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January 2017 Edited By: Vol 1 : Issue 8 Old Dominion Voice Travis Toombs

#LeeJacksonDay2017

“Old times here are NOT forgotten” (click here) (click here) The Official Newsletter of the Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Monuments To General Robert E. Lee

Locations

Top Left: Top Right: Monument Avenue Antietam Battlefield Richmond, VA Sharpsburg, MD

Middle Left: Middle Right: Gettysburg Battlefield Lee Circle Gettysburg, PA New Orleans, LA

Bottom Left: Lee Park Charlottesville, VA Monuments To Lt. General Thomas J. Jackson

Locations

Top Left: Top Right: Manassas Battlefield Jackson Park Manassas, VA Charlottesville, VA

Middle Left: Middle Right: Virginia Military Institute Virginia Capitol Lexington, VA Richmond, VA

Bottom Left: Monument Avenue Richmond, VA Monuments Remaining If We Give Up Our Fight...

Locations: Anywhere Confederate Monuments Currently Stand Table of Contents

● Commander’s Report pg. 7 “ S ● Heritage Defense Report pg. 8 T O H N ● Chaplain’s Comments pg. 9 E S ● Thoughts of a Millennial pg.10 O of ○ Men to Emulate L D C O ● 1st Brigade Report pg.13 ● 2nd Brigade Report pg.16 D N O ● 3rd Brigade Report pg.19 F M E ● 4th Brigade Report pg.21 I D ● 5th Brigade Report pg.25 N E ● 6th Brigade Report pg.27 I R ● 7th Brigade Report pg.31 O A N T ● 153 Years Ago pg.35 “ E ○ September 1863 D V ● R.E. Lee: Thoughts of a Teacher pg.36 I E ○ Written By: Ms. Kayla Noe V T I E ● Why We Must Remember Them pg.38 S R ○ Written By: Pastor Creighton Lovelace I A O N ● Confederate Calendar pg.40 N S ● Auld Lang Syne pg.42 ○ Written by Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee & Thomas J. Jackson Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans

“To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit the vindication of the Cause for which we fought. To your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier’s good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles which he loved and which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious and which you also cherish.”

Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee Commander-in-Chief United Confederate Veterans April 24, 1906 (Click Here) (Click Here) (Click Here)

Virginia Division Executive Council Officers

Commander 1st Lt. Commander Tony Griffin Edwin Ray

2nd Lt. Commander Quartermaster Johnny Neville Ron Moore

Archivist Adjutant Russ Edwards Greg Mays

Chaplin Inspector Fred Chiesa Bob Shirley Jr.

Treasurer Chief of Heritage Defense Bill Graham B. Frank Earnest

Past Commander Past Commander L. Tracy Clary J. Michael Pullen Commander’s Report Commander Tony Griffin - [email protected]

Compatriots,

Christmas has just passed and it's only six days to a new year. You would think it would be a happy and joyous time for all. Well, the Charlottesville City Council doesn't feel that way. They are like the Grinch and have it in their cold little hearts to try and move or reinterpret the monuments to Generals Lee and Jackson. We are monitoring the situation and expect Charlottesville to Lieutenant Robert E. Lee obey the Laws of Virginia! 1838 There are numerous Lee/Jackson Day events scheduled during January including the annual Lee/Jackson Day events in Lexington. Many Camps also have a banquet to honor the Generals. Try and support one or more of these.

The Division Executive Council will be meeting on January 28th in Spotsylvania, all are welcome.

I hope everyone had a very Merry and Blessed Christmas and has a safe and Happy New Year!

Deo Vindice! Tony Griffin Commander Virginia Division, Thomas J. Jackson Sons of Confederate Veterans 1855

7 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 Heritage Defense Chief of Heritage Defense Frank Earnest - [email protected]

Gentlemen of the Ken Parsons and myself are prepared to Confederation, travel to Charlottesville if and when necessary. I know that it seems like it is I can not say how much I appreciate past time to celebrate, HDC Ken Parsons for staying on to assist me but don't send up with this and other attacks on our heritage. I the fireworks just would also like to thank Travis Toombs for yet. We reestablishing our Division Facebook page. Southerners are Perhaps we can use electronic media to special counter the lies that the established media Americans. We continue to tell about our cause. This have 2 flags and 2 Americas that we love. method did seem to work pretty well for They were both taken away from us. Now it someone else recently. I would also like to looks like we might be getting one America thank our man on Monument Avenue, back. One down and one to go. Regaining Quartermaster Ron Moore, for keeping an the Confederate States of America will be a eye on the statues on that historic boulevard. lot more difficult. Of course we don't really Lt. Commander Edwin Ray acts as my eyes expect to re-establish the Confederate States watching other goings on in the Confederate of America. All we want is to honor our Capitol of Richmond. Confederate dead and be allowed to do so in our own way. It takes an army to fight a war. You are all soldiers in this army. I appreciate all those We know too well the lies that have been told who help in this fight. It takes more than a about us and our ancestors. Now that those membership card and a lapel pin to be a Son same lies have been said about half the of Confederate Veterans. We need country, perhaps there is some hope for us to everyone of you to step forward and take up be able to tell our true story. This may be the the fight in your part of Virginia. Attend city time when we can get them to understand council meetings and do what ever else you why we love and honor our ancestors and can to let both our friends and our enemies heritage so much. I won't go into all the know that we are always ready to defend our monuments, flags, and street names that are ancestors and our heritage. under attack across Virginia. You should all be aware of them by now. B. Frank Earnest Virginia Division Heritage Defense Coordinator and Southern Patriot We are actually doing pretty well on most fronts. The public seems to have realized that the real racists are those calling for a revision of history. Except for Charlottesville, the push for change appears to be on hold for now. In that city there is still a strong effort to remove statues of both Generals Lee and Jackson. We are ready to move forward with all efforts to prevent this. We (the DEC) are prepared to take legal steps to stop this affront to our heritage. Past HDC

8 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 Chaplain’s Comments Chaplain Fred Chiesa - [email protected]

Prayer for the forgiveness of sins

Lord, I'm in that place again On my knees Laying my life out before You Thank you that on the cross you cried 2017 A New Year "It is finished" You have done it Forgiveness is complete The great thing about walking with I can live forever in Your grace God in life is that there is always the Forever in Your love opportunity to start anew - God always So I ask now for Your forgiveness offers us a new day and a new dawn, For the wrongs that I have done no matter what has gone before. At And the things that I have neglected the start of this New Year, why not I ask for Your forgiveness take a moment to thank Him for last For the people I have hurt along the way year, ask His forgiveness for where And those who I have failed to love as You you have failed, and dedicate this new love I ask for Your forgiveness year to Him - to serve Him and love Him. I receive Your forgiveness And resolve in my heart Short Thanksgiving Prayer That with Your strength Lord, thank you for walking with us through I determine not to make these errors again the seasons of our lives. I receive Your forgiveness For the winter, when we are held safe in your And by the power of Your Holy Spirit arms through the darkness. I walk away from everything I know to be For the hope of spring, as we are filled with wrong new promise and life. And embrace everything I know about You For summer time, full of warmth and colour For the kingdom, the power and the glory And for autumn days as leaves fall to seed Are always and forever Yours new growth. You are always with us. Amen.

