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VOL. 6 Issue 3 Official Publication of the Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans Nov./Dec., 2019

Georgia Division Historian C. Mark Pollard passed away, Wednesday, December 4, 2019 [See Page 4]

Georgia's Old Governor's Mansion 120 South Clarke Street Milledgeville, GA 31061

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The Old Governor's Mansion is located cupy the house, in 1839, near the end of his in Milledgeville, the state's capital from 1807 second term. Two of the more notable gover- to 1868. nors were Howell Cobb (1851-53) and Jo- In 1835 the Georgia legislature resolved to seph E. Brown (1857-65). Other governors construct the first official residence for the who resided there were Charles McDonald governor. Construction on the Old Gover- (1839-43), George W. Crawford (1843-47), nor's Mansion began in 1836 and was com- George W. Towns (1847-51), Herschel John- pleted in 1838 or 1839. The mansion, de- son (1853-57), Provisional Governor James signed by the Irish architect Charles B. Johnson (June-November 1865), Charles Cluskey, was erected in the Greek revival Jones Jenkins (1865-68), and Provisional Antebellum Christmas at the Mansion transforms the mansion into a Christmas style, one of the most significant architec- Governor General Thomas Ruger (January- wonderland. Take a step back in time and tural styles from the early Victorian period July 1868). see how the elite of Georgia celebrated this of architecture in America. It is considered Source: New Georgia Encyclopedia holiday. one of the finest examples of that style in the Tours begin Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, and nation. The building, a three-story stucco- INSIDE THIS ISSUE are held on the hour, Tuesday through over-brick structure, features a central ro- Color Photos 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19 Saturday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Sun- tunda and a massive Ionic portico. The su- Div. Officers 3 days from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. until Dec. 22. pervising builder was Timothy Porter of Tour 4 The mansion will be closed for Thanksgiv- Farmington, Connecticut. Commander’s Report 5 ing Nov. 25-29. Candlelight tours also take The mansion served as the home of ten Grave Project 6 place December 7, 14 and 17, 2019, at 6 governors and their families, until the re- Calendar 8 and 7 p.m. Normal admission rates apply. moval of the capital to in 1868. Gov- New Web Site 9 GDEcD. All Rights Reserved ernor George R. Gilmer was the first to oc- Camp News 15 Page 2 The Georgia Confederate November/December, 2019

☞ Col. Tho- mas Wirz, son of Col. Heinrich Wirz by the Wirz Monument in Andersonville ☟L to R: John Carroll; GGSon Robert Watkins; James Gaston; Speaker Dr. Al- bert Winkler; GGNephew Heinrich Wirz Nov. 11th, 2019

October 26, 2019 The re-dedication of the Screven County Confederate Veterans Memorial at the local Cemetery was held today. The Veterans Memo- rial was maliciously destroyed by histori- cally ignorant crimi- nals a year ago. With improved video surveillance and locked cemetery gates at night, the memorial hopefully will remain unmolested in the fu- ture. ~ Arnold M. Huskins

☜ UDC Rep. Brenda Lackman welcomes all at the re-dedication of the Screven County Monument, October 26th; ☝Honor Guard; ☞ Div. Cmdr. Tim Pilgrim congratulates Black Creek Vol. for a job well done as C.I.C. Paul Gramling looks on. November/December, 2019 The Georgia Confederate Page 3

Georgia Division Officers & Staff 2019/2020 Division Spokesman COMMITTEES Martin K. O'Toole TAG PROJECT FUND Executive Council [email protected] [email protected] 678-232-8638 : Chairman Kim Beck Georgia Division Commander 478-358-4168 / 478-290-3885 Members: George Crawford, Michael Division Chaplain Timothy F. Pilgrim Dean, Chuck Griffin, Jack Bridwell, 5th Brigade Commander Rev. Dr. James (Jim) L. Cavanah II 20 Old Fuller Mill Rd. NE, Richard Straut & Dan Coleman Thomas Miller 302 Erin Court, Rincon, Ga. 31326 Marietta, Ga. 30067 326 Longwood Dr., [email protected] [email protected] TIME AND PLACE COMMITTEE: Statesboro, Ga. 30461 912-657-1698 404-456-3393 : Chairman Thomas E. Stevens, tste- [email protected] Deputy Division Chaplain - North [email protected] 478-477-7468 Division Lieutenant-Commander 912-536-5775 Bobby Warren Bradford Members: Al Medcalf North 6th Brigade Commander 176 Old Jones Road, (Brigades : 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13) FINANCE COMMITTEE: Donald Newman Ellijay, Ga. 30536 George James Crawford : Chairman Richard Straut 128 West Deerfield Rd. [email protected] 435A S. 6th Street, Griffin, Ga. 30224 Members: Kim Beck Bloomingdale, Ga. 31302 706-273-6043 [email protected] 678-360-9667 [email protected] LOBBYIST COMMITTEE: Deputy Division Chaplain - South Division Lieutenant-Commander 912-547-4212 : Chairman Michael Dean Kim M. Beck South/Editor Members: Martin K O'Toole 7th Brigade Commander [email protected] (Brigades : 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) James Carter 478-358-4168 / 478-290-3885 PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMIT- Allison Smith Perry 3703 North Cliff Lane, TEE: 4300 S. US Hwy. 301 Division Heritage Offense Officer Valdosta, Ga. 31605 : Chairman Tim Hawkins Jesup, Ga. 31546 Tony Jay Pilgrim [email protected] 229-242-0157 Members: Michael Dean, George [email protected] 912-585-9144 [email protected] Crawford, Chuck Griffin, 8th Brigade Commander 770-296-5139 Division Chief of Staff Hershell Smith COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE: Timothy Hawkins Senior Aide-de-Camp 105 New Bethel Church Rd. : Chairman George Crawford 104 Suncrest Place, Dr. A. Jack Bridwell, Past Division Fitzgerald, Ga. 31750 Members: Al Perry, Barry Colbaugh Kathleen, Ga. 31047 Commander [email protected] [email protected] P.O. Box 1353, Moultrie, Ga. 1353 YOUTH PROGRAMS COMMITTEE 229-425-2966 478-951-2628 [email protected] 229-985-8403 : Chairman Thomas Miller 9th Brigade Commander Members: Al Perry, Michael Reither Division Adjutant Division Historian Ken Arvin Richard Kevin Straut Charles Mark Pollard MONUMENTS COMMITTEE: 69 Brooklyn Circle, 3721 Lathem Creek Rd. 2772 Ga. Hwy. 20, : Chairman Barry Colbaugh Richland, Ga. 31825 Gainesville, Ga. 30506 McDonough, Ga. 30252 Members: Timothy Johnson, Billy [email protected] 706-662-4532 [email protected] 770-851-3395 [email protected] Bearden, David O'Keefe 10 th Brigade Commander 678-770-7003 Division Judge Advocate RECRUITMENT, RETENTION & Joseph Alfred Medcalf, Jr. Daniel Coleman Division HQ Office Executive Director GENEALOGY COMMITTEE: 122 Medcalf Rd., 8735 Jenkins Rd., Winston, Ga. 30187 Thomas E. Stevens : Chairman Al Medcalf Barnesville, Ga. 30204 [email protected] 770-265-7910 384 North River Blvd. Members: Don Newman, Hu [email protected] 678-572-0723 Macon, Ga. 31211 Daughtry, Curtis H. Collier, III, Jack Immediate Past Division Commander 11 th Brigade Commander [email protected] 478-477-7468 Grubb Scott K. Gilbert, Jr. Teddy Thomas 81 Tinsley Way, Senoia, Ga. 30276 Division Genealogist FLAGS ACROSS GEORGIA: 2830 Shady Grove Rd., [email protected] Hu Robert Daughtry : Chairman Joel Coleman Carrollton, Ga. 30116 404-449-2521 P.O. Box 406, Metter, Ga. 30439 8405 Jenkins Rd., Winston, Ga. 30187 [email protected] st [email protected] 912-687-6153 [email protected] 770 778-4116 1 Brigade Commander 770-283-0720 Wendell Bruce Division Event Coordinator DIVISION AWARDS COMMITTEE: 12 th Brigade Commander 813 County Line Rd., 9th Brigade Commander Ken Arvin : Chairman Thomas E. Stevens, Michael Reither Rock Springs, Ga. 30739 [email protected] 706-662-4532 [email protected] 478-477-7468 3789 Sweat Creek Run, [email protected] Marietta, GA 30062-1182 Division Grave Registry Coordinator 423-629-5222 Executive Council Meeting [email protected] 770-639-8969 Garry Earl Daniell 2nd Brigade Commander th 4347 Beachview De. SE, Schedule: Michael C. Dean 13 Brigade Commander Smyrna, Ga. 30082 Tony Jay Pilgrim January 18, 2020 (Lee 200 Pruitt Drive, [email protected] Event in Irwinville; Jefferson Alpharetta, Ga. 30004 1998 Mt. Carmel Road, 770-435-4605 [email protected] Hampton, Ga. 30228 Davis Memorial Park) 404-771-6507 [email protected] Division Historic Preservation Coordi- 770-296-5139 nator 3rd Brigade Commander William Lathem, Curtis H. Collier, III Georgia Division Secretary [email protected] 404-401-9166 82 Bassingborne Dr., Catherine (Kitty) Dorety Athens, Ga. 30507 Georgia Division, SCV Division H.L. Hunley Award Liaison [email protected] 706-540-9062 P.O. Box 1081, Macon, Ga. 31202 Scott E. Seay [email protected] 4425 Evandale Way, th 4 Brigade Commander 1-866-SCV-in-GA or 1-866-728-4642 Cumming, Ga. 30040 Kim M. Beck [email protected] 2321 Middle Ground Church Rd. DIVISION STAFF OFFICERS 678-455-7641 Eastman, Ga. 31023-3043 Page 4 The Georgia Confederate November/December, 2019

