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Sons Of Confederate Veterans Post office Box 2355 La Plata, MD 20646

October 2015

My Comfy Best Friend

Fall has arrived and with it the Editor: Brian Piaquadio falling leaves and temperatures. Hunting season has begun, the deer are moving and a seasons 2015 Officers canning is underway. Bob Parker—Commander Jim Dunbar– 1st Lieutenant Fall is my favorite season - for one I can get away with working Commander / Adjutant outside and still be able to Jack Brown- Chaplin & breathe. Judge Advocate Yup I’m a mountain boy. Acting Treasurer Rick Hunt Quartermaster - Dennis Spears Once again I faultered by not providing a newsletter for September. Would it matter if I told you I have been busy This Issue planning my wedding? Well even if it didn’t, it is the truth . November 15th is the date to be exact. Dues Time This isn’t my first go around but it is the first time I am marrying my best friend. New Documentary!! We’ve done all the child rearing we are going to and things that seemed important in a mate at 20 are long gone in that rearview mirror...along with the body and hair we once had.

It’s time for companionship and to of course to enjoy our grandchildren.

Fitting it should be that we are marrying in the fall cause SCV CHARGE nothing goes with that old comfy hole laiden sweatshirt, and slippers than the company of a good woman. I am “To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, blessed. We submit the vindication of the cause for which we fought; to your strength will be given the Hopefully I will have some photos next month of the Charles county fair. Until then... It’s Dues season gents... defense of the Confederate soldier’s good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, It’s time for us to pay our dues again and if this past the perpetuation of those principles he loved and which year is any indication... We need every man we can get. made him glorious and which you also cherish. Remember it is your duty to see that the true history of the South is Recruiting is at an alltime high so nows the time to ask those you meet to join the cause. Help defend those presented to future generations.” who tried to defend our Constitution as it was handed to them. Deo Vindice! 1 Recipe of the month Creole Seafood Jambalaya

Ingredients 1/2 pound bacon, diced 1 pound fresh pork sausage, casings removed 1/2 pound andouille sausage, diced 3 tablespoons lard 4 skinned and boned chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch cubes Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 1 large onion, diced 1 bell pepper, diced 3 celery ribs, diced 3 garlic cloves, minced 2 cups converted white rice 1 teaspoon dried thyme 2 bay leaves 1 1/2 tablespoons pimentón de la Vera or smoked paprika 1 teaspoon ground red pepper 1 tablespoon celery salt 1 cup canned crushed tomatoes 2 cups basic chicken stock 1 1/2 pounds raw Louisiana white shrimp or other wild American shrimp, peeled and deveined 1 bunch green onions, chopped Preparation

1. Heat a large Dutch oven over high heat until hot, and then reduce heat to medium. (This will allow the heat to be uniform all over, preventing those little hot spots that are likely to burn.) Cook bacon, sausages, and lard in the hot pot, stirring slowly with a long wooden spoon, for 10 minutes. Season chicken thighs with kosher salt and black pepper. Add the chicken to pot, and cook, stirring often, 5 minutes or until chicken is brown.

2. Increase heat to medium-high. Add onion to pot, and cook about 15 minutes or until soft. Add bell pepper, celery, and garlic, and cook 5 minutes. Continue stirring occasionally so everything in the pot cooks evenly.

3. Add rice, thyme, bay leaves, pimentón, red pepper, and celery salt to pot, and cook, stirring often, 3 minutes. Increase heat to high, and add tomatoes and chicken stock. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover pot, and simmer 15 minutes.

4. After the rice has simmered for 15 minutes, fold in the shrimp and green onions. Turn off the heat, and let everything continue to cook in the hot covered pot 10 more minutes. Remove the lid, fluff the jambalaya, and serve.

Recipe compliments of Southern Living Magazine 2 Rebel Yell

New Documentary

I purchased this movie from the Confederate Shop online. I was intrigued and have always liked the items I purchase there. The owner is a straight forward unappologetic Confederate... I like that! I wasn’t sure what I was going to receive. Although lengthy it has got to be the best documentary about what really took place when Lincoln was elected... his war and the aftermath we continue to struggle under today. The cost is $20.00 plus shipping and worth every penny of it. This is a keep ladies and gents and one to gift to those Lincolnites! Get yours here today https://confederateshop.com/shop/searching-for-lincoln-documentary- dvd/ I

I gave this movie 5 battle flags because you cannot find a better vindication of our men in gray and no better look at the real lincoln.

