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Department of Ohio - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

Volume 12, Issue 2 Autumn 2020 THE BUCKEYE BUGLE

INSIDE THIS From the Commander’s Tent ISSUE: The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was widely known in its heyday 2 – Kelton House Museum for its political influence. In fact, it has been said that candidates could not

2 – New Veteran Headstones get a Republican presidential or congressional nomination without the endorsement of the GAR. 3 – Cardington Monument But times have changed and Brothers of the SUVCW are prohibited from 3 – Story of Jonny Clem lobbying or campaigning for political purposes as a member, e.g., writing on

4 – Updated C&R Published SUVCW letterhead, using an SUVCW email signature, wearing SUVCW- labeled clothing, etc. (Brothers may only act for political purposes if they do 4 – Perryville Battlefield Lands not identify themselves as members of the order.) For more information, 5 – Ohio Leads Registrations refer to Article 3 of the Department By-laws.

5 – Spotlight on Civil War Notwithstanding this prohibition, there are times when it is acceptable Memorials & Monuments for Brothers of the SUVCW to state a position on a matter of public interest. As you may know, at the 2020 Ohio Department Encampment the 6 – General Sill Monument Brothers voted to adopt a resolution that I should send letters on the 7 – Story of Chauncey Boys Department’s behalf to State Representative Jay Edwards and

8 – P. I. for September Congressional Representative Steve Stivers. The resolution concerned Milton Holland, a shoemaker from Albany, 9 – Monuments & Memorials Ohio. In 1863 at the Athens County Fairgrounds, Mr. Holland mustered 10 – North Fork Lake CW Fort 149 African-American men into what became Company C of the 5th

11 – P. I. for October Regiment, United States Colored Infantry. On Sept. 29, 1864, after all the officers had been killed or wounded, Sgt. Holland gallantly led the 5th 12 – Department Property U.S.C.I. at Chaffin’s Farm (New Market Heights, Virginia). 13 – Passing of Ed Bearss Sgt. Holland received the for his bravery at Chaffin’s Farm, and Maj. Gen. , , ordered a 14 – Articles Continued battlefield promotion of Sgt. Holland to captain. But sadly the War 15 – Articles Continued Department rescinded Sgt. Holland’s commission because of his color.

17 – Ohio Award Recipients Several attempts over the years to get the commission restored have failed. The letters that I sent asked these sympathetic representatives to ask President Trump to posthumously restore Sgt. Holland’s battlefield Dates to Note: commission.

 February 28 – Deadline Another letter I sent recently concerned an effort to preserve the site of for submissions to the Camp Letterman General Hospital (the first General Hospital ever placed on Winter newsletter a battlefield) in Gettysburg from development. Over 4,000 wounded Union  May 30 - Decoration Day and Confederate soldiers from the battle were treated at that hospital and 365 soldiers (11 from Ohio) died of their wounds in the 4 months that  June 2021 – 139th Department of Ohio Camp Letterman was in operation. Encampment (TBA) The Preservation Association is negotiating with

 August 4-9, 2021 – the owner of the site, a developer called S&A Homes, to save 17 acres out of 140th National 191 acres they own that contained tents with the wounded at Camp Encampment (St. Louis, Letterman. Missouri) (Continued on page 3)

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Kelton House Museum and Gardens

The Brothers from Governor Dennison Camp No. 1 shared a bit of local history on their Facebook page in October. Many citizens of Franklin County, Ohio are aware of the Kelton House, a Greek Revival and Italianate Mansion, which is now a museum and gardens. But did you know that the Kelton family had a son in the Civil War? The Kelton House was “built on Town Street in 1852. The Keltons were fervent abolitionists who used their home as a stop on Above: Image of Oscar Dwight Kelton. the . Fernando Kelton was so respected for Below: First Lieutenant Oscar D. Kelton’s grave his abolitionist work that he was selected to be a pallbearer at the marker in Columbus’s funeral procession of when Lincoln's remains were Green Lawn Cemetery. brought to Columbus on their way to Illinois for burial. The Keltons' eldest son Oscar joined the 95th Ohio Infantry, Company A in 1862 to fight against slavery. He rose to the rank of First Lieutenant before getting killed in the Battle of Brice's Crossroads on June 10, 1864. The same year, the Keltons took in Martha Hartway, a young runaway slave from Virginia. She was raised as part of the family until her marriage in 1874 to Thomas Lawrence, a carpenter whose work can still be seen in the Kelton House.” (Note: Information for this post compiled from Wikipedia.)

Parrott Camp Installs Five CW Veteran Headstones

On the morning of Saturday, October 24 roughly a dozen officers and Brothers from Jacob Parrott Camp #33 met at Grove Cemetery in Kenton, Ohio to offer support, advise, and assistance to Eagle Scout candidate and Brother Augustin Forrester (Troop 131, Mount Victory) as he led a group of eight Boy Scouts from Troop 157 (Kenton) to install new headstones for five Civil War veterans who were never Above: Brother Austin properly marked. The young men were assisted (as little as possible) Forrester’s Boy Scout by over a dozen of their parents in attendance as well as the Brothers. work detail is joined by parents as well as Brother Forrester worked closely with Camp Commander David Rish several Brothers from and Graves Registration Officer Ronald Marvin to fill out all the Jacob Parrot Camp as the pose beside Pvt. necessary paperwork to order the markers through the local Veterans Enos Brown’s newly Service Office (thank you to V.S.O. Steve Gossard) and the Veterans installed grave marker. Below: The Boy Scouts Administration as well as Brother Jim Litzenberg, the Grove Cemetery work together to install Superintendent, to arrange for the stones to be delivered and their the new marker for Sgt. John Gunn, who died burial locations marked prior to the installations. while in service in 1862. Markers were installed for Private James N. Hunter (Co. L, 1 Reg., Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry), Private Abraham Highwarden (Co. E, 102 Reg., United States Colored Troops), Sergeant John Gunn (Co. I, 45 Reg., O.V.I.), Private Avillow J. Bolles (Co. K, 19 Reg., O.V.I.), and Private (Enos Brown (Co. E, 120 Reg., O.V.I.). A formal ceremony will be held in the spring to dedicate the new markers and they will be highlighted during Memorial/Decoration Day ceremonies in May. THE BUCKEYE BUGLE Page 3