Amen.

9 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 Thoughts of a Millennial Men to Emulate By: Travis Toombs - [email protected]

My millennial generation certainly has a lot of good people to look up too. We have Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, and Bruce Jenner just to name a few. All of these outstanding individuals have great values that would produce great men and women if emulated. Examples are how tolerant to different beliefs Beyoncé is, or how intelligent Kim Kardashian is, or the good manners of Kanye West, and best of all, Bruce Jenner’s example of how to be a man. With virtues and values like these to emulate, the Millennial generation should be just fine…

Oh wait. Something’s not right here.

Maybe those folks are not the best examples of people to try and emulate. Money, fame, and recognition does not make someone a great person. I’m not implying that those folks listed above are bad people or that they have no good qualities, but maybe we shouldn’t all strive to be just like them. This is still, for now, a free country and everyone has the right to do as they please so long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else. This means if they want to gallivant around acting a fool just to get rich and draw attention to themselves, then they can do so. But as far as heros that we should look up to, maybe not. However history is full of figures that, if emulated, can lead to another generation of great people. The founding of these of America gave us Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and many more just like them. In fact, American history is full of men and women whose good characteristics can be emulated, including Robert Edward Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.

Modern day historians and politically correct writers are now doing their best to try and blame 200 years of slavery on, among others, Robert E. Lee and . Under the politics of today, they are promulgating an incorrect history citing these men as bad people. Contrary to their misguided beliefs, Robert E. Lee was a man of character; character that is unsurpassed by anyone except Jesus Christ himself. Robert E. Lee is the embodiment of kindness, compassion, and forgiveness and most of us can only hope to be 1/10 the man that he was. The same circumstances surround Stonewall Jackson; he personified self discipline, self control, punctuality, and bravery. Jackson and Lee were great in their own separate way and both gentlemen had flaws. However, if everyone were to emulate the greatness of these two men, then the world might not be in such a rough place like it is right now. There are good men and women in today’s world, but somehow we no longer look up to the great ones, rather we look up to the entertaining ones. If this path continues, then our country is doomed. We must, as a generation, as a people, and as a country lift up the great people to be honored and emulate their virtues as much as possible. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson are not the only great men, but they seem to be the only ones under unwarranted attack. If their character is continually besmirched and their virtues are disgraced and forgotten, our great nation will continue its downward spiral eventually ending in total collapse. But then again, take my words with a grain of salt, because after all, these are just the thoughts of a millennial.

Travis Toombs 1st Lt. Commander, A.P. Hill Camp #167 Virginia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans

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10 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 Happy Birthday to Confederate General Robert Edward Lee; January 19th, 1807

11 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 Happy Birthday to Confederate Lt. General Thomas Jonathan Jackson; January 21st, 1824

12 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 1st Brigade Report Commander Howard (Hal) Hartley - [email protected]

Next Meeting The next meeting of the Avengers will be our Christmas program on December 6. Susan and Scott Caraway of the period group, Virginia Dare, will provide the musical entertainment.

Gen William Mahone Camp #1369: November Meeting On November 7th, 2016, Camp #1369 held their monthly meeting at Compatriot Isle of Wight Avengers Camp #14: Drewery’s Clubhouse. There were 15 November Meeting members and guests in attendance. They The Isle of Wight Avengers met at the planned for their upcoming Christmas Party. Carrollton Ruritan Club on November 1, 2016 with 18 members and 4 guests present. Urquhart Gillette Camp #1471: Nomination and election of Camp officers November Meeting was conducted with the following results. On November 17th, 2016, Camp #1471 held their monthly meeting at Fred’s Restaurant. Commander: Tony Griffin There were 26 members and guest in 1st Lt Commander: Dan Lewandowski attendance to hear Mrs. Billie Earnest speak 2nd Lt Commander: Tommy Davis about Victorian Mourning. Also, the Mahone 2nd Lt Commander: Raymond Groves Tavern Board of Supervisors Chairman Adjutant: Ed Whitley Warren Simmons picked the winner of the Chaplain: Tom Conley Tavern Christmas Dinner. Quartermaster: Hunter Groves Color Sergeant: Brett Griffin Headstone Dedication Librarian: John Parker On November 12th, 2016, members of Camp #1471 attended the headstone dedication for New Members Anthony Boone, a colored Confederate. Two new members were also sworn in as pictured below. Iron Cross Dedication On November 13th, 2016, members of Camp #1471 sponsored the Iron Crosses for Jeremiah and Gilbert Spivey.

Dan W. Johnson and Hunter H. Groves were inducted by Cdr. Tony Griffin and 1st Lt. Cdr. Dan Lewandowski.

13 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 1st Brigade Report Commander Howard (Hal) Hartley - [email protected]

Norfolk County Grays Camp #1549: November Meeting On November 16th, 2016, Camp #1549 held their monthly meeting at Gus & George’s Restaurant. There were 31 members and guests in attendance to hear Chris Kolakowski speak about the Confederate Navy. There were several awards presented to various Camp members.

Veterans Day Parade On November 11th, 2016, Camp #1549 participated in the Virginia Beach Veterans Day Parade.

Headstone Dedication On November 12th, 2016, members of Camp #1549 attended the headstone dedication for Anthony Boone, a colored Confederate. General John R. Chambliss, Jr. Camp #1779: Crossing Over The River November Meeting/ Living History On November 13th, 2016, members of Camp On November 10th, 2016, Camp #1779 held #1549 performed Honor Guard at the funeral their monthly meeting at the Richardson of Compatriot Ward Goodrich of the Memorial Library. Mrs. Billie Earnest spoke to Stonewall Camp #380. the Camp about the death of Robert E. Lee. Camp Appreciation Awards were given to Lemuel Brown of the Urquhart Gillette Camp Tom Smith Camp #1702 and Buck Waddell of the Dinwiddie Grays November Meeting Camp for their assistance in the Living On November 28th, 2016, Camp #1702 held History event at General Chambliss’ their monthly meeting at Bethlehem Christian Homeplace on November 26th, 2016. Church. In attendance were 24 members and guests to hear 1st Brigade Commander Hal Hartley speak about the status of the 1st Brigade.

Headstone Dedication On November 12th, 2016, Camp #1702 sponsored the headstone for Anthony Boone, a colored Confederate.