Re-enstatement fees Don’t forget your have been waived! membership Dues!! $38.50 Due by Oct 31

3 Today in Confederate History October 1st 1862 General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry skirmish at Athens and Huntsville, AL 2nd 1862 Battle of Columbia, MS 3-4th 1862 Battle of Corinth, MS 5th 1863 CSS David, a Confederate torpedo boat explodes spar torpedo damaging the USS New Ironsides in Charleston harbor, SC 5th 1864 Battle of Allatoona Pass, GA 7th 1861 CSA signs alignment treaty with the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Braves flag is flown in honor of the event. 8th 1862 Battle of Perryville, KY 9th 1862 General J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry raids Chambersburg, PA, in first Don’t forget your ride around McClelland’s army membership Dues!! $38.50 Due Oct 31 10th 1864 General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s troops inflict heavy damage to union vessels and troops at Eastport, MI on the Tennessee River. 10th 1864 Sherman’s invading troops burn all foundries, mills and shops of every kind in Rome, GA 12th 1815 General Willima Hardee’s birthday. 12th 1870 General Robert E. Lee died. 13th 1864 General John B. Hood’s forces seize Western & Atlantic RR above Resaca, GA 14th 1863 Fighting at Bristoe Station, VA 15th 1863 H.L. Hunley sinks for a second time training exercises killing 7 crew members 16th 1863 Skirmishes at Grand Coteau, LA, Fort Brooke, FL and Pungo Landing, NC 18th 1862 General John H. Morgan’s cavalry seize Lexington, KY 19th 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, VA 19th 1864 CSS Shenandoah officially received into Confederate Navy. 19th 1864 Confederate raid on St. Albans, VT 20th 1863 Fighting at Barton’s Station, Dickeson’s Station, Cane Creek, AL and Treadwell’s Plantation, MS 21th 1861 Battle of Leesburg (Ball’s Bluff), VA 23th 1828 Birthday of General Turner Ashby 25th 1864 General Hoods men attack yankees at Round Mountain near Turkeytown, AL

26th 1824 General Arthur M. Manigault’s birthday 27th 1864 Union attacks South Side Railroad at Petersburg, VA 28th 1863 General Longstreet engages General Hooker at Wauhatchie, TN, in rare night attack 29th 1877 General Nathan Bedford Forrest died. News From Around The Confederacy Civil War cannons raised from Pee Dee River By Jeff Wilkinson FLORENCE — For 20 years, amateur diver Bob Butler searched the murky waters of the Pee Dee River for cannons he knew had been jettisoned from a Confederate warship shortly before it was scuttled in advance of surging Union troops at the end of the Civil War He found one in 1995 as he dove near U.S. 301 on the Florence-Marion county line. He discovered another in 2006. He was on hand seven years later as a member of the Pee Dee Research and Recovery Team when the third cannon was located. On Tuesday, Butler watched with quiet satisfaction as a team from the University of South Carolina raised the cannons from the muddy bottom of the river, some of the final remnants of Union Gen. William Sherman’s march through the Carolinas in 1865. “We brought a little bit of South Carolina history to the surface today,” Butler said. “This closed the book on a lot of history. It’s really special.”

The USC team began its search for the 150-foot Confederate gunboat and the cannons in 2009. The recovery project was funded, in part, by grant of more than $200,000 from the Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation in Florence. There are hundreds of Civil War-era cannons in the state, most recovered from armories at the end of the war. But the cannons are significant, State Archaeologist Jon Leader said, because their service has been well cataloged. “We’ve got that locked down tight,” Leader said. They are also important because the cannon were part of a new way of using weapons on ships — mounting them so the could swivel 360 degrees to fight other vessels. “It was at the beginning of modern naval warfare” State Archaeologist Jon Leader The recovery was made at the site of a former Confederate inland naval yard, helping researchers better understand the history of inland shipyards and ports used by Southern forces. During the war, the Florence area was most known for a large prison camp, part of which is the site of a national cemetery. continued on page 6

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The cannons were thrown off of the CSS Pee Dee as Sherman’s troops approached after the burning of Columbia. The Pee Dee, or Mars Bluff, Navy Yard was constructed in 1863 when the federal naval blockade and the capture of many of the state’s coastal areas drove the Confederate Navy’s shipbuilding efforts inland. Confederate leaders wanted a ship that could patrol the river and also sail in the ocean to harass the blockading federal ships. The CSS Pee Dee the first and only ship built at the Mar’s Bluff yard. It was a Macon Class cruiser that was 150 feet long with a 25-foot beam, armed with three cannons pivoting at bow, stern and amidships. The ship had sails as well as a boiler and giant twin propellers. The ship’s masts that could be lowered to fit under railroad trestles and bridges. It was once referred to by the Confederate Navy Secretary as the finest ship ever built by the South. But CSS Pee Dee’s career was short lived. Upon completion, it steamed upstream to head off Sherman’s troops, may or may not have fired on them, then returned to Mars Bluff where it was burned.