(Commander’s Tent Continued from page 1) I wrote a personal letter to the CEO of S&A Homes on Department of Ohio letterhead in support of the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association. These two recent examples show the types of advocacy that we in the SUVCW can perform without violating our by-laws. If you would like to send a letter (or even an email) in which you plan to identify yourself as Brother of the SUVCW in support of a cause, it is always best to review it with Department Counselor Don Darby prior to sending it (as I did in the case of the Camp Letterman letter.) He can be reached at [email protected]. In Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty, Department Commander Michael Spaulding

Cardington CW Memorial Undergoing Renovation

For the past several years the small town of Cardington in Morrow County has been raising funds, with the assistance of Brothers from McLaughlin Camp #12, to restore their Civil War monument in Glendale-Union Cemetery. After raising nearly half of their estimated $76,000 project, the Cemetery Board provided additional funds to start the repairs. On October 21, the white bronze (zinc) monument was moved for the first time in roughly 125 years to McKay Lodge of Oberlin which will perform the restoration work. The 6 foot tall Image of the Cardington Soldier at Parade Rest Soldier at Parade Rest statue standing on top of a 21 foot tall base was Statue and Monument on originally installed about 1887 and formally dedicated on July 4, 1889 a circa 1910 postcard.

In May of 1861, 9 year old John Lincoln "Johnny" Clem ran away from his home in Newark, Ohio, to join the , but found the Army was not interested in signing on a 9 year old boy when the commander of the 3rd Ohio Regiment told him he "wasn't enlisting infants," and turned him down. Clem tried the 22nd Michigan Regiment next, and its commander told him the same. Determined, Clem tagged after the regiment, acted out the role of a drummer boy, and was allowed to remain. Though still not regularly enrolled, he performed camp duties and received a soldier's pay of $13 a month, a sum collected and donated by the regiment's officers. The next April, at Shiloh, Clem's drum was smashed by an artillery round and he became a minor news item as "Johnny Shiloh, The Smallest Drummer". A year later, at the Battle Of Chickamauga, he rode an artillery caisson to the front and wielded a musket trimmed to his size. In one of the Union retreats a Confederate officer ran after the cannon Clem rode with, and yelled, "Surrender you damned little Yankee!" Johnny shot him dead. This pluck won for Clem national attention and the name "Drummer Boy of Chickamauga." Clem stayed with the Army through the war, served as a courier, and was wounded twice. Between Shiloh and Chickamauga he was regularly enrolled in the service, began receiving his own pay, and was soon-after promoted to the rank of Sergeant. He was only 12 years old. After the Civil War he tried to enter West Point but was turned down because of his slim education. A personal appeal to President Ulysses S. Grant, his commanding general at Shiloh, won him a 2nd Lieutenant's appointment in the Regular Army on 18 December 1871, and in 1903 he attained the rank of Colonel and served as Assistant Quartermaster General. He retired from the Army as a Major General in 1916, having served an astounding 55 years. General Clem died in San Antonio, Texas on 13 May 1937, exactly 3 months shy of his 86th birthday, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. (Information from a Facebook post shared on the McLaughlin Camp page.)

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SUVCW Constitution & Regulations Updated

On October 31, Department Counsel Donald E. Darby (PCinC) sent

an email out to Department Commander Michael Spaulding and Officers announcing that the latest edition of the SUVCW C&R has been placed on the national website. He noted that the Brothers should take the Sons of Union Veterans “time to acquaint yourself with the changes or modifications.” It is found of the Civil War at http://www.suvcw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Blue-Book- Department of Ohio 2020a.pdf. This should be considered required reading for all Officers The Buckeye Bugle is the (Department/Camp) as well as anyone considering becoming one. unofficial newsletter published quarterly to inform and educate members of the SUVCW WE NEED YOUR INFORMATION!! Department of Ohio. In order to share the great work our Camps are

Articles for possible doing and to promote their upcoming events we publication should be sent need your assistance. Please send your program by email to the Editor at: [email protected] information with dates to Brother Brian Brown who is serving as the Department Signals Officer. Ronald I. Marvin, Jr. The programs will be listed on a calendar on our Editor Image of newly Department website and be forwarded to Brother installed headstone for Private Abraham Ronald Marvin, Jr. to be included in the next Highwarden who newsletter. Brother Brown can be contacted by served with Co. E, email at [email protected]. Thank you in 102nd Regiment, United States Colored advance for your assistance. We can only Infantry. highlight or promote what we know about. Perryville Battlefield Lands Preserved

The General William T. Sherman Camp #93 contributes a donation each year to the American Battlefield Trust as a Camp project. Below is information concerning results of one project in the Ohio area to which we have made a donation. Brothers are encouraged to visit the Perryville, Kentucky Battlefield site -- but more gently than did some of our ancestors! Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site will be substantially bigger, thanks to the pending transfer of 384 acres from the American Battlefield Trust to the Commonwealth of Kentucky through the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund. The on October 8, 1862, was fought between the Union Army of the Ohio, commanded by Maj. Gen. , and the Confederate Army of Mississippi, commanded by Gen. . Lasting five hours, the battle was among the most ferocious of the Civil War with over 7,000 total casualties. While the battle was a tactical victory for the Confederacy, it was an important strategic victory for the Union that left Kentucky in Union hands for the remainder of the war. The 384 acres to be transferred by the Trust represent six properties valued at $2.5 million. A preliminary agreement was reached last year when the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund approved a $400,000 grant to acquire this acreage from the Trust. The Trust and the Commonwealth are now finalizing all necessary steps to complete the transfer soon. Areas to be transferred include: (1) The location of the Widow Reynolds cabin and “Squire” Henry P. Bottom’s barn, where many wounded men seeking shelter from the battle died in the flames; (2) The “Slaughter Pen,” where ferocious fighting erupted late in the day as the Union recaptured and held the Dixville Crossroads; (3) The north face of Parsons’ Hill, known as the “Open Knob;” and the site of the John C. Russell house, which served as the headquarters of General McCook. This effort will represent the largest addition to the park since it was created in 1936. It is no exaggeration to say that work done by the Trust - alongside partners at the federal, state, and local levels — has made Perryville one of the most “complete” and pristine Civil War battlefields. In all, the Trust has protected 1,150 acres at Perryville - 113 of which have previously been transferred to the park.