14 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 1st Brigade Report Commander Howard (Hal) Hartley - [email protected]

James City Cavalry Camp #2095: Camps in the 1st Brigade: November Meeting 13th Virginia Mechanized Cavalry Camp #9 On November 20th, 2016, Camp #2095 held Isle of Wight Avengers Camp #14 their monthly meeting at the Colonial Magruder-Ewell Camp #99 Heritage Country Club. In attendance were Stonewall Camp #380 26 members and guests to hear Dr. Cheryl Princess Anne Camp #484 Davis speak on Southern Music from the General William Mahone Camp #1369 1850’s - 1870’s. Urquhart-Gillette Camp #1471 Norfolk County Grays Camp #1549 Tom Smith Camp #1702 Lane-Armistead Camp #1772 General John R. Chambliss, Jr. Camp #1779 James City Cavalry Camp #2095 General Wise's Refugees Camp #2189

Happy Birthday to Happy Birthday to Confederate Lieutenant General Confederate Lieutenant General January 8th, 1821 January 27th, 1826

15 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 2nd Brigade Report Commander Andrew Morehead - [email protected]

Confederate Women’s Pyramid The Camp obtained a 25' Flagpole for placement at Confederate women's Pyramid in Riverview Cemetery.

General James Longstreet Camp #1247: November Meeting The Longstreet camp met on November 15th, 2016. The speaker for the meeting was Bryce VanStavern who spoke on the . There were 19 members and three guests in attendance.

General Robert E. Lee Camp #1589: Veterans Day Service Compatriot Blair Perrow laid the Camp 13 New Markers!! Wreath at Veteran's Day Ceremonies at The Camp sponsored 13 Markers at Chesterfield Courthouse & Huguenot Hollywood Cemetery and 1 at Maury Springs, with many members in attendance. Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia during November, which are awaiting VA delivery.

Monument Patrol Adjutant Isenhour was active multiple days on Monument Patrol Duty.

16 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 2nd Brigade Report Commander Andrew Morehead - [email protected]

Fundraiser Success During the Month the Camp raffled off a Winchester Model 870 Express to raise money for more Confederate Markers.

Confederate Medal of Honor The Camp indefinitely loaned the Private Tending to the Flags Berry Confederate Medal of Honor to The Camp replaced all 4 Flags at Hollywood Dinwiddie Historical Society for public Cemetery with nylon 3rd National Flags. display.

Cleaning the Stones of our Ancestors Members assisted Compatriot Clayton Sheppard , President of Adopt a Soldier of Shockoe Hill Cemetery ,helping place, repair and clean stones on a scheduled workday.

17 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 2nd Brigade Report Commander Andrew Morehead - [email protected]

Camps in the 2nd Brigade: Lee Jackson Camp #1 The Hanover Dragoons Camp #827 General James Longstreet Camp #1247 J.E.B. Stuart Camp #1343 Chester Station Camp #1503 General Robert E. Lee Camp #1589 Captain WM. Latane Camp #1690 Cold Harbour Guards Camp #1764 Dearing-Beauregard Camp #1813 Essex Dixie Rifles Camp #2011 Brig. Gen. W.C. Wickham Camp #2250 Edmund Ruffin Fire Eaters Camp #3000

Edmund Ruffin Fire Eaters Camp #3000: New Officers In November, the Fire Eaters elected the following officers: Joe Wright, Commander; Joe Howard, 1st Lt. Commander; Willie Wells, 2nd Lt. Commander; Michael Bougamin, Chaplain; Walter Smith, Adjutant, Treasurer, and Judge Advocate.

Happy Birthday to Confederate Major General & Confederate Secretary of War John Cabell Breckinridge January 16th, 1821

18 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 3rd Brigade Report Commander Reggie Bennett - [email protected]

Greetings! I would like to wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I'm looking forward to serving you in the coming year.

Stuart-Hairston Camp #515: Memorial Service The Stuart-Hairston Camp #515 and others participated in a memorial service in North Carolina.

Campbell Guards Camp #2117: Confederate Monument Wreath The Campbell Guards Camp installed a Christmas Wreath on the Campbell County Confederate Monument. Fincastle Rifles Camp #1326: Birthday Celebration The Fincastle Rifles Camp #1326 were able to participate in the 200th Birthday Celebration of Jubal Early, it was a great success.

Bedford Rifle Grays Camp #1475: Christmas Parade Members of the Bedford Rifle Grays Camp #1475 marching in the annual Bedford Christmas parade.

19 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 3rd Brigade Report Commander Reggie Bennett - [email protected]

Christmas Parade 57th VA Infantry Franklin County Members of The Campbell Guards Camp Fire Eaters Camp #2258: 2117 SCV and Major General Thomas L. Christmas Parade Rosser OCR 13 marched in the Rustburg The 57th VA Infantry Franklin County Fire Christmas parade, very positive response Eaters Camp #2258 marched in the Rocky from the crowd. Mount Christmas parade. No problems or no derogatory comments were made. There were many, many compliments received.

General William Lewis Cabell Memorial Flag Compatriot Jeff Myers of The Campbell Guards Camp posed with his twin brother Scott Myers Past Commander of The Camp #175 Colorado Springs, Colorado at The General William Lewis Cabell Memorial Flag in Danville VA. Camps in the 3rd Brigade: Garland Rodes Camp #409 28th Virginia Infantry Camp #491 Stuart-Hairston Camp #515 Fincastle Rifles Camp #1326 Bedford Rifle Grays Camp #1475 Jubal Early Camp #1691 Stuart’s Horse Artillery Camp #1784 Wharton-Stuart Camp #1832 Campbell Guards Camp #2117 57th VA Infantry Franklin County Fire Eaters Camp #2258

20 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 4th Brigade Report Commander Richard A. Moomaw - [email protected]

I hope that all position to leave the Lee and Jackson Compatriots were monuments where they are – even though able to spend the cost to relocate the statues is prohibitive time with family (Lee-$370,000 and Jackson-$330,000). The and friends to final decision will be made by the City give thanks for Council at their December 19th meeting the many beginning at 6:00 p.m. A group of camp blessings we members will be attending this meeting. enjoy. I have enjoyed my visits From The Editor: The Council did NOT with Camps in the decide on the 19th, rather they have delayed 4th Brigade and recently was well received at any decision for a “work session” in January. the monthly meeting of the Stafford Light Stay tuned to the Division Facebook for the Artillery. During my visits I always find true latest updates. passion for our Cause. Summers-Koontz Camp #490: Kemper-Fry-Strother Camp #19: November Meeting November Meeting The Camp finalized plans to march in the The November Camp meeting featured Christmas Parade in Luray at the November Michael Virts who spoke on the “POWs of meeting. There was also discussion on the Point Lookout.” Mr. Virts gave a detailed care of the Atwood Cemetery. Commander account of daily life in the camp and the U.S. Kellar presented all members with a Government sanctioned atrocities that beautifully done wall poster of the occurred there. Confederate Government Cabinet and Military Officers. 4th Brigade Commander Rick Moomaw was in attendance and also received one. This was an extremely thoughtful gesture by Commander Kellar and all now have a wonderful piece of work suitable for framing.

