Robert E. Lee and his hero A. Robert E. Lee was born at George Washington had a tre- Stratford, Westmoreland County, mendous impact for good on this ' VA, January 19, 1807. great nation. B. Although born at Strat- ford, Robert E. Lee spent most III. The Arlington National of his boyhood in a stately Fed- Cemetery Connection eral townhouse mansion, at 607 A. The property now known child of Mount Vernon. Oronoco Street, Arlington, VA. as Arlington National Cemetery 3. The home became a shrine 1. It was at this house that R.E. was developed by George Wash- to the first president, George Lee's mother had entertained ington Parke Custis, the grand- Washington. George Washington, who died son of Martha Dandridge Cus- 4. Mary Ann Randolph Cus- just eight years before the birth of tis Washington, wife of General tis, the only child of Washing- Robert. Washington, and the adopted son ton Custis, grew up at Arlington. 2. It was here that the Marquis of President George Washington, Daily she was surrounded by re- de Lafayette paid a formal call on her husband. He was 18 months membrances of George Washing- Ann Hill Carter Lee, widow of old when orphaned. ton - his china, silverware, book- General Henry Lee. 1. The 1,100-acre estate over- cases, camp equipment, clothing, 3. In the drawing room of looks the city of Washington, DC. portraits and bed. this historic home Mary Ann If you have ever been to the house B. Keep in mind that Mary Fitzhugh married George Wash- at Arlington, you know what a Ann Randolph Custis, the wife of beautiful view of the city it af- Robert E. Lee, was the only child fords. of George Washington Parke Cus- 2. The widow Martha Custis tis, the adopted son of George married George Washington in Washington. 1759, and the orphaned George 1. With his marriage to Mary Washington Parke Custis lived Ann Custis in 1831, Robert E. Lee, ~ at Mount Vernon from the time through marriage, became the he was 18 months old. When he chief representative of the Father 1 was twenty, Martha, his grand- of American independence. It is t mother, died. Soon after her George Washington who graces death, he began work on his own the seal of the Confederate States house, the magnificent Arlington! of America. The house is built on land once 2. The Lees lived in the house called "Mount Washington." The for thirty years. It was here that property was inherited from his Robert E. Lee, from his second- stepfather, George Washington. floor bedroom, made his decision Throughout his long life, nearly 100 years, he was known as the Continued on page 42 Confederate Veteran Mavl.htne 2009 - 13 The Last Roll Capt. Mortimer Jordan 84 John Kempshall 1534 Litchfield 132 Gardendale, AL Maroa, IL Conway, SC David J. Morrow Wayne S. Kempshall Malcolm Graeme lrrr„ Cameron Decatur Sons of Liberty 580 Major Thomas J. Key 1920 Decatur, AL Kansas City, KS Pee Dee Rifles 1419 Chuck Landers Gary Lynn Roland Florence Darlington, SC Capt. Thomas H. Hobbs 768 Beauregard 130 Thomas Chiles Griffin' Capt. Abner S. Boone, 41st Athens, AL New Orleans, LA TN Infantry 2094 Hugh Vernon Strain Donald A. Bernard Palmetto Sharp Shooters Belleville, TN 1428 Jim Davis Captain Henry C. Semple Rankin Rough And Ready's Anderson, SC 2002 265 Ralph Newton Bridges Albert Sidney Johnston 67 Montgomery, AL Brandon, MS Houston, TX Jacob L. Bateman Tim Leroy Cupit P. G. T. Beauregard 1458 Jerome Darby Fox Sumter, SC Joseph Guy Rollins General Jo Shelby 1414 Gainesville Volunteers 373 Edward Louis Warmoth Harrison, AR Picayune, MS Hood's Texas Brigade 153 Charles Gifford Pinkston Jacob John Manger Gen. Martin W. Gary 1532 San Antonio, TX Edgefield, SC Donald Joseph Knapp Confederate Secret Service Goldsboro Rifles 760 William Earl Crim 1710 Goldsboro, NC Albert Sidney Johnston 98: Sierra Vista, AZ Dennis Alan Brock Battery White 1568 Decatur, TX Kenneth Peter Polley Georgetown, SC Gene Leroy Lowrance Ivy Ritchie 1734 Joseph W. Hattersley Jackson County Volunteers Albemarle, NC George Overton Stoner 10( 94 Walter L. Smith M/G Benjamin F. Cheatham Victoria, TX Jefferson, GA 72 Oswald Donald Jones Doyle E. Williams Captain Thomas W. Patton Manchester, TN 2021 John Wiley Rollins McDaniel-Curtis 165 Boardman, OH Colonel Middleton Tate Carrollton, GA Robert W. Johnson John R. Massey 152 Johnson 1648 Marion Lafayette Fisher Fayetteville/Lincoln Co., TN Arlington, TX The Southern Cross of William B. Simmons Joseph L. Brooks James T. Woodward 1399 Honor 2136 The Cross of Saint AndreA Warner Robins, GA Salem, OH Marshall Rangers 297 2009 Robert (Rocky) A. Griffeth Thomas E. Brister Lewisburg, TN Alto, TX Harvey E. Allison Morris E. Byers Blue Ridge Rifles 1860 Secession 4 Dahlonega, GA Charleston, SC M/G William D. McCain Garland-Rodes 409 Russell Alvin Scarbrough Sylvester M. Mabie HQ 584 Lynchburg, VA Donald E Ham Columbia, TN James Kenneth Swisher Logan E. Bleckley 1998 Perry Wayne Belcher Cochran, GA Brig. Gen. Nathan G. Evans Edward J. Moss The Bedford Rifle Grays Thomas G. Le Guin Marion 24 Jack Thomas Dossett 1475 Marion, SC Ben C. Echols Bedford, VA Lt. Lovett Allen Tully 2071 Billy W. Altman Paul Ralph Wilkerson Tony R. Rader Colquitt, GA Henry Hampton Bowyer Glenn M. Justice Brig. Gen. Samuel The General Robert E. Lee McGowan 40 1640 Laurens, SC Memphis, TN Alton Wayne Tollison Hardie M. Phipps 14 - Confederate Veteran May/June 201 e era e Coiti tl ' J'a Images b C.E. Ave 11th Mississippi Infantry, The 11th Mississippi consist- In September, they were near ed of ten companies, most t the Dunker Church at Sharps- from the northeastern part burg, Maryland, where Hood was of the state. They were ordered to attacked on the 16th, repulsing the enemy. Colonel Liddell of the Corinth in April 1861, where they were organized on May 4. The Mississippi Brigade fell mortally regiment was then sent to Lynch- wounded during the assault. The burg, Virginia, where they were next day brought more fighting, mustered into the army for one- with the lieutenant colonel of the year service on May 13. Six days regiment wounded and the major later they arrived at Harper's Fer- killed. The 11th lost eight killed, ry, where they reportedly clam- including the color bearer, 96 Ale ored for rifles to replace their old wounded, and the regimental flag muskets. was lost. In the organization of the The brigade was sent to Rich- Army of the Shenandoah, under mond, where the 11th and 2nd Mis- General Joseph E. Johnston, the sissippi regiments were brigaded 11th and 2nd MS, 4th AL, and 1st Unidentified 11th MS hifantryman. under General Davis in another TN became part of General B.E. Mississippi Brigade. In December, Bee's brigade. the ravine held by Union infantry the brigade was sent to Goldsboro, At Manassas they were over- and artillery, sweeping the enemy North Carolina, where they oper- whelmed by the Federals and away, but suffering 18 killed, 142 ated against a Union force. They forced to fall back behind Gen. wounded and three missing. They were attached to Heth's Division Jackson's line. During the battle were again under fire at White Oak in June 1863, when they started on they suffered seven killed and 21 Swamp on June 30 and at Malvern the Pennsylvania campaign. wounded. They spent winter in Hill on July 1. On July 3, they participated in camp near Dumfries on the Po- The Second Manassas cam- the charge up Cemetery Ridge at tomac River. In March 1862, the paign brought another victory at Gettysburg as part of Pettigrew's regiment was reorganized, offi- Thoroughfare Gap when the 11th Division. During the charge, all cers elected and men reenlisted was in the charge there to relieve the brigade officers were killed for the duration of the war near Jackson's Army on August 29. or wounded. The 11th suffered 32 Yorktown. The brigade captured an artillery killed and 170 wounded or cap- During the Seven Pines Battle piece, three stands of colors and tured. Of 38 men in Company K, the 11th Mississippi supported the 100 prisoners. The next day they only seven answered roll call that 3rd Alabama in an attack against again fought at Manassas, near evening. Companies A and C both the 52nd New York, taking the line the Chinn's house. The 11th lost 22 had men make it over the stone on June 1. At Gaines' Mill, they killed and 87 wounded in the two made the famous charge across days of fighting. Continued on page 57 Confederate Veteran May/Tune 2009 - 15 ;ettysburg Finlest Hour.pl His By Ronald E. Jones Prelude To Battle to the point that many were now ready C) Increasing the political pr( to let the Southern States go. One more sure in the North on Washington, D( y the spring of 1863, Jefferson Southern victory would most likely be Davis' policy of spreading his the final straw, especially if this victo- Lee also petitioned Davis for t troop resources over the entire ry could come on Northern soil. With return to his command of numero South and trying to defend these things in mind Lee traveled to army units now detached and station the Confederacy at any point of enemy Richmond on May 14, 1863, for what in Richmond and in various areas incursion was rapidly depleting the al- would be four days of intense meet- the Carolinas. His petitions succeed ready limited resources of the Confed- ings with President Jefferson Davis and in gaining three of General Geor erate States of America. members of his cabinet. Pickett's brigades from Richmond a: Although more often than not vic- two assigned to the 2nd Corps Divisi torious on the battlefield, the South was His thoughts were as follows:2 of Henry Heth. What Lee did not 1 living on borrowed time due to the vast 1) He opposed the idea of taking was five additional brigades of mos superiority of men and materials and troops from his command to relieve North Carolina and South Caroli the superior railway system enjoyed by Vicksburg as some had been advocat- troops, including Pickett's last two b the North. In addition, the departmen- ing. This would leave little choice but gades, a total of more than eleven the talizing of the armies of the Confed- to retire to the works around Richmond sand experienced infantry.' eracy created petty empire-building, creating another siege. These troops, although origina where one commander would rather 2) He also opposed remaining on part of the Army of Northern Virg: hold on to troops not needed in his the defensive line of the Rappahanock. ia, had been assigned to the defer area than to send them to a rival in a This, in his opinion, would just be forc- of Richmond and to the comma: different theatre of operations whose ing the South into a slow death. of Daniel Harvey Hill in North Caj need was greater. This also resulted 3) He proposed striking boldly lina. The end result was that Lee w in hoarding supplies that were badly into the North. This would accomplish to march the ANV into Pennsylvan needed by the troops.' among other things: again overmatched numerically Robert E. Lee recognized that the A) Taking the war out of war-rav- its antagonist while thousands of s( war could be lost in either the East or aged Northern Virginia, allowing Vir- Boned troops languished in almost the West, but won only in the East. The ginia farmers to raise their crops un- tal inactivity.' grand Army of the Potomac was reel- molested. After gaining concurrence for ing from devastating losses at Freder- B) Placing the Northern army on campaign, albeit without the aid icksburg and Chancellorsville, and the the defensive and forcing a battle on the additional troops he request Northern population was war-weary his terms. Lee began to formulate a plan. 16 - Confederate [veteran MaylJune 26 i June 3, 1863, he began his move up the P E r Shenandoah Valley toward Maryland, and ultimately, Pennsylvania. In the meantime, Lee's cavalry arm was to be r ' r ~~ff a ~M-~ surprised and suffer a serious blow to~ its pride at Brandy Station. Although technically a victory if measured in casualties (two-to-one in terms of losses), Stuart held the field at day's end by a very thin margin, and " h _ his reputation suffered in newspapers t44 throughout the South. However, for f~ _ ms the next twelve days Stuart carried out 1~ i mr~m' his assignment well and afflicted blow= after blow on the Federals. On June 25, e1 y` ° _ i Stuart began what was to be his infa- r° mous ride through the Union lines and L ~t away from Lee's army - this despite i direct orders to the contrary. There has JA _ J „ L\ D 4 been much conjecture and discussion ~~.,y a on Lee's manner of issuing what has t 4 t~ ~W been referred to as discretionary orders to subordinates. Many say he gave lee- way to Stuart in determining the best' method of accomplishing his objec- tives. I do not subscribe to these theo- ries, but, instead, I believe Lee issued vado. His orders to "place yourself in to the last extremity"' firm orders allowing his subordinates communication with him" and "to feel During the last week of June, Lee to use discretion in carrying out the or- the right of Ewell's troops" clearly in- met twice with General Isaac Trimble, ders. Listen to Lee's orders taken from dicate he is to stay with the army. Some like himself an engineer, to discuss to- dispatches to Stuart on June 22, 1863: historians have somehow read into pography. It was during this period his "Do you know where he (the en- these dispatches that Lee gave Stuart plan for the campaign solidified. Dur- emy) is and what he is doing? I fear he discretion and latitude to do what he ing their first meeting, Lee had shared will steal a march on us and get across thought was best. the following expressions of optimism: the Potomac before we are aware if On June 25, Stuart found that Han- "We have again outmaneuvered the you find he is moving northward, and cock had broken camp and was moving enemy, who even now does not know that two brigades can guard the Blue north on his (Stuart's) intended route, where we are or what our designs are. Ridge and take care of your rear, you effectively blocking Stuarts movement Our whole army will be in Pennsylva- can move with the other three (bri- through and between the seven Union nia day after tomorrow, leaving the en- gades) into Maryland and take posi- Corps now scattered across Virginia, emy far behind and obliged to follow tion on General Ewell's right. Place just west of Washington.7 It was at us by forced marches. I hope with these yourself in communication with him, this point that Stuart embarked on his advantages to accomplish some signal guard his flank, keep him informed of movement which separated his com- results and to end the war, if Providence the enemy's movement and collect all mand from the Army of Northern Vir- favors us." In another meeting five the supplies you can for the use of the ginia and left Lee sightless. days later, Trimble recalled Lee hav- army. All supplies taken in Maryland Lee in the meantime was formulat- ing said nearly verbatim: "Our army is must be authorized and paid for. I will ing his plans to engage and defeat the in good spirits, not over fatigued, and send you a general order on this sub- Army of the Potomac. He was set to can be concentrated at any one point in ject (order 72) which I wish you to see advance his army on a course to which twenty-four hours or less. I have not yet is strictly complied with." 5 he knew he must give his all. He knew heard that the enemy have crossed the On the 23rd in a dispatch to Stuart, his only hope for winning the war was Potomac and am waiting to hear from Lee instructed Stuart as follows: "After a complete victory before the Northern General Stuart. When they hear where crossing the Potomac, you must move army could rejuvenate itself. Napoleon we are, they will make forced marches on and feel the right of Ewell's troops." is quoted as saying "At the commence- to interpose their forces between us He closed, "Be watchful and circum- ment of a campaign, to advance or not and Baltimore and Philadelphia. spect in all your movements."' This to advance is a matter for grave consid- They will come up, probably last statement was clearly an order by eration, but when once the offensive through Frederick, broken down with Lee to avoid any foolish display of bra- has been assumed, it must be sustained hunger and hard marching, strung out Confederate Veteran MaylTune 2009 - 17 strike the enemy the very first oppo tunit offered." In any event, Heth's first effor were a disaster as the brigades led I Davis and Archer were crushed ar forced to withdraw. Lee had given H orders not to bring on a general engag ment for exactly the reasons leading Heth's initial failure. This failure, alor 3 with the failure of the two brigades Rodes' 2nd Corps Division on Heth 4 left could have spelled disaster fi Lee's plans, except for some outstani ing work by Heth's remaining two bi gades and Dorsey Pender's Light Dix sion from Hill's 3rd Corps and the thri remaining brigades of Rodes' Divisio along with the remarkable success Gordon's Brigade from Early 's Dix "IN ~ sion as well as Early's other brigades The brigades of Pettigrew ar Brockenbrough from Heth's Dix sion held the line against the Unic 1st Corps, allowing Perrin 's Brigac to smash the Union left, capturir ~four colors, including the 1st Corl flag, and driving them from Seminal V- Ridge.' At about the same hour Early Division of 2nd Corps, spearheaded I the assault of the Georgia Brigade ~General John Brown Gordon on wh ,w is now called Barlow's Knoll, rout( ~Howard's 11th Corps and sent the reeling back through the town and the ridges beyond. At this point the Federals were in total rout, retreating frantically throw on a long line, and much demoralized opportunity offered.... crush him."i° Gettysburg and across the open fielc when they come into Pennsylvania. I So it was with the promise of great between Seminary Ridge and Cer shall throw an overwhelming force on results that Lee led his Army of North- etery Hill. Was Lee's prophesy abo their advance, crush it, follow up the ern Virginia toward a showdown with to come true? Remember his words: success, drive one corps back on an- the Army of the Potomac. It was at this shall throw an overwhelming force c other and by successive repulses and point that unplanned circumstances their advance, crush it, follow up t] surprises before they can concentrate began to play a major role in the best- success, drive one Corps back on a: create a panic and virtually destroy the laid plans of General Robert E. Lee. other and by successive repulses ar army. surprises before they can concentrat Hereabout (putting his hand to - DAY 1- create a panic and virtually destroy t] the map and touching Gettysburg) we army."12 shall probably meet the enemy and , `e have already touched on the And so ended what historian Ro fight a great battle and if God gives us£ first unplanned circumstance, ert Krick has called "unquestionab the victory, the war will be over and we Stuart's unauthorized deviation from one of the best days Lee's army ev shall achieve the recognition of our in- orders. This event played a major role enjoyed." dependence." 