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Ohio Civil War Veteran Graves Registrations

Brothers, as Ohio Department SUVCW Graves Registration Officer, I wanted to make everyone aware of an important milestone just achieved. As of November 1, 2020, the number of Ohio burials entered into the National SUVCW Graves Registration Database has surpassed 80,000. Ohio continues to lead the way within our Order in building the database for future generations. I wish to thank each Brother and Camp who have done the work in this on-going project and I would also thank those in our Allied Orders who are contributing their time to the project. This has been a productive year in entering greater numbers, likely a result of people self-restricting their activities due to Covid-19. For whatever reason, let’s continue this growth and push on. There are a number of Ohio counties that still need significant work. My goal continues to be 100,000 and together we can do it. Thanks again Brothers. Brother Kent Dorr, Department of Ohio Graves Registration Officer Spotlight on Civil War Memorials & Monuments

As I was looking through online posts by our Brothers, I noticed an interesting account of a memorial in Shelby County. It is located at the intersection of Ohio Avenue and Main Avenue in downtown Sidney, Ohio. The marker reportedly originally stood in the old Starrett Cemetery, which is now known as the triangular Schultz’s Battery Memorial Park. The ten foot tall marble marker is engraved on all four sides and commemorates the soldiers of Battery M, First Regiment, Ohio Top – Image of the monument in Schultz’s Battery Memorial Volunteer Light Artillery. According to the monument, it was Park in downtown Sidney. erected by George Hemm, Jr. in 1938 “in memory of his parents Middle – Close up image of one side of the Schultz’s and the pioneer immigrant German settlers, soldiers and sailors of Battery monument in Ohio. the United States.” The marker is engraved “SCHULTZ'S Bottom – Monument to Schultz’s Battery M at BATTERY/CIVIL WAR 1861-1865/BATTERY M, FIRST OHIO Chickamauga Battlefield. VOLUNTEER LIGHT ARTILLERY on one side and “ZUM ANDENKEN DER DEUTSCH AMERIKANISHE FREIWILLIGEN” (translated as In Memory of the German American Volunteers) on another side. The other two engraved sides list every member of the unit by name as well as the major battles they fought in including Shiloh, Stone’s River, Kennesaw Mountain, and Chickamauga. Major Frederick Schultz commanded Battery M (aka Schultz’s Battery) through the entire war. The unit was composed of German speaking residents of Shelby County as well as nearby counties. Schultz’s Battery was mustered into service in 1861 and served until it was consolidated with Battery I in April 1865. During its service, the unit fielded between 6 and 8 cannons. After the war, many of the men returned to Shelby County and later joined Neal Post #62, Grand Army of the Republic which was chartered in April 1881 and existed until its last member died in 1943.

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Chillicothe Civil War Hero Monument Restored By Donald L. Martin (PCinC) - Sergeant Richard Enderlin Camp #73

Several members of the Sergeant Richard Enderlin Camp #73 on September 16, 2020 found themselves at Grandview Cemetery in Chillicothe, Ohio. They were present to witness the return and installation of the restored monument to Brigadier General Joshua Woodrow Sill. This was the culmination of a $32,000 project started by the Camp in early 2018. It was a beautiful day and the Brothers were not disappointed. Long a goal of PCinC David R. Medert, the project was spearheaded by Brother Garrett Dill. Well over 150 years old, the marble monument commemorating the untimely death of Chillicothe native General Sill was in a dilapidated state and had even survived being knocked off the pedestal by the forces of nature. Even though it had been back in place, it was by no means secure. Columbus Art Memorial was once again called on by Enderlin Camp #73 to complete the work on this testament to Civil War history. The 99 year old family business owned by Carmine Menduni, had previously been contracted to work on Chillicothe’s Grandview Cemetery Civil War Memorial and Colonel Richard Enderlin Memorial. We were excited by the arrival of the monument, but saddened to discover Mr. Menduni had passed in August 2020. General Sill, a West Point graduate was killed by rifle fire while leading his men at the , December 31, 1862 to January 2, 1863, near Nashville Tennessee. Sill's body was found by Confederate troops and buried in a battlefield cemetery. His remains were later returned to Chillicothe, Ohio where they were interned in Grandview Cemetery. One of Sill's officers stated that "No man in the entire army, I believe, was so much admired, respected, and beloved by inferiors as well as superiors in rank as was General Sill." General Philip H. Sheridan, Sill's West Point classmate and division commander in 1869, named Fort Sill in Oklahoma after him. In 1957 a Bronze Plaque was donated by the officers and men of Fort Sill and added to Sill’s monument in Chillicothe, Ohio. Enderlin Camp #73 would like to thank the Department of Ohio who were among the many we received contributions from. The Camp plans to dedicate the Memorial on 24 April 2021 at 1 PM and invite all to attend.

Before and after photographs of the General Sill Monument in Grandview Cemetery showing the dramatic changes to the marker and bronze plaque improving its appearance making it much easier to read. THE BUCKEYE BUGLE Page 7

Townsend Camp Aims to Honor Athens County’s ‘Chauncey Boys’ By Thomas Suddes, Camp Signals Officer, John S. Townsend Camp No. 108

A week after Fort Sumter surrendered to the Confederacy in April 1861, residents of Chauncey (CHAN-see), a village north of Athens, which then had about 200 residents with 1,200 more in the rest of Dover Township, held a “large and enthusiastic meeting” to demonstrate determination to preserve the Union: “A pole was raised, and the stars and stripes ran up, amid deafening shouts. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed,” a historian reported. We can’t know whether three patriots, later known as the “Chauncey Boys,” were among the villagers who were part of that springtime throng. But we do know that one of the Chauncey Boys gave his life defending the Union during Farnsworth’s charge at Gettysburg in early July 1863, a second Chauncey Boy lost his lower left arm in that same charge, and that while serving the United States, he and a third young Chauncey volunteer may have contracted the tuberculosis that killed them both. “It’s a story of patriotism, courage, love, and tragedy,” said Carl J. Denbow, commander of the Department of Ohio’s John S. Townsend Camp No. 108, which aims to honor the Chauncey Boys with an historical marker. All three were volunteers in the “loyalist” 1st Virginia Cavalry, mustered in Parkersburg, Va., in 1861. The regiment was renamed the 1st West Virginia Cavalry after West Virginia became a state just prior to the turning-point battle in that small college town in Pennsylvania. The regiment’s rank and file was composed not only of loyal Virginians but also a significant number of Ohioans from across the river, particularly in one or two companies. The three Chauncey Boys were: (1) 1st Lt. Sidney W. Knowles (1837-1863). He was killed in action at Gettysburg in the still-debated “Farnsworth Charge,” described in a Shepherd University research paper by Ron French as “a valiant but failed cavalry charge over rough terrain on July 3, against infantry ‘dug in’ behind fences and stone walls.” A rebel projectile hit Knowles in the head and died instantly. (2) 2nd Lt. Hiram Robinett (1843-1868), who lost his lower left arm due to a wound suffered at Gettysburg. Robinett later worked in Washington for the federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands (commonly known as the Freedmen’s Bureau). He died of tuberculosis, (3) Pvt. Robert Edwards (1844-1869). After the war, Edwards graduated from Georgetown University’s medical school. He then practiced medicine in Zaleski, a village in Vinton County. He, too, died of tuberculosis – not even five years after Appomattox. (Article Continued on page 13)

