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Mississippi Society to cross the Tenn., and after a stopover in and get access to , Briga- Nashville, headed to Louisville, Order of Confederate Rose dier General Kenner Garrard’s Ky., the final destination for many June 28 at 9:14 PM · began the Union’s 12-day of the mill workers. Others were The simple monument for occupation of Roswell, which was sent across the River to Indi- Adeline Bagley Buice has a pow- undefended. Garrard reported to ana. erful inscription: “Roswell Mill General William T. Sher- First housed and fed in a Lou- Worker Caught and Exiled to man that he had discovered the isville refugee hospital, the wom- Chicago by Yankee Army 1864 mills in full operation and pro- en later took what menial jobs and – Returned on Foot 1869”. ceeded to destroy them because living arrangements they could Adeline Bagley Buice was one the cloth was being used to make find. Those in Indiana struggled to of about 400 women working in Confederate uniforms. Sherman survive, many settling near the the Roswell mills (two for cotton, replied that the destruction of the river, where eventually mills pro- one for woolens) in 1864. Her mills “meets my entire approval.” vided employment. Penniless, husband, Joshua Buice, was away Sherman then ordered that the some of them resorted to prostitu- serving in the Confederate Army. mill owners and employees be tion. Unless husbands had been ing Adeline was dead, he report- Despite the fact most of the more arrested and charged with treason, transported with the women or edly remarried. well-to-do residents of Roswell an action that puzzles historians to had been imprisoned nearby, there This is Adeline's original tomb- had fled in fear of the Union this day. He said, “I repeat my was little probability of a return to stone, broken into two pieces. Army’s impending arrival, these orders that you arrest all people, Roswell. Some of the remaining Adeline’s original broken head- women remained at their jobs. male and female, connected with women began to marry and bear stone is located behind the one You can visit the ruins of those those factories, no matter what the children. created by the local chapter of the mills even today. clamor, and let them foot it, under Adeline, who was heavily Sons of the Confederate Veterans. "The Bricks", as they were called, guard, to Marietta, whence I will pregnant when she and her co- In 1998, the Roswell Mills housed the women working in the send them by [railroad] cars, to workers were arrested, was among Camp No. 1547 chapter of the Roswell mills. They were built in the North. . . . Let them [the wom- those shipped North. She made Sons of the Confederate Veterans 1840 and consisted of 10 apart- en] take along their children and her way to Chicago and in Au- began a project to honor the de- ment units. clothing, providing they have a gust, she gave birth to a daughter ported mill workers. While some They have since been restored and means of hauling or you can spare she named Mary Ann. Over the descendants were found, most of are a historic site. them.” next five years, Adeline and Mary their deported ancestors had set- On July 5, 1864, seeking a way The women, their children, and made their way home to Georgia, tled in the North. In July 2000, the the few men, most either too mostly on foot. It’s a journey I project culminated in a ceremonial young or too old to fight, were cannot fathom. Many of her fel- event highlighted by the unveiling sent by wagon to Marietta and low mill workers never made it of a memorial monument in Ro- imprisoned in the abandoned back. swell’s mill village park to com- Georgia Military Institute. Soon Adeline and Mary’s return was memorate the sacrifices of the mill after, with several days’ rations, quite a shock to her husband, workers and to honor the 400 they were loaded into boxcars that Joshua, who had long since come women. proceeded through Chattanooga, back from the battlefield. Think- Source: Carl Tommy Miller

The Charge Inside this issue: to the Georgia Division DIVISION NEWS 2 ~ 10 To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vin- dication of the cause for which we fought; to your strength COLOR PHOTOS 2,11,14 ,23

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name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his ARTICLES virtues, the perpetuation of those principles he loved and which made him glorious and which you also cherish. MARK POLLARD 12 ~ 13 Remember, it is your duty to see that the true history of

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123rd SCV National Reunion: Franklin, Tennessee

L to R: Georgia Division delegates to 123rd National Reunion; Podium flags; GEC leaders preparing for business session.