9 in the second unplanned event, which General Henry Heth recalls that in was Heth's engagement of Buford's Unfortunately for Lee, he was mis a conversation with him Lee offered Cavalry, and subsequently Reynold's ing his "right arm." The loss of Jac: much of the same optimism. "His in- 1st Corps, without proper coordina- son at Chancellorsville now loom( tention was to strike his enemy the very tion and support. Heth's overzealous- very large indeed. By order of mare first available opportunity that offered ness may well have resulted from his the first of Lee's arrivals at Gettysbul believing he could, when such an aforementioned discussion with Lee to were Hill's 3rd Corps and Ewell's 2r 18 - Confederate Veteran May/June 20C Corps. Now that Jackson was gone, rections were wedged and jammed in During the early evening of Day Lee's most dependable lieutenant had the streets and soon became a disorga- one, Lee began to formulate his plans still not arrived on the scene. Lee's vi- nized mass. Artillery and ambulances for the next day. His options were es- sion, which now only required the ac- struggling to get through the tangled sentially four: tion of a strong leader to come true, crowd added to the confusion. Had the 1) Withdraw from the field back was in the hands of Corps Command- fugitives been allowed no pause and the way he had come. ers who had in their last engagements had the Confederates followed closely 2) Remain in position and wait been Division Commanders. Both failed on their heels, the very momentum of for Meade to attack. him! Despite their successes of the af- the flight, to say nothing of the conta- 3) Move in a flanking maneuver ternoon, Hill refused to pursue without gion of panic, would have swept aside around either flank of the Army of the support, even though his second Divi- every support, and the pursuers could Potomac. The option most considered sion under Anderson was fresh and easily have rushed the Cemetery and was a move to the right around the had not been engaged - and Ewell just surrounding heights."" Union left flank anchored on the morn- froze. It is possible that Ewell just could Much has been said of what would ing of the second day at the south end not believe his own good fortune. De- have happened if Jackson had been of Cemetery Ridge. spite two direct orders, delivered by at Gettysburg. Maybe his own words 4) Resume the offensive. Major Walter Taylor and later by Cap- would offer a clue. tain James Power Smith, Ewell chose Let's examine these options one at to do nothing. Both orders essentially "when yoit strike and overcome him, a time. directed Ewell to "press the action and never let up in ptrsnit so long as yoitr men take the heights" and both orders end- have the strength to follow, for an army 1) This option was never really se- ed with the words "if practicable." This routed, if hotly pursafed, becomes panic riously considered by Lee for reasons is the phrase that has led many histori- stricken, and can then be destroyed by half which are obvious. He had come north ans to label this a "discretionary order" their number." - General Jackson to draw the Army of the Potomac, and and support Ewell's position despite he had done so and he had decisively the fact that Taylor and Smith both Unable to sleep due to what he con- won the first day's fighting. agree that the orders were clear and sidered the grave mistake of not pur- 2) Meade's previous history and fault Ewell for not carrying them out. suing, John Brown Gordon met with post-Gettysburg history indicates that Even Ewell did not deny that Lee had Ewell and Early at 2 AM the morning it was very unlikely he would have given him orders to press the attack; he of July 2nd. Gordon, who had resisted attacked. On the morning of Day Two simply found excuses not to do so. the order to call off his attack that af- the Army of the Potomac was still con- Not to have pressed the advantage ternoon until he had received the order solidating and in no position to attack, on July 1 was a mistake of historic pro- for the third time, was still lobbying to and by the third and fourth days when portions. The troops which would have attack, even in the dark. He offered the he had his army all in place, he could been pursued had suffered more than following: After daylight, he said, it have easily attacked - and chose not 9,000 casualties out of the 14,300 en- would cost 10,000 men. He later wrote to do so. Lee was a master at reading gaged, or about 63 percent. 13 Hill and "Those works were never, carried but the minds of his opposing counterparts Ewell on the other hand each had fresh the cost of the assault upon them, the and he knew that Meade, as a recently divisions, numbering more than 6,000 appalling carnage resulting from the appointed commander, would likely men each which could have been put efforts to take them, far exceeded that be cautious to move. into action with proper coordination. which I ventured to predict."16 3) A move to either flank without In addition, the divisions of Early and As good as day one had been for Stuart's Cavalry could have been disas- Pender, which although heavily en- Lee's army, day two was to provide an trous, and at a minimum, would have gaged, were still up for more fighting. opportunity for even greater success seriously compromised Lee's lines of Ewell was not the only direct sub- than that of the first day. However, as communication and resupply. ordinate of Lee to fail him, as General day one had ended with unfinished 4) The Army of Northern Virginia William N. Pendleton, Chief of Artil- business, day two was to end in an had severely mauled two corps of the lery for the Army of Northern Virginia equally disappointing fashion, with Army of the Potomac on day one and failed to act on Lee's orders to find a more unfinished business. was in high spirits after those suc- suitable place for batteries to open fire While it is accurate to point out cesses. In addition, even though his on the "valley between our positions that the failures of Hill and Ewell had lack of cavalry had hampered his intel- and the enemies' batteries next to the allowed Meade to establish a formida- ligence-gathering, Lee had surmised town." 14 ble defensive position in the bend and correctly that the Army of the Potomac point of what has become well-known was strung out and not yet consolidat- Major David Gregg McIntosh, a 3rd as Meade's fishhook line, the shank ed, where on the other hand, by early Corps Artillery Commander, described and eye of the hook were a totally dif- to late morning on July 2, he would what he saw - "The Union troops ferent situation. have all his army together except for driven into the town from different di- Pickett's Division of three brigades and Confederate Veteran May/June 2009 -19 supporting artillery, about 6,000 men. end of Cemetery Ridge and the Round Lee's staff officers, Colonel Charles It seemed, therefore, that his most fa- Tops area. In the absence of his eyes, Venable and Major Walter Taylor, dis vorable window of opportunity was as Stuart's Cavalry, he was uncertain how puted this claim.19 Lee was aware tha early as he could get troops in position far Meade had extended his line down Longstreet's troops were not in position the next day the ridge. and could not be in position for a dawn He knew that by mid-morning While Johnston was still scout- attack, and further that the ground tc of the next day, two of the finest divi- ing, General William Pendleton, com- be attacked had not been scouted an( sions in the Army of Northern Virginia, mander of the Army of Northern Vir- would not be until nearly 9 AM on Jull those of John Bell Hood and Lafayette ginia Artillery, reported to Lee that he 2. It is well-documented when Alexan McLaws, would be available for ac- had scouted along the southern end der's Artillery and Hood and McLaws tion. Some of the first day's last action of the field and had seen no infantry. Infantry arrived on the field and i had seen two brilliant charges, those His route had obviously not extended was mid-morning in both cases. Whl of Abner Perrin and John Brown Gor- as far as Johnston's, for Johnston's was did the attack not take place until lat( don. Perrin, commanding Samuel Mc- still out and would not return until afternoon? The reasons are many anc Gowan's South Carolina Brigade, had sometime before 9 AM. During this pe- clearly supported by men who wer( finished off the 1st Corps by smashing riod of time Lee met with Longstreet there. into the Federal left flank while Scales' and McLaws to personally indicate Let's examine the timeline of dal North Carolinians were locked up with where he wished 1st Corps to attack. two. the Iron Brigade of 1st Corps. Perrin's After speaking with Johnston upon charge, against artillery-supported his return, Lee rode about 9:30 AM to • Hood and McLaws reach Cashtowr infantry in good defensive position, Ewell's headquarters meeting first with and Marsh Creek, respectively broke the Federal position on McPher- Isaac Trimble in Ewell's absence. Ewell, shortly after midnight on the 1st. sons Ridge and sent the 1st Corps, who was out observing Federal posi- • At the same time, the lst Corps Ar arguably the Federal Army's best, reel- tions, soon returned and discussion tillery is beginning their march tc ing back across the fields separating ensued. Ewell was still convinced that Gettysburg from Greenwood. Seminary Ridge and Cemetery Hill. his Corps should remain in place even • Hood rests for about two hours, ther just minutes earlier, Early's Division though his delay in attempting to seize resumes his march. headed by Gordon's Georgia Brigade Culp's Hill the evening before had re- • McLaws' march is delayed as a resul had delivered a knock-out blow to the sulted in the Federals seizing and for- of Hood's troops being in the way right flank of Howard's 11th Corps, tifying it during the night. During this • Law's Brigade, which was Hood',, sending them in full flight thru Get- meeting Lee admonished Ewell and largest, was even further away tysburg.17 With these successes fresh later his lieutenants about their perfor- guarding the flank at New Guil. on his mind, it is quite understandable mance the previous evening, leading ford. His march to Gettysburg waE why Lee was convinced an attack the to the need for the day's plan of action, to begin at 3 AM and it would be next day was not only warranted but by saying to each of them: "We did not almost nine hours before he would a must, the reticence of Hill and Ewell or we could not pursue our advantage join the remainder of Hood's com- notwithstanding. of yesterday."" This reprimand which mand. Once committed to the offensive, Trimble later reported in his writings Lee visited Ewell and the 2nd Corps. It for the Southern Historical Society Papers This is very important to under- was his intention to move Ewell to the is a clear indication that Lee felt he had standing the timing of July 2 as Long- right of the town to assist in the next given clear orders to Ewell to seize the street and his lieutenants had peti- day's assault. Ewell, who had by this advantage offered them the previous tioned Lee to allow Law to come up time received info that Culp's Hill was day. before beginning the attack. Longstreet undefended, convinced his superior was already bothered by not having that he could take the hill and be posi- - DAY TWO - Pickett on the field. He had likened it tioned on the high ground on the Fed- to "going into battle with one boot off." eral right and should remain north of -t is possible that more has been writ- Lee had approved, and after Law's ar- town. (Ewell did not know at this time ten regarding the circumstances of rival, positioning for the attack was that the opportunity to take Culp's Hill events leading up to the afternoon at- begun between 12 PM and 1 PM. Dur- while undefended had been lost due to tack than any other military event in ing the march into position, it was dis- his delay in ordering it done). With his American history, much of it involving covered that the proposed route was plan in mind, Lee returned to his head- questions related to why the attack was visible to Union observers and conse- quarters and slept for a couple of hours not launched until around 4 PM. After quently delayed by approximately two until about 3 AM. He then began to the war in a speech at Washington and hours while the lead elements coun- work on the specifics of his planned at- Lee College, Jubal Early made the ab- termarched. By the time the 1st Corps tack on the Federal left. Around 4 AM, surd claim that Lee had ordered Long- troops had reached their proposed Lee's chief engineering officer Captain street to make a dawn attack. Exactly jumping-off point around the Peach Or- Johnston was ordered to take a group one year later, at the same venue, Gen- chard and Wheatfield, Union 3rd Corps and scout the areas on the southern eral Pendleton made the same claim. Commander Daniel Sickles had moved 20 - Confederate Veteran MaylJune 2009 forward from his position on Cemetery - Hill to a position now precisely where y the 1st Corps was to form. _ z The next hour was one of the most Ty }=K~,y r , , critical hours in the three days of con- The struggle flict at Gettysburg. It was during this for Devil's Den, hour that Robert E. Lee totally changed looking toward his plan of attack - from a simultane- the Confederate , ous attack up the Emmitsburg Road to lines. From a an en echelon attack. As it turned out, war-time sketch. t 3r this turn of events was to present an Battles and ° A opportunity of epic proportions. As Leaders. we will see, with proper execution, this attack could have easily won Lee the r z victory he so desperately needed. An en echelon attack or attack in progression allowed each succeeding brigade to fol- low up on any advantage gained by the and Roses' Woods in front of Houck's previous attacking brigade. Ridge. Benning had originally been or- Endnotes Evander Law's Alabama Brigade, dered to support Law's left, but when 1 William Glenn Robertson: Army Depts arriving upon the field between noon he stepped out with his brigade, Law's Encyclopedia of the Confederacy Vol. and 1 PM, was hurried to the far right troops had now moved far to the right, 1, p. 71 of Hood's Division and began the at- and Benning, guiding on the left of the 2 Scott Bowden & Bill Ward: Last Chance tack by moving around the foot of Big troops in his front, found them to be for Victory pp. 18-19 Round Top and into the valley between Robertson's. 3 Bowden & Bill Ward: Last Chance for Big and Little Round Top. The two regi- Despite the rough terrain over Victory p. 38 ments on the extreme right flank, those which they were advancing and 4 Official Records 18: p. 1092; OR 27, pt. of Oates (the 15th) and Bulger (the some regimental entanglements, the 3, pp. 946-947; OR 18, p. 1063 47th), had moved up Big Round Top, middle two brigades of Hood's Div'- 5 Official Records 27, Pt 3, p. 913 Dowdey and rested to allow the march-weary sion advanced steadily. Meanwhile, and Manarin: The Wartime Papers of soldiers to have their canteen's filled. Robertson, not knowing of Benning's R.E. Lee Law's aide seeking them out to inform movements and thinking his left was 6 Official Records 27, Pt 3, p. 923 Dowdey them of the wounding of Hood and exposed, sent an urgent message re- and Manarin: The Wartime Papers of that Law was now in command, found questing that George Anderson move R.E. Lee them at rest and urged them to push his brigade of Georgians, in support of 7 Official Records 27, Pt 2, p. 692 on. The refilled canteens never reached his left. Anderson stepped out, guiding g Maxims of Napoleon Last Chalice for them and the short time they had spent on Benning, who was now on his right, Victory Bowden and Ward, p. 133 resting and waiting on them turned moved northeasterly through Rose's 9 Last Chance for Victory, pp. 137-138 out to be critical, as it allowed Colonel Woods and into an open wheatfield. Isaac Trimble, The Campaigns and Strong Vincent's Brigade of Barnes Di- During the initial thrusts as Hood's at- Battle of Gettysburg pp. 209-211 vision, Sykes 5th Corps of the Army of tack opened, an event occurred which 10 Last Chalice for Victory, p. 138. Heth the Potomic to arrive on the scene and was to play a major role in the outcome letter published in Southern Histori- take up position on the slopes of the of day two. Hood, while positioning cal Society Papers, vol 4, p. 156 little hill. artillery to support the advancing in- 11 Abner Perrin letter, July 29, 1863, to Although Law's Brigade was able fantry, was struck by shrapnel from an Governor Milledge Luke Bonham. to push the Union forces back from exploding shell and lost to the army for 12 Isaac Trimble to John C. Bachelder Plum Run in the area south of the Dev- the rest of the battle. In fact, he had per- The Bachelder Papers, Vol 2, p. 925 il's Den, the brigade did not achieve formed his last service with the Army 13 Official Records 27, Pt 1, pps. 173-174; the success that the remainder of Long- of Northern Virginia. Wounded once 182-183 street's Corps enjoyed or those of the again at Chickamauga during Long- 14 Official Records 27 Pt 2, p. 349 three brigades of Anderson's Division street's Campaign south in September, 15 Glenn Tucker, High Tide at Gettys- of Hill's Corps that advanced on day he was, upon his recovery, to join the burg, p. 183 two. Army of Tennessee and command it 16 High Tide at Gettysburg, p. 188 Before Law's Brigade had actu- on its ill-fated attempt to retake Nash- 17 Bowden and Ward Last Chance for ally become engaged, Hood's old Texas ville and Middle Tennessee in the fall Victory, pgs 171,172,175,237 Brigade under Robertson and Henry of 1864. 