Charles Mark Pollard Dates January 3-5, 2020 Georgia Division Historian Historic Charleston Tour C. Mark Pollard, age 64, of McDonough, died Wednesday, Decem- Planned Events ber 4, 2019. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Jesse Paul Friday - Travel from Colquitt, Ga. to Charleston, Pollard and Doris Allene Pollard. S.C. Hotel in Charleston, S.C. Mark was one of thirteen brothers and sisters and grew up in Lake- Saturday -Breakfast 8-9 White Point Gardens, wood. He was a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans for at Charleston Harbor, Armaments, and Monuments. least 30 years, an avid relic hunter and collector, and a leader in the Calhoun Mansion, Gen. PGT Beauregard Head- preservation of Nash Farm Battlefield. quarters. 94 Church Street / Nullification Crisis. Mark served as Camp Commander, Lieutenant Commander in the St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Washington SCV Zachary Camp. He spent many, many hours researching, and Square Park, Institute Hall/Secession Convention documenting the events that took place in and around Nash Farm Bat- Site; UDC Confederate Museum tlefield Park. Mark appeared many times at the hearings presenting Lunch (Independent Time) the historical facts and with the help of many others, prevailed in con- 1 – 5pm CSS Hunley Museum, Battle area Seces- vincing the local government to preserve the Park. sionville/Fort Lamar Visit, Group Dinner - Hotel As Division Historian, Mark documented the history of the Georgia Sunday -9 -10 am Magnolia Cemetery Special Division in the March/April, 2016 issue of The Georgia Confederate Service of Honor for the 3 Hunley Crews continuing through 21 issues from our beginning up to 1944. One of 11 am Ft. Sumter and Charleston Boat Tour my memories of Mark’s hard work was the issue which documented Depart for Home Via Camp Davis, Guyton GA. the UCV members attending the Grand Premier of Gone With The PRICE 1 Adult $489 Couples $910, Wind in 1939 at the Loews Grand in Atlanta, and Clark Gable sat with Child 1 per adult 7 and under $50, 8-16 $240 the aged Veterans to watch the movie. Deposit $100 per adult by Oct 15 th , $50 per child Mark’s contributions to the Georgia Division are beyond measure. or youth Non-Refundable (Unless the trip is cancelled). “To a Brave Foe Who Was in Heart, a Friend” Included: Round trip Transportation from Col- By Mike Bowen quitt, Lodging (Double Occupancy) Breakfast

Two of my 3 rd great uncles, Doctor Sgt. Wray, a very successful busi- (Saturday and Sunday) Supper Saturday Night, L. Elder of Co. K, 66 th GA Inf. And nessman, decided he did not need his All Museum Tickets, Walking Tour Guide, Tour Tyra Plyant, Co. K 2 nd South Carolina pension and chose a worthy cause to Permits. {heavy} Artillery both spent their fi- support. The former Federal artillery- Not included: Meals and concessions en route, nal years and died at the Confederate man stated, “..as the boys in blue are Saturday Independent Meal, Gratuities, Tips Soldiers’ Home in Atlanta. During well provided for, the money can be Coach leaves Colquitt, Ga. at 10:00 am their time at the Home an unlikely do- put to better use by the boys in gray.” nor in the person of Sgt. Alexander After Wray’s death in early 1931, JACK COWART [email protected] Harry Wray of New York assisted the his former employer – Commercial (229) 379-6714 Home’s residents. Union Group of Insurance Compa- Sgt. Wray had served in the Union nies, South Department – desired to Army with the 13 th NY {heavy} Artil- place a plaque at the Confederate Sol- lery during the War. He survived the diers’ Home honoring their former War and began receiving his war ser- manager. The plaque remained at the vice pension in 1907. For the next 23 Home until it was transmitted in 1961 years until his death, Wray sent his {Prior to the demolition of the Con- monthly pension to the Home on Con- federate Soldiers’ Home} to Mr. federate Avenue in SE Atlanta. This Wray’s 2 nd great niece. It remains Christian man, in total, gave over today in possession of the family, a $5,000.00 for the benefit of the aged treasured keep-sake. ❖ Confederate Veterans. In today’s ~ Mike Bowen, SCV Life Member value it probably amounts to over one [See plaque ☞] hundred thousand dollars. November/December, 2019 The Georgia Confederate Page 5