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121st Georgia Division Reunion: Macon

☝ Jim, Carl Tommy, and Carl T Jr. Camp 1914 Gen Ambrose R Wright Camp, Co- ☝ Photos of business session, 121st Georgia Division Reunion lumbia County, Georgia SCV Camp, Voting Delegates at 2018 Georgia Reunion provided by Carl Tommy Miller, Sr. July/August, 2018 The Georgia Confederate Page 3

Commander's Report dia Training Workshops with our Division again. Let's all be the Georgia Division in loca- prepared to contact and go visit Gentlemen, tions in South and North Georgia. your State Representatives and I want to express my sincere This Media Training Workshop Senators, let them know that we gratitude for your support and the will begin in the morning session want them to stand firm with privilege to serve as your Division discussing strategies addressing Georgia's Law protecting our Commander. We have a very the media. At noon we will break monuments. Go to the Division's strong and competent Division for a BBQ lunch provided by the web-page at www.gascv.org to leadership team and I pledge to Georgia Division. After lunch Dr. locate your State Representatives you, that we will work hard for our Trahan will work individually and Senators. More to come on Camps and move our Division with each Brigade Spokesmen and this subject. forward. Commanders, acting as a reporter Our Chief of Staff Tim Hawkins These are our primary objectives and asking questions while taping has a Division-wide billboard initi- for our Division: the interview to play back before ative ready to roll out and has or- Also if you're not on our Divi- Provide more services to our the group to identify strengths and dered more new 4ft X 4ft monu- sion-wide Email list please contact Camps. weaknesses. ment protection road signs, along and send an e-mail to our Division Strengthen our position at We have limited space, but I want with some 18" X 24" 2-sided mon- Secretary (Kitty Dorety) at secre- the State Capitol and with our to invite all Camp Commanders to ument protection yard signs. They [email protected] and be sure and State legislators. attend the workshop in their area. should be available soon. let her know your Camp number. Improve our internal and Your presence will be very im- In our never-ending endeavor to external communications. portant to our success. improve communications, we Camp Commanders and Adju- Broaden our public expo- have created new social media tants please send your up-dated sure. South Georgia Media Training accounts for the Division. Our Camp E-mail list to Division Sec- Have legal assistance more Workshop Saturday, September goal is to get Division communi- retary at [email protected] so available. 8th at 8:15 am. cations and calls for action out im- she can up-date our rosters and I have asked our Brigade Com- Located at the Jefferson Davis mediately. I would encourage all Division's e-mail list. manders to appoint the following Memorial Park, at 338 Jeff Davis our members and supporters to go Brigade Officers: Park Rd, Fitzgerald, GA 31750. and set a personal account on these Brothers, we have a lot to do and A Brigade Spokesman. Please RSVP Lt. Division Com- social media accounts listed below very little time to do it. I know Brigade Heritage Offense Officer mander South Al Perry at and then go like, follow, connect with Family and Career it's tough I have also asked them to identi- [email protected] or 912-585- and join the Georgia Division, to find the time, but we’ve got to fy an Attorney in their Brigade 9144 Sons of Confederate Veterans. make it happen. We are the de- that is willing to work with the fenders of our Confederate He- Sons of Confederate Veterans. North Georgia Media Training www.instagram.com/gadivscv/ roes, their sacrifices, values and An area of weakness, his how Workshop, Saturday, September Like us on FaceBook: https:// virtues. It seems like we are the we deal with the media and debat- 15th at 8:15 am. www.facebook.com/GeorgiaSCV/ sole defenders most of the time, ing. Located at the Bennett Center in https://twitter.com/DivScv but I believe the majority of Amer- We have been engaging with a meeting room "Bennett A”. The https://www.linkedin.com/in/ icans are with us and support our professional Public Relations Ex- Bennett Center is immediately georgia-division-sons-of- struggle to protect and preserve. pert, Dr. Joe Trahan, who is also next to Northside Forsyth Hospital confederate-veterans We need to be the motivators that on the executive board of the at 1200 Northside Forsyth Drive make them do more than just be- Georgia Battlefield Association. Cumming, GA 30041. Join the Georgia Division's E- ing on our side. Showing the pub- Dr. Trahan specializes in training Please RSVP Lt. Division Com- mail Discussion Group for up-to- lic that we are taking a stand and groups and individuals in the art of mander North George J. Craw- date news and great heritage relat- being visible will make the differ- engaging with the media and crisis ford at [email protected] or ed postings, just send an e-mail to ence. management. 678-360-9667. our Group Moderator, Command- At your service, always, The Division has worked out an We also have been negotiating er Barry Colbaugh at bar- Tim Pilgrim arrangement with Dr. Trahan's with our lobbyist firm on new leg- [email protected] Georgia Division Commander. firm to provide two day long Me- islative initiatives and representing