R.E. Lee Camp #726: Highest Ranking Confederate General On Monday, November 21st, R.E. Lee Camp #726 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans 5th Brigade Commander Michael Virts, and the Samuel Cooper Chapter of the Commander Graham and Military Order of the Stars and Bars held a Commander (and program chairman) Jim Embree: grave marking ceremony for the highest ranking Confederate General, General Heritage Violation in Charlottesville Samuel Cooper. The Charlottesville City Council’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Confederate Major Samuel Cooper, Rev. War Patriot: Monuments, and Public Spaces will submit a Confederate General Samuel Cooper’s father final report and recommendation to the City was Major Samuel Cooper and one of the Council in December. At this writing it participants in the “Boston Tea Party.” appears the Commission could reverse its

21 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 4th Brigade Report Commander Richard A. Moomaw - [email protected]

In 1773, Samuel was appointed a 2nd 1890. Senator Mason was captured aboard Lieutenant of the 3rd Regiment, Continental the British steamer "Trent" by Captain Wilkes Corps of Artillery, 2nd Lieutenant and of the U.S. Navy during the War Between the Regimental Quartermaster on May 14, 1778, States. This has become known as the and then to Regimental Adjutant on June 11, "" in today's history. 1783. He was transferred to the Corps of Artillery on June 17, 1783 and served as Samuel graduated from West Point in 1815. Adjutant of the same until honorably He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant of artillery; discharged on January 1, 1784. He was an he was later Aid-de-Camp to USA General original member of the Society of the Macomb from 1828 to 1836. Promoted to Cincinnati. Moving to Georgetown, D.C., he Captain in 1836, he was on Staff duty at resided there until his death on August 19, Headquarters as Assistant Adjutant and 1840. The inscription on his gravestone is as Inspector General, USA, until 1841. During follows: the Florida War, he was Chief of Staff to General Worth. On special duty from 1842 to Sacred to the Memory of Major Samuel 1852, he was brevetted for Cooper of the Revolutionary Army, who in meritorious service during the Mexican War. early youth at the first outset Struck for From 1852 to 1861, Colonel Cooper was Liberty and continued to wield the sword in Adjutant and Inspector General of the US the defense of his Country until victory Army. crowned her arms. He fought at Bunker Hill, Trenton, Brandywine, at Germantown and In March of 1861, he resigned from the US Monmouth, and other sanguinary fields. As Army and tendered his services to the then a valiant soldier, so in after life was he southern Confederacy, of which he became an active and estimable citizen. He was born Adjutant and Inspector General and senior in the State of Massachusetts. He died in the ranking officer with the full rank of General. State of Virginia on the 19th of August, Samuel was the author of Cooper's Tactics A.D.1840, at the age of 84. (1836). He lived in Fairfax County, Virginia, on his plantation, Cameron, after the War Confederate General Samuel Cooper: Between the States. General Cooper was born New Hackensack, New York, , 1798. General Cooper died December 14, 1876, Alexandria, Virginia, at 78 years of age. He married Sarah Maria Mason Analostan Island, Washington, DC, April 4, 1827. Sarah was the daughter of , of "The Island", opposite Georgetown, D.C., later named "Analostan Island". This site is now a memorial to President Theodore Roosevelt.

Sarah Mason was the granddaughter of George Mason of "Gunston Hall", and the sister of the Hon. , U. S. Senator, and later, Confederate commissioner to England. She died July 29,

22 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 4th Brigade Report Commander Richard A. Moomaw - [email protected]

Capt. Jack Adams Camp #1951: November Meeting Historian and Compatriot Hal Sharp gave a great talk on General Dorsey Pender at the November meeting. Compatriot Sharp is always a favorite speaker of the members.

Fundraising The Camp conducted an apple butter boiling as a fundraiser in November. Many members participated and a good time was had by all. The apple butter was all gone by the end of the following week. It sounds like this will be Pictured above are direct descendants of General an annual event from now on. Samuel Cooper. Left to right: Louisa Dawson Smucker, great granddaughter; Elizabeth Dawson Shreckhise, great, great, great granddaughter; she is holding Noah Cooper Shreckhise, great great, great, great grandson and we believe currently the youngest descendant of General Cooper; Samuel Cooper Smart, great, great grandson; Marion Dawson Robinette, great, great granddaughter; in front of Marion is Daniel Mason Shreckhise, great, great, great great grandson; Samuel Cooper Dawson, III, great, great grandson.

Turner Ashby Camp #1567: New Member The Camp would like to announce the induction of new member Mr. Paul Clark.

Strasburg Guard Camp #1587: November Meeting The November meeting of the Camp included a very interesting talk by Mike Kehoe on George P. Morgan. The talk was well received by the 20 in attendance.

Brandy Rifles Co. E. Camp #1918: Prayers For A Fallen Compatriot The Camp asks for the Divisions prayers as they have lost Compatriot Brian John Scott. He passed on 11/20/2016 to cancer.

23 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 4th Brigade Report Commander Richard A. Moomaw - [email protected]

Stafford Light Artillery Camp #2247: Adopting A Cemetery The Camp is considering the adoption of the Cedar Run Cemetery in Prince William County. They recently did a reconnaissance mission to consider what all is needed.

Camps in the 4th Brigade: Kemper-Fry-Strother Camp #19 Clinton Hatcher Camp #21 Jefferson Davis Camp #305 Summers-Koontz Camp #490 R.E. Lee Camp #726 Black Horse Camp #780 Frank Stringfellow Camp #822 John S. Mosby Camp #1237 Turner Ashby Camp #1567 Strasburg Guard Camp #1587 Happy Birthday to Co. E Brandy Rifles Camp #1918 Confederate Commodore Capt. Jack Adams Camp #1951 Stafford Light Artillery Camp #2247 Matthew Fontaine Maury January 14th, 1806

Matthew Fontaine Maury Monument Monument Ave. Richmond, Virginia

24 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 5th Brigade Report Commander Michael Virts - [email protected]

Trevilian Station Camp #1434: New Membership The Trevilian Camp has pending a new member of the Camp and a member of the Camp has applied for Life Membership. Camp #1434 will next meet in January 2017.