❖Commander’s Report ❖ “I myself see in this war, if the North Gentlemen, The Holiday Season is upon us triumph, a dissolution of the bonds of all so- and I'm wishing you and your families a Merry Christmas and a ciety. It is not alone the destruction of our blessed New Year. Reflecting property, but the prelude to anarchy, infidel- back on 2019 we as a Division and Sons of Confederate Veterans ity and the ultimate loss of free responsible have a great deal to be proud of. We all were part of strengthening government on this continent.” Georgia's monument protection ~ Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson laws, living our Charge to protect Georgia Division. He will be and preserve the memory of our missed by this Division and his Confederate Soldiers and all our home Camp the Col. Charles T. Veterans monuments. We have Zachary Camp # 108 and the also taken on three major legal many Camps in his area of the battles that challenge our 1st 13th and 11th Brigades, where he Amendment rights and our monu- was well known and respected. ment protection laws. In 2018 long serving Com- We are on solid grounds with mander Tommy Wallace of the these legal battles. We have a Tattnall Invincibles Camp # 154 good defense and if justice and the passed on in September. Tommy letter of the law prevail, we will was an icon through-out South win the day and have some good Georgia and beloved by all that legal precedent to fall back on if knew him. He sponsored many needed. By the time you receive reenactments on his property and this issue of the Georgia Confed- was an ardent supporter of our JROTC Hunley Awards erate the Linwood Cemetery law history and heritage, respected by suit should be filed and started to all. He will be missed, but his move forward. One of the biggest Division H.L. Hunley Award Liaison memory lives on. messages we send to these liberal We have a new year ahead of us municipalities and the haters of Scott E. Seay and will have many challenges to our Confederate heritage is that face. There is no question about it, 4425 Evandale Way, we are going to fight and defend those who would destroy our Con- Cumming, Ga. 30040 the honor of the Confederate Vet- federate Heritage will continue erans and our Southern Heritage. [email protected] their efforts. We must stand our That's our duty and that's what we ground and fight them with all 678-455-7641 do as Sons of Confederate Veter- we’ve got. To win that fight we ans. must fight together as a unified We also pay homage and reflect Gen. Ambrose Ransom pert on Woodrow Wilson. Confederation of men of Southern on the memory of our Compatri- Erick also recently aided in blood with a focused objective. Wright Camp #1914 ots who cross over the river to rest restoration of a Confederate Never give in, never give up. Monthly Meeting of Sons of in the shade of the trees this year. site at Magnolia Cemetery. Always at your service, Confederate Veterans General I learned a couple of days ago that Cmdr. Carl T. Miller pre- Tim Pilgrim Ambrose Ransom Wright our long time Division Historian sented our speaker with a Georgia Division Commander Camp 1914 26Novem- Mark Pollard passed on unexpect- Stainless Banner Christmas ber2019, our last meeting of edly with an advance stage of can- the year as we do not meet in ornament. cer. Mark was one of the most December. Jim Davis, our The Meeting was held at Big pleasant Southern Gentlemen that Adjutant lined up another Daddy’s at 6pm to eat, meet- I have ever known and one of the great speaker to end the year, ing started at 7pm 26No- most knowledgeable historians in Erick D. Montgomery, Execu- vember2019 our Division. Many of you may tive Director of Historic Au- General Ambrose Ransom have been reading his well re- gusta Inc., President of our Wright SCV Camp #1914 searched articles in the Georgia genealogical society, and ex- Cmdr. Carl T. Miller Jr. Confederate on the history of the Page 6 The Georgia Confederate November/December, 2019

George Disney, Orphan Brigade, at Rocky Face [CSA]. The 4th Ky. was de- By Barry Colbaugh ployed to form a living telegraph line from base to summit of the It’s February 24 th , 1864. Gen- procured horses and about a ridge at the point where the view eral Johnston is using soldiers dozen scouts headed to the site. commanded Federal movements from the Kentucky Orphan Bri- The original wooden marker in open valley N.W. Disney, atop gade as a human telegraph line. said he was in the 10 th Kentucky the ridge, was killed by a ran- This line stretched from the top and the new marble marker cor- dom bullet, Feb. 25, 1864; he of the ridge to the valley below rected that. was buried where he fell. Dalton giving them full view of the en- On May 16, 1912 the Dalton Boy Scouts, on a hike, found the emy. These men had to rest at Citizen reported the tribute cere- grave, & directed by Scout Mas- their posts. An Englishman, by mony for the new marker. By ter Wm. M. Sapp, Sr., replaced the name of George Disney rose horseback Scoutmaster Sapp and the inscribed heart-pine board early this morning and may have 25 Boy Scouts went to the site with a marble marker, May 13, attempted to yawn when a bullet accompanied by Miss Amanda 1912.” Bruce, First Brigade Com- passed through his head. His fel- Ware of Kentucky as a state In the late 1990s, the George mander, has been made aware. low soldiers saw him lay back sponsor and Miss Marie Hamil- Disney Trail is erected. This Searching for alternate methods down and were not aware he was ton and Miss Hattie Springfield. steep trail is the most challeng- to get to the site will be needed, killed ‘til about an hour later Also in attendance was Jay ing trail in northwest Georgia, as the hike there is bad enough when they tried to arouse him Wood, Henry Quinn, Sim Has- and the most challenging short without the weight of a 230 from his sleep. George Disney sler and William Glaze. The trail in the state. pound marker and materials to was a resident of Owensboro, grave was hollowed out and the We fast forward to today. Re- set the stone. The task will be Kentucky and he enlisted in the cavity was filled with concrete. cently Mike Aaron with the daunting. We will need all the First Kentucky Infantry. He The marker was placed in and McDaniel Curtis Camp reported help we can get. The vandals served the first year in Virginia the concrete allowed to harden. a friend Frank Hanson was hik- will stop at nothing to keep de- until the unit was disbanded. The ceremony began with an ing on the Disney Trail last Sat- stroying things. We need to re- Later he became a member of invocation, the song, ”America”, urday, October 12 and found the place everything they de- the Fourth Kentucky Infantry a short talk by Scout Master tombstone had been demolished. stroy. They must leave our that was part of the Orphan Bri- Sapp, the song, “Columbia:, a He reported his findings to treasured veterans alone. gade. He served at Vicksburg, bugle call with “Taps” and the Timothy Pilgrim who in turn Sincerely Submitted Baton Rouge, Stones River, ceremony ended. The article shared with the Georgia Monu- Barry Colbaugh