Mail: GC Deadlines Division EC meeting dates: Georgia Division ~ 2018 ~ ➢ August 11, 2018 (Macon Holiday Inn 3953 Secretary River Place Drive, Macon, Georgia 31210) Catherine (Kitty) Oct. 1st ➢ November 10, 2018 (Ole Times Country Dorety Dec. 1st Buffet; Gray Hwy, Macon) ➢ P.O. Box 1081 January 19, 2019 (Lee Event in Irwinville) ➢ April 13, 2019: TBA Macon, GA 31202 Page 4 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2018

[email protected] [email protected] 478-477-7468 Georgia Division Officers/ Staff 912-657-1698 Members: Al Medcalf

Deputy Division Chaplain Georgia Division Commander [email protected] FINANCE COMMITTEE: Bobby Warren Bradford Timothy F. Pilgrim 478-358-4168 / 478-290-3885 : Chairman Richard Straut 176 Old Jones Road, 20 Old Fuller Mill Rd. NE, Members: Kim Beck Ellijay, Ga. 30536 Marietta, Ga. 30067 5th Brigade Commander [email protected] LOBBYIST COMMITTEE: [email protected] Thomas Miller 706-273-6043 : Chairman Michael Dean 404-456-3393 326 Longwood Dr., Members: Martin K O'Toole, Steve Statesboro, Ga. 30461 Division Heritage Offense Officer Camp Division Lieutenant-Commander [email protected] Tony Jay Pilgrim North 912-536-5775 1998 Mt. Carmel Road, PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMIT- (Brigades : 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13) Hampton, Ga. 30228 TEE: 6th Brigade Commander George James Crawford [email protected] : Chairman Tim Hawkins Donald Newman 435A S. 6th Street, Griffin, Ga. 30224 770-296-5139 Members: Michael Dean, George 128 West Deerfield Rd. [email protected] 678-360-9667 Crawford, Chuck Griffin, Bloomingdale, Ga. 31302 Senior Aide-de-Camp Division Lieutenant-Commander [email protected] Dr. A. Jack Bridwell, Past Division COMMUNICATIONS COMMIT- South/Editor 912-547-4212 Commander TEE: (Brigades : 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) P.O. Box 1353, Moultrie, Ga. 31776 : Chairman George Crawford 7th Brigade Commander Allison Smith Perry [email protected] 229-985-8403 Members: Al Perry, Barry Colbaugh Charles W. Griffin 4300 S. US Hwy. 301 3393 Swamp Rd., Jesup, Ga. 31546 Division Historian YOUTH PROGRAMS COMMIT- Waycross, Ga. 31503 [email protected] 912-585-9144 Mark Charles Pollard TEE [email protected] 2772 Ga. Hwy. 20, : Chairman Thomas Miller Division Chief of Staff 912-283-1125 McDonough, Ga. 30252 Members: Al Perry, Michael Reither Timothy Hawkins [email protected] 8th Brigade Commander MONUMENTS COMMITTEE: 104 Suncrest Place, 678-770-7003 Hershell Smith Kathleen, Ga. 31047 : Chairman Barry Colbaugh 105 New Bethel Church Rd. [email protected] Division HQ Office Executive Direc- Members: Timothy Johnson, Billy Fitzgerald, Ga. 31750 478-951-2628 tor Bearden, David O'Keefe