19th Virginia Infantry Camp #1493: Heritage Violation!! The Confederate statues in Robert E. Lee Colonel D. H. Lee Martz Camp #10: Park in the City of Charlottesville are still in New Members jeopardy of either removal or reinterpretation 2 new Camp members, Hunter Patterson, by the City of Charlottesville. and Gary Whitmer, are welcomed to Camp #10. Matthew Fontaine Maury Camp #1722: Veterans Day Parade November Meeting In November, the Martz Camp participated in Camp # 1722 met on Wednesday, November the Veterans Day Parade in Harrisonburg. 16th and swore into camp membership Ron Mendoza. Order Of Confederate Rose Chapter There has been interest expressed in the Major General Camp forming of a Chapter of the Order of the #1805: Confederate Rose to support the Camp. DEC Meeting Camp #1805 will host the next DEC November Meeting Quarterly Meeting in Spotsylvania, Virginia. The Camp welcomed our Brigade Commander, Michael Virts, who discussed New Members & Friends the 5th Brigade with us, and gave a Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Camp welcomes 2 presentation on the Confederate POW's held new Camp members: Robert Williams and during the War at Point Lookout, Maryland. Jeremy Tate. The Camp has pending 2 new The Camp last met on November 28, and will Friends-of-the-Camp, one a new resident of next meet on January 23, 2017. King George who recently moved to Virginia from Michigan. Lee Jackson Celebrations Camp #10 will participate with the UDC on New Officers January 7, 2017, in a Lee-Jackson-Maury New Camp Officers have been chosen for Luncheon in Dayton. The Martz Camp will 2017-2018. also participate in Lee-Jackson Day in Lexington in January 2017. Carpenter's Battery Camp #1927: December Meeting The Stonewall Brigade Camp #1296: The Camp last met on December 1st and is Lee Jackson Day planning to march in the Lee-Jackson Day The Stonewall Brigade Camp is setting up for Parade in Lexington on January 15th, 2017. Lee-Jackson Weekend in January 2017.

25 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 5th Brigade Report Commander Michael Virts - [email protected]

Private Napoleon Bonaparte Ponton Camp #2179: December Meeting Camp Officer Elections were held on December 11th. To honor our Confederate ancestors, we are working to both place a flagpole and restore a UDC stone marker at the Camp Mitchell site.

Camps in the 5th Brigade: Col. D.H.Lee Martz Camp #10 The Stonewall Brigade Camp #1296 Trevilian Station Camp #1434 19th Va. Infantry Camp #1493 Highlander Camp #1530 Botetourt Artillery Camp #1701 Matthew Fontaine Maury Camp #1722 Major General Fitzhugh Lee Camp #1805 Carpenter’s Battery Camp #1927 47th Virginia Cavalry Camp #2124 Rev. Beverly Tucker Lacy Camp #2141 Pvt. Napoleon Bonaparte Ponton Camp #2179 Happy Birthday to Confederate Major General George Edward Pickett January 16th, 1825

Happy Birthday to Confederate Brigadier General William Lewis Cabell January 1st, 1827

26 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 6th Brigade Report Commander W.A. (Bill) Dennison, Jr. - [email protected]

Brown Harmon Nighthawks Camp #1573: New Member At their regular meeting on November 10, the Nighthawks welcomed new member Eric D. Whitesell, sworn in upon the record of his ancestor, Pvt. Peter E. Whitesell, Co. I, 52nd Virginia Infantry. Walker Terry Camp #1758: Challenge Accepted! At its regular meeting on November 8, the camp unanimously voted to accept the challenge of our Compatriots in the 47th Regiment North Carolina Troops Camp #166 in Wake Forest, North Carolina and raise at least $1,000.00 toward the establishment of the Confederate Museum in Elm Springs, Tennessee. By the end of the month, nearly half the target amount had been raised through individual donations.

Fundraising They also voted to purchase a Ruger New member Eric D. Whitesell (L) AR-556, 5.56 mm NATO/.223 cal. Remington is presented his membership certificate by rifle for fundraising in 2017. Tickets are now Adjutant Ronald L. Ireson available from Cmdr. Carrel Thompson and Adjutant Sidney Kitts, contact information Gen. Henry A. Wise Camp #1756: available on the Division website. Christmas Tree Festival As has been their tradition for a number of years, the members of the General Wise camp entered a Confederate Christmas Tree in The Festival of Trees. at the Southwest Virginia Museum in Big Stone Gap in honor of their Confederate ancestors. The festival ran from November 13 - 30, 2016.

27 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 6th Brigade Report Commander W.A. (Bill) Dennison, Jr. - [email protected]

Veterans Day Parade Fall Banquet On Veterans Day, Commander Carrel November 13 was the date of the camp's Thompson, Lt. Commander Bill Leighton and annual Fall Banquet, held this year at the Adjutant Sidney Kitts fell in and marched in Heritage Preservation Center in Wytheville. the Wytheville Veterans Day Parade. There were approximately 45 members and guests in attendance, with ham and turkey provided by the camp and an array of side dishes and desserts provided by member families.

A program on a prominent German immigrant family, the Wesendoncks, and their patriarch's involvement, as a civilian contractor, in the War Between the States, was presented by Ms. Ann Beardshall, an historian with the Bland County Historical Society. (L-R) Leighton, Kitts and Thompson

Christmas Parade To close the banquet, a candlelight On November 12, camp members ceremony was conducted wherein each participated in the Rocky Gap Christmas attendee lit a candle in remembrance of and parade. One of the participants was Mr. recited the name of his or her Confederate Utapad Phorpatthai, an exchange student ancestor. Those guests without a from Thailand who is staying with Compatriot Confederate ancestor lit their candle in honor Matt Cooper. He donned the uniform of a of a past or present member of the US Confederate private and proudly marched Armed Forces. with his American friends. The camp's entry placed 2nd in the parade.

Christmas Parade (L-R) Utapad Phorpatthai, Dale Stevenson, Lt. On November 26, members of the camp Cmdr. Bill Leighton, Ben Leighton, Cmdr. Carrel participated in the Bland Christmas Parade. Thompson, Matt Cooper and William Leighton

28 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 6th Brigade Report Commander W.A. (Bill) Dennison, Jr. - [email protected]

Lt. Colonel Vincent A. Witcher Camp #1863: Tending To Our Ancestors On November 5, members of the Witcher camp undertook the cleanup of two cemeteries in their area of responsibility, the Harvey Keen Cemetery and the Riffe Cemetery, both of which hold the remains of Confederate soldiers, including ancestors of current camp members.

The first two photos show the Keen Cemetery, "before" and "after" cleanup Walker Terry Camp's Float in Bland Parade activities.

Parade participants, (L-R) Cmdr. Carrel Thompson, Lt. Cmdr. Bill Leighton, Marc Bishop and Dale Stevenson

Clinch Mountain Rangers Camp #1858: Challenge Accepted At its regular meeting on November 19, the camp voted to accept the challenge of the 47th Regiment North Carolina Troops Camp #166 in Wake Forest, North Carolina and raise at least $1,000.00 toward the establishment of the Confederate Museum in Elm Springs, Tennessee.