Jackson, Chickamauga and Mis- goes on to say this memorial ment Guards. Randy Vaughn References sion Ridge. He was killed be- will stand for all time. The and B J Dawson travelled to the North Georgia Citizen March tween Dalton and Tunnel Hill to marker itself was also mono- scene on October 17 to survey 13, 1873 become a casualty at Rocky grammed with D.B.S for the the damage despite the difficult North Georgia Citizen January Face and was buried where he Dalton Boy Scouts. And said the and arduous hike. Randy 25, 1900 fell. following. Vaughn reports Lt. A. Lowery North Georgia Citizen May 16, Years go by and in a lone In memory of said the Whitfield County Public 1912 grave located some three miles George Disney Works Department maintains the North Georgia Citizen May 07, th above Dalton at one of the high- Company “K,” 4 Kentucky In- trail. B. J. Dawson returned to 1912 est points of Rocky Face, fantry the site and recovered the re- North Georgia Citizen April 01, George Disney rests peacefully. Killed February 24, 1864 mains of Disney’s marker only 1915 He is mentioned in the Dalton Erected by to find bits and pieces tossed Citizen on March 13, 1873. A Dalton Boy Scouts about. He could not find all of poplar head board bears his 1912 the remains so another marker ON FAME’S ETERNAL name and unit. It is plainly In 1954 the Georgia State His- will have to be installed. Re- CAMPING GROUND, marked. The entrenchments are torical Commission installed a member for all involved this is a THEIR SILENT TENTS well preserved and visible to any marker on Hwy 41 at Mill Creek 2.4 mile long trail straight up. ARE SPREAD, passerby. In March of 1912 a Gap stating; “GEORGE DIS- The remaining pieces could not AND GLORY GUARDS local Dalton Troop of Boy NEY’S GRAVE, High up on be found. WITH SOLEMN Scouts placed an order for a Rocky Face, S. of gap, is the Compatriot Steve Hall is look- marble head stone. It was noted lone grave of English-born ing to order a granite marker ROUND, THE BIV- the grave occupies a picturesque George Disney, Co. K., 4th Ky. from the VA. The Dalton Civil OUAC OF THE DEAD. position on the south spur of the Inft., Lewis’ ‘Orphan Brigade’, War Round Table and Whitfield “LEST WE FORGET” gap. The scout leader W.M Sapp Bate’s div., Hindman’s Corps County are aware. Wendell November/December, 2019 The Georgia Confederate Page 7

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January 18, 2020, Georgia Division’s Annual General Robert E. cannon and honor guard salute. Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the Lee Birthday Celebration at 11:00 am day at the world’s largest Confederate Memorial.

Join us at the annual General Robert E. Lee Birthday Celebration at the June 5 & 6, 2020, 123rd Annual Georgia Division Reunion in Jefferson Davis Memorial Park. There will be fellowship, keynote Macon speaker, honor guard salute and a BBQ dinner afterwards. The 123rd Annual Georgia Division Reunion in Macon at the Edgar April 4, 2020, 19 th Annual National Confederate Memorial Day H. Wilson Convention Center connected to the Marriott City Center Service at Confederate Memorial Park 12:00 Hotel. We have set up different Reunion packages where you can pur- Noon chase directly with a credit card through the Division Store at Service will be held on the Memorial Plaza in front of the Carvings www.gascv.org or you can download the registration form and mail it at Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Park 12:00 Noon, the ser- in directly. vice will begin at 12:30 pm with our Keystone Speaker following by a

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☞ The David W. Payne Camp #1633, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Blairs- ville, mans its infor- mational booth at the annual Sorghum Festival, October 20, 2019, in Blairsville. Camp Commander Mike Pettus (left) and treasurer Pete White (right) are ☝Effingham County H.S. Cadet Destiny Baylor received the joined by Miss Hunley Award presented by Camp Davis member Jim Cavanah Emma Pittman. assisted by Lt. Col. Andrew Wichers. See Page 15

☝November 14, 2019, Jon Paul Reinhardt (center) was sworn in as the newest member of David W. Payne Camp #1633, in Blairsville. Flanking Compa- triot Reinhardt is Camp Commander Mike Pettus (L); and Camp Adjutant Jessie Pinson (R). Submitted by Greg C. White, Camp Publicist

☝ This is 5 year old Tuff Summerville at the grave of his 4th Great Grandfather, James Marion Phillips ☝ Bronze monument avail- who was a Pvt. In Co. B, 32nd Georgia . Tuff is the able through the Georgia Divi- Grandson of Roy Butts, Commander of the LaFayette sion. See your Brigade Com- McLaws Camp #79 in Fayetteville. mander.

☜ General Ambrose Ransom Wright SCV Camp 1914 and CSRA Squad SCVMC mak- ing a difference at the Warrenton, Georgia Sportsmen Festival. ☝ Daddy back Living Pine Barrens Vol. Camp 2039,Clinchs Crew placing a new South- the Charge! ern Cross of Honor and new grave flag for Tony Crumley (Rattlecan) C.T.Miller, Jr. Ancestor Private James Cox. Cmdr. Corey Harrelson Carl Tommy Miller, Sr. in red jacket had Tell ye your children of it, a brush with a health and let your children tell their children, issue Oct. 26th at the Screven re-dedication and their children another generation. ~ Joel 1: 3 November/December, 2019 The Georgia Confederate Page 11

☜ Clement A. Evans Camp 64, recently set up a education and recruiting table at the Southern Forest World 'Yard sale under the Pines' event in Way- cross, GA. Members at the event were Will Griffin (L-R), Mike Griffin, Dennis Evans, and Mike Lee. Not pictured Steve McCarthy, Chuck Griffin, and Jeffrey McCarthy.

☞ George Disney, Co. K, 4th KY Inf.: Mike Aaron with the McDaniel Curtis Camp reported a friend Frank Hanson was hiking on the Dis- ney Trail and found the tombstone had been demolished [See Page 6]

☟Joshua Vinnacombe (left) and Sam- uel Graham (right) were inducted into General William J. Hardee Camp #1397 during a meeting on October 28.

☜☝Clement A. Ev- ans Camp 64 Way- cross, GA, installed a new display case and bookshelf in the Oke- fenokee Heritage Cen- ter. L to R Lt. Com- mander Dennis Evans Jeffrey McCarthy, Mike Griffin, Adjutant Chuck Griffin, Steve McCarthy, Will Grif- fin, and Mike Lee. [See Page 15] Peace? ☟

On July 17, 1864, Lincoln sent a messenger to ask Presi- dent Davis to make peace: ☝Joshua’s Confederate veteran was Private William “Bill” A. Dishner “Withdraw your armies from our territory, and peace will (Company B, 63 rd Virginia Infantry Regiment). Samuel’s veteran was come of itself. We do not seek to subjugate you. We are not 2nd Lieutenant Samuel Edward Williams (Company K, Floyd’s Legion, waging an offensive war . . . Let us alone and peace will Georgia; State Guards). come at once.” was Davis’ reply. ~Reported by 12th Brigade Commander Michael Reither Page 12 The Georgia Confederate November/December, 2019

☝ Habersham Guard Camp 716, Clarkesville, Ga-- ☝L. New SCV compatriot Kenneth Parrot (left) stands next to Camp Commander/Lamon Smith Chaplain Bill Chandler swears in Camp 716's newest member Woodrow Free. (right) after being inducted into Camp McDonald during a regular meeting on November 12 th . ☟ Compatriot Parrot’s ancestor was Private William J. Parrott (Company D, 1 st Battalion Georgia Sharp- Habersham Guard Camp 716, Clarkesville, Ga.--At shooters). R. On November 12th, 12th Brigade Commander Michael Reither visited with Camp our November meeting, Commander Michael Dale pre- McDonald #1552 at their monthly meeting in Marietta. Brigade Commander Reither spoke about his sented Jennifer Stein a check for $500. Jennifer is the goals for the 12th Brigade over the next year and presented a very interesting video on the Confederate Executive Director for the Family Resource Center of Memorial Hall Civil War Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sincerely, David Beam Adjutant Northeast Georgia. This outstanding organization pro- Camp McDonald #1552 vides educational programs, guidance, supervised visi- tation, therapeutic counseling and links to community ☜General Ambrose Ransom Wright, resources as families strive to be more competent and SCV Camp 1914 places a commemo- self-sufficient. rative wreath at Magnolia Cemetery. CT Mil ler