18 Last Chance for Victory, pgs. 253-254 "Rock" Benning's Brigade of Geor- 19 Last Chance for Victory, pgs 369-371 gians had already become hotly en- Lee at Gettysburg will continue in gaged in and around the Devil's Den our next issue. Confederate Veteran MaylJune 2009 -21 i Call Tio Arms. The Smithfield Light Infantry Camp 1466, Smithfield, North Carolina, has embarked on its most ambitious campaign to date, The General Joseph E. Johnston Statue Campaign. YOUR HELP is needed. The statue is to be erected on private property donated to the Sons of Confederate Veterans. It will be located adjacent to the Bentonville t Battlefield State Historic Site. This will be only the second statue erected to honor the memory of General Johnston in the United States. It will be the only Confederate general's statue erected in North Carolina. Renowned artist and sculptor Carl Regutti has been commissioned to sculpt the life size statue. He has begun the process and prepared the clay model to be usdd for the remainder of the project The scheduled unveiling is set for March 20, 2010, which coincides with the 145th anniversary of the battle. We are expecting the event to draw thousands of spectators as well as local and national news media outlets. This project is important to the memory and honor of all those # Confederate soldiers who fought and suffered at Bentonville. By joining this campaign you are enhancing the Bentonville Battlefield for historical study, for increased tourist attraction and most e; importantly for the honoring of those Confederate soldiers through their commander, General Joseph Eggleston Johnston. A _ .M Enlist in our campaign army now. We have established . a support Chain of Command similar to that of the Confederate Army. Select your enlistment contribution from the list below. Remember, an army must be supplied; therefore, any amount helps. 000 Major $750 PrIvate $50 Lieut. General $4,000 Captain $500 Maj. General $3,000 Lieutenant $300 SCV Camps on the frontline Brig. General $2,000 Sergeant $200 of Battle $500 Colonel $1,000 Corporal $100 SCV Camps in Reserve..$250 Make your check or money order to Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1466. Note statue fund on the check and send to PO Box, 1504 Smithfield, NC 27577. Our camp is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. For more information please contact Stat- ue Committee Chairman Dr. John M. Booker at 919-934-3009 or jmcabooker@aol.com. We are hopeful that you or your camp will join us in this rewarding campaign. Your enlistment contribution will be credited to your camp's total. 22 - Confederate Veteran MaylJune 2009 ,a 0 9 ,tea f -vi 41,j 3t~ 3Pi w *C R e n . t 3 'IN VL 3 o ._I 11 j Children of the Confederacy meet at Elm Springs The Children of the Confederacy held their Winter General Board Meeting at Elm Springs on Saturday January 31, 2009. Back row, from left, Dixie Chelette, Keystone Heights, FL; William Myers, Front Royal, VA; Richard Fairchild, Madison, MS; A.J. Widowski, Brunswick, OH; McCoy Herold, Thomasville, GA. Front row, from left, Kathryn Cook, Pine Hill, AL; Susan Milton, Star City, AR; William Baber II, North Charleston, SC; Mrs. Pam Trammell, Texarkana, TX; Justin Harris, North Augusta, SC. COMPATRIOTS: You are invited to hear Ron Maxwell, director and producer of Gettysburg and Gods and Generals at the Annual Jefferson Davis Ceremony Confederate Monument Jackson Circle Arlington National Cemetery -ln ~a > Sunday, June 7, 3:00 PM Be it resolved the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Convention Assembled join in sponsorship with the Confederate Memorial Committee of this significant annual event in our nation's capital-July, 2008. Join us and support this ceremony with a contribution and by urging your camp or division to contribute. - * pt For more information, please contact us at 1-888-331-6165 vr~ = or tgmoore@mindspnng.com Contributions to: Confederate Memorial Committee, 809 Princess St., Alexandria, VA 22314 Confederate Veteran Ma lJune 2009 - 23 I Recruit, Retain, Relate - Anger or Rage.? by Ed Butler, Heritage Promotion Committee Chairman F first, I would like to apolo- to had the most appalling, dis- grade the South, insult his ances- gize for the trouble I caused gusting, and rancid assortment tors, and dishonor a two-thou- some of you who tried to of trash I have ever seen. sand-year old Christian symbol reach me by email by putting an I was appalled at the assort- were mostly ignored. incorrect e-mail address in my ment of shirts and other mer- I managed to suppress a por- last article. My wife and I have chandise with pictures of beasts tion of my Scottish temper and shared the epbutler@charter. - human, animal, and imagi- reminded him that this is not the net e-mail address for several nary. All were printed over or left coast, the upper right coast, years. Recently I opened the with the St: Andrew's Cross! or the hill that is the hangout of edbutlerscv@yahoo.com account Some would be considered porn so many bureaucrats of imag- for SCV correspondence. The e- by anyone with a Christian up- ined importance. My question as mail I included was a combina- bringing. I was standing there to why he would sell this trash tion of both and, of course, did in silence looking at the tremen- finally received a curt response not work. I proofread my articles dous assortment when the atten- which will surprise no one, "for several times before submitting dant sauntered over and asked if the money!" While some of the them, but never looked at the e- he could "fix me up with some eleven counties that make up mail address in my last article. I shirts." By that time I had about the Upper Cumberland Plateau will strive for perfection, know- lost my remarkable presence of have higher than desired unem- ing I will never achieve it! mind and ignored the fact that ployment because of a varied Since my mother crossed the he was probably twenty years economic base, much of this area river in 1981, my two sisters and my junior, five or six inches taller has refused to participate in the I rotate hosting Christmas for my and forty to fifty pounds heavier! planned recession. I further sug- family. We are separated by con- My brother-in-law, who was car- gested that he could find a better siderable distances, so the Christ- rying a hefty black walnut walk- way to make a living than deal mas gathering is always a cher- ing cane, had moseyed on to the in pure garbage that insulted his, ished time for all of us. In 2008, next vendor's booth. MY, and countless thousands of 23 family members gathered in After a considerable period peoples' ancestry. Sensing that Tennessee. One of my brothers- of silence, I responded, "If I did I had thoroughly worn out my in-law wanted to visit the local not own a shirt and it was zero welcome, as casually as possible, flea market. I have seen people degrees outside, I would walk I sauntered on down the aisle. I wearing some of the products be- bare-chested to my truck rather was glad he was not selling big ing sold by a vendor there, but in than wear such trash." His re- walking canes, cast iron skillets, the six or eight years it has been sponse and much of the dialogue or pocket knives! I must admit, open, I had never been there. that ensued is not suitable for I was filled with anger or rage We instinctively turned to the printing in a magazine dedicat- - perhaps both! right when we entered and casu- ed to THE GREATEST FIGHT- This man's indifference to- ally made the circuit around the ING FORCE EVER ASSEMBLED. ward selling his putrid collection main building. Several vendors At one point I asked if he had of trash is much more common, had the usual merchandise im- Southern ancestors, to which he even in the South, than most of printed with our sacred banners. responded in the affirmative. My us would like to acknowledge. One of the last vendors we came questions as to why he would de- Continued on page 57 24 - Confederate Veteran May/June 2009 lks Print B 00 for Davis and the Confederate Cabinet process in Richmond, but certain dis- The Rebel and the Rose members is the personal story of James bursements from the treasury were re- James A. Semple, Julia Semple, designated as "The Rebel," corded and the records preserved. The Gardiner Tyler and the Lost and Julia Gardiner Tyler, "The Rose." authors present three scenarios of what Confederate Gold Julia Gardiner was the second wife of might have become of the money. For President John Tyler. Semple was mar- Southerners having a desire to trea- Authors Wesley Millett and Gerald ried to Letitia Tyler, President Tyler's sure hunt, Millett and White suggest a White have written a fascinating daughter by his first wife. This tangled strong possibility that thirty-nine kegs book that readers would swear is a friendship between Semple and Julia of Mexican coins remain buried at Dan- novel about the Confederacy. But this covered many years, from before the ville, VA. They write "Certain parts of account is fact, not fiction, and well-re- War Between the States, until several the city have been investigated with searched. Readers will appreciate the years after the end of the,War. The geophysical surveying equipment. extensive authors speculate about the specifics Confirmation (of caches of metal) Bib 1 i o g r a-_ of this relationship and quote several rests in the hands of city officials, who phy. letters from Semple to Julia expressing to date, have not allowed the digging of The au- his love. an exploratory test hole" thors begin The Rebel and the Rose is a riveting The Rebel and the Rose is a must-read their story story. Jefferson Davis at first hoped to for Confederate Southerners. on Sunday, _ _ consolidate the remaining Confederate April 2,1865, u Armies and continue the War. As the Authors: Wesley Millett and Gerald at 11 PM. train traveled South, he met in Greens- White .g President boro, NC, with Generals P.G.T. Beaure- Publisher: Cumberland House J e f f e r s o n gard and Joseph E. Johnston. Jefferson Publishing Davis and was stunned when both stated that www.cumberlandhouse.com prominent further bloodshed was futile and John- Hardback $24.95 members of ston asked that he be allowed to open his Cabinet surrender negotiations with Sherman. Reviewed by Ann Rives Zappa sat uncom- The flight through North Caro- fortably in lina, into South Carolina, and finally Destroying the Republic: a lurching passenger car on one of the to Washington, GA, are described in Jabez Curry and the last trains to leave Richmond before the graphic detail. Davis began formulat- Re-Education of the Old South fall of the capital of the Confederacy. ing plans to escape to Texas or to Flor- President Davis had lingered in the city ida, from where he could reach Ber- Public education as we know it today too long, hoping for positive war news muda, Cuba or the Bahamas. He was has not always existed in the form from General Robert E. Lee and anoth- joined for a time in this journey by Va- of taxpayers paying for the government er miracle to save Lee's Army and the rina and the Davis children, who had to educate our children. The evolution South. This eleventh-hour escape amid been staying in Charlotte, NC. to this mode of teaching actually be- the chaos was partly his fault. In Chapter 13, Exodus, the authors gan during the Colonial Period, but up In the dilapidated train rode not give a most interesting historical ac- until the War Between the States, most only the hierarchy of the collapsing count of what happened to the Cabinet schools were privately funded and only Confederate government, but the entire members, most of whom shared Jeffer- for white males. This would drastically treasury remaining to the Confederate son Davis's flight from Richmond. change during Reconstruction. States. Secretary of War John C. Breck- The Rebel and the Rose is a page- Destroying the Republic: Jabez Curry inridge had been charged with the re- turner and a mystery that will appeal and the Re-Education of the Old South sponsibility of procuring railroad cars to Southern readers. What did become explores the life of Jabez Curry before, and a serviceable locomotive. James A. of the Confederate treasury? In an Ap- during and after the War Between the Semple, Head of the Bureau of Provi- pendix, Millett and White include an States. By using primary sources, many sions and Clothing for the Navy and "Analysis of Confederate Treasury from Mr. Curry's own letters and writ- Paymaster, had charge of the treasury. Funds." No accurate account was Woven into this odyssey of flight made of the funds during the packing Continued on page 46 Confederate Veteran May/June 2009 - 25 Callin A!I Sons and Dau kters to tke 7 tk Annual Sam Davis Youtk Cam Co-Ed Camps: The first camp will be held from Sunday June 29th to Saturday, July 5th at Three Mountain Retreat, 1648 FM 182, Clifton TX 76634, The deadline for applications is Friday June 19, 2009. The second camp will be held from Sunday July 19th to Saturday July 25th at Strong Rock Camp, six miles north of Cleveland, GA. This is one of the nicest facilities we have ever had and the camp promises to be even greater than in previous years. The deadline for applications is Thursday July 9, 2009. Why should your son or daughter attend the Sam Davis Youth Camp? In a survey conducted by the Center for Survey Research and Analysis in 2000, 65% of college seniors failed to pass a high school equivalent American history test: - Only 23% correctly identified James Madison as the "Father of the Constitution." - Yet, 98% knew that "Snoop Doggy Dog" is a rapper. - Just over half, 52% knew that George Washington's Farewell Address warned against establishing permanent alliances with foreign governments. - Yet, 99% correctly identified Beavis & Butthead. In 1864, Major-General Patrick Cleburne prophetically warned: If the South should lose, it means that the history of the heroic struggle will be written by the enemy, that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers, will be impressed by all of the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision. Today, his words ring all too true. There is no question that. the youth of today must run a terrible gauntlet, and that many are struck down along the way by one or more of the politically correct influences which flourish in our schools. Sometimes these youth are from the best homes, with strong families and religious training. With even the most conscientious parenting though, oftentimes in high school or college, even these best and brightest finally succumb to the liberal, politically correct view of history. This summer, you can help turn the tide. For one week, our Southern young men and ladies (ages 12- 17) will gather to hear the truths about the War for Southern Independence. This camp (named for the great young Confederate Sam Davis) will combine fun and recreation with thoughtful instruction in Southern history, the War for Southern Independence, the theology of the South during the War, lessons on Southern heroes, examples of great men of Faith, and for the second year, special programs and sessions for our Southern ladies! This is the seventh year the Sons of Confederate Veterans has offered such a wonderful event for our sons and grandsons, and the second year we also offer the program for our daughters and granddaughters. We urge you to take advantage of this great opportunity. It is our responsibility to teach our Southern history and culture to the future generations. Need more