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The following two photos show members Commander: Terry Hunt working in the heavily overgrown Riffe Lt. Commander: Terry Hunt, Jr. Cemetery and with the majority of the task Adjutant: John Winebarger accomplished. Treasurer: Roger Allison. Historian: Edward Wolfe Chaplain: Jordan Salter Quartermaster: Joe Addair Sgt-at-Arms: Jim Winebarger

New Welcome Signs The camp, at this meeting, also voted to replace the SCV camp signs that have been vandalized and stolen from the community welcome signs. Measures will be taken to minimize the threat of theft in the future.

Order Of Confederate Rose Efforts are now underway to establish an Order of the Confederate Rose Chapter to support this camp, and, to recruit, and/or reinstate new and former members to active service.

Congratulations On A Job WELL DONE! Kudos to Commander Terry Hunt, his officers and his Compatriots, for their outstanding efforts to revitalize this camp and resurrect it from its recent dormant state to an active, vibrant member of the Confederation.

Hat's off to the men of the Lt. Colonel Vincent A. Witcher Camp for their efforts in protecting and maintaining our heritage and the history Camps in the 6th Brigade: of the South. Captain John F. McElhenny Camp #840 Brown Harmon Nighthawks Camp #1573 Gen. Henry A. Wise Camp #1756 Saltville Camp #2098: Walker Terry Camp #1758 Back To Active Status!! Cumberland Mountain Rangers Camp On November 20, the Saltville Home Guard #1798 Camp #2098, adopted bylaws based on the Scott County’s Clinch Mt. Rangers Camp SCV form and held their election for the slate #1858 of officers that officially brought this camp Lt. Colonel Vincent A. Witcher Camp back to active status. The results of that election are as follows: #1863 Gibson-McCready Camp #2008 Saltville Home Guard Camp #2098

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Armistead-Hill Goode Camp #749: Christmas Parade Commander Jeffrey Newton traveled to Mechanicsville and had the honor of helping Picture not with the Color Guard in the Mechanicsville available parade.

Christmas Party Mr. Patrick Womack, editor of the book "A Son of Pittsylvania County Joins the John M. Jordan Camp #581: Confederacy, The Letters and Diaries of November Meeting James A, Womack" was the keynote speaker The 28 November 2016 meeting of the John at the Armistead-Hill-Goode Camp M. Jordan #581 SCV was held at the Spare December meeting/ Christmas party Times Grill in the World of Sports complex on December 8th. The topic of his talk was the US Highway 58 in South Boston, Va. starting service and letters of his Confederate at 18:00. There were approximately 38 Ancestors. members and guests present. After the normal opening ceremony, pledge and High Bridge Camp #1581: salutes, brief business was taken up. Plans Survived Point Lookout for hosting the 2017 Division Convention This past summer High Bridge Camp were updated and discussed. A new host for compatriot Bob Harris placed the Camp the new camp website has been obtained wreath at the memorial at Point Lookout in and the site is currently being updated. honor of his ancestor John S Harris. The Convention information should be included wreath was on loan from the southern very soon. heritage organization at Hampden Sydney College. High Bridge Camp will be buying a The special speaker for the evening's wreath in the spring ('17) for use in memorial program was Mr. Eddie Price from programs like this. Appomattox, Va. Mr. Price is a graduate of Longwood College and holds a Masters of Education from Lynchburg College. Mr. Price is employed by the National Park Service as the Chief of Education at the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park and has also been stationed at the National Mall, Fords Theater and the Natchez Trace Parkway. Mr. Price received the 2015 National Freeman Tilden Award for outstanding contributions through interpretation for his role in the Footsteps to Freedom Program as part of the Appomattox 150th commemoration. Mr. Price presented a program on "Marching Out of Formation: Confederates Going Home After Appomattox". The excellent program was both moving and informative.

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October Meeting At our regular High Bridge Camp meeting on October 27th 2016 Mr. Eric Buckland presented a program on Mosby's Men. His presentation delved into the characters of a number of the men who rode with Colonel John Singleton Mosby. On April 21, 1865, in Salem, Virginia, Mosby disbanded the rangers, and on the following day many former rangers rode their worst horses to Winchester to surrender, receive paroles and Teaching Our Youth return to their homes. High Bridge Camp compatriot Moffatt Evans presented a living History on mid 19th century woodworking for the Buckingham County Schools TAG program on October 19th 2016 at Lee Wayside. A brief history and introduction to the tools was followed by allowing the students to try out the shaving horse. The students were having fun shaving down the 2X4 with spokeshave and drilling holes with the Brace and spoon bit.

Holiday Dinner On November 17th 2016 High Bridge Camp held our annual holiday dinner at Charley's Cafe. It was well attended and included the Farmville UDC Chapter and visitors from the Charlotte County SCV Camp. Ms. Marilyn Iglesias presented a first person program on Captain Sally Tompkins, the only female commissioned by the Confederate government. A very enjoyable program especially suited to the UDC ladies and the SCV spouses, girlfriends and families.

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Distinguished Service Medal 7th Brigade Commander Bill Crews also made a surprise visit to the November meeting and further surprised Commander Ron Graves with a special award. Commander Crews presented Commander Graves with the "Distinguished Service Medal and Certificate" awarded by the General Executive Council "for outstanding service to the SCV.”

7th Bgd. Cmdr. Crews & Cmdr. Graves

Winning Parade Float! The Charlotte Grays won 3rd place with the Camp Float in the Keysville Christmas Parade. The Float's Theme was Confederate Veterans going home after four long years of fighting. As weapons were "stacked" in Charlotte Grays Camp #1964: Appomattox, no muskets or pistols were on November Meeting the float. The Charlotte Grays Camp held its November meeting on the 15th at Sheldon's in Keysville. The meeting was well attended. Compatriot Gary Hall, SCV member from North Carolina, presented an informative program on "The Irish in the Confederate Army". The program contained a lot of new information and was enjoyed by all. Compatriot Hall is scheduled to return in March 2017 for another presentation.

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Dinwiddie Grays Camp #2220: Christmas Party The December meeting of the Dinwiddie Grays Camp 2220 was held Dec. 10, 2016 at the Dewitt Ruritan Bldg., Dewitt VA, Dinwiddie County. There were 82 members and guests present. The meeting was called to order by Commander Johnnie Neville with Ray Reese as Adjutant.

The monthly meeting/Christmas party was well attended by Camp members and their families. Other guest included Compatriots from other camps including Old Brunswick, A.P. Hill, Dearing Beauregard, Petersburg and Hopewell Chapter of the UDC. The congregation had a wonderful traditional Southern supper followed by the singing of period Christmas carols. The singing was led Happy Birthday to by Chaplain Sam Winn who was accompanied by his wife Marilyn on the Confederate Major General keyboard. Following the singing and music Joseph Brevard Kershaw Sgt. Major James Haymes former Curator January 5th, 1822 Confederacy Museum Richmond, VA told stories about “spirits” that he and others witnessed at the Confederate White House.