702 3rd Street Augusta, GA 30901 Magnolia Cemetery in Augusta is one of the most historic burial grounds in Georgia. Although it was not officially desig- nated as a cemetery until 1818, the oldest marked grave at Magnolia is that of J. Hartford Montgomery who died on December 24, 1800. Seven noted Confederate Generals rest there in addition to veterans of the American Revolution, War of 1812, Seminole, Mexican and Civil Wars. The land where Magnolia Cemetery is located was at one time part of a plantation. The Academy of Richmond County owned the first two blocks which they sold to the City Council of Augusta for $800 in 1817. The cemetery contains over 60 acres. In the cemetery, you will find five Jewish cemeteries and one Greek cemetery. There is also a Masonic Lodge section and several church sec- tions located within this one cemetery. November/December, 2019 The Georgia Confederate Page 13

Camp Payne lost an old friend. CANNONBALL HOUSE On November 15, 2019 our Camp lost an old friend, Elmer C. Hogue, Jr., at the age of 93. A DECEMBER 12 – Legendary Football Coach, Vince Dooley will native of Atlanta, Elmer was a World War II be at The Cannonball House from noon until 2pm signing his book veteran with the U.S. Army Air Corps, and later “The Legion’s Fighting Bulldog”, which is a collection of the War- became an airline pilot with Delta Air Lines, time correspondence of William Gaston Delony, Lieutenant Colonel rising to Captain. He had a longtime association of Cobb's Georgia Legion Cavalry. Admission charge to non mem- with SCV and was a life member of both national and the Georgia bers. Please call for more information. (478) 745-5982. division. In 1993 Elmer was an organizer and charter member of David W. Payne Camp #1633. Graveside services were held Novem- (Macon, GA) – The ber 18th at College Park Cemetery in College Park, GA. Survivors Friends of the Cannon- include two sons: Ellis Hogue of Hapeville, GA; and Tommy Hogue, ball House, Inc. is happy of Blairsville, GA. Close friend Tammy King, several cousins and to announce the comple- other relatives also survive Compatriot Hogue. Camp #1633 and the tion of the restoration of local Blairsville community were benefactors of Elmer's consider- the front facade. We able knowledge and generosity. He will be missed! would like to thank those who made the restoration (Submitted by Greg C. White, Camp Publicist, David W. Payne a reality: NSDAR, Sheri- Camp #1633, Blairsville, GA) dan, Tony Long, Watson HOGUE, Elmer C. Mr. Elmer Costley Hogue Jr. age 93 of Madeline Brown Jr. board. A reception is planned for the near future. Way Blairsville passed away peacefully on Friday, November 15, The Cannonball House would like to thank The Old Governor’s 2019. Mr. Hogue was born on Sept. 21, 1926 in Atlanta, GA., the son Mansion in Milledgeville for their generous donation of an 1850 We- of the late Elmer C. Hogue Sr. and the late Madeline S. Hogue. He ber square grand piano. We are looking forward to hearing its won- was a veteran of the US Army Air Corps of WWII. He loved all ani- derful melodies sing throughout the home. mals especially bird watching and duck hunting. Elmer was a mem- The Cannonball House, named for damage sustained during the ber of the Hapeville Masonic Lodge #F&AM, a member of the Sons War Between the States, was built in 1853 as a planter’s townhouse. of Confederate Veterans and was an active member of the Historical Located in Macon, Georgia, The Cannonball House is listed on the Society. He was a loving father and friend to many. Surviving Mr. National Register of Historic Places. It is an example of authentic Hogue are two sons, Ellis Hogue of Hapeville, GA, Tommy Hogue of Greek Revival architecture containing fine period furnishings. The Blairsville, close friend Tammy King, several cousins, and many house is also the repository for the Founders’ parlors of the Adel- other relatives also survive. Graveside services will be held on Mon- phean (Α∆ΙΙ) and Philomathean (ΦΜ) societies, recreated from day, November 18, 2019 at 12:00 pm from the College Park Ceme- Wesleyan College, where they began in 1851 and 1852. tery in College Park, GA. Flowers are accepted or if you wish, the The Cannonball House is devoted to acquiring, conserving, inter- family requests that donations may be made to the Union County preting, and exhibiting artifacts reflecting Georgia’s heritage from the Historical Society or to the American Cancer Society in Mr. Hogue's antebellum through reconstruction eras. We strive to engage and in- memory. The family will meet with friends at the funeral home on community members and visitors by presenting authentic and Sunday evening from 2-6:00 PM. Mountain View Funeral Home of entertaining educational programs, exhibits, and special events Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family through a wide range of history. guest book and send condolences online at The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com founded in 1890 to promote patriotism, preserve American History, Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Nov. 17, 2019 and support better education for our nation’s children. Its members are descended from the patriots who won American independence during the Revolutionary War. With 178,000 members in approxi- Jefferson Finis Davis mately 3,000 chapters worldwide, DAR is one of the world’s largest and most active service organizations. To learn more about today’s DAR, visit www.DAR.org. For more about applying for a Special Born June 3, 1808 Projects Grant from DAR, visit www.dar.org/grants. Christian County, Kentucky For more information, please call 478-745-2862 or visit www.cannonballhouse.org Died December 6, 1889 The Cannonball House New Orleans, Louisiana 856 Mulberry St Macon, Georgia 31201 President Confederate States of America October 17, 1978 President Carter signed a joint resolution of Con- [ 1861 ~ 1865] gress restoring U.S. citizenship to Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America. Page 14 The Georgia Confederate November/December, 2019