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Patriotic Instruction for September 2020 Department Patriotic Instruction Officer Ronald Marvin, Jr.

September has always been an important month in the history of the United States of America. Even though active armed engagements had all but ended a couple of years earlier, the American Revolution officially ended on September 3, 1783 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Patriots Day, better known as September 11, commemorates the day that the Twin Towers fell. Although it never became a familiar phrase like Remember the Alamo! or Remember the Maine!, Americans will never forget the horrors of September 11, 2001 and how the events of that day have reshaped our country. September 27 is Constitution Day, commemorating that date in 1787 when our Founding Fathers signed the United States Constitution. The Bill of Rights were first created on September 25, 1789 and officially adopted a few years later. In these political times, we look at the United States Constitution for guidance, especially in terms of the United States Supreme Court. It was initially created as a non-partisan branch of the government to provide checks on the Legislative and Executive branches to keep them from becoming too powerful. Even though the bench has tried to remain non-partisan, there have always been divides amongst the court members and their interpretations. Early divides includes members who supported strong State’s Rights versus those who envisioned a strong Federal Government. There were Strict Constructionists who viewed the Constitution as standalone document allowing only those rights expressly spelled out versus those with a more Literal Constructionist view that it was a living document open to interpretation and new rights could be inferred between the lines. Currently it has become more political than originally intended with Republicans appointing judges with more Conservative views while Democrats tend to appoint more Liberal leaning jurists over the past seventy-five years or so. I know the SUVCW, is a non-political organization which is not supposed to espouse views publicly regarding any candidates. But the current (last four years especially) reminded me of the case of one Supreme Court Judge, who if initially approved, may have changed the course of history. I am of course referring to arguably the most reviled judge to sit on the bench - Roger Brooke Taney, whose Dred Scot Decision is often held up as the single worst decision by the Court. Let’s take a step back and learn how this unfolded. Shortly after taking office in 1829, President Andrew Jackson was introduced to Taney, a young, up and coming lawyer who had served as Attorney General of Maryland starting in 1827. Taney was later appointed United States Attorney General in July 1831. Few outside of Supreme Court or Taney scholars know that he also briefly served as Acting Secretary of War under Jackson from June to August 1831 until Lewis Cass arrived in Washington, D.C. Being a close ally with similar feelings of ire toward the Second Bank of the United States, Jackson appointed Taney as Secretary of the Treasury in September 1833 to dismantle the Bank (while still serving as Attorney General). Angered over his actions, the Senate refused to confirm Taney’s Recess Appointment as Treasury Secretary in 1834; so he resigned himself to returning to Baltimore to resume his practice. Following the election of 1834, Jackson’s supporters began to win enough seats in the Senate to change the make-up. Not wishing to lose such a trusted advisor and confidant, Jackson nominated Taney in January 1835 to fill the seat of retiring Justice Gabriel Duvall. Again, through the efforts of Jackson’s opponents in the Senate, this nomination was never voted upon rendering it null and void. Shortly after Chief Justice John Marshall’s death in July 1835, Jackson nominated his old friend again to the Supreme Court to assume the role of Chief Justice. Through more election victories by Jackson’s Democratic Party in November 1835, Taney was finally confirmed in March 1836. It is clear to see from this how important federal elections had become in order to confirm Supreme Court justices. Why this long winded story of how Taney came to be on the Supreme Court? Well this was only the beginning of Taney’s dealing with the office of President of the United States to achieve a particular (Article continued on page 14)

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CIVIL WAR MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS IN OHIO By R. A. Davis, Senior Vice-Commander, Department of Ohio

There are few direct links between the actual “Boys in Blue” who saved this great country more than a century and a half ago and the inhabitants of that great country today. One of those, of course, is the blood that courses through the veins of the Brothers of the SUVCW. It is, however, the myriad Civil War monuments and memorials across the land that leap most readily to the eye. Hence, it is little wonder that the SUVCW, years ago, created the “Monument & Memorial Project” to inventory and facilitate the preservation of these historic treasures. Moreover, provision also was made for Civil War Memorials Officers at both Department-level and Camp-level to spearhead and coordinate these efforts on the ground and “in the ether”. Here is a list of entities specifically mentioned in various places on the SUVCW National WEB-site: All memorials dedicated to Union Civil War soldiers and sailors, all sizes of monuments (with or without sculpture), those with Civil- War-era cannon and inert ammunition, memorial fountains, memorial buildings, memorial windows (stained glass), historical markers, and even small plaques. (Examples in Ohio are compiled in a WEB-site maintained by the Cincinnati Museum Center ----- see “References”, below.) Because there is no other mechanism to record meeting-halls of the Grand Army of the Republic and meeting- halls of the Sons of Union Veterans, Br. Walt Busch, the Chairman of the SUVCW National Civil War Memorials Committee, recommends that these be added to the National data-base that compiles information on Civil War monuments and memorials. The Department of Ohio also has established a program of modest monetary awards to assist in preserving and restoring existing Civil War monuments and memorials or in creating new Civil War monuments and memorials in the State of Ohio. This project is administered by the Department’s Monuments and Memorials Committee, of which the Department Senior Vice-Commander is chairman. In the wake of this year’s Department Encampment, Commander Spaulding appointed the following brothers to the Committee: Br. Shawn A. Cox, PDC; Br. Robert E. Grim, PC-in-C; Br. Ronald Marvin, Department Patriotic Instructor; and Br. William Schulke, Ass’t Dept. Sec.-Treas. Here is the actual charge to the Committee (from the Department By-Laws): “This Committee shall consist of the Department Senior Vice Commander, who shall serve as chair, and four Brothers appointed by the Department Commander. “The duty of this Committee is to review all requests from Department of Ohio Camps for Department of Ohio funds to assist in preserving and restoring existing Civil War Monuments and Memorials or creating new Civil War Monuments and Memorials, with preservation and restoration to receive priority. The Monuments and Memorials Committee shall have exclusive discretion to recommend the amounts of said funding to the Annual Department Encampment. All requests for funding shall be submitted, in writing, to the Monuments and Memorials Committee Chairman at least 60 days prior to the Annual Department Encampment. The source of funding for the projects shall be interest earned from the Department Permanent Fund and/or from specifically designated donations.” The real message of this article: If your Ohio Camp would like to apply for one of these awards, please, contact me to initiate the process. In Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty, R. A. Davis, PCC Senior Vice-Commander, Department of Ohio Chairman, Committee on Monuments and Memorials, and Civil War Memorials Officer [R A Davis ]