“The war would have been over before it stuck it’s nose out of the inlet,” Leader said of the CSS Pee Dee’s future as an ocean-going commerce raider. “They basically finished it, ran it up the river, ran it back and that was it.” Leader and underwater archaeologist Jim Spirek, both from the University of South Carolina, headed the effort to raise the cannons. A team of underwater archaeologists from USC raised the three cannons. They include two Confederate Brooke Rifle cannons and one captured Union Dahlgren cannon. Each of the cannons weighed between 9,000-15,000 Pounds A crowd of scientists, Civil War buffs and other onlookers cheered when the more than 150-year-old cannons were raised by a large yellow excavator from near the bank of the river. For 90-year-old Catesby Jones, the day was special. He traveled from Selma, Ala., to watch the raising. His great- grandfather, also named Catesby Jones, worked at the foundry where one of the cannons was made. “I’ve touched every cannon I could that came from there,” the World War II veteran said. “They’ve been talking about this one for years. This is really exciting.” The cannons will be transported to the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston for conservation. That is the same lab where the Civil War-era CSS Hunley— the first submarine to sink a ship in combat — is being restored. The cannons will go on permanent outdoor display at the new U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs building in Florence. The cannons “will help raise questions about the Civil War,” said Steve Smith, director of USC’s Institute of Archeology and Anthropology. “And then they will start to ask questions. It’s an important day.”

The cannons Details of the three Civil War cannons recovered Tuesday from the Pee Dee River near Florence by a team from the University of South Carolina: Brooke rifle: Cast in Selma, Ala., on April 29, 1863. Delivered to South Carolina on July 13, 1863. Bore diameter — 6.4 inches. Bore length — 9.8 feet. Weight — 10,600 pounds. Brooke rifle: Cast in Selma, Ala., on Oct. 12, 1863. Delivered to South Carolina on July 3, 1863. Bore diameter — 7 inches. Bore length — 11 feet. Weight — 15,000 pounds. Dahlgren: Cast in Fort Pitt, Penn., in mid-1862. Bore diameter — 9 inches. Bore length — 8.9 feet. Weight — 9,000 pounds.

6 Upcoming Events

October Events

10/10/2015 (Saturday) Point Lookout Ceremony

Annual Ceremony sponsored by the Camalier Camp at Point Lookout the final resting place of thousands of Confederates. All were incarcerated by the Federal Government. Let’s make this the first of many special Point Lookout Ceremonies in the new Confederate Memorial Park. Formation at 10:30 A.M. for the 11:00 A.M. Ceremony. Car pool from the 195 Park and Ride leaving at 7:30 A.M. Please let me know if you will car pool.

10/24/2015 (Saturday) Alsatia Mummmers Parade (note meeting location change) 89th annual Fall Parade in Hagerstown, MD. 2012

The Maryland Division Color Guard received a Judge’s Award. Let’s all be there this well attended parade. Note we are meeting at the new location below so we don’t have to walk so far at the end of the parade. We will park in the South Hagerstown Shopping Center: Meet there at 3:30 P.M

November Events

11/11/2015 (Wednesday) Annual Leonardtown Veterans Day Parade

Parade will form up at 9AM at Ryken High School on Fenwick St. In Leonardtown. Take Rt. 5 into Leonardtown. Make a right into Ryken High School on Fenwick Street. Step off is 10AM. Car pool will leave 195 at 7:30

11/15/2015 (Sunday) Period Wedding of Brian Piaquadio and Angel Farrell The historic Rosemont Manor in Berryville, Virginia at 4:00 P.M.

11/21/2015 (Saturday) Remembrance Day Parade

Annual parade in Gettysburg sponsored by the Sons of Union Veterans. The Color Guard will meet at 12:00 for formation on Lefever Street (by the school off Baltimore Street). This is an historic Parade of Period Dressed participants and surely one not to miss.

Camp Sutlery

Camp T-Shirts are still available in 2X.

The price is $15.00. They are well worth it and they look great.

Please remember that the shirts are for Private Wallace Bowling Camp Members only.

If you cannot make the meeting and want a T-Shirt please call Dennis Spears @ 301-751-9994 7 REMINDER The next meeting is October 20st, 2015 At the Port Tobacco Court House Time 7:30pm

Don’t forget your membership Dues!! $38.50 Due Oct 21 Check us out on the web http://mdscv.org/camps/bowling

Pvt. Wallace Bowling Camp #1400 P.O. Box 2355 LaPlata, MD 20646

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