details? Interested in becoming a counselor? Please contact: Jack E. Marlar, Director E-mail: marlars3*bells outh.net Sam Davis Youth Camp Phone/Voice Mail: (864) 862-3946 26 - Confederate Veteran Mav/June 2009 The Sam Davis Youth Camp - 2009 Registration Form Full Name: Street Address: City: State: Zip Code: E-Mail Address: Gender: Male Female Date of Birth: (must be born on or before June, 1997) Which SD Youth Camp will you be attending? Texas Georgia Name of Sponsoring SCV Camp: Parent or Guardian with Whom Camper Lives: Parent/Guardian Work or Emergency Contact Phone Number: Required Medical Information Please attach additional information as needed. Date of Last Tetanus Booster: Prescribed Medication Taken, if any: Reason for Taking Medication: Specific Allergies (including type of reaction): Does Camper Have Asthma or Hay Fever? Specific Activities to Be Restricted (Please state reason): Insurance Information (Group, Plan Number & Phone Number). Please attach copy of Insurance Card Medical Release Form Registration cannot be processed without the signature of the. camper's parent or guardian on this release form. In case of medical emergency, I understand every effort will be made to contact parents or guardians of campers. In the event that I cannot be reached, I hereby give permission to the physician selected by the Sam Davis Youth Camp to hospitalize; secure proper treatments; and order injection, anesthesia, or surgery for my child as named. I also understand that the Sam Davis Youth Camp reserves the right to review any information given and determine camper capability based upon that information. Parent or Guardian's Signature: Date: Payment Information Payment is due when your completed application is submitted. The cost for room, board, and all activities and needed supplies is $495.00 for each camper. Make checks payable to The Sam Davis Youth Camp, and mail to: Post Office Box 59, Columbia, TN, 38402. When your registration has been received and processed, you will receive a confirmation by mail, followed by details regarding camp facilities and scheduled activities. Registration Deadlines: June 19, 2009 Texas and July 9, 2009 Georgia Confederate Veteran May/June 2009 - 27 r Army of Northern Vir nna kkyy ii' .eR gi}}jj `1 I~ y C g c 3 Js ! In recognition of the upcoming Sesquicentennial for the War Between the States, a $150 check from the George Davis Camp 5, Wilmington, NC, was presented to Jim McKee as the first donation in a fund-rais- Idembers of the Captain William S. Lineberry Camp 92, Asheboro, ing campaign toward the purchase of a Pattern 1840 32-pound gun, NC, on Saturday, September 13, 2008, set up a living history for the which is to be mounted at Gun Emplacement No. 3, Battery B, at Allred Fa_mily's annual reunion at Grays Chapel United Methodist Fort Anderson, NC. Pictured from left, Paschall Barrett, Camp Com- Church, which has 51 known Confederate soldiers buried in its mander Alan P. Hilburn, Sr., Jim McKee, and E. W. Fredrickson. cemetery d~ wow :17 4 4f e 6 e Compatriot Michael Barnes, a member of the Manse Jolly Camp 6, Pictured are members of the Moses Wood Camp 125, Gaffney, Piedmont, SC, attended the Civil War Symposium at the SC Depart- SC, gathered around the gravesite of the camp's namesake, Moses ment of Archives & History on September 20, 2008. He is shown Wood;, at Oakland Cemetery on Confederate Memorial Day, May with Archivist Patrick McCauley inspecting the original copy of 10, 2008. the December 15, 1860 Ordinance of Secession of the state of South Carolina. E- d E n y s f On July 26, 2008, members of the Litchfield Camp 132, Conway, SC, installed six Southern Iron Crosses of Honor on the graves of On June 2, 2008, General Richard H. Anderson Camp 47, Beaufort, the Confederate Veterans buried at Withers Memorial Cemetery in SC, Commander Claude McElveen recognized two of Beaufort's Myrtle Beach, SC. A new headstone was also installed on the grave native sons for their service to our country and the state of South of Corporal Jonathan E. Todd, one of Compatriot Bob Gray's Con- Carolina. Russell Q. Brewton and Gerald Lee Wynn were presented federate ancestors. Pictured from left, Terry Carter, Edward Altman, the SCV's highest military award, the War Service Medal. Eddie Pippin, Camp Commander Ken Thrasher, Ed Thompson, Bob Gray and Cheryl Stalvey. 28 - Confederate [veteran MavlJime 2009 T South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Virginia West and Pennsylvania Divisions 73 r TM+e r, die z f *e art^ , t ! t~ ID, e s States Rights Gist Camp 1451, Compatriots from the General On May 10, 2008, members of the Fayetteville Arsenal Camp 168, Bogansville, SC, were honored by the current Miss North Carolina, Fayetteville, NC, celebrated Confederate Memorial Day at Cross Andrea Duke, at the Coon Dog Parade July 5, 2008, in Saluda, NC. Creek Cemetery in Fayetteville. During the service the camp pre- Pictured-from left, Rusty Rush, Chris Rucker, Andrea Duke, Jim sented their 2008 scholarship winner Mark Leslie DeSessa with a Crocker, Henry Dobey, Stephanie Mayfield and Jim Bishop. $1,000 scholarship. From left, Camp Commander Bruce Tyson, Mark DeSessa and Dwayne Aaron. e > ~ s t ~ to l l . C Nine SCV camps attended the gravemarker dedication for Captain Wilson T. Jenkins, 14th NC, Co. A, on September 28, 2008, at Sunset _ Hill Cemetery in Littleton, NC. Captain Jenkins' company led the last charge and did the last firing of Infantry at Appomattox Court Members of The McDowell Men Camp 379, Marion, NC, installed House, VA, on April 9, 1865. The following camps were present: a marker in the Swannanoa Gap, west of Old Fort. The marker is a the Captain Jesse S. Barnes Camp 771, Wilson, NC; Colonel L.L. memorial to an unknown Confederate soldier who is buried nearby. Polk Camp 1486, Garner, NC; General Matt Ransom Camp 861, The soldier was killed in the spring of 1865 as a result of the fighting Weldon, NC; Franklin Rifles Camp 310, Louisburg, NC; Private that occurred in the Swannanoa Gap in April 1865, one of the last Lorenzo Dow Williams Camp 1456, Reidsville, NC; General James skirmishes of the War Between the States. B. Gordon Camp 810, North Wilkesboro, NC; Tom Smith Camp 1702, Suffolk, VA; Urquhart-Gillette Camp 1471, Franklin, VA; and : The Old Brunswick Camp 512, Lawrenceville, VA. v s 1 `"Ay~k , i C i T 1 Ae A brass band plays period pieces at the fifth-annual Old South Picnic Rivers Bridge Camp 842, Fairfax, SC, member Mark Humphre- held by the 19th Virginia Infantry Camp 1493, Charlottesville, VA ville and Confederate reenactor H.K. Edgerton during the Confed- and UDC Chapter 154, located at Clara Belle Wheeler's Buena Vista erate Memorial Day activities at Elmwood Cemetery's Confederate Plantation in Charlottesville, VA, on July 20, 2008. The mansion is Soldiers' section in Columbia, SC, on May 3, 2008. seen in the background as well as the brass band which provided 19th-century music for the occasion. Confederate Veteran Mav/June 2009 - 29 South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania Divisions t k ) n" k rte, - g M Y ~ 4, M y Y°`~ .ll ~P Y Major General Isaac Ridgeway Trimble Camp 1836, Eilicott Laity, tit tiuu it,~eunt picnic meeting of The Battle Of Sharpsburg Camp MD, compatriots Jay Barringer and Terry Klima, PA Division com- patriot Ron Glazier, and other members of the combined MD and PA 1582, Sharpsburg, MD, held September 27, 2008, at member Robert color guard wait to begin the ceremony to honor black Confederate Butts' home, they had great fun and entertainment firing Butts' soldier Weary Clyburn in Monroe, NC, on July 19, 2008. Mountain Howitzer. From left, Phil Bikle, Glen Stickel, Tim Bikle, Robert Butts and camp friend John Powell, ranger/ historian of Harpers Ferry National Park. ~u + € ` - Mingo Camp 1717, Spivey's Corner, NC, sponsored an all-day celebration of the lo- cal history of the War for ~ "Southern Independence on A . August 9, 2008. Pictured is r the group at the Sampson County Courthouse to honor ' the monument to the Con- federate soldier placed there in 1916. Camp member Paul ;_~-IA V Farm read Father Abram Jo- seph Ryan's poem March of the The Rocky Face Rangers Camp 1948, Taylorsville, NC, held a service Deathless Dead, a part of which of dedication for new VA headstones that were recently erected at is inscribed on the base of the the Old Hopewell Cemetery for six Confederate Veterans buried 4 monument. there. Private John W. Hartness, Co. G, 38th NC; Private John S. Bradshaw, Co. G, 38th NC; Private Henry S. McClain, Co. K 7th NC; Private Theeophilus Shoemaker, Co. E, 37th NC; Private Joseph M. Looper, Co. B, 54th Battalion NC Home Guard and Private Lee M. 1 Lowrance, Co. G, 38th NC. Pictured from left, Compatriots Gale - Morrison and Bobby Hartness. i ~A q K „ Pictured is a Jefferson Da- vis Memorial Highway Marker that the First in Se- cession Camp 1963, Ches- terfield, SC, has adopted, e ~yt located on Highways 1 and 9 in Wallace, SC. The Matthew Fontaine Maury Camp 1722, 1-redericksburg, VA, along with the Reverend Beverly Tucker Lacy Camp 2141, Locust t Grove, VA, joined forces to honor Private William B. Newton, 30th, a VA Infantry, Co. 1, with an iron cross dedication at the Newton fam- ily cemetery in Stafford, VA, on June 14, 2008. 1 - ' - 30 - Confederate Veteran MaYl.lune 2009 o Army of Northern Virgi a A 0 9; t Mx w The winners of the annual Private John Wesley Culp Camp 1961, Gettysburg, PA, trap shoot in Waynesboro, PA. Three SCV camps Flying the colors at the 139th Taynuilt, Sarilanw l h8liland Games, were represented: the Brigadier General Lewis A. Armistead Camp in July 2008. Ian Malcolm Grant MacIntyre, the 17th Chieftain of 1960, Pittsburgh, PA; Brigadier General Johnson Kelly Duncan Camus-na-h-Erie is holding the Rev. Tucker Lacy Camp 2141, Lo- Camp 2028, Lancaster-Lebanon, PA and Camp 1961. Pictured front cust Grove, VA, flag with VA Division Treasurer Joe Wright at the row from left, Savanna Lewis, Theresa Schultz, Greg Moser, Chad Highland Games for the Clan MacIntyre World Gathering. Joe car- Craver and Linda Roberts. Back row from left, Jim Geary, Bugs Ju- ried the camp flag in the parade to the delight of the attendees who rena, Rudy Jurena, Jamie Palmisano, Denny Roberts, Steve Farver were quite aware of the historical connection of their St. Andrew's and James Palmisano. Cross and our Confederate Battle Flag. 4 Y3Fro 'd sT } a l"d,Sro All U'l e a .Mf1Y. 4 8 On June 15, 2008, members of the Charlotte Grays 1964, Charlotte The Burke Tigers Camp 2162, Valdese, NC, and the C.F. Connor Co., VA, and the Armistead-Hill-Goode Camp 749, Mecklenburg Camp 849, Hickory, NC, held a dedication service to honor four Co., VA, provided the color guard and musket salute for the UDC Confederate soldiers at Pisgah Methodist Church in the Balls Creek rechartering ceremony of the H. A. Carrington Chapter 1055. The H. community on September 28, 2008. A. Carrington Chapter was disbanded in 1944 and rechartered on March 31, 2008. The ceremony was held at the Carrington's ancestral home, Mulberry Hill Plantation, in Randolph, VA. . a On April 12, 2008, MD Division Commander Clarence Woods swears in MD Division officers for the 2008-2010 period. From left, Members of the Maryland Mechanized Cavalry Camp 2134, Elliott Cummings, Adjutant; William Trimble, Judge Advocate; Terry Saint Leonard, MD, recently visited the Maryland monument in Klima, 2nd Lt. Commander; Michael Glenn, Treasurer; Jim Dunbar, Gettysburg, PA. 1st Lt. Commander; Donald Beck, Commander. Confederate Veteran Mavl.Inne 2009 - 31 Army of Tennessee <',-J w. X W a a A ryb S r # F . r . r r S ~TJ The Brigadier General E. Porter Alexander Camp 158, Augusta, " GA, Honor Guard recently held a gravemarker dedication for Major The Jackson County Volunteers Camp 94, Jefferson, GA, with Charles Lowndes Whitehead, Co. E, 4th Regiment GA Infantry. Ap- members from the 27th GA Regiment Camp 1404, Gainesville, proximately 150 people were in attendance; 80 were from the 5th- GA, the Madison County Grays Camp 1526, Colbert, GA and the grade class of Hephzibah Elementary School at Bath Presbyterian Order of the Confederate Rose with other family and friends met on Church, near Blythe, GA. From left, Perry Herron, Jim Kirchner, Joe March 1, 2008, to clean the White Family Cemetery. Pictured from Winstead, Ron Udell, Stan Scritchfield, Terry Shockey, Bill Storres, left, kneeling, David Mann, C.J. Willis, Steve Satterfield and Andrew Philip Weaver, Ben Creech and Lee Herron. Dorsey. Standing from left, Cathy Jones, Tony Fuller, Jason Elrod, Diane Fuller, Dale Dillow, Randy Evans, Dwight Wier, James Willis, Mike Bowen and Robert Satterfield. £ ~ t ep r :fir ~ "SZ fi Members of the John Hance O'Steen Camp 770, Trenton, FL, UDCplr b Olustee Chapter 2488 and the Children of Confederacy Black Hawk Cavalry 856, refurbish two Southern Crosses for two Confederate i , Veterans buried in Priscilla Baptist Church cemetery. From left, Tim Compatriots of the George "Tige" Anderson Camp 453, Anniston, Kaminski, Skee Hutson, Clement Lindsey, Lindsey Hutson and An- AL, memorialize the gravesite and memory of General Anderson nette Lindsey-Hutson. at Edgemont Cemetery on April 26, 2008. The ceremony was part „ of annual ceremonies conducted by the camp during Confederate ° Heritage Month. Pictured from left, Pete Sexton, Wayne Jennings, d Camp Commander Brian Kirkwood, Jeff Brimer, Frank Leatherwood, Lee Gay and Reiber Heath. 'b 00" z Pictured are officers of the Major General William T. Martin Camp 590, Natchez, MS, with the wreath they placed on the tomb of the Pictured are members of the Ogeechee Rifles Camp 941, Statesboro, Unknown Confederate Soldier at the Confederate Memorial Day GA and the Black Creek Volunteers Camp 549, Sylvania, GA, who service held at Beauvoir on April 26, 2008. Pictured from left, Camp participated in an Adopt-A-Highway cleanup project on Saturday, Commander Allen Terrell, Clark Jackson, Sr. and Jason Blaney. May 10, 2008, in Statesboro, on Highway 301 South. 32 - Confederate Veteran May/June 2009 Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin Divisions OWU w i. 3 ~ a 3 I 41, On April 29, 2008, the Tippah Tigers Camp 868, Ripley, MS, with the The Kirby-Smith Camp 1209, Jacksonville, FL, unveiled the 1914 assistance of the Blue Mountain, MS, General M.P. Lowery United United Confederate Veteran Reunion Historical Marker at the De- Daughters of the Confederacy, held a Confederate Memorial Day cmber camp meeting. It is the camp's largest historical marker and Service on their official state holiday. From left, Mr. Chandler, Rev. it has put the SCV on the offense by letting the public now know James Taylor, Dr. Christopher Cummins, Mssrs. Evans, Mauney, why Confederate Park is named for our ancestors. The meeting of Camp Commander Mauldin, Albritton and Monroe. the Confederate Veterans on May 6-8,1914, represented the twenty- fourth annual Reunion of Confederate survivors. a P q p .w e u` Members of 27th GA Regiment Camp 1404, Gainesville, GA, held a Cross of Honor dedication for Lt. David Terrell Harris Co. E. 21st GA On May 24, 2008, members of Stonewall Jackson Camp 1381, St. Volunteer Infantry, one of the Immortal 600, at Alta Vista Cemetery in Petersburg, FL, dedicated the headstone set for Private Joseph J. Gainesville, GA, on March 29, 2008. From left, Mike Couch, Montana Bethell, Co. K, 4th FL Infantry, CSA at the Royal Palm Cemetery in Thrasher, Clifford Johns, Ralph Mills, David James, Breanna Kemp, St. Petersburg, FL. Wilson Kemp, Marty Baird and Jason Elrod. al a' e~ 0 S 717- g Z 301 Mike Mitchell designed, carved and erected as a personal project for a family cemetery in Cool Springs Cemetery in Decatur County, GA, this monument. On April 24, 2007, Robert Daffin, a member Pictured is Europe Camp 1612 Commander Achim "Archy" Bansch of the Theophilus West, MD Camp 1346, Marianna, FL, gave the swearing his father, Erwin Gerhard Bansch, into membership in keynote address at the dedication service hosted by the Decatur the SCV. County Grays Camp 1689, Bainbridge, GA. Confederate Veteran MaylJune 2009 - 33 Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin Diviis ions a f a dam, n . „ ra y nn 4 W ~ i. ~`7` a t val. v v ti, r ~I mir , p - 2 "'a'%>' e.xfi'`.uO.. q ar V ~i.'n° a$➢d ~ y 1.J A 5 . i .1 h& CAMP > On April 2, 2008, members of the A. H. Colquitt "Fire Eaters" Camp In April 2008 members of the General Ben Hardin Helm Camp 1703, 1958, Newton, GA, honored their camp namesake by visiting his Elizabethtown, KY, set up an information and recruiting table at the gravesite in Macon, GA. Macon 's famed cherry trees bloom in the Ancestral Trails Historical Society Book Fair. Members passed out background. From left, Will Kidd, Dodd McCollum, Jimmy Rhodes, information about local genealogy and how to trace your Confeder- V. T. Akridge and Harry Malcom. ate ancestry and mark Confederate soldiers' graves. Pictured from left, Don Stovall, Steve Lindsey, Geoff Walden, Camp Commander Tim Bowman and Bill Ralls. Sn 1lc~sacar t~ ~ ' a `a ~ Rea kaughter cf The Confederal' , Margare! S9r Pcr imb=r as "Z i 2 79ta Dal, x I+ K d 3 .d9, Z b . .S'tL AP tI-, c' Commander Robert Gates of the Major William M. Foot- ."r man Camp 1950, Ft Myers, FL, receives the SCV Com- l mendation Medal on August 25, 2008. Pinning the medal is Compatriot Tom Geffert of Punta Gorda, FL. - - rPictured is the 2nd Lt. Joseph Morgan Camp 2012, Perry, FL, float in the Florida Forest Festival parade in Perry, FL, in October 2007. The camp's float has won the Grand Marshall's Award for "Being the Most Creative" two years in a row. t a t Ell' 0 e P e. e - k ~a P a a The Lt. George E. Dixon Camp 1963, Belleville, IL, held its annual memorial service at the Alton Confederate Cemetery. Approximately Pictured is Private E.F. Arthur Camp 1783, Corbin, KY, Commander 25 participants attended the ceremony held on May 17, 2008. Wayne Taylor presenting Honor Cadet Brandon Smith the Arthur Camp Adjutant Gale Red, left, provides historical background Camp Cadet JROTC award at the Military Ball, held at Whitley on the cemetery, which contains the remains of 1,500 Confederate County High School, April 5, 2008. This award is presented yearly POWs. Camp Commander John Merritt and Confederate widow to a deserving cadet. Sharon Red observe. 