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REFERENCES Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati History Library and Archives, [2020], Ohio Civil War Monuments: http://library.cincymuseum.org/starweb/civilwar/servlet.starweb?path=civilwar/cw-session2.web [visited 2020_10_13]. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, [2020], Department & Camp Job Descriptions: http://www.suvcw.org/?page_id=1054 [visited 2020_10_10]. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, [2020], Monument & Memorial Project: http://www.suvcw.org/?page_id=872 [visited 2020_10_12]. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of Ohio, [2020], Department of Ohio, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War By-Laws, Article 6. Committees, Section 1.1 and Section 3: (go to the Department WEB-site [http://www.ohiosuv.com/page2.htm], then  Download Forms  Department By-Laws ----- [visited 2020_10_02]) Page 10 THE BUCKEYE BUGLE

Native Son: A Civil War Fort in North Lake Park By Timothy Brian McKee, Columnist (Oct 3, 2020) EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2014.

It was the end of the 1800s, when a gentleman in Mansfield saw the century and his youth and our country’s history slipping away. In 1896 it had been more than 30 years since the Civil War, and the men who bore arms for the Union Army weren’t getting any younger. Silas Parker looked at all the young people who had scarcely heard of the War Between the States, and he knew that it was going to take more than another statue in the Square to make them understand how it was that so many of his friends had been killed. So he conceived of a unique landmark in Mansfield that would serve to remember the war, and to educate the young folks about what it was like on the front lines. He wanted to build a Civil War Fort in North Lake Park. The Plan Like any good military strategist, he took the high ground. Next to the B&O Railroad tracks overlooking the lakes there was a wide shelf of hill that was easily defensible, so that was where he made his stand. In those days it wasn’t that difficult to come up with Civil War cannons — they were stacked in piles back East, new and used. America had thousands of cannon that had been manufactured during the last year of the war that never even got fired: enough to decorate a thousand town squares across the states of the union. Silas Parker — a local attorney who had once been Corporal Parker — had two 2,900- pound howitzers shipped to Mansfield, and set on the Fort hill aimed out over the North Lake rowboats. The site was impressive but Cpl. Parker was envisioning something even more formidable, so he ordered two more howitzers, and then put in a request for three more guns: a mortar, a heavy siege gun, and a “light brass piece to be used for firing salutes.” Cpl. Parker had been a past commander of the McLaughlin Post, No. 131 veterans group of the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic,) so he had no end of Civil War veteran pals who were all well experienced in the combat arts of devising a convincing model Fort. They met at the Memorial Building on Park Avenue West, under the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Museum, and drew out plans of where everything should go: the powder magazine, the cannon mounts. By 1903, when the second pair of cannon arrived, they had constructed a number of permanent installations, including a “secret tunnel” where messengers and spies could sneak in and out of the Fort. The plans called for massive earthworks to be ‘thrown up’ between the cannon and the lake as a buffer to deflect incoming cannon fire and make the bulwark harder to climb over. The Fort committee also envisioned a grand memorial arch at the entrance to a driveway leading through the Fort, so that when the veterans were too old to walk up the stairs they could come onto the grounds by carriage. The Memorial Every few years, back then, the veterans of the War of the Rebellion held a reunion — called an ‘encampment’ — that brought to town scores of bearded old men who compared notes on getting old, rehashed the past, mourned the lost, laughed a lot and marched as little as possible. Around 1905 the veterans made a ceremonial planting at the North Lake Park G.A.R. Fort. They had procured young living scions from a tree famous in American Colonial history— known as the Charter Oak — that they planted in (Article continued on page 15)

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Patriotic Instruction for October 2020 Department Patriotic Instruction Officer Ronald Marvin, Jr.