Doing Good In The Community The Dinwiddie Grays visited Mrs. Worsham, a real Granddaughter, provided for a local family in need and sent a Care Package to a local soldier (who has Confederate ancestors) presently serving overseas. Camps in the 7th Brigade: A.P. Hill Camp #167 The Old Brunswick Camp #512 John M. Jordan Camp # 581 Armistead-Hill-Goode Camp #749 Pittsylvania Vindicators Camp #828 Powhatan Troop Camp #1382 Cabell-Graves Camp #1402 Happy Birthday to High Bridge Camp #1581 Appomattox Rangers Courthouse Camp Confederate Major General #1733 Lafayette McLaws Charlotte County Grays Camp #1964 January 15th, 1821 Dinwiddie Grays Camp #2220

34 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 153 Years Ago With Mike Virts ** January 1864 **

The Christmas season at the end of 1863 had brought a lull in the fighting. The U.S. Congress, however, was worried about the upcoming elections in 1864.

January 01 - Extreme cold swept through much of the North with temperatures below zero causing great discomfort.

January 02 - The Confederate Senate confirmed Confederate Senator George Davis of North Carolina as Attorney General of the C.S.A. to succeed Wade Keyes.

January 07 - Near Charleston, South Carolina, a lieutenant and a private of the 21st Georgia Cavalry captured 25 Union soldiers. The Confederacy named William Preston as Envoy to Mexico.

January 08 - David O. Dodd, a Confederate spy was executed in Little Rock, Arkansas, while was honored with a reception in Richmond for his daring Western raids.

January 12 - A two-day affair occurred in Matamoros, Mexico, where two Mexican factions were warring and U.S. federal troops were sent in.

January 15 - Southern newspapers began to build up Confederate spirits and prepare the people for the struggles that were to come.

George Davis, Confederate Attorney General

35 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 Robert Edward Lee: Thoughts of a Teacher Ms. Kayla Noe, B.I.S.M.T.

“We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.” This is a direct quote from the General himself after the War of Northern Aggression. The majority of society sees the victor as just that, victorious. Victorious by bringing a divided country back together, victorious in new warfare, and victorious because the Union had ample loyalists willing to encounter their demise. But what about the “losing” side? What purpose could they have had to contest against the federal government?

General Lee was more than the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, he was a man. A man of immense value and virtues mind you, but a man nonetheless. Robert Edward Lee was born January 19th, 1807 in Stratford, Virginia and was the son of Revolutionary War hero Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee and Ann Hill Carter. Despite the Lee’s reputation, the family was never able to recover the massive amount of debt set forth by some bad financial investments. Therefore, Robert Lee was forced to take care of his mother and sickly sister after their father deserted them for the West Indies and his older brother attended Harvard. Once eighteen, Robert Lee attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point because of their utmost distinction for military tactics. Through dedication and perseverance, he was able to graduate second in his class while being one of six people to never receive a demerit. All of these facts about General Robert E. Lee can be found with a simple search through any search engine. However, information that cannot be found so easily is what public schools teach our children about this man. Through the Virginia Department of Education (SOL: USI.9d), our children learn that he commanded the Army of Northern Virginia, denied the General position for the and urged Southern Americans to accept defeat after the surrender.

Robert E. Lee is more than just facts or someone who fought for Southern Independence because he wanted to keep the slaves at Arlington, which is what the school systems in Virginia and around the country teach. They fail to mention how he was a devout Christian all through his life. Even during the War of Northern Aggression, he would be found praying in his quarters and even on the battlefield. Lee is one of the few men from that time period who never really saw color as an embossment. After the war, he went to Lexington in order to reestablish Washington College by investing in and leading the college as president. While in Lexington, Lee initiated a Sunday school class in order to teach the word of God to all children. Teachers in public schools also fail to mention that he married into a family whose ancestor was the greatest general this Republic ever had, General George Washington. Lee’s war tactics are still used at West Point to this day and is seen as a hero for his time in the Mexican War and the War of Northern Aggression.

36 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 Robert Edward Lee: Thoughts of a Teacher Ms. Kayla Noe, B.I.S.M.T.

There are over 100 schools located in the South named after the General. But why are there not any schools named after him in the North? Well, the reason there are not any schools named after General Robert E. Lee or any other major contributor to the Southern Cause in the northern states is because the Confederate army and all of their companions were seen as the enemy. An enemy that wanted no longer to be a part of the federal government because of its economic destruction on every State below the Mason Dixon Line. The victors wrote the story, which is taught in our school systems. Educators, like myself, are forced to teach everything there is on but only one fact on President Jefferson Davis. We are forced to talk about Sherman and how he helped the Union cause, but nothing about the looting, raping, burning and turmoil that he caused in five states across the South. We are forced to say a few things on Robert E. Lee and his contribution to the war, but nothing on the man that his wife knew, that his comrades knew, or that his offspring knew. But again, this is just the thoughts of someone who is in the school system and sees history the way it ought to be seen, through all sides and not just the victor’s.

Ms. Kayla Noe, B.I.S.M.T. Elementary School Teacher Descendant of Confederate Veterans

37 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 Why We Must Remember Them Pastor Creighton Lovelace, D.D.

George Orwell said: “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”

When the War to Prevent Southern Independence became history, groups such as the many Ladies Memorial Associations and the Southern Historical Society were established. The Ladies sought that our dead be interred with honour and monuments be raised. The Society saw Southron pens feverishly write to prevent the eradication of truth. Yankee propagandists maligned such efforts as legends of the fanatical devotees of the Lost Cause. Thus Reconstruction began to “deconfederize” us in order to forget the stain of the memory of the Confederacy.

In the past 25 years, a new “deconfederazation” was launched, this Second Reconstruction, the purpose of which is, to destroy us as a people from among the peoples of the world, existed mainly in calls: for Confederate flags to come down from statehouses or school-grounds; to rename schools, streets and campus buildings and to include more about the South's attachment to slavery.

Especially since the 2015 Charleston incident, the Liberal Left's plan for “deconfederazation” has kicked into overdrive. No longer are there calls to remove iconography alone. Now everything that is associated with the Confederacy has become toxic in their ongoing cultural, ethnic, genocide of the Southern people. State Holidays have been renamed or changed. Monuments placed some hundred years prior, suddenly have become targets to those beating the old drum of “racism” and sadly many have been crumbled into some obscure location thanks to such reverberations. Those monuments that have not been moved have been vandalized and defaced. Plans have even been hatched in some States to dig up the Confederate dead and have their remains removed.