34 - Confederate Veteran MavlJune 2009 r1 Air Army of Tennessee qgp / 4th ! 3 , i g a u , 5. Seven new members were inducted into the N. B. Forrest Camp 3, Chattanooga, TN, recently as part of a marker dedication service for he' three Confederate soldiers in the historic Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery. Shown taking their membership oaths are from left, Ashley Miscellaneous school supplies along with Box Tops for Education Cook, Ron LeMarr, Carl Hobbs, J. C. Barker, Pete Potter, Jerry Snow and Campbell soup labels to assist in purchasing needed equipment and David Cole. were recently donated to Chatsworth Elementary School by the Lieutenant Colonel William Luffman Camp 938, Chatsworth, GA. Pictured from left, back row, Milton Clarke, Mitchell Parker, Princi- pal Mike Pritchett, Jerry Luffman, Adam Parker and Commander Steve Hall. Front row from left, Mascots Kaylee Parker, Matthew V ` Parker and Emmalee Parker, along with Morgan Parker. °J Members of the Colonel Wil- liam Bradford/Colonel James G. Rose Camp 1638, Morris- town, TN, recently visited the monument of John Hunt Mor- ° gan in Lexington, KY. From left, Tony Trent and Kevin With- ~.-r erell. 1 Members of the N. B. Forrest Camp 215, Nlempilis, 1 N, served as honorary escorts for the ladies of the Tennessee Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, at their 2008 Convention held at Memphis on October 10, 2008. su Compatriot Kenneth R. Amburgey ° . a of the Captain James L. Bishop Camp 1943, Kendallville, IN, with F =n, ' ° the assistance of friends in the +f yy~± Colonel Ben Caudill Camp 1629, "TTtttt , Whitesburg, KY, located the grave + r~ ~ - ` of his great-great-great grandfa- ther Private Alfred Amburgey, Co. . , A, 13th KY Cavalry, who had been a POW at Camp Douglas, IL. The Savage/Stewart Camp 522, Piedmont, AL, presented the Ladiga Cavalry Skirmish Memorial on October 18, 2008, at Carmel Cemetery Spring Garden, AL, to honor the 44 Confederate soldiers at rest and the skirmish that occurred there. Confederate Veteran May/June 2009 - 35 Of Trans,,MiSSISSIPPI Anny x e Y ~ a e. ~ x R On October 26, 2008, the Elijah Gates Camp 570, Fulton, MO, dedi- cated a new marker for First Lieutenant William Jesse Gooldy, of Co. On July 12, 2008, Captain Ike Turner Camp 1275, Livingston, TX, D, 28th VA Infantry. A flag was presented to Mary Beth "Gooldy" Commander Art Maxwell welcomed new member Garrett Glover, Mathis, closest living descendant of Gooldy. from Mount Pleasant, with his membership certificate as Mike Far- rar looks on. Garrett also gave a presentation on Camp Douglas Prison Camp. se Lr The Frontier Guards 996, junction, TX, and the Mary Harlow Griffith OCR Chapter, hosted the reunion of the Mt. Remnant Brigade 100th Anniversary in August, 2008, in junction. The Frontier Guards thank those in attendance, including reenactors of Co. H, 7th Texas Infantry, Cleburn's Division-Granbury's Brigade, General Tom Green Camp 1613, San Angelo, TX; Hill Country Camp 1938, Kerrville/Freder- icksburg, TX and the Sul Ross Camp 1457, Bryan, TX. Real Son James Brown of Captain Hunter's Arizona Rangers Camp 1202, Tucson, AZ (in white dinner jacket) is shown with AZ Gadsden Brigade Commander Bobby Morris, Commander-in-Chief Chris Sul- livan and Lieutenant Commander-in-Chief-Elect Michael Givens at ' the Banquet and Ball at the 113th SCV Reunion in Concord. r o , ,r ilf F t The Dick Dowling Camp 1295, Beaumont, TX, sponsored a living" history/ reenactment event on September 6, 2008, to commemorate the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Sabine Pass, TX. Due to dam- age of the Battleground Park from Hurricane Rita in September Confederate Secret Service Camp 1710, Sierra Vista, AZ, Coin- 2005, the event was held at Gladys City Museum on the campus of mander Ben Middleton (right) presents the SCV Meritorious Ser- Lamar University in Beaumont, TX. Several camps of the Texas 10th vice Medal to Camp 1710 Lt. Commander Silas Griffin on behalf of Brigade were represented. Commander-in-Chief Chris Sullivan and AZ Division Commander John Mangum at the June 28, 2008, camp meeting. Camp 1710/AZ Division Adjutant Curt Tipton is pictured left. 36 - Confederate Veteran MaYlJune 2009 Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, California, Iowa, Kansas, Washington, Oregon and I Divisions jr The Evadale Rebels' football team and their school still fly the Con- b,,a . , r. federate Battle Flag, where we were invited to be the homecoming Lieutenant David Kennedy, Brigadier General William Steele Camp game honor guard in the Major J. N. Dark Camp 2026, Kountze, TX. 1857, Leavenworth, KS, recently visited the grave of his great-great- Other camps represented are Dick Dowling 1295, Beaumont, TX, great-grandfather, Captain James Lee Kennedy, 32nd MS Infantry, Walter P. Lane 1745, Orange, TX and the Colonel Philip A. Work in Wynnewood, OK. The grave has been tended for years by Mrs. 1790, Woodville, TX. Brenda Choate, UDC. Captain Kennedy moved to Oklahoma in 1910 to live with one of his sons. "i R01 P t < a ~ aa "ZI 4p ' , °'`e The Captain Ike Turner Camp 1275, Livingston, TX and the Joseph Past Treasurer-General UDC Janet Grams (left), and UDC Treasurer- Andrew Jackson Sheffield Camp 2153, Kirbyville, TX, worked with General Stacy McSwain, present the UDC's Meritorious Service young people at the gravestone-dedication of John P. Mann, Co. K, Award' to Texas John Slaughter Camp 2074, Tombstone, AZ, Past 13th TX Cavalry, ancestor of compatriot Hank Van Slyke, a member Commander Ted McSwain for his service during the Vietnam War of the Walter P. Lane Camp 1745, Orange, TX. at the AZ Division SCV Convention on June 7, 2008. w t c t , 'N f. 0 ~sr ueuI s ,A i f INt I'M Pictured at the Osceola Monument dedication is Coffee Ca amp 1934, Osceola, MO, Commander Gary Ayres. This monument was erected' to remember the total destruction of Osceola and the murder of 12 Chris Mathis of the Colonel C. L. Pyron Camp 2144, Albuquerque, civilian men by the Union Army. Also, the base is set on memorial NM, delivered the dedication speech at the marker of First Lieuten- bricks to our Confederate Ancestors. ant William Jesse Gooldy, of Co. D, 28th VA Infantry. Con federate 17eteran MavlJune 2009 - 37 T Louisiana, Missouri, Oldahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, California, Iowa, Washington, Oregon and Utah Divisions , m r 1 t ~ a ~ x ~ . ~ aham `camp 1* 68 ions of cp -,ederate %eteran -WeAtherford. 4exas Firing party at graveside dedication on November 1, 2008, for CSA Members of the Governor Samuel W. T. Lanham Camp 586, Weath- General C. C. Crews, Hillsboro, NM. From left, NM Division Com- erford, TX, man a table at the Weatherford Peach Festival. From left, mander Jim Red, Assistant NM Division Commander, with back to- Mike Fields, David Murray and Tim Bingham. camera in uniform, Dr. John Smith and 1st member of firing squad, Ed "Pappy" Whitted. Pictured are NM Division 011 Adjutant John Pittsenbargar and wife Irene at the Mili- tary Ball at the Chickamauga battle reenactment at Chicka- mauga, GA, on September 20, 2008. s~ Two new members were sworn in and presented certificates of membership at a recent meeting of the A. S. Johnston Camp 983, Decatur, TX. From left are Chaplain Bob Ware, new members Mike Range and Don Ogle and Camp Commander Frank Perrin. ` _ N v tom` 7,° 04 p $ a' t F n r i l ~ Compatriots from the 13th Texas Camp 1565, Angleton, TX, partici- Texas Bonnie Blue Camp 869, San Antonio, TX, donated toys, cloth- pated in the rededication of the gravesite of Confederate General ing, hats, scarves and gloves to the Ronald McDonald House in San John Bankhead Magruder, hero of the Battle of Galveston. The 15th Antonio, TX, in December 2008. From left, Camp Commander John Texas Living History Group served as honor guard, firing three Miller, weekend supervisor Laura and Camp Adjutant Terry Dunn volleys at the Episcopal Cemetery, which is the final resting place are in front of the house. of many Confederate soldiers. 38 - Confederate Veteran Mav/June 2009 v Army of Trans-Mississippi I X IIIYIII~I ~l1~ ~m k k rT t, At the Christmas meeting of the Sabine Rifles Camp 2057, Many, LA, Camp Commander Tony Remedies swore in and presented a On January 19, 2009, at the Confederate monument on the lawn of the membership certificate to the newest member, Rickey Robertson, as Gregg County Courthouse in Longview, TX, dozens of compatriots Robert McKnight looks on. from the East and Northeast Texas Brigades gathered to celebrate Confederate Heroes Day, a Texas holiday. Compatriots from the sponsoring camp, General John Gregg 958, Longview, TX, as well as the General Walter P. Lane 1455, Longview, TX; J. M. "Matt" Barton 441, Sulphur Springs, TX; Captain James P. Douglas 124, Tyler, TX; W. W. Heartsill 2042, Marshall, TX; Upshur County Patriots 2109, Gilmer, TX and the New Salem Invincibles 2107, Ponta, TX; all took part in the ceremony. k Beauregard Camp 130, New Orleans, LA, honored the sacred memo of General Leonidas Polk with a religious service con- k memory lw; 14 ducted in the same manner as would have been performed during his life. Commander Bob Marrero presented a token of the camp's appreciation to the officiant, the Rt. Rev. Presley Hutchens, Anglican Silver State Grays Camp 1989, Las Vegas, N V, members attended Louisiana. the Las Vegas Civil War Roundtable Christmas Dinner on December Catholic Bishop the 19 at the Las Vegas National Golf Club. From left are Pete and Paula Carnes, Ken Frey portraying General Pickett, and Dr. John Minor. e y i P I y e ~ E k h ~ w r On December 6, 2008, members from four North Texas camps joined On January 19, 2009, the Cross of Saint Andrew Camp 2009, Alto, to march in the Waxahachie, TX, Christmas Parade. Joining members TX, held their sixth-annual Confederate Heroes' Day ceremony at of the O. M. Roberts Camp 178, Waxahachie, TX, were members from Mt. Comfort Cemetery in Maydelle, where a new grave-marker was the Robert E. Lee Camp 239, Ft. Worth, TX; Colonel Middleton Tate dedicated for Private Thomas L. Ballew of Co. A, 18th TX Cavalry. Johnson Camp 1648, Arlington, TX and the Captain J. L. Halbert A roll call of all Confederate veterans buried there was read, and Camp 359, Corsicana, TX. the Southern Belles placed flowers in their memory. Confederate Veteran Mavl hine 2009 - 39 Welcome to the Sons of Confederate Veterans MORRISON, CHARLIE RAY GEN. DAVID E. TWIGGS 1462 THE CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL CAPT. JAMES I. WADDELL CSN MORRISON, PASCAL MATT WAUCHULA 1432 1608 RAPHAEL SEMMES 11 ANDREU, JACK ROSS STONE MOUNTAIN JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE 100 ANNAPOLIS MOBILE GEN. THOMAS DOCKERY 1577 DONALDSON, DUANE A. LEXINGTON CHURCHILL, GREGORY SEAN RICHERSON, DON LESLIE MAGNOLIA BATTLE OF OLUSTEE 1463 FORBESS, II, BILLY AUGUSTA GARREN, JR., WILLIAM MAHLO WILLIAMS, DOUGLAS W. LAKE CITY JOHN B. GORDON MEMORIAL SAMONS, JUSTIN OLIVER, PHILLIP WILLIAM GEN. ROBERT E. LEE 16 LANGFORD, JR., PAUL D. 1449 SLOAN, AUSTIN SHADE OLIVER, MICHAEL JAMES AUBURN COL. ROBERT G. SHAVER 1655 PENNINGTON, ZACHARY L. THOMASTON WRIGHT, LUCAS ANDREW OLIVER, GREGORY BRUCE HALL, JEFFERY MARTIN JONESBORO BRYAN, JOSEPH HAROLD TURNER, GARY MILTON SNIVELY, JOHN PETER GEN. JAMES PATTON ANDERSON BRYAN, MARVIN SEAN GEN. LLOYD TILGHMAN 1495 MAJ. GEN. ISAAC RIDGEWAY 1599 BRYAN, BILLY JOE PADUCAH TRIMBLE CAMP 1836 PVT. AUGUSTUS BRADDY 385 BATTLE OF MASSARO PRAIRIE WEST PALM BEACH BONEY, JERRY ALAN ELLICOTT CITY TROY 1830 IMBODEN, WILLIAM JOHN COL. HIRAM PARKS BELL 1642 POSEY, MASON COLE ATWELL, DEVIN THOMAS CROWE, DENNIS WAYNE VAN BUREN CUMMING POSEY, GAVIN BLAKE ATWELL, RYAN PATRICK McSWEAN, MALCOLM W. HICKMON, JAMES FINLEY'S BRIGADE 1614 ANDERSON, JEFFERY WAYNE ATWELL, WILLIAM TIMOTHY WALKER, EDWIN JAMES, CHRISTOPHER DALE HAVANA COLONEL BENJAMIN CAUDILL ATWELL, WILLIAM TYLER MURPHY, HARRY JOE ALLEN, JERRY WAYNE THE SAVANNAH MILITIA 1657 1629 HALL, FRANK MAJ. JOHN C. HUTTO 443 STARR, CHESTER F. SAVANNAH WHITESBURG JASPER VESTAL, TERRY RAY CAPT. BLUFORO M. SIMS 1630 GREENWELL, CECIL HUGH BACK, TIMOTHY MAJOR GENERAL ARNOLD PRESCOTT, BRANDON CHASE OCOEE MYRICK, RANDOLPH KEITH ELZEY 1940 LYNCH, JAMES EDWARD EDWARD FLETCHER ARTHUR SALISBURY CRADLE OF THE CONFEDERACY METTS, JOSEPH KEVIN COL. 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HARRISONBURG TERRY'S TEXAS RANGERS 1937 HICKS, JEFFERY ALAN or have a question? Are you moving? CLEBURNE BONHAM, BOBBY WAYNE If soy please contact bookkpr@scv.org Continued from page 13 . Washingon and Lee Connection to resign from the US Army and death, Mary Ann Lee wanted to IV. A Memorial to defend Virginia. see Arlington for a last time, but Robert E. Lee 3. It is interesting that the when she saw what the Federals A. In 1925, 64 years after con- Lee's named two of their sons had done to the house, how run- fiscation, the house was restored. Custis, after her father's family down and empty it was, she re- B. In 1933, the upkeep of the and Fitzhugh the maiden name of fused to get out of her carriage property was assured when the her mother. and go inside. property was transferred to the 4. Think of it: the only father 1. In 1882, the Supreme Court National Park Service. that Mary Ann Custis Lee's fa- of the United States ruled that C. In 1955, the house at Ar- ther had ever known was George Arlington had been illegally lington was designated as a me- Washington! seized and that Custis Lee was morial to Robert E. Lee. By this, C. During the War for South- free to claim his inheritance. But the property once belonging to ern Independence, Arlington was the property had been made into George Washington Custis, the confiscated. The Federal govern- a graveyard, with about 20,000 adopted son of George Washing- ment took over the property for graves scattered over the prop- ton, is linked once again to the taxes, which they insisted must erty, thus restricting its use. Lee's. be paid in person by General Lee; 2. When the US government the amount of the tax was $92.07 offered to buy the property for Conclusion: There is without The confiscation would later be $150,000, Custis Lee had nothing a doubt an undeniable link be- ruled illegal. In June of 1873, near- else to do but accept. tween George Washington and ly three years after General Lee's Robert E. Lee! 42 - Confederate Veteran May/June 2009 A Visit To Gettysburg By Gene Gallant I walked today along an ancient path that wound through a rock-bound glen, And it seemed that I could clearly see a vision of what once had been. I saw scattered along that narrow path a ragged band in faded gray, with rifles at the ready awaiting the coming day. And as the dawn touched each soldier's face as they watched the sun ascend, each wondered what fate had in store for them as they faced the Devil's Den. Soon the command was given _ and the rebel charge was made, A MO. and many a Southern lad now lies' in a lonely, unmarked, forgotten grave. Was that charge worth the terrible pricey _ that the Gods of War extracted that day? ` 0 As the gallant men of Hood's Brigade threw caution to the wind and stormed across that bloody ground that led to the Devil's Den. We may never know the answer - Although a hundred thousand words nave aescribea tnat biooay' bathe at this place called Gettysburg. Gene Gallant is a member of the Colonel John M. Martin Camp 730, Ocala, Florida Confederate Veteran Mav/June 2009 - 43 Carry by Bill Back Bill Young The Rebel Yell The rebel yell. Nearly ev- Jackson's Corps bursting through fateful day and straight into the eryone has heard of it, the woods waving their red bat- mouths of the Union cannons but there are few, if any, tle flags, firing their muskets, on Cemetery Ridge. Finley said people alive today who and screaming the high keen of "When we were about 100 yards have actually heard it. I have the rebel yell, at the top of their from the stone fence, a junior been to many reenactments of lungs? Is it any wonder that they officer couldn't stand it any battles of the War Between the jumped to their feet and fled? longer. He gave the order we had States, but with all due respect to the reenactors in butternut and gray who strive so hard for au- thenticity, I have NEVER heard anything that came close to the real thing. Frankly, everything I have heard has been puny, pa- thetic, and downright pitiful. We Southerners have forgotten how to give the rebel yell. The rebel yell was a form of art. It struck terror into the hearts of the Yankees. It made their blood run cold. Their first° instinct was to throw down their 0 muskets and run for their lives. C$ Some of them took the next step - and did exactly that. Can you imagine how the soldiers of the Union 11th Corps on the eve of the Battle of Chan- cellorsville must have felt when w• A.Y. they were sitting around their campfires cooking supper, play- ing cards, smoking pipes, and First Lieutenant George all been waiting for. 