Mary Henderson Cemetery/ Ashburn, GA as a private in the 10th Georgia many fallen trees. Fences and By Barry Colbaugh Battalion, Company B and made markers are damaged. Many his way through the ranks as people have helped clean the Located in Ashburn 3/4 miles Among the first burials with a Sergeant, 2nd Lieutenant, 1st cemetery in the past. Members northeast from intersection of marker was that of a child, Re- Lieutenant and eventually Cap- of the Yancey Independents GA 112 and I-75 along a dirt becca Jane Taylor (1875-1876). tain and surrendered at Appo- #693 Camp of Sons of Confed- road is the Mary Henderson The next two were that of Ma- mattox in 1865. A gallant officer erate Veterans are interested in Cemetery. Manasseh and Mary nasseh HENDERSON (1878) during the war and never asked cleaning up and restoring the E. Henderson are buried here. and Mary J. HAMAN (1878). the men to go where he did not cemetery in the fall. If you have Manasseh a war veteran and Here are some of the veterans lead. The Albany News. (Albany, an ancestor buried there or are Mary was a caring wife. To- buried there. Ga.) 186?-1880, November 06, interested in the cemetery resto- gether they lived in a humble Benjamin Boles Company I, 1879, Image 4 ration please let us know. cottage. They were thrifty and 32nd Georgia, Upson County William M Massey Company Contact Barry Colbaugh built up their land, stock and GA Woodson Guards, enlisted F 27th Georgia, Colquitt’s Bri- [email protected] wealth. Mary died from small- in Thomaston Georgia October, gade in the Battle of James Is- Stiles Akin Camp #670 pox at their home. Charlie was a 1861. Company I 6th Regiment land was wounded in the left solider returning home from Georgia State Troops and Com- arm requiring amputation below http://filsonhistorical.org/vcc/ Civil War, 21 years old taken ill pany I 32nd Georgia May 7, the elbow subject/?n=Breckinridge% near home of the Henderson’s 1862 merged and surrendered in William Jackson Story Com- 2C+John+C.+% and cared for at their home, died Salisbury North Carolina April pany F 59th Georgia, Ander- 28John+Cabell%29%2C+1821- and was the first person buried 26 1865 son’s Brigade; On July 2nd 1863 1875 in this cemetery. Last name is during the Battle of Gettysburg The Albany news. (Albany, Ga.) unknown. Grave is not presently in Pennsylvania wounded in the 186?-1880, November 06, 1879, marked and it was thought it had left hip. Image 4 been moved." This would proba- Isaac F Ward born 25 Febru- https://www.findagrave.com/ bly have been in the late 1860's. ary 1827 enlisted private Com- memorial/42078487/mary-e_- It was said General John C pany C, 45th Georgia. During henderson Breckenridge spent the night at the Battle of the Wilderness May https://www.findagrave.com/ the Henderson home on the eve 5, 1864, shot in the head above memorial/42078913/manassah- of the capture of Pres. of the the right eye henderson Confederate States, Jeff Davis George Washington Haman - There are about 59 memorials https://www.findagrave.com/ and his wife. The general was Muster Roll of Company F, 49th listed on find a grave with many cemetery/34467/memorial- able to escape and returned to Reg. GA Infantry, Irwin Co, GA pioneer citizens buried there. search? KY after the war. Later the son Volunteers lists him as 2nd Ser- Many of the greaves include in- firstName=&lastName=&page= of Breckenridge Arkansas Con- geant March 4, 1862 and ap- fants of many families. Some 1#sr-65635712 gressman C. R. Breckinridge pointed 1st Sergeant Feb. 1863. were still born and many were wrote to Capt. W. H. Cooper of Roster of the Confederate Sol- victims of sickness like typhoid Malvern, Ark. from Washington, diers of Georgia 1861-1865 Vol. fever and smallpox that also GC Deadlines D.C. He refers to current reports II p 244 plagued many soldiers. Some ~ 2020 ~ about the distribution of Confed- Robert Monroe Harden are children who died around the erate gold and silver to retreating enlisted in Battery B, 11th Bat- age of 10. A search of obituaries Feb. 1st soldiers after the fall of Rich- talion., GA. Arty., "Sumter Fly- in the newspapers did not reveal mond in 1865. He reports that ing Artillery", CSA, on January many obituaries because these Apr. 1st he only received $5.00 of his 1, 1864, as a private. In October were rare in this time. Many of father's (Secretary of War John 1864, he reported for detached the graves are unmarked and Jun. 1st C. Breckinridge) share when the duty with a musket at Fort some are in disrepair. Currently treasury funds were divided Gregg on the Petersburg line. the cemetery is overgrown with Aug. 1st among the troops at Washington, Last roll (Jan-Feb 1865) shows Ga. He adds, "as soon as I got it him present at Fort Gregg. Cap- Oct. 1st I went to a blacksmith's shop tured on April 2, 1865, and and cut it up into halves and taken to City Point, Virginia on Dec. 1st quarters, it all being in Mexican April 4, 1865. Subsequently dollar pieces, so as to make taken to Point Lookout, Mary- change and make it go as far as land and released June 13, 1865. possible." Manasseh Henderson enlisted November/December, 2019 The Georgia Confederate Page 15

sisting with the presentation along CAMP NEWS with Division Chaplain Cavanah is Camp Davis Presents Hunley Lt. Col. Andrew Wichers. Chief Master Sergeant Nathaniel Brown- Award to Cadet Baylor lee, who was personally instrumen- On Wednesday, October 9, 2019, tal in contacting the Georgia Divi- Gen. Stand Watie Camp #915 Georgia Division Chaplain, Rev. sion about the Award, was unable to Minutes: October 10, 2019 Dr. James Cavanah, presented the attend the presentation due to a fac- Members present: John Biddy; Stan Chambers; Max H.L Hunley Award to Cadet Des- ulty meeting scheduled at the same Tomlinson; John Warren; Wesley Houston; David Mitchell; tiny Baylor of Effingham County time. Stephen Chastain; Jerome Silvers. High School, Springfield, Georgia. Division Chaplain Cavanah re- Adjutant Report: Camp 915 sold souvenirs at the Fair. Cadet Baylor was selected from the ported that the leadership and cadet Thanks to members that worked the event: John Biddy; Stan Corps of Cadets as one who repeat- corps of Effingham County High Chambers; David Mitchell; Jon Hazelwood; David Pendley; edly and consistently displayed the School deeply appreciates the part- John Warren. Camp membership is now 25. elements of character, courage, loy- nership that has been established Commander Biddy reported Calvin Crane of Virginia, last alty, and devotion to the core values with the Georgia Division of the known Real Son, died at age 102. The Screven County Con- of the Air Force JROTC program. Sons of Confederate Veterans and federate Monument has been repaired. The presentation of the Hunley looks forward to working us in the Stand Watie birthday celebration/Christmas party will be Award was made on behalf of the future. December 12th. Dinner will be paid for by the Camp. Army Georgia Division, Sons of Confed- Georgia Division Chaplain of Tennessee Commander Jason Boshers will be the speaker. erate Veterans, and Camp Davis, Jim Cavanah, Camp Davis Camp voted to send $55.00 to the Confederate Museum Camp #2073, Guyton, Georgia. As- [See photo Page 10] Fund. Officer election will be held at the November meeting. Clement A. Evans Camp 64 or Individual stories of how they Program: Video of 125th Re-enactment of Battle of Chicka- On November 2, 2019, Clement served the Confederate States of mauga from Lionheart Films. A. Evans Camp 64 Waycross, GA, America from the Okefenokee area. installed a new display case and We are so proud that this project is bookshelf in the Okefenokee Heri- completed, so we can educate peo- Calhoun Rifles Camp #1855 580 Bell Farm Rd. Edison, GA 39846 tage Center museum located in ple that visit the museum from all Waycross, GA. The display case over the world about our Confeder- entitled 'Okefenokee in the Confed- ate Ancestors. The bookshelf was November 20, 2019 eracy' tells the story of Local Con- donated to the museum for them to Compatriots,

federates of the area that the Heri- place books that are for sale in the This month’s Camp meeting will be held next Monday No- tage Center serves. The first of its museum. Members present are Lt. vember 25, 2019 at the Calhoun County Farm Bureau office kind since the museum opened in Commander Dennis Evans (L to R) in Morgan, GA at 7:00 PM. 1975. The project started with dis- Jeffrey McCarthy, Mike Griffin, Program Chairman David Sullivan recently made a trip to cussion at a regular SCV Camp Adjutant Chuck Griffin, Steve Virginia and will share information on the places he visited meeting on October 8, 2018. After McCarthy, Will Griffin, and Mike and will talk about the Battle at Fredericksburg. many discussions and ideas with Lee. members of the Camp we went to Chuck Griffin, Camp Adjutant Some of you that are receiving this bulletin have not paid work. We had the display ready to Clement A. Evans Camp 64 - SCV dues for this year. Your support is needed by our Camp as present to the Board of Directors at well as the Georgia Division. Even if you are unable to attend their August 2019 meeting where Annual Lee/Jackson the meetings you can give your support by remaining a mem- ber. You were able to join SCV because you have an ancestor Lt. Commander Dennis Evans and Clement A Evans Camp #64 will who fought for the cause and you can honor him by maintain- Adjutant Chuck Griffin were pre- hold there annual Lee-Jackson Sup- ing your membership. Surely he would approve! sent to talk about and answer any per on Saturday, January 11, 2019 at

questions about the display. The 5pm. The supper will be at Captain Best Regards, Board of Directors voted to accept Joe's on Plant Avenue in Waycross. Glenn Sinquefield, Camp Commander the display to be placed in the mu- Program speaker will be Georgia seum. The story on display will be Division Commander Tim Pilgrim. changed about every 6-8 months, so The REAL CHRISTmas we can share different Companies For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Luke 2: 11 Page 16 The Georgia Confederate November/December, 2019