It is hard to believe October is nearly over and there are only two more months left of 2020. This has certainly been an interesting year to say the least. Many Camps throughout our Department and across the Nation have faced hardships in terms of hosting meetings and fulfilling our goals of educating the public about the Boys in Blue. Schools and colleges shut down, field trips disappeared, and outside visitors were banned for the most part which meant our Brothers could not go to the students to share the story of the Civil War. Numerous museums that we partner with had to cancel their large public programs in the spring and summer, including most large ceremonies, reducing our ability to directly interact with the public. As we moved into the fall months, some of Governor DeWine’s orders were rescinded or amended allowing for larger gatherings under certain circumstances, including those for museums and historic sites. During the past month, I have become aware of or attended several outdoor programs where the organizers had the opportunity to tell the story of the Civil War through personal stories of the men who served. Cemetery walks have become very popular with the public over the past decade and have become a regular public program in October for numerous museums across Ohio. These outdoor events allow for social distancing and can attract larger numbers of individuals yearning to get outside and do something new. As a museum Director myself, I have organized and led several tours through Oak Hill Cemetery in Upper Sandusky and provided historic information for tours in Kenton’s Grove Cemetery - all within the region covered by Jacob Parrott Camp No. 33. Each tour I lead always includes several stories of Civil War veterans, whether they are well-known officers, Medal of Honor recipients, unknown Privates with a unique post war story, or soldiers who were killed during the war. With roughly 500 Civil War veterans in Grove and over 300 in Oak Hill, there is almost no end to the stories that can be told during these walks. Each of our Camps have large cemeteries along with local historical societies and museums within our region of influence, which provides a great opportunity for the Camps to get involved in the local communities. Our Brothers have the knowledge of the Civil War veterans and their stories, or through some basic research can uncover five of six interesting tales of veterans who influenced or impacted their communities to enhance the overall tour. If you are unaware of the Civil War veterans in your area, Department Graves Registration Officer Kent Dorr can assist you with locating names and locations of burials. By partnering with your local historical organizations, we can find new ways to share the story of the Boys in Blue. Unfortunately for most of the public, outside of going to a museum, their only interaction with Civil War history may be through Memorial Day ceremonies. A simple walk organized through the cemetery following the ceremony could highlight some of the veterans and participating in a cemetery walk in the fall would provide a second opportunity to fulfill our educational mission with the adult population. More serious topics about death such as post mortem photography, the horrors of war, amputations, and embalming can be covered with adults. I encourage all Camps to consider this and I would be more than willing to discuss this with any Brother wishing to develop a program. It is a simple and cost-effective method to share our local history. The fall months are also a great time to walk through the cemeteries identifying veterans and ensuring they are properly marked and honored. As the leaves fall, the flowers and plants die, and cemetery caretakers cut back vegetation around headstones, many of the hidden stones and names become visible, especially in smaller burial grounds which may not be well maintained during the summer months. It is also a great time to identify the locations of soldiers and sailors who may be missing or never received a headstone. (Article continued on page 18)

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DEPARTMENT PROPERTY ----- WHAT TO DO WITH IT? By R. A. Davis, Senior Vice-Commander, Department of Ohio

The Department owns quite a lot of stuff ----- for example: flags, flag-poles, flag- stands, gavels, banners for officers’ stations, medals, the Department Charter, notes and minutes of meetings, heaps of reports both from camps and to National, stacks of correspondence, surrendered charters of no-longer-extant camps, and on and on. Added to that, this plethora of stuff is widely dispersed in the hands of many present-day officers, both elected and appointed, from Commander, to Vice-Commanders, Secretary, Treasurer, Historian, and, again, on and on. (Some even still may be in the possession of former officers.) Another real problem is that the Department has no physical place / space under its control in which to reposit its “treasures”. The quote-marks in the previous sentence are important. The Department never has felt a real need to formulate a retention-policy for paper-items and three-dimensional objects, let alone for computer-files. It needs to be decided: What needs to be kept; how long it needs to be kept; what to do with the stuff being kept; what to do with the stuff not being kept; and so on ----- along with the reasoning for all of the above ----- and how to pay for it all. Moreover, there needs to be established well-thought-out administrative and decision-making procedures to do all of this ----- now and into the future. One obvious critical step is to inventory all that the Department currently owns, including the number of items, what they are, their present locations, the volume currently occupied, the condition / curatorial state of each, and so on. In the wake of discussions at the 2020 Department Encampment, Commander Spaulding, in Department Order # 3, established a Special Committee on Preservation of Department Property, and he appointed the following members: Br. Fred. Lynch, PDC; Br. Ronald Marvin, Department Patriotic Instructor, and Br. R. A. Davis, DSVC, chairman. The process toward the proper care of Department property is just in its initial stages. If you have any advice or suggestions for the project, please, send them to me. In the meantime, stay tuned…. In Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty, R. A. Davis, PCC Senior Vice-Commander, Department of Ohio Chairman, Special Committee on Preservation of Department Property [R A Davis ]

OHIO AWARD RECIPIENTS AT THE NATIONAL ENCAMENT Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, this year’s National Encampment in Atlanta was cancelled and replaced by a Zoom meeting on October 24. During the virtual encampment, Commander in Chief Edward J. Norris announced additional award recipients from Ohio as follows: David Rish, Jacob Parrott Camp #33, Department of Ohio, was awarded the National Aide Award. He recruited six new Brothers during the previous year. Carl Denbow, John S. Townsend Camp #108, Department of Ohio, was awarded the National Aide Award. He recruited five new Brothers during the previous year.

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“It is my sad duty to announce the passing of historian Ed Bearss, one of the legends of the battlefield preservation business and a long-time member of the Trust board. Ed’s career is unmatched in the Civil War community – from his discovery of the USS Cairo in the Yazoo River to his role as chief historian emeritus of the National Park Service. For many of us, our love of history and preservation was nurtured through battlefield tours led by Ed and his appearance on Ken Burns’ series The Civil War. His knowledge of history was encyclopedic – and his ability to convey that knowledge in a relatable way mesmerized his audiences for generations. Ed was born in June 1923. His early interest in history was sparked by books read by his father in the evenings. After graduating from high school in 1941, he spent the summer hitchhiking across the country to visit Civil War battlefields. That next year, he demonstrated his love of country by enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps, fighting in the Pacific Theater during World War II and receiving grievous wounds in the 1944 Battle of Suicide Creek. After World War II, Ed pursued a career in the National Park Service – gradually rising through the ranks and gaining recognition as the utmost authority on the Civil War. During the Civil War Centennial, he led efforts to create two new national battlefield parks at Pea Ridge and Wilson’s Creek. In 1991, he was named to the federal Civil War Sites Advisory Commission – the blue ribbon panel that set the battlefield preservation priorities we still use today. I am honored that in lieu of flowers, the Bearss Family has requested that donations in Ed’s memory be made to the American Battlefield Trust. Recognizing the special place that these battlefields held in his heart, such gifts will be used to secure additional lands associated with the . Please visit https://bit.ly/35MV4Ii for more information. Untold Americans have cherished memories of Ed’s vast knowledge and indefatigable energy. I am grateful that I had the opportunity to know him and benefit from his love of history. Rest in peace, Ed.” Sincerely, Jim Lighthizer, President, American Battlefield Trust (September 16, 2020 )