'Take good just relaxing when suddenly, Finley commanded Company aim. Aim Low. Fire!' We fired without warning, wild rabbits, K of the 56th Virginia Infantry one time, and then he said, 'Now turkeys, and deer ran through Regiment in Pickett's charge at let's holler!' EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE their campsite? And right behind Gettysburg. His regiment went EEEEEYAAAAAAAAAAAAA them came the 25,000 men of right up the middle on that AAAAAAAH! 44 - Confederate [veteran May/June 2009 The rebel yell rent the air for the sion of Lieutenant Finley and his everyone's attention. People tell first time that day. We screamed true account of Pickett's charge me "I never expected to hear like fiends and demons from hell at Gettysburg. At the climax of anything like that. You caught - and it was awe-inspiring and the story, I scream the rebel yell me by surprise." the ground fairly trembled! Some as loud and as long as I can. I did of the Yankees tucked their tails it once at a gun show in Pitts- between their legs and ran for the burgh, and a court clerk said to rear like sheep. I saw two Union me afterwards, "What a great cannoneers turn and run. One of way to clear a court room!" I Q~ them had a rammer on his shoul- did it once in London for If I der. Somebody near me shouted, the American Civil War can do that, think 'Stop, you Yankee devils!' but Round Table of the of what the old Confeder- they kept on running." United Kingdom, ates could do together. I would I once had the good and a waiter pay big money just to hear the fortune to speak on the telephone in the kitchen men of Jackson's Corps yell as with a man named Grady Turner. dropped a they came charging out of the Grady was in Texas, and I was in stack of' china woods at Chancellorsville. I'll Virginia. Grady was 95 years old. dishes. bet it would make my blood run His father, Stephen W. Turner, When- cold. I would surely be glad that served as a first lieuten- ever I do it for I was on their side. ant in the 56th Vir- ~'C a school group, ginia. Grady had 1~~~ the principal always heard his father sticks his head in the door and some of his to see if he should call the police. old comrades After a performance, I am usu- r scream the r e b e 1 ally hoarse for several days, and yell, so Grady screamed sometimes I lose my voice alto- it for me over the tele- gether. My wife scolds me: "You phone. I was stone deaf in gave the rebel yell last night, my left ear for three days! didn't you? You ought not to do For the past 18 years, I have it. It's not good for your health:" , traveled to 18 states and to Lon- My rebel yell may not bed don to do a first-person impres- perfect, but it certainly does get Subscribe to the o ederat kfetera9. One year, six issues, delivered to your home for $26.00. Overseas, $50.00. Mail this form and your check, made payable to Sons of Confederate Veterans, to Confederate Veteran Subscription Department, PO Box 59, Columbia, TN 38402-0059 I Name 1 I I Address City State Zip I I Confederate Veteran May/June 2009 - 45 Continued from page 25 his book. Two principles used by the the Negro in manhood and woman- Radical Republicans to completely hood, we are uplifting ourselves." His B OO~~ J ~ lllPrintand overthrow the South's social, political viewpoint changes, but it appears in economic existence were "State a desire to educate the South to better Suicide" and "Conquered Province." the citizens, not for government con- Both were vicious plans to subjugate trol. He will continue in many facets ings, the author, Mr. John Chodes, ex- the South and both had universal edu- to evolve his train of thought. As the poses to the reader Mr. Curry, who was cation proposals. country took major steps toward na- an aristocratic Alabamian who served Before a Southern state could be tionalized schools, Curry seemed to his country prior to the onset of war readmitted into the Union, it was re- progress in similar reflection. in the Alabama Assembly and United quired to have a public, tax-supported Destroying the Republic: Jabez Curry States Congress, where he steadfastly education-system clause in its post-war and the Re-Education of the Old South is supported Constitution. According to Mr. Norton, an examination of not only the life of states'rights a Minnesota Senator, "If the Congress Curry, but also a study of Reconstruc- and a small, of the United States can compel us to tion and its effects on the Southern limited Fed- make a system that will conform to the people. By using primary sources from D> IROYISG THE I`U RTi IC: eral govern- views of Congress, then what becomes Curry and many other individuals, Mr. JqL: C.URRF went. "As of the States, and why do we have Chodes is able to give a bird's-eye view an active States? Why have apportionment of the of what tragedies took place. Worthy of AND THE ! promoter of representatives in the other House, and note, it is unclear to this reviewer why RFATU`.A710N, education, in this, according to the States? Why Curry made such drastic changes in OF TH OLD Sot. i ti ~ he (Mr. Cur- not call us, as the Senator from Illinois his thought process. This publication r-y) staunch- says, all one people, one country and is required reading for any educator ly believed have no State government and no lo- or person working in the public school that this cal government at all?" According to system. It is insightful to how the coun- J,hn Q,,do important J.P. Wikersham, a Radical Republican try arrived at the current state. "By the f u n c t i o n educator, "The thing of highest inter- 20th century, this plan had turned on was entirely est in a republic is its schools.... When itself and emptied out Northern chil- each state's our youth learn to read similar books, dren's minds as well. This transformed responsibility and completely outside similar lessons, we shall become one the US republic in the 21st Century into Washington's sphere," Mr. Chodes people, possessing one organic nation- an emerging dictatorship," states Mr. states on the back cover. ality, and the Republic will be safe for Chodes on the back cover. Curry was elected from the 4th all time." Wikersham then states, "A District of Alabama in the Confederate republican form of government can- Author: John Chodes Congress, where he participated in the not exist without providing a system Publisher: Algora Publishing creation of the Confederate Constitu- of free schools. A republic must make www.algora.com tion. He was assigned to four commit- education universal among its people. Paperback: $23.95 tees in the Provisional Congress: Post- Ignorant voters endangered liberty. al, Commercial Affairs,~,ules, and Flag With free schools in the South there Reviewed by Cassie A. Barrow and Seal. In February, Curry would could have been no rebellion. And free end his term as a Congressman and re- schools must now render impossible turn to Alabama, only to have Jefferson rebellion in the future." The Women Will Howl Davis appoint him as Commissioner "It appears that Jabez had no prob- under the Habeas Corpus Act, to serve lem joining forces with those who were The Union Army Capture of with General Johnston's army, where intent on exterminating Southern cul- Roswell and New Manchester, he would stay until the end of the war. ture and Southern minds," per Mr. Georgia and the Forced When the war was over, Curry Chodes. Curry in 1881 became General Relocation of Mill Workers returned home to Talladega to try to Agent of the Peabody Education Board assume a normal life; however, Re- and a nationally prominent figure. This Mystery and intrigue surround the construction was as cruel to him as it fund was used as a matching fund for events that take place in July 1864 was to many Confederate soldiers and communities starting public schools to in Roswell and New Manchester, Geor- dignitaries. "For years after the sur- entice the people to support a tax-sup- gia. Innocent mill workers, predomi- render, detachments of Union troops ported school. Curry states "We are nately women and children, go to work marched through the country, search- tethered to the lowest stratum of soci- as usual, only to be arrested for treason ing for cotton and booty, arresting citi- ety, and if we do not lift it up, it will by the Union army as they invade their zens on false charges supplied by war- drag us down to the nethermost hell of villages. The mills they are employed time Unionists," Mr. Chodes states in poverty and degradation. In uplifting by manufacture items for the Confed- 46 - Confederate [veteran MaylJune 2009 erate Government. In the eyes of Union morning af- ter and other necessities to house such General Sherman, their way of making ter the mills "I' mi, large numbers. The living conditions a living is considered sedition, so he are torched,Y deteriorated day by day. "Old men, ordered their arrest and deportation to G e n e r a I women and children huddled together "north of the Ohio River." The Women K e n n e r in barracks with no provision for com- Will Howl, The Union Army Capture of G a r r a n d's fort. While many were sick and filled Roswell and New Manchester, Georgia, troops be- with despair, large numbers were dy- and the Forced Relocation of Mill Work- gin gather- d ing and hurried to 'rude unknown ers gives a comprehensive study of this ing the em- graves; "depicts Ms. Petite. ambiguous subject. ployees of ` Sherman's goal was to have all Author Mary Deborah Petite first the mill. prisoners sent "north of the Ohio gives the reader a preview of Roswell At this River." While some were able to find King, founder of Roswell, and the "Ro- point the employment in Louisville, there were swell royalty," who help create the col- information those who were too infirm to travel or ony from the wilderness to a thriving trail gets had died. "History has recorded but mill town. The creation of Roswell Mills vague and a few of the names of the women and brings in people from South Georgia elusive. The number of women and children who arrived in Indiana from and South Carolina to hone out a living children that were apprehended is un- Roswell and New Manchester." With for their families. Ms. Petite provides clear. The most common number is 400, no written record, it is hard to research the background for Roswell to help the but it is unsure if this is accurate. With and ascertain which women remained reader better understand the dynamics only the items they can carry, the wom- where. Those who did arrive across the of the situation and people. en are placed into holding to be trans- border of Indiana faced hardships as On the eve of Sherman's march, ported by supply wagons to Marietta. bad as, if not worse than, that in Lou- inhabitants 'of Georgia are prepar- It is uncertain how long it took to move isville. ing for the worst. "Time after time we the prisoners, but it is certain that some Without a way to provide for them- had been told of the severity of Gen- females were present that night when selves, the women and children impro- eral Sherman, until we came to dread allegedly Union soldiers took advan- vised by making shacks in the woods his approach as (one) would that of a tage of them. "The hideousness of war or got permission from the locals to mighty hurricane which sweeps all breeds atrocities and tales of atrocities. live in old stables, barns or other struc- before it caring naught for justice or The strength with which these stories tures to shelter them from the cold humanity," states Mary Rawlson of At- persist through the years in the county of a Northern winter. "In one or two lanta. "It is sad to witness the fearful necessitates mention of them," writes instances, children have been found suffering of the people, particularly the Ms. Petite. dead in the woods, actually starved or women and children, in those parts of Within days of each other, Sweet- frozen to death," reports The New Al- Georgia through which we (the Union) water Mills in New Manchester re- bany Ledger. campaigned... I am sorry to say that ceived similar treatment as the mills The title of this publication is taken our men often wantonly burned down in Roswell. The main difference is that from a correspondence from Sherman the houses, destroyed the contents, and many of the prisoners had to walk to to Garrand: "The women will howl." drove forth their inmates, houseless, Marietta due to the lack of supply wag- Unfortunately, his words came true. homeless, starving outcasts, to perish ons to carry them. It is estimated that Ms. Petite uses primary sources, even of cold and hunger," per David Conyn- the number of captives was between though they were hard to obtain. She gham, Sherman 's aide-de-camp. Even 150 and 200. Again, it is unsure how gives as detailed an account as pos- with all of this, the residents of Roswell, exact these figures are. sible, exploring possible clues from especially the poor, working class, did Once the captives arrived in Mari- family oral histories. It is important not expect what was about to happen etta, they are sent by rail to Nashville, to note the majority of the manuscript next. TN, in the middle of July. From there focuses on Roswell. This moving book, In a play-by-play account, Ms. Petite they are transported to Louisville, KY, investigating the atrocities committed gives a report of what takes place when which was already at capacity with ref- on women and children by the Union the Union army enters Roswell to the ugees. 'Although Sherman ordered the army, is likely the best comprehensive burning of the mills. She includes actu- arrest of the women, formal charges study of this subject matter. al orders when available, but also relies were never issued, and no evidence has on personal accounts. At this point, the been found that any official record was Author: Mary Deborah Petite facts are detailed and abundant. How- made of their transportation or of their Publisher: McFarland & Co. ever, once the mills are burned, Sher- confinement at any point from Marietta www.mcfarlandpub.com man claims that the mill workers were to Louisville. Hardcover $45 "tainted with treason," and orders the A hospital in Louisville was con- arrest of "all people, male and female, verted into a refugee prison for the Reviewed by Cassie A. Barrow connected with those factories." The detainees; however, it lacked heat, wa- Confederate Veteran Mayl.Iune 2009 - 47 N c S OTI E from Around the Confederation Second Sam Davis Youth SCV Dues Proration This prorated dues policy, originally Camp to be Held in Texas Guidelines adopted at the 2005 Nashville Conven- tion, is a great improvement over the To follow up with the ad in the Con- This is the way the prorated dues past practice - when men who joined federate Veteran, there will be a co-ed system works: during the last six months of the fiscal Texas Sam Davis Youth Camp (young The SCV operates on a fiscal year year had only one option, which was men and ladies, ages 12-17), to be held (not calendar) beginning August 1 of to pay the entire $30 for the remaining from Sunday, June 29, to Saturday, July one year and going through July 31 of months in the fiscal year and the three- 4, at Three Mountain Retreat, 1648 FM the following year. The current fiscal month grace period. 182, Clifton, TX 76634. The deadline for year, August 1, 2008 through July 31, **.PLEASE DO NOT JUST SEND applications is Monday, June 23, 2009. 