NOTE GEORGIA CORRECTION CONFEDERATES In the September/October, 2019 issue YOUTH CAMP of The Georgia Confederate I left out [GCYC] the Reference and Source for the arti- June 7th ~ 12th cle: Page 22 IN MEMORY OF THOSE 2020 WE NEED CAMPERS WHO SACRIFICED ALL Boys & Girls, ages 12 ~ 17 AT GRISWOLDVILLE Reference: "Joe Brown's Pets", page Check out our new web site: 318; Author Bill Bragg gcyouthcamp.org

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TO: Lauren Ritchie---Journalist/Reporter; Orlando “Proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ” Sentinel newspaper--Florida Mrs. Ritchie, And protecting the good name I just read your article in the Orlando Sentinel about the Kirby Smith statue and I consider it extremely bi- of the Confederate Veteran. ased and it exhibits gross ignorance about the causes of Georgia Confederates Youth Camp, Inc. the War For Southern Independence aka Civil War and the reasons Kirby Smith and other Southerners fought against Northern tyranny, despotism, and dictatorship. Tell ye your children of it, They fought against Northern Socialism and Commu- and let your children tell their children, nism and to preserve the Constitution and Bill of Rights which were written by Southern statesmen. and their children another generation. Slavery was already a dying institution and Southerners Joel 1: 3 were willing to give up all interest in territories includ- ing Kansas and Nebraska in order to win independ- If you will read one of my articles they explain the 10 Causes of Southern Seces- ence. sion in detail. The Republican Party from 1854-1877 was very I can also send you a series of 6 articles titled "The myth of the lost cause". similar to the modern Democratic Party--Socialist, I had 3 Confederate ancestors from Madison County, Florida who fought for Communist, Atheist. Karl Marx's Socialist revolution Southern Independence and they did not fight for slavery. in Europe failed in 1848 and in 1849-1850 he sent Even the modern historian James McPherson who is no friend to Confederate about 2000 European Socialist to and and Southern history, heritage, and culture had to admit after reading about 30,000 they joined with American Socialists to form the Re- surviving letters and documents written by Confederates that they said they were publican Party. 487 of Marx's articles including the fighting for independence and not slavery. Communist Manifesto were printed in the New York James W. King Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) Camp 141 Tribune by Horace Greeley and Charles Anderson Lt. Col. Thomas M. Nelsons Rangers; Albany Georgia Dana. [King’s L.T.E. continued >] www.gascv.org November/December, 2019 The Georgia Confederate Page 17

Mouthpieces for Revisionist History port of the Historic Oakland ern Poverty Law Center into its By Lee Joyner Foundation, The Atlanta History proper perspective. He writes, Center, The Atlanta Mayor and “The SPLC wants Confederate Oakland - They perished over tion he labeled as racist. The City Council, the Smithsonian statues removed. Several years 150 years ago, many on battle- women of the U.D.C had in fact Institution, Georgia State Univer- ago they published (a) chart de- fields stretching from the woods solicited funds for the monu- sity, and of course, the Southern picting the dates when Confeder- and fields of Chickamauga to the ment, albeit at the behest of local Poverty Law Center a new tactic ate statues were erected. …they earthen defenses of Atlanta. Union army veterans. is being employed. “Interpretive” attempt to associate the construc- Some succumbed to wounds in Recently, at a Screven County, markers are being installed at tion of Confederate statues with numerous hospitals of the Gate Georgia cemetery near Augusta, Oakland Cemetery, the Piedmont three eras they claim correlate to City, others suffered and died, vandals literally demolished the Park Peace Monument, the white hostility toward blacks. the victims of deadly diseases. marble statue of a Confederate Peachtree Creek Battlefield stone The attempts are as phony as a Roughly 7,000 of them are bur- soldier, leaving pieces of it scat- marker, and eventually the Deca- football bat.” ied at Atlanta, Georgia’s Oakland tered on the ground. Sledge ham- tur Confederate monument. “The SPLC portrays the first Cemetery and nearly half sleep in mers or similar tools were likely The cemetery visitor standing twenty-years from 1880 to 1900 unknown graves. The Lion of employed in the destruction of before the wounded Lion of At- as a time when Southern blacks Atlanta guards their final resting the effigy. A reward has been lanta monument is struck by the lost voting rights and Jim Crow place, but like their fellow Con- offered for information leading to power and simplicity of the in- was enacted. Their case for this federate comrades in arms in dis- the arrest of the culprits. scription beneath the lion, period is weak because compara- tant places of rest, their battles In Rome, Georgia, operating tively few statues were assem- are only just beginning. under the cover of darkness, van- bled at that time. Similarly, Jim Consider Confederate Rest, a dals somehow reached the top of Crow and voting rights issues a tall Confederate monument in largely applied only to the sec- the city cemetery and sawed off ond half of the period.” the hands of the soldier standing “Many more statues were con- atop the marble shaft. The face of structed during the second era the Southern warrior was also from 1900 to 1920, which the defaced. Thankfully it has now SPLC correlates to racial lynch- been restored. ings and a resurgent KKK. In Only legal challenges have reality, lynchings were steadily prevented the Dallas, Texas City declining during the entire period Council from dismantling a size- and the KKK was not resurgent able Confederate monument in “Unknown Confederate Dead”, until after 1920. At the start of the cemetery there. An equestrian surrounded as it is by numerous the 1920’s, the KKK had only a small section of the city cemetery statue of Robert E. Lee has al- stone grave markers of the fallen few thousand members. Five at Madison, Wisconsin where ready been removed and sold at soldiers. No further explanation years later, however, member- several hundred former Confed- auction. is needed or desired and certainly ship ranged from two to five mil- erate prisoners who died of dis- Thankfully the State of Geor- not the fabricated historical lion because it had become a na- ease at nearby Camp Randall are gia now has a law aimed at pre- mumblings of the Southern Pov- tional – not regional – organiza- buried. The town mayor, a civil venting the removal and or dese- erty Law Center, claiming that tion. Indiana had more members rights advocate and outspoken cration of monuments to soldiers Confederate Monuments were than any state. Oregon, Kansas, critic of the U.D.C. and anything of any wars. It has at least erected to enforce “white su- Colorado, Pennsylvania, Wash- remotely associated with the stopped Savannah, Georgia poli- premacy” and Jim Crow Laws. ington, and Ohio were other Confederacy, recently convinced ticians from altering the Confed- Any article or organization strongholds outside the South. the city council members that a erate monument at Forsyth Park that lends credence to any his- Nonetheless by the start of the nondescript marker containing and relocating busts of Confeder- torically related comment attrib- 1930’s the Klan’s numbers had the names of the prisoners was in ate leaders to a nearby cemetery. uted to the SPLC is inherently dwindled to insignificance.” fact a monument to the Confed- A recent poll on the monuments flawed itself. The Smithsonian 1911 Atlanta, Georgia Peace eracy. Running roughshod over indicates that most Savannah and The Monument in . A the objections of the Landmarks residents are in favor of leaving should know better but as of late nearby "interpretive" marker dubs it Commission the mayor ordered a the monuments in place. have become mouthpieces for an artifact of white brotherhood forklift to remove the marker At least temporarily suspend- revisionist history in their quest between North and South, while ig- noring the plight of African Ameri- from the cemetery. Conjuring up ing efforts to remove Confeder- to remove as well as rewrite his- cans . ~Lee Joyner images of mistreated slaves, ate monuments in Atlanta and tory. “In truth four factors that the Mayor Paul Soglin had an ax to Decatur, revisionist forces are on In a recent speech on Confed- SPLC evades caused the building grind with the United Daughters the march and are armed for bat- erate Monuments, historian Phil surge during the 1900-1920 inter- of the Confederacy, an organiza- tle. With the blessings and sup- Leigh put the aims of the South- Joyner: Continued next page > Page 18 The Georgia Confederate November/December, 2019 Joyner: Continued lanta hospitals. Many died far Christmas Night, 1862 from home leaving behind griev- The wintry blast goes wailing by, ing parents, widows and orphans. the snow is falling overhead; And now, as if to add insult to I hear the lonely sentry's tread, injury, visitors to the site will and distant watch-fires light the sky. read revisionist portrayals of them as unfeeling slave masters Dim forms go flitting through the gloom; resting near monuments to white The soldiers cluster round the blaze To talk of other Christmas days, supremacy. In effect they are And softly speak of home and home portrayed as the bad guys in a bloody war. Whatever happened My saber swinging overhead, to rest in peace? gleams in the watch-fire's fitful glow, val. First, since the old soldiers Maybe there should be an in- while fiercely drives the blinding snow, were dying-off, family members terpretive marker explaining that and memory leads me to the dead. wanted to honor them while they in the thousands of extant Con- were still around. A twenty-one- federate letters and diaries pe- My thoughts go wandering to and fro, year-old who went to war in rused by renowned historian vibrating 'twixt the Now and Then; 1861 was sixty years old in 1900 James McPherson in his book I see the low-browed home again, the old hall wreathed in mistletoe . and seventy-five in 1915. Sec- For Cause and Comrades , slav-