(Chauncey Boys Continued from page 7) Chauncey, on Ohio Route 13 near Sunday Creek’s confluence with the Hocking River, has about 1,400 residents today. The two officers among the Chauncey Boys, Knowles and Robinett, are buried in Chauncey’s Nye Cemetery, named for a family of early settlers that came to Ohio from Connecticut. But the location of Robert Edwards’s remains was unclear, until sleuthing by Townsend Camp Commander Denbow and Andy Chiki, Camp Graves Registration Officer, found Edwards’ grave in Mount Calvary Cemetery, a Catholic cemetery in the city of Athens. Commander Denbow said Edwards’s stone, an obelisk, was among several markers, commemorating some of Edwards’s kin that had toppled over. Denbow and Chiki placed Edwards’s obelisk upright, and Denbow placed a Grand Army of the Republic marker and a flag on the grave. He and Chiki are planning to ask a monument company to put the obelisk back on its stone base and anchor it in a professional manner. Robinett’s grave – also an obelisk – was made in Washington, D.C., and paid for by volunteer contributions from his colleagues at the Freedmen’s Bureau. An inscription on the side reads: “Erected by his Friends and Associates in Washington as a token of their high esteem for his many virtues.” The Townsend camp’s next goal is to design and obtain a historical marker, commemorating the Chauncey Boys, to place somewhere in the village so that the people who live there can know and be proud of their most glorious history, which unfortunately has been forgotten in the dust of time. “I would save the Union,” Abraham Lincoln told Horace Greeley in 1862. And Lincoln did, thanks to the courage and valor of hundreds of thousands of young patriots – patriots like the three Chauncey Boys.

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(September Patriotic Instruction Continued from page 8)

personal goal. President Jackson fought hard to reward his friend with a seat on the court and President James Buchannan used his personal connections with Taney to try to settle the issue of slavery once and for all. In the early and mid-1850s, a court case was making its way around the courtrooms of Missouri regarding the slave status of one Dred Scott. Without going into many of the legal aspects, the case rested on whether as a slave Scott (and later applied to his wife Harriett) was property to be taken anywhere his owner wished or whether residing in a “Free State” rendered his servitude null and void making him a free black man. President Buchannan saw this case as a test to settle the issue of slavery. Taney and his southern colleagues took up the case despite there being no true federal jurisdiction. Through a series of ill-conceived viewpoints, poor historical research, flawed interpretation of the Constitution, Taney’s fragile mental state after recently losing his wife and youngest daughter, and his desire to assert State’s Rights, he penned arguably one of the worst decisions in the history of the court. Scott was declared property and a property owner had the right to take his property wherever he went without fear of losing their possessions. However, Taney’s group did not have a majority for the decision to “settle law” so a little political shenanigans took place. Kept rather quiet at the time, President James Buchannan wrote a personal letter to one of the court’s northern block, Associate Justice Robert C. Grier asking him to set aside his personal feelings and side with Taney and the southern block. The President noted that he, Taney, and Grier were all alumni of tiny Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and that they should stick together to settle this issue. Instead of settling the issue of slavery, as intended, this just furthered the flames and has been sometimes called the First Shot of the . It is interesting in hindsight to think how history might have changed had Taney been confirmed as an Associate Justice in 1834. Following Chief Justice Marshall’s death, perhaps President Jackson would have appointed another political ally who may have realized that this case would cause more problems than it solved and sent the case back to Missouri, as it probably should have been anyway. Without the Dickinson connection there may not have been an opportunity for President Buchannan to intercede in the case and we may never have heard of Dred Scott vs. Sandford. As some historians say, Civil War was inevitable but perhaps the northern abolitionists would have had one less bit of ammunition to fuel the fire.

To the left is an image of a combination knife, fork, and spoon which was sold in the mid-nineteenth century and carried by several soldiers during the Civil War. These did not take up much space and gave the carrier a basic set of silverware while in the field. They were about the same size as a normal pocket knife and opened up similar to the modern swiss army knife. The advertisement is copied from an early kitchenware catalog. The set in the photograph to the lower left is a version currently on display in the Wyandot County Museum in Upper Sandusky. This combination set (the utensils fold out and the two halves lock into each other via pins) was carried by William M. Thompson who was from the small village of Arcadia in Hancock County, Ohio. He served as a First Sergeant with Company E, 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After enlisting as a Corporal in August 1861, he rose through the ranks and was promoted to First Sergeant in July 1863. After being wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee in September 1863 and the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee in November 1863, he was discharged by the war Department in January 1864. The item was donated by a family member in 1947.

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a row, hoping one day the trees would provide covering shade for the Fort. They made wistful commentary about how shade was a luxury they never enjoyed during the actual war, but was something that all the tourists in years to come might appreciate when they visited the Fort. Through the Years The Soldier’s and Sailor’s hall had a big picture window that looked out over the traffic of Park Avenue West, and those old Civil War Vets pulled their chairs up in a row by the window so they could sit and watch the world pass by. The chairs were tall and straight, carved in wood with a soft padding made of moss-green leather. As the seasons passed and the years rolled by, the view from the street showed fewer faces and more empty chairs in the window, until the line of chair backs looked like a row of mossy grave stones. What of the Fort? The project that had begun so enthusiastically by men in their 60s lost steam pretty quickly as they hit their 70s, and so the heavy lifting of the job — like the great earthworks — never even really began. Within a generation after the Fort was dedicated there weren’t many people around town who knew what those cannon were doing up on the hill over the lake. Seventy-five years after the cannon had been placed in the North Lake Fort, they were uprooted and moved to South Park. Today two of them guard the site where the Blockhouse used to stand, and the other two flank a Civil War soldier whose granite pose keeps watch over the years to remind Mansfield of the price Richland County paid 150 years ago to keep America whole. As for Silas Parker’s dream of an educational site where future generations could understand the martial sufferings of their ancestors, the North Lake Park Fort today brings to mind the old gospel song Down By the Riverside that goes, “I ain’t gonna study war no more, I ain’t gonna study war no more.”