2009, which will be shown as status THE PARTIAL PRORATED DUES Scholarships are available. For more in- 2008 on your roster, and it means the AMOUNT WITHOUT INCLUDING formation, look at our Web site: http:// member's dues are paid through July A FULL YEAR'S DUES WITH IT*** scvsamdavisyouthcamp.org or contact: 31, 2009. Additionally, there is, a three- month grace period from August 1 100th Anniversary of Giles Alan C. Huffines, Director through November 1, when members County, VA, Monument 125 County RoAd 331 are still current while camps work to Abilene, TX 79606 collect the annual dues for the next fis- The 100th anniversary of the Giles 325-793-9670 cal year. Dues submissions postmarked County Confederate Monument will be huff121788@aol.com after November 1st of each year are celebrated on Saturday, August 8, 2009, subject to a $5 late fee, in addition to 11 AM, at Pearisburg, Virginia. Among the normal $30 dues. This extra $5 fee the guests will be Al Stone, who port- Constitution Amendment also applies to all delinquent members rays General Robert E. Lee. There will Deadline wishing to reinstate. be a wreath-laying, musket and can- If someone reinstates or joins as non salute. Any compatriots wishing to sub- All SCV Camps are invited to par- mit an amendment to the Constitution a new member in February, March or of the Sons of Confederate Veterans or April 2009 (which is technically the House to the the march monument from at the J the court- to the Standing Orders of the Sons of third quarter of our fiscal year); he can House Confederate Veterans, to be considered pay his $30 yearly dues and the $5 Pro- house, displaying their camp banner. If you don't have a uniform (or something at the Reunion to be held in Hot Springs, messing fee, and he has the option to lose to it), SCV uniform clothing Arkansas, July 23-25, should send the pay an additional $15 for a total of $50 c is acceptable. proposed Amendment to Judge Ad- to join for both the current fiscal year If you or campn i teresten pleasepe- please and Executive Chief Simon Director B. Ben SeweBucknerll at IV as well as the next fiscal year, meaning ting, just attending, his dues will be paid through July 31, mail Melinda Tabor at tabors97@yahoo. mom or ca11540-726-3254. General Headquarters. JAG Buckner's 2010. mailing address is 11617 Hemlock St., If someone reinstates or joins as a 146th Anniversary of the Battle Overland Park, KS 66210 and General new member in May, June or July 2009 Headquarters can be reached at PO (which is technically the fourth quarter of Collierville, TN Box 59, Columbia, TN 38402. of our fiscal year), he can pay his $30 The 146th anniversary of the Battle Proposed amendments to the Con- yearly dues and the $5 processing fee, of Collierville will be held October 23- stitution or Standing Orders must be and he has the option to pay an addi- 25, 2009. Confederates attack fort & postmarked/date stamped no later tional $7.50 for a total of $42.50 to join Sherman's train. Battle site at Schilling than May 15, 2009. Proposed amend- for both the current fiscal year as well Farms (Poplar Ave at Schilling Blvd. ments may be e-mailed instead of be- as the next fiscal year, meaning his dues W Collierville, TN, 10 miles east of ing sent by US mail. JAG Buckner can will be paid through July 31, 2010. Memphis, TN, on Hwy 57). Reenactor be reached at scv@thebucknerhome. IMPORTANT amenities include authentic Union fort, com and Executive Director Sewell at Please remember that this prorated hay, firewood, water, no registration exedir@scv.org. dues option is only available when the fee, no sutler fee and more. School A brief statement as to the rational member pays dues for both the current day, Ladies' Tea & Soiree, two battles, for the amendment may also be sub- and next fiscal years. There is not an Saturday Grand Ball featuring the mitted with the proposed change to option to pay only the partial dues for 52nd Regimental String Band, and a the Constitution or Standing Orders. the remainder of the current fiscal year. Sunday period church service. Hosted 48 - Confederate Veteran May/June 2009 by the 51st Tennessee Infantry in cooperation with the Town of Collierville, Main Street, Collierville, and the Wigfall Greys Camp 1560, Collierville, TN, The General Robert E. PUMA Lee Camp 1640, Memphis, TN and the N. B. Forrest Camp 3, Memphis, TN. Contact Battle of Collierville Association by e-mail: cvillebattle @yahoo.com or phone 901-545-3364. www. colliervillebattle.org A Novel of Jefferson Davis Memorial Service scheduled the Deep in Richmond, VA The National Jefferson Davis Memorial Service will be South held Saturday, June 6, 2009, at 10 AM at the gravesite of Pres- ident Davis in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. The keynote speaker will be Professor Donald E. Collins of East Carolina University. For more information, contact Ev- Hardback $34.50 erette Ellis at 804-346-4515; Russell Darden at 757-653-2508 = Paperback $18.95 or Jim Cochrane at 804-356-8868. "ro The Mystery of Lincoln's Watch Reveiled Many of you may have heard or read about the dis- Myrtle Beach Indoor Shooting Range covery of an inscription in Abraham Lincoln's gold pocket 4857 H 17 South Bypass watch. The story emanated in the New York Times on March 11. The version carried by the mass media daily newspapers Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 and broadcasts left out a mysterious element of the story. For years there has been a story circulating that a watch- (843) 293-4344 maker in 1861 while working on Lincoln's watch made an inscription in the tiny working parts inside the watch. As part of the Lincoln 200th Birthday Observance, the American Museum of History division of The Smithsonian Institute in Washington determined to hold a public open- Civil War Walking ing of the watch and ascertain if the stories about the inscrip- j tion were true. The ceremony was attended by descendants Tours of Charleston of the Lincoln family, along with those of the watchmaker, public and museum officials and journalists. The watch was carefully and meticulously opened and Exploring Confederate Charleston to and behold, it did contain an inscription dated 1861. The inscription varied somewhat from the stories that had been using war-time photographs circulating, but did refer to the firing on Fort Sumter. (mis- and stories to show the same spelled as Sumpter) There is more to the story than was generally released. scenes in 1865 and today. There were two other inscriptions found inside the watch.` One, dated 1864 with the initials of another watchmaker and ` Mills House Hotel the other, the words "Jeff Davis." The mystery surrounding = Meeting & Queen the revelation of the Jeff Davis inscription is bound to bring - - on more discussion and speculation, some of which will Streets most likely be added to the Lincoln myths which abound l Daily at 9 AM in America. How ironic it is the only name engraved in Lin- coln's watch is that of Jeff Davis. rain or shine just as ironic is another little known and seldom men- tioned fact regarding the discovery made at the Smithson- March through December ian Institute. The Smithsonian was initially started under the sponsorship of Jefferson Davis who raised private funds 843m270m241 7 for its beginning while secretary of war under President Franklin Pierce. thomson.jw@comcast.net The motto of the Confederacy, Deo Vindice, seems ap- propiate to conclude this story. Confederate Veteran Mary/June 2009 - 49 r 1_ [3:aved Il INF~ ~ y ~ ~ ~ pytMrk CleWnur~ am- BLY Billie 2"s When you're making your plans for this year's vacation and reunion, we encourage you to make Hot Springs your destination for both. x Stay for a week, bring the whole family, we> r 4 Y a' _ promise that you won't run out of things to do! k That why the James M. Keller Camp Says , t ,iLaLawmAvri A Come for a Reunion, Stay for a Vacation! because Hot Springs is the vacation capital of the mid- public. There's go carting, miniature golf, aquariums, alligator south! farms, petting zoos, live family entertainment, and historical The city is nestled in the Ouachita Mountain range sur- sites plus lots more that we don't have room to list. rounded by three lakes, of which Lake Ouachita is considered Our host hotel and reunion site is the Arlington, where the to be one of the ten cleanest in North America. It's also nation- famous and infamous have stayed. Babe Ruth, Ronald Reagan ally famous for its bass, crappie, and striper fishing. So you and and Harry Truman loved hiking the trails surrounding the Ar- your family can fish swim, water ski para-sail et-ski or just lington. Rose Kennedy vacationed here as did gangster Al Ca- sunbathe whose entourage would take up an entire floor at the ho- sunbathe on the beach. If you prefer something a little drier, try the-many hiking and mountain biking trails located in the sur- tel. Tell the ladies about the hotel's day spa. Many of the attrac- rounding hills. tions and best shopping of the city are within walking distance of Hot Springs has lots to do for everyone! Magic Springs theme the Arlington. park and Crystal Falls Water Park are a great way to spend a Hot Springs is where individuals and families come for vaca- The Gangster Museum of Hot Springs is the city's newest fu n. There are lots y hotels, restaurants and night life, so the day. on the same block at the Arlington - and Oaklawn fun ends only when you want it to! Park now has casino gambling! Take a "Duck Ride" around Lake Hamilton and downtown. Be filled with interactive won- BONUS!! der in the Mid-America Science Museum. Don't miss the huge The Arlington is extending the special rates for Tesla coil there -it'll shock you) . Check out the famous Jose- ONE FULL WEEK! phine Tussaud Wax Museum. Visit the many art galleries and antique stores that line downtown. Dig for your own quartz -Monday July 20th through Monday July 27th - crystals or drive a few miles south and dig for real diamonds in and offering special discount Golfing and Spa pack- the only diamond mine in North America that's open to the ages for SCV Reunion Guests too! Visit our website at http://scv2009reunion.com/ IAM FECENATE James M. Keller Camp 648 P.O. Box 21701 Hot Springs, AR 71902 Phone : 501-701-3133 infoC!scv2009reunion.com ~ v' [ tiFwnasFri~ran'l 501-538-3326 Cmd. Loy Mauch 501-282-2003 Lt. Cmd. Willie Gilbert r pet 50 - Confederate Veteran Mav/June 2009 114'h SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS 2009 REUNION PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY NAME TITLE/POSITION (Commander, I" Lt. Commander, etc...) SCV CAMP NAME Number PERSONAL ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP HOME PHONE ( ) WORK PHONE ( ) E-MAIL ADDRESS CELL PHONE ( ) SPOUSE NAME (For Badge) GUEST NAME GUEST NAME Registration Nov 1, 2008 - JUNE 1, 2009 - $70.00 Late registration June 2, 2009 July 15, 2009 $80.00 (Please don't mail registration forms after July 15, 2009) Registration - Walk in at Convention - $85.00 Registration fee until 6/1/2009 Qty. x $70.00 = $ Late registration fee after 6/2/2009-Until 7/15/09! Qty. x $80.00 = $ Extra Reunion Medals Qty. x $20.00 = $ Limited-Edition Numbered 1-50 Reunion Medals Qty. x $75.00 = $ Heritage Defense Fund Catfish Dinner & Social Qty. x $27.00 = $ Profits from the event go to the Heritage Defense Fund. Forrest Cavalry Breakfast Qty. x $23.00 = $ Profits from the event go to the Forrest Cavalry. David O. Dodd Luncheon. Qty. x $27.00 = $ Gen. Patrick Cleburne Breakfast Qty. x $23.00 = $ Profits go to the Cleburne Monument in Ringgold, Georgia. SCV Awards Luncheon Qty. x $30.00 = $ Chaplain's Prayer Breakfast Qty. x $23.00 = $ Debutante's Luncheon Qty. x $20.00 = $ Grand Banquet and Ball Qty. x $60.00 = $ Ladies Garvan Woodland Gardens Tour Qty. x $20.00 = $ The one act play "The Trial of David O. Dodd" Qty. x $10.00 = $ Profits go to setup a fund for the maintenance of the David O. Dodd grave site. 0 Money YUf TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED : $ July 15, 12009, will be accepted. All pre-registered members are guaranteed a name badge, a convention medal, a convention program and dis- counts tickets to rides and attractions in Hot Springs! Contact Information: registration* scv2009reunion.com Make Checks payable to James M. Keller SCV Mail Checks to : James M. Keller SCV Camp 648 P.O. Box 21701 Hot Springs, Arkansas 71902 Confederate Veteran Mavl•tune 2009 - 51 Ancestor Memorial Form Name of Ancestor Rank Ancestor's Unit State Relationship to Ancestor (great grandfather, uncle etc...) Your name Your SCV Camp # State Was he a POW? If yes, dates held till Where held If Ancestor died in service, date died (if known) Location of death $10 per memorial to appear in the reunion program. Add a border to make your memorial standout, Add $5 Yes No Have your ancestor memorial placed on the Reunion Memorial Web page, Add $5 YES _ NO Total for this Ancestor Memorial $ Contact Information: memorials*scv2009reunion.com Your contact Phone Make Checks payable to James M. Keller SCV / Memorial Mail Checks and this Memorial Form to : Your e-mail address James M. Keller SCV Camp 648 P.O. Box 21701 Hot Springs, Arkansas 71902 PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY! You do not need to attend the reunion to submit an ancestor memorial If you would like additional ancestor memorial forms, please copy this form and submit with your registration. If you have questions about this form, or would like to inquire about rates for purchasing 1/4-page, 1/2-page, or full-page Memorials, email memorialsgscv2009reunion.com National OCR Luncheon : Friday, July 24th - 12:30pm - 2:00pm Luncheon is $20 per-person. Melanie Jacobs Housley - OCR President, Hot Springs Chapter 501-321-0858 Make Checks payable to OCR Mail Checks to : James M. Keller SCV Camp 648 /OCR P.O. Box 21701 Hot Springs, Arkansas 71902 OCR Inquiries : amerart(a~swbell.net or go to: http://sev2009reunion.com/ocr.i)hi) for the latest OCR Meeting info. Limited Edition 2009 Reunion Medal! Notice As of this date (Mar. 19, 2009) the first 30 of these medals are already pre- sold! Only 20 of these remain and will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis 20,09 The Reunion Medal that you will receive with your registration packet honors David O. Dodd, HTTior FEUNiCN iivT SPRINGS, AftK,4NS.M:; the "Boy Hero of Arkansas". David was 17 years old when he was executed as a spy by Un- ion forces in Little Rock in 1864. This medallion is cast gold metal with military-grade ribbons and pin-backs. It features a medallion bearing the likeness of David O. Dodd, and a Confederate Eagle clutching the Sec- ond National Flag. For those wishing a Special Limited-Edition Issue Medal, we are offering this medallion with the same military-grade ribbons and pin-backs as above - but cast in a silver metal and limited to a jeweler-numbered run of 1 through 50, and presented in a special, sealed jeweler's box. Please indicate on the Main Reunion Form the quantity of each you wish to purchase. Extra t N{; Standard Reunion Medals are $20, and the Limited-Edition Numbered Silver Medals are $75 (7)" each. To have either medal mailed to you, add $5 per medal for postage. 6.1 To check remaining availability or if you will not be attending the Reunion but wish a medal, E-mail : reunionmedal@scv2009reunion.com for more information. 52 - Confederate Veteran Mav/Jane 2009 2009 SCV National Reunion Calendar of Events Wednesday, July 22 8:00am - S:OOpm Vendor's Set Up 12:00pm - S:OOpm SCV Registration 12:00pm - S:OOpm Credentials 1:00pm - 2:30pm True Confederate History Lecture - Danny Honnoll "The Razorback State During the War" 2:00pm - S:OOpm GEC Meeting 7:00pm - 9:00pm Catfish Dinner & Social THURSDAY, JULY 23RD 7:00am - 8:15am Forrest Cavalry Breakfast 8:00am - S:OOpm SCV Registration 8:00am - S:OOpm Credentials 8:00am - S:OOpm IHQ Merchandise / Sutler's Sales 8:30am - 9:30am Opening Ceremonies 9:45am - 12:00pm SCV Business Session I 9:45am - 11:45am Ladies Tour of Garvan Woodland Gardens 12:15pm - 1:45pm David O. Dodd Luncheon- Jim Lair speaker 2:30pm - 4:00pm Memorial Service 6:30 pm-8:00pm Lecture "Lt. Col. James Henry Burton and the Confederate Ordnance Works" by Dr. Matthew Norman FRIDAY, JULY 24TH 7:00am - 8:30am Gen. Patrick Cleburne Breakfast- Charles Kelly Barrow speaker 8:00am - 5:00pm SCV Registration 8:00am - S:OOpm Credentials 8:00am - S:OOpm IHQ Merchandise/ Sutler's Sales 9:00am - 12:00pm SCV Business Session H 10:00am - 11:00am OCR President's Meeting 12:15pm - 1:45pm SCV Awards Luncheon 12:30pm - 2:00pm OCR Luncheon 2:30pm - 4:00pm True Confederate History - "The Wound Has Never Healed" by Ellen "Miss Ellie" Lewis 4:15pm - S:OOpm Cemetery Workshop -Mike Mitchell 4:15pm - S:OOpm SCV Mechanized Cavalry 4:00pm - 7:00pm Art Gallery Walk 7:00pm - 8:30pm "The Trial of David O. Dodd" a one act play 9:00pm - 10:30 SCV Oratorical Contest 10:30pm-till ? Concert by the 52°d Regimental String Band SATURDAY, JULY 25TH 7:00am - 8:00am Prayer Breakfast -Chaplain-in-Chief 8:00am - 12:00pm SCV Registration 8:00am - 12:00pm Credentials 8:00am - 2:00pm IHQ Merchandise / Sutler's Sales 8:15am - 9:30am Army Meeting - ANV 8:15am - 9:30am Army Meeting - AOT 8:15am - 9:30am Army Meeting - ATM 9:30am - 12:00pm SCV Business Session HI 11:00am - 2:00pm Debutante Luncheon & Rehearsal 1:30pm - 3:00pm True Confederate History- "Jefferson Davis Comes to Missouri" by Larry McCluney 1:30pm - 4:30pm GEC Meeting 6:00pm - 7:00pm Commander-in-Chiefs Reception 7:00pm - 9:00pm Grand Banquet 9:00pm - 9:30pm Debutante Presentation 9:30pm - Midnight Grand Confederate Ball Confederate Veteran Mav/June 2009 - 53 Confederate Class eds THE CIVIL WAR NEWS: Monthly current events RALEIGH, NC - June 6-7, Civil War & Mili- newspaper. 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A portion of all proceeds go directly to Chil- ERS: Proud of our Southern Heritage, and honored dren's Healthcare of Atlanta. Listen now by visit- to be the only bookstore in Virginia still specializ- ing www.fishingwithdynamite.ORG. ing in Confederate titles relating to the WBTS. We buy, sell and trade single volumes or entire collec- FOR SALE: Original Confederate foot officer's sa- tions. Call Marc Ramsey at 804-272-8888, e-mail at bre; marked BOYLE, GAMBLE, and McFEE, RICH- mramsey104@comcast.net address: 2728 Tinsley MOND, VA. Serious collectors, please. Wm Forbes, Drive, Richmond, VA 23235. Free monthly catalog. Chevy Chase, MD, (301) 657-4251. Go to our website and see a picture of your next book - www.owensandramsey.com 'i Confederate Veteran Rate: The fee for a twenty NASHVILLE BATTLEFIELD GUIDE: SCV au- (20) word ad in Confederate Classifieds is $20. All additional words are 50 cents each. The minimum thor corrects and explains 40 historical markers, fee per ad is $20. Send all classified advertisements, with nine maps, 100 photos, 163 pages. Send $25 payable to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, to: to Ross Massey, 7465 Indian Creek, Nashville, TN Editor-in-Chief, 9701 Fonville Road, Wake Forest, 37209. NC 27587. All ads must be prepaid. 