Thankfully we have seen activists awaken those that have fallen asleep in Dixie. The Virginia Flaggers rallied to Lee's Crypt to demand the return of the Flags to the Confederate Chieftain's resting place. Many have rallied to the Sons of Confederate Veterans and other heritage organizations to defend our brave dead, their memory, Cause and history. It is high time we do so.

Long before I ever darkened the doors of Shiloh Elementary School, I was told at our Christmas dinner I was kin to Robert E. Lee and at age 5, I knew who he was. Over time, I looked into Lee's shadow and saw another. As much as we Southrons love Lee, we dare not obscure the name of Jackson.

A quick glance at military history shows that countless scores of cadets here in America from VMI to West Point to our local ROTC programs have studied “Stonewall” Jackson's Valley campaign. Even our enemies like the fabled German Tank Commander Rommel and Communist generals have done the same. If the military world remembers him for his tactical genius we ought to remember his human side.

38 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 Why We Must Remember Them Pastor Creighton Lovelace, D.D.

In a day when students need safe spaces because they saw a political candidate's name written in chalk on some sidewalk steps, Jackson's life is worth remembering showing us that we can overcome fear, for he stated “Never take counsel of your fears” and that his faith taught him to feel as safe in battle as in bed.

In our time when race relations are strained, Jackson lived in a time when it was illegal for slaves to read, yet he had helped teach them how to read the Bible and even during the war, was donating funds for his black Sunday school class.

In an age when so many are concerned with the physical world around them, Jackson calls us to be “more Heavenly minded [and] think more of the things of Heaven, and less of the things of Earth.” As a Pastor, I have shown the reason we have a Wednesday night prayer service is due to the effect that Jackson's mid-week services had on those under his command. They took that example to heart and upon their return in a defeated South, they emulated it within their churches and turned the South into the Bible belt.

In a day when many claim that social status, race, gender, education, finances or some other excuse stands as a roadblock, our youth need to remember Jackson's greatness is not only due to his faith in Christ, but also is found in a quote of his that bears repeating: “You may be whatever you resolve to be.”

So I resolve to be one who stands as a descendant of 65 Confederate ancestors, I resolve to keep their memories alive and tell their stories. If you and I won't, then they will only be relegated to the annals of military history and be forgotten on a bookshelf in the dustbin of history, so that we as a people will obliterate our own understanding of our history and we will contribute to the genocide of our children as one after another of their minds becomes “deconfederized” in this Second Reconstruction.

Pastor Creighton Lovelace, D.D. Lt Commander, Lt. William Corbitt Camp #525, North Carolina Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans

39 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 Calendar of Confederate Events in Virginia

January 2017

13th - 15th: Lee Jackson Day Celebration Downtown Lexington, Virginia Presented by the Stonewall Brigade Camp #1296 For a list of events, times, and lodging visit http://leejacksonday.webs.com/

28th: Division Executive Council Meeting 9019 Old Battlefield Boulevard, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia 22553 3rd Floor Main Conference Room; Room #304 1100 - 1630 Hours Lunch is from the Butternut & Blue Bistro & Bakery For More Info., please contact 5th Brigade Commander Mike Virts February 2017

4th: James Ewell Brown Stuart Life Celebration Graveside, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond Virginia 1000 Hours; Presented by the Stuart-Mosby Historical Society & The J.E.B. Stuart Camp #1343

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March 2017

4th: Confederate Flag Day More Information To Come…

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41 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 Auld Lang Syne Brought to you this month by: General Robert E. Lee & Lt. General Thomas Jackson General Robert E. Lee ● “Honesty in its widest sense is always admirable. The trite saying that ‘Honesty is the best policy’ has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. This seems to be true. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.” ● “Those who oppose our purposes are not always to be regarded as our enemies. We usually think and act from our immediate surroundings.” ● “The better rule is to judge our adversaries from their standpoint, not from ours.” ● “My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquor is the best safeguard of morals and health.” ● “Fame which does not result from good actions and achievements for the good of the whole people is not to be desired.” ● “I think it is better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.” ● “I will not put in control of others a man who cannot control himself.” ● “... [we] should always respect the religious views and feelings of others.” ● “You forget that we are all Americans.” ● “...But what a cruel thing is war; to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbours, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world!” ● “The power which the strong have over the weak, the magistrate over the citizen, the employer over the employed, the educated over the unlettered, the experienced over the confiding, even the clever over the silly - the forbearing or inoffensive use of all this power or authority, or a total absence from it when the case admits it, will show the gentleman in plain light. The gentleman does not needlessly or unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He can not only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which impart sufficient strength to let the past be the past.” ● “Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university.” ● “I shall write this history, not to vindicate myself, or to promote my own reputation. I want that the world shall know what my poor boys, with their small numbers and scant resources, succeeded in accomplishing.” ● “All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers should be preserved; and that the Government, as originally organised, should be administered in purity and truth.” ● “I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.”

42 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 Auld Lang Syne Brought to you this month by: General Robert E. Lee & Lt. General Thomas Jackson Lieutenant General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson ● “I am very ignorant, but I can make it up by study. I know I have the energy, and I think I have the intellect.” ● “I know that I shall have the application necessary to succeed; I hope that I have the capacity; at least, I am determined to try…” ● “If I had been ordered to run, I would have done so; but I was directed to hold my position, and I had no right to abandon it.” ● “If I know myself, all I am and all I have is at the service of country.” ● “If the general government should persist in the measures now threatened, there must be war. It is painful to discover with what unconcern they speak of war, and threaten it. They do not know its horrors. I have seen enough of it to make me look upon it as the sum of all evils.” ● “You can be whatever you resolve to be.” ● “Reserve your fire till they come within fifty yards, then fire and give them the bayonet; and when you charge, yell like furies!” ● “Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave.” ● “No, I must not do it; it may cost the lives of too many brave men. I must retreat and wait for a better time.” ● “Nothing could ever induce me to make the impression that I know what I do not.” ● “I am anxious to devote myself to study until I shall become a master of my profession.” ● “If you follow my rule, which is to govern [control] yourself absolutely, I do not think you will have these sufferings. My head never aches; if anything disagrees with me, I never eat it.” ● “Oh that our country was such a Christian, God-fearing people as it should be! Then might we very speedily look for peace.” ● “...You say you don’t see any use of my not taking a furlough. I think that the army would be much more efficient if all belonging to it were present…” ● “I greatly desire to see peace - blessed peace.” ● “We must make this campaign an exceedingly active one. Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger… Napoleon never waited for his adversary to become fully prepared, but struck him the first blow.” ● “No sir; we shall not fall back, we shall attack them!” ● “Let the challenge be ‘Liberty’ and the reply be ‘Independence’” ● “It (the ‘Stonewall’ nickname) belongs to the brigade, and not to me, for it was their steadfast heroism which earned it at First Manassas. They are a noble body of men.” ● “Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.”

43 - Old Dominion Voice January 2017 DEO VINDICE!

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