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Over the past several years, I have walked countless miles in local cemeteries and identified over 200 potential Civil War veterans throughout Hardin and Wyandot Counties that may not have a headstone. I spend time researching the burials without headstones to make sure they are actually veterans and which conflict they served in. Some I have discovered that due to poor record keeping, misspellings on grave markers, participation in earlier conflicts, or burial in other cemeteries can be removed from my initial lists. I identified approximately 25 Civil War veterans in Kenton’s Grove Cemetery needing headstones. The Jacob Parrott Camp No. 33 worked with a local Eagle Scout candidate to place new headstones for five soldiers in Grove Cemetery who had never been marked. Our Brothers worked closely with him throughout the process this year of researching, filling out the paperwork, and ordering the new grave markers. I had the privilege, along with several Camp officers and Brothers, to be present on October 24 to watch the young man (who is also a new member of the Camp) organize and lead a crew of about eight Boy Scouts to install the headstones in the cemetery. A formal dedication ceremony will be held in the spring and be highlighted during Memorial Day and Decoration Day ceremonies. This was a great opportunity to talk with the young men, and their parents who were present, about the Civil War and the soldiers they were marking. It was an inspirational day and helped us fulfill our mission of honoring and remembering the soldiers and sailors who served. In fact, at least one scout present said he wanted to mark more veterans in the cemetery as his Eagle Scout project. Cemeteries throughout Ohio are full of men who gave of themselves during the Civil War to help preserve the Union. Some came home and led inspirational lives, some came home and returned to their farms leaving their military service in the past like so many unassuming World War Two veterans, and still many never came home and were left to be buried in unknown graves or in cemeteries throughout the south. It is through the efforts of these veterans that we have our great nation today. We owe it to them to ensure that their final resting places are identified and marked to give them the last honor of respect and dignity that they have earned. Their stories are amazing and inspirational and deserve to be told to keep their memory and that of the conflict alive. Cemetery walks in partnership with local historical organizations are a great way to do this, whether through direct storytelling or costumed interpretation, and I encourage all our Camps to consider this in 2021. Hopefully all will be back to normal and we can continue to fulfill our educational mission throughout the coming year.

To the left are images of early tourniquets used by doctors and surgeons during the Civil War era to stop or slow the flow of blood following a major wound. Typically made of brass with canvas straps attached, they were sometimes included with field amputation kits and found in field hospitals. These were produced by companies in Europe or the American northeast. Examples such as these can be found in many museums around the country including the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Maryland. Intended to be used in an emergency, they found constant use during the war as limbs were ravaged by bullets and artillery shells. The physician (or assistant) would wrap the cloth band around the limb, secure it with the buckles, and slowly turn the screw, tightening the bands to cut off the supply of blood. They would be placed by the surgeon just above the site of the incision to prevent the patient from bleeding to death during amputations of a soldier’s arm or leg. THE BUCKEYE BUGLE Page 17

OHIO AWARD RECIPIENTS AT THE NATIONAL ENCAMENT Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, this year’s National Encampment in Atlanta was cancelled and replaced by a Zoom meeting on October 24. During the virtual encampment, Commander in Chief Edward J. Norris announced major award recipients from Ohio as follows:

Past Commander in Chief Donald E. Darby was awarded the Elmer (Bud) Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award. (1) PCinC Donald E. Darby became a member of the SUVCW 30 July 1988 at Gov. Dennison Camp 125 in Athens, Ohio where he served as Camp Secretary/Treasurer. He later became a charter member of Sgt. Richard Enderlin Camp 73 in Chillicothe, Ohio where he served as Secretary/Treasurer, Junior and Senior Vice and Camp Commander. (2) At the Department level as Graves Registration Officer he registered over 5,000 GAR gravesites. He also brought to fruition the "Last Soldier" Project in the Department of Ohio, which was later adopted as a National project. (3) Nationally, in coordination with the National Webmaster, he brought the "Patriotic Recollections" and the "Teachers and Scholars" to the National Web page. At his suggestion, the current National Patriotic Instructor instituted the "Adopt-a-School" and "Adopt- a-Unit" program. He supported the SUVCW Charitable Foundation by transcribing on to CD's the GAR and SUV Blue Books, History of the Grand Army of the Republic by Robert Beath, Camp Fire Chats by Washington Davis. For the Sgt. Enderlin Camp he transcribed The Early History of the Ohio Department of the Grand Army of the Republic (1866 to 1880) by T. D. McGillicuddy. He was elected Commander in Chief in 2005 and has remained an active member of in the Sons of Veterans Reserve, and at the Camp, Department and National levels of the Order. He is a member of the National Committee on Constitution and Regulations, National Military Affairs Committee, CinC Appointed Committee to conduct negotiations with the Allied Orders relating to National Encampment contracts and relations, and CinC Appointed Strategic Development Committee. He holds the rank of Colonel in the Sons of Veterans Reserve and has held the position of Adjutant General since 1997. (4) PCinC Darby’s knowledge of the Constitution and Regulations and experience with the same has resulted in him being selected numerous times to the position of Counselor for many Commanders in Chief and Department Commanders. Brother Jordan Levi Milburn was awarded the John C. Clem Award for the Most Outstanding Junior Member. (1) Brother Milburn was born to be in the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. He is the Great-Great-Great Grandson of Isaiah Jordan Milburn who fought in the 33rd Virginia Infantry and Levi T. Mouser who was a member of the 41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. (2) Jordan officially joined Henry Casey Camp 92 and Company C, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Sons of Veterans Reserve, headquartered in Washington Court House, Ohio in the spring of 2019 but has been a supporter of the Camp and S.U.V.C.W. for much longer than that. He has traveled to every National Encampment and attended every SVR Breakfast since the age of four. He has been to the following Battlefields: Winchester, Antietam, Nashville, Franklin, Shiloh, Corinth, Kennesaw Mountain, Kernstown and Gettysburg. After the National Encampment in Marietta, Jordan took a small hike up Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia before starting out on Sherman’s March to the Sea, which ended with a visit to General Sherman’s headquarters in Savannah. Jordan has been to every Memorial Day service the Camp has participated in since 2012. (3) In his first year as a Junior Member, he participated in two Memorial Day Ceremonies, carrying the Camp Colors. At the National Encampment in Independence, Jordan proudly participated in the Encampment Color Guard by carrying the Colors of the Third Military District and marched in his first Remembrance Day Parade in Gettysburg in November. At the SVR breakfast in Gettysburg, he received a Certificate of Commendation for his participation in the National Encampment Color Guard. (4) Jordan celebrated his 10th Birthday in March and will begin 5th Grade at McKinley Elementary School in Xenia, Ohio in August. His favorite sport is Baseball, which he has played since he was 3 1/2 years old and Basketball, which he has played for the last 5 years.