54 - Confederate Veteran May/June 2009 Today Tomorrow Your lasting gift can help save the South a. Hu,,_ Wk IOSAIM w. ~ P y N~M _sa a r ~ `a t I r k t15 P i R ` Today, your generous contribution of time, energy, and influence is helping to preserve the vibrant Southern culture handed down to us from our forefathers. Your bequest to the Sons of Confederate Veterans can help preserve our Southern heritage for tomorrow. Making a lasting contribution to the Sons of Confederate Veterans is not just for the wealthy. Our donors come from all walks of life. By remembering the Sons of Confederate Veterans in your will, you will be giving one of the most powerful gifts one can give-helping to ensure the future of America's oldest heritage defense organization for the next generation of Southerners. For more information on how you can make a bequest to the SCV, contact Executive Director Ben Sewell at 1-800-MY-DIXIE. J Sons of Confederate Veterans P.O. Box 59 • Columbia, TN 38402 1-800-MY-DIXIE Confederate Veteran Marl,Iune 2009 - 55 Continued from page 7 information that may help us identify this handsome, dashing cousin. As you Dispatches From can see, we have an excellent photo, which I submit to you should you be the Front able to shed some light on his identity. We have some excellent clues, but none David O'Neil connectible by us. I suspect that this Turner Ashby Camp 1567 soldier's surname was Sims, Herndon, Winchester, Virginia Featherston or Harris. He came from Madison, Culpeper, or Rappahannock 11 t Editor's note: Many units in the Army counties of Virginia. of Tennessee used a rectangle Battle Flag The picture taken here by the based on the ANV pattern, in addition to Richard Gallery at 817 Broad Street, its use by the Confederate Navy. In fact, Richmond, Virginia, was probably our General Headquarters at Elm Springs a reunion picture. The year was un-.'- r flies a rectangle Battle flag. known, but probably in the 1880s. As I" A future article on Confederate Flags understand it, the Federal government is a good idea. didn't allow Confederate units to have , a reunion until around 1880's. I expect " Y- Needs help identifying this was about that time. the War, no one could display buttons unknown cousin The uniform was probably a cer- with Confederate logo or anything de- emonial uniform made just for a re- noting a unit name or description. Only To the Editor: union. It looks new, with no outward the clothing was permitted. The epau- Enclosed' is a copy of a Confeder- signs of wear. On our cousin's chest are lets were probably for dress only and ate soldier and cousin from my wife's two ribbons, obviously alluding to this appear to be 1st lieutenant bars. He ap- family album. Both of our families are particular reunion. There's enough de- pears to be around 35-40 years old. If it grounded in the South. Our families tail that maybe someone can identify is 1880, then this man must have fought from Virginia go back to Colonial days. the reunion, the unit and year of re- as a teenager, around the 1863-65 time Our problem here is trying to get any union. If I had that much, I could pos- period. If anyone can shed some light sibly glean enough on this unknown cousin, we'd appreci- information to ate it very much. CONFEDERATE search Army ros- ters, etc. I could not James W. Coulsby, Jr. MUSEUM determine any logo Member at large in San Diego, California on the buttons. As I John S. Mosby Camp 1237 understand it, after Front Royal, Virginia FIR Owned and operated by the Charleston Chapter 4 United Daughters of the Confederacy Confederate Veteran Deadlines Built 1841 • Corner of Meeting and Market Streets [September/October sue Deadline for submissions PO Box 20997 • Charleston, SC 29413 (843) 723-1541 2009 July 1 Open Tuesday-Saturday except Holidays 11 AM - 3:30 PM January and February, Thursday-Saturday ovember/December 2009 September 1 Admission: $5 for Adults, 6-12 yrs $3, 6 & under free January/February 2010 ..............November 1 Group Tours, Handicap Accessible Research Library Available March/April 2010. January 1 CHARLESTON May/June 2010 ....................................March 1 SOUTH CAROLINA 56 - Confederate Veteran MavlJune 2009 Continued from page 15 On March 25, 1865, the brigade went into battle on the Petersburg 11th Mississippi Infantry line, with the 11th having only 64 men. When the Yankees broke the wall, only to be captured. In Com- tle of Spotsylvania Courthouse Petersburg line on April 2, the 11th , was almost surrounded. Their pany E, only a corporal survived. the brigade repulsed an attack on commander led the regiment to Returning to Virginia, they the right side of Bloody Angle. As Hatcher's Run, where he disband- next fought at Bristoe Station on Grant moved his army, the 11th ed the unit with every man for October 14. In December, they was in battles at Bethesda Church, himself. Some of the men escaped went to winter quarters at Orange June 2-3, before being placed on by swimming. The color bearer Courthouse until May. On May 5, the Cold Harbor line. Following tore their flag into shreds, but most 1864, the 11th Mississippi opened the battle of the Crater on July 30, of the regiment was captured. the Battle of the Wilderness by the 11th was moved to that part of Casualties for the regiment leading the advance of Heth's Di- the Petersburg line. from May 5 to October 3, 1864, vision down the plank road, push- The battles that followed were 31 killed, 119 wounded and ing back Federal cavalry for sev- around Petersburg that the 11th 11 missing. No further records on eral miles. Near Spotsylvania the was involved in were Ream's Sta- the regiments' casualties follow- colonel of the regiment was mor- tion, August 18-19; Davis Farm, tally wounded at Talley's Mill on October 1; Jones' Farm, October 3; ing these dates have been found. May 10. Two days later at the Bat- and Hatcher's Run, October 27 ~ Continued from page 24 Recruiting, Retaining and Relating Why. Many that read this col- the story of Andrew the fisher- and always will be! Period! By umn understand that the Battle man who became a fisher of men. the way, do not bother to offer Flag is a much-revered symbol Neither do I recall when I was in- me my money back. It taint fur in many parts of the world, a formed that our Battle Flag is the sale! symbol of freedom, hope, and St. Andrew's Cross. I purchased If you possess clothing or the God-given rights every hu- my first Battle Flag in the sum- other items that do not portray man spirit desires and cherishes. mer of 1962. It is a 5 x 8 sewn our sacred banners in an honor- Unfortunately most people have cotton flag that cost me about able manner, I urge you to dis- not a clue! twenty-one dollars. I had to save pose of them. Please do not put The SCV is fortunate to have up for weeks to afford it! I car- them in a garage sale or donate some very learned and knowl- ried it to countless college sports them to charity. Also, go the extra edgeable flag historians. These events. I have carried it in many mile and educate someone every scholars have emphatically stated parades, and other events. Six week about our sacred banners! to me and others that our sacred times I carried it the two miles It is your duty! Battle Flag cannot be historically from Winstead Hill to the Carter linked to the story of St. Andrew. House in Franklin, Tennessee, in Fly Our Sacred Banners, I can accept that, but will always commemoration of the Battle of believe that a force "greater than Franklin. A Battle Flag is always Ed Butler man" had influence on the deci- one of the flags flying on one of edbutlerscv@yahoo.com sion to adopt that design! There the three poles in front of my 931-544-2002 were hundreds of designs sub- house. It is my flag, the flag of my mitted - one was chosen! ancestors, and a sacred Christian Next month - Camp Meetings I do not recall when I learned symbol. Always was, always is, Confederate Veteran May/June 2009 - 57 '1he Char eston Stephen T1 * .111 L,ee Conference By Army of Northern Virginia Department Commander Brag Bowling .,'V` S FLASH: Which academic symposium informative Stephen Dill Lee Web site was creat- has been referred to by Morris Dees and the South- ed to choreograph the growth of the Institute, its ern Poverty Law Center and like-minded bloggers purpose and participating scholars, and to detail as a "Confederate Think Tank?" If your answer upcoming events. The address for the site is www. was the Stephen Dill Lee Institute, you would be 100 StephenDLeeInstitute.com. percent correct. By working closely with both the South Caro- The Stephen Dill Lee Institute has come a long lina Division and the Ft. Sumter Camp of Charles- way from its inception in 2005. The brainchild of ton, plus one year of promotion, hard work and Dr. Clyde Wilson and past SCV Commander-in- advertising, the pieces of the Charleston Institute Chief Chris Sullivan, in four short years has grown came together on February 6-7 "Build it and they from a basement meeting room in a Holiday Inn will come" was the theme of the movie Field of in Columbia, South Carolina, with approximately Dreams. It also describes the efforts of the SCV to 60 registrants to meeting in the spacious Carolina create a first-rate academic conference with appeal ballroom of the prestigious Hotel Francis Marion not only to our membership but also to the general in beautiful and historic Charleston, South Caro- public. The Institute had a number of students and lina. 'In between Columbia and Charleston, giant teachers this year. We hope to build on that in the steps were taken in Arlington, Virginia, and Bur- future. lington, North Carolina, with each event growing This year's event in Charleston culminated not only in attendance but also in power, impact with a nearly standing-room-only crowd to hear and prestige. This past year, an entertaining and Kent Masterson Brown, the acclaimed author and Thomas DiLo,,enz0 f~ r w n k astersori Brown x< Kent M Ed $earss 58- Confederate Veteran Maylbine 2009 r , 1 $ k6+ -v4w.o- 'J' 7777 r M r~4q ' 77 w. n p' x M R r 7f ~Mik ' M ^ ~F6 f n K Yom'. - n y , e ♦ T y. s t; t r n i.F N'A' r u a an_- OWN" v Pictured is part of the standing room only crowd at the Stephen Dill Lee Institute. Shown above from left, speakers Dr. Clyde Wilson and Don Livingston and Institute Chairman Brag Bowling. historian, deliver the Banquet keynote address, ti- had for years allowed our opponents to hold the tled Jefferson Davis, Constitutionalist. More than 260 academic field of history unopposed. They could people spent the entire weekend listening to the say and do almost anything they wanted to with- impressive array of academic talent who had one out a peep from the Sons of Confederate Veterans. purpose and one purpose only - to present a ful- Our General Executive Council recognized that ly academic response to the negativity of the main- without credible academics presenting the South- stream media and scholastic opposition. We wished ern side of history, we would most certainly be to respond to those who would misrepresent true doomed. The prophesies of people like Patrick Cle- American history and present a jaded view of the burne had seemingly come true. The victors wrote motivations and philosophies of our ancestors. We the history, and our children are today taught by would now present our side of things. 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The busts are numbered 1 thru 13 for each Buying • Selling • Trading Confederate state. E.x.1- Tennessee, 2-Tennessee, thru 13- Tennessee. (Tennessee is sold out.) All other states are available Appraisals at this time. Only 169 of the busts will be produced. Specify the state you prefer and you will receive the next available number for that state. To order send a check or money order for $495 Jerry Dustin, APS ANA plus $15 packaging and shipping to: Tennessee Division SCV, 8700 Pineville-Matthews Rd. PO Box 782, Lebanon, TN 37088. Additional info contact: Ed INDEPENDENC COIN & STAMP Suite 580 Butler at epbtitler@chirter.net or 931-544-2002. Charlotte, NC 28226 ALL PROCEEDS TO BE DONATED TO THE FORREST 704-542-7554 BOYHOOD HOME RESTORATION FUND. Confederate Veteran May/June 2009 - 61 h ~ j Confederate t~. WWI AGL IQ < . Gifts &.om uH L FIN Wilt SCV Auto Drink Coaster. These coasters soak up - beverage moisture in record time, keeping vehicles in mint condition! Designed in absorbent, ceramic stone and sized to fit most auto cup holders, they feature licensed SCV Logo. 2'/z" diameter. (one per pack) S011 $3.00 The FLAGS of The Flags of Civil War Arkansas. The newest addition to the CIVII ~N k ARK ARSAS series on Confederate Flags, the flags in this work are the symbols of the C sacrifices and strengths of those men from the Land of Opportunity; ' j 523 $22.00 ( - Faces of the Confederacy; An Album of Southern ~ k t Soldiers and Their Stories. ' This book tells the stories of seventy-seven Southern ldiers -young farm boys, wealthy plantation 4 so ,r owners, intellectual elites, uneducated poor - who a"! 1 posed for photographic portraits to leave with family, friends and sweethearts before going to war. :A I Ronald S. Coddington conducted a monumental search for these previously unpublished portrait cards, and then unearthed ~ the personal stories of their subjects, putting a human face on a war rife with inhumanity. 109 $29.95 OR LIFE MEMBERS ONLY Life Member Iron-On Patch and Exterior Decal. New items for Life Members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The soft iron-on Life Member Logo patch is embroidered and can be used on your cloth item of choice. The exterior Life Member decals have a - white background and can be attached . to the face of anything you wish. (Note: Life Membership will be verified before items are shipped) T ~el . AW 5231 $4.00 (patch) Awl, S116.5 $1.50 (decal) MEN► I'M IMF 5 f Jw, UaU 14W0mMym&Dbde or ftm order to 1-931-WI-6712 Friends of the SCV (FOSCV) As a way to recognize persons who support the SCV, but do not meet the requirements for membership, the General Executive Council (GEC) has approved the "Friends of the SCV" concept which has now come to fruition. For a minimum initial cost of $40, the "Friend" receives a nice Certificate suitable for framing, a FOSCV Lapel Pin, a FOSCV Exterior Decal and a one-year subscription to the Confederate Veteran magazine.y In subsequent years a check in the amount of $30 : V ohe annually will maintain the Confederate Veteran r r subscription and FOSCV membership. Please note that `'t "Friends" are not SCV members, may not exercise any,`~ ' rights of membership to include claiming to be § r s, , members, and their names will not appear on camp' rosters. Zo all Who shall see these pCese The "Friends of the SCV" application may be This t„ ~enif nts C3rrethl accessed on the SCV Web site at this link: that, in rec~t,gs: - of ~ www.*cvorb/t'df/FOSCV d,, ~e(ending ,u he n lterita~eUPC'<}rt to MembershipApplication.pdf Mail application and payment to SCV GHQ P.O Box 59, Columbia, TN 38402. St~q, u(Cr31fa berate Veteran,., Camps which already have associate membership Programs in Place for their FRIEHDSOf1NESO~ » supporters who do not have Confederate ancestry are free to either participate in this program or continue their current system. • • Confederate Order • • • Columbia, :41 800-693-4943 • • Name Personal Check 71 Visa-5, isa 5, Mastercard 71 AMEX 71 Address Card Number: Exp: City/State/Zip Signature: Daytime Phone 71 Yes! Round up my purchase to the nearest dollar and donate the difference to the SCV Heritage Defense Fund. SCV ID # Camp # Shipping Chart: Minimum Charge $5.00 Quantity Title Price $20.01- $35.00 $7.25 Add $2 extra for every $35.01- $50.00 $8.50 $25 increment over $100 $50.01- $65.00 $10.00 $65.01 - $80.00 $11.00 Tennessee Residents $80.01- $95.00 $12.25 add 9.25% Sales Tax $95.01- $100.00 $14.00 e_ Continued from page 59 Charleston Stephen Dill Lee Institute our detractors. Playing catch-up and Dr. Clyde Wilson each spent with him for sale. In the event would not be easy, but we have an hour analyzing and contrast- you missed the lectures, CDs of started, and the Stephen Dill Lee ing the two men. A lengthy ques- the Institute will soon become Institute is our primary vehicle. tion-and-answer session, which available from Compatriot Mike With each Stephen Dill Lee included all of the scholars, Chapman. Keep an eye on the event, we take a theme and ex- made for interesting responses Stephen D. Lee Web site and the pand upon it. This year, the event from the speakers. Throughout SCV Web site for more informa- was titled Davis v. Lincoln, perfect- the seminar, our speakers were tion. ly capturing the bicentennials of readily available to discuss top- The site of next year's event the two most important political ics on an individual basis with will be the Sheraton Music City figures of the 19th century, while Institute registrants, while also in Nashville, Tennessee, on Feb- examining important related autographing their books. ruary 26-27, 2010. Topics are be- topics leading into the upcom- The lectures were important, ing worked on as I write this ing Sesquicentennial of the War. but so were book sales in the column. Please check out our Important and influential schol- hallway outside the event. Book Web site at www.StephenDLee- ars such as-Ed Bearss (historian vendor Tim Manning proudly Institute.com for details about emeritus of the National Park exclaimed that his sales were hotel rates and topics. 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