ond, the Civil War’s semi- ery is seldom mentioned. Victo- And sweetly from the far off years centennial commemoration was a rian values of duty and honor comes borne the laughter faint and low, major factor motivating statue compelled young men on both the voices of the Long Ago! construction. Nineteen-eleven sides to join up and fight for their My eyes are wet with tender tears. marked the fiftieth anniversary of country. He writes, “Victorians the start of the war and 1915 was understood duty to be a binding I feel again the mother kiss, the fiftieth anniversary of its end. moral obligation involving recip- I see again the glad surprise Third, both of the preceding rocity: one had a duty to defend That lighted up the tranquil eyes And brimmed them o'er with tears of bliss points contributed to a simultane- the flag under whose protection

ous surge in the number of stat- one had lived.” As, rushing from the old hall-door, ues erected to honor Union veter- Slavery was indeed a reprehensi- She fondly clasped her wayward boy - ans. It is only natural that Con- ble practice, but blaming the in- Her face all radiant with the joy federate descendants wanted to stitution on long dead soldiers, She felt to see him home once more. follow suit at the same time. most of whom never owned Fourth, post-war impoverished slaves is not only ill advised but My saber swinging on the bough Southerners generally did not ludicrous. Simply put it is rewrit- Gleams in the watch-fire's fitful glow, have enough money to pay for ing history. Maybe what one his- while fiercely drives the blinding snow memorials until the turn of the torian has called the shrill intem- aslant upon my saddened brow.

century. Notwithstanding its perate voices of revisionist rheto- Those cherished faces are all gone! population growth, the region did ric are in need of a large cork. Asleep within the quiet graves not recover to its pre-war eco- People don’t want or need to where lies the snow in drifting waves, - nomic activity level until after be preached to and harangued And I am sitting here alone. 1900.” with hate laced revisionist rheto- Cemeteries are supposed to be ric. We all get an ample dose of There's not a comrade here tonight peaceful places of rest and reflec- that every night on the evening but knows that loved ones far away tion, not soapboxes where politi- news. Let visitors to cemeteries on bended knees this night will pray: cians, revisionist historians, and and battlefields think for them- "God bring our darling from the fight." hate groups vow to indoctrinate selves and make up their own visitors through slanted signage. minds. Americans recognize the But there are none to wish me back, for me no yearning prayers arise The long dead Confederate truth when they see it and can the lips are mute and closed the eyes - soldiers in Oakland cemetery appreciate the sacrifices made by My home is in the bivouac. have suffered enough. Many of their long dead American rela- their graves were exhumed by tives, regardless of the color uni- Poem by William Gordon McCabe written Sherman’s soldiers during the form they wore. while at the Stone’s River Battlefield, De- cember, 1862. occupation of Atlanta, the bodies Lee Joyner, member Joe Wheeler dumped on the ground. Their SCV Camp, Conyers, GA Thanks to Editor Bob Green of the E. Por- frames were riven and torn apart 510 Browning Shoals Road ter Alexander Camp #158 newsletter, the Wig by shot and shell, cries of pain Social Circle, Ga. 30025 Wag for sending this poem. echoing down the halls of At- 770 883 7956 November/December, 2019 The Georgia Confederate Page 19

☟Habersham Guard, Camp 716, Clarkesville, GA Camp 716 set up our Heritage Defense Booth at the Big Red Apple Festival in Cornelia, Ga. The camp sold flags and T-shirts, and talked with numerous Dixie sup- porters and well wishers. Habersham Guard does three of these events per year and presents our donation to the Georgia Division at our Annual Christmas Dinner.

☝L to R: Angel Honea, Shane Honea, Jim Kelly, Clint Morris, Jason Scoggins, Doug Jarrett (aka "Bones"), Jason Wesley, and color bearer Isaac Kelly. Gen. William J. Hardee #1397

☜ Georgia Con- federates Youth Camp 2019: Camp- ers tour Ft. Pulaski and Ft. McAllister. Bottom photo, Com- patriot Cecil Green- well conducts a class on period clothing.

☝ General Ambrose Ransom Wright SCV Camp monthly meeting. Cmdr. Carl T Miller Jr. formally swore in our newest member Com- patriot Chuck Moore. The meeting was very, very educational. It surely was nice to see a new member join the ranks! I hope everyone will have a blessed Christmas and safe New Year.

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