[email protected] Thomas E. Stevens RECRUITMENT, RETENTION & Division Adjutant 229-425-2966 384 North River Blvd. GENEALOGY COMMITTEE: Richard Kevin Straut Macon, Ga. 31211 9th Brigade Commander : Chairman Al Medcalf 3721 Lathem Creek Rd. [email protected] 478-477-7468 Ken Arvin Gainesville, Ga. 30506 Members: Don Newman, Hu Daught- 69 Brooklyn Circle, [email protected] 770-851-3395 Division Genealogist ry, Curtis H. Collier, III, Jack Grubb

Richland, Ga. 31825 Hu Robert Daughtry FLAGS ACCROSS GEORGIA: Division Judge Advocate [email protected] 706-662-4532 P.O. Box 406, Metter, Ga. 30439 : Chairman Joel Coleman Daniel Coleman [email protected] 912-687-6153 10th Brigade Commander 8735 Jenkins Rd., [email protected] Joseph Alfred Medcalf, Jr. Winston, Ga. 30187 Division Event Coordinator 770 778-4116 122 Medcalf Rd., 9th Brigade Commander Ken Arvin [email protected] 770-265-7910 HEADQUARTERS STUDY COM- Barnesville, Ga. 30204 [email protected] 706-662-4532 MITTEE: Immediate Past Division Commander [email protected] 678-572-0723 Division Grave Registry Coordinator : Chairman Mark Pollard Scott K. Gilbert, Jr. Garry Earl Daniell 11th Brigade Commander Members: Thomas Stevens, David 81 Tinsley Way, Senoia, Ga. 30276 4347 Beachview De. SE, Jeff Robison Moncus, Dennis Elm, Jack Grubb [email protected] Smyrna, Ga. 30082 P.O. Box 1174, Villa Rica, Ga. 30180 404-449-2521 [email protected] [email protected] 404-362-7963 DIVISION AWARDS COMMIT- 770-435-4605 1st Brigade Commander TEE: 12th Brigade Commander : Chairman Thomas E. Stevens Barry L. Colbaugh Division Historic Preservation Coor- William Lathem 1850 Skylar Leigh Dr., dinator 139 Summer Lake Dr., CONFEDERATE HISTORY AND Buford, Ga. 30518 William Lathem, Dallas, Ga. 30157-2519 HERITAGE MONTH COMMIT- [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] TEE: 678-908-3805 404-401-9166 : Chairman Calvin Johnson 404-401-9166 nd [email protected] 2 Brigade Commander th Division H.L. Hunley Award Liaison 13 Brigade Commander 770 428-0978 Michael C. Dean Steven W. Camp Scott E. Seay 200 Pruitt Drive, Members: Billy Bearden P.O. Box 82718, Conyers, Ga. 30013 4425 Evandale Way, Alpharetta, Ga. 30004 [email protected] Cumming, Ga. 30040 Executive Council Meeting Schedule: [email protected] 770-760-8200 [email protected] August 11, 2018 (Macon Holiday Inn 404-771-6507 678-455-7641 3953 River Place Drive, Macon, Georgia Division Secretary 3rd Brigade Commander Georgia 31210) Catherine (Kitty) Dorety COMMITTEES Curtis H. Collier, III November 10, 2018 (Ole Times P.O. Box 1081, Macon, Ga. 31212 TAG PROJECT FUND 82 Bassingborne Dr., Country Buffet; Macon) [email protected] : Chairman Kim Beck Athens, Ga. 30507 January 19, 2019 1-866-SCV-in-GA or Members: George Crawford, Michael (Lee Event in Ir- [email protected] 706-540-9062 1-866-728-4642 Dean, Chuck Griffin, Jack Bridwell, winville) th 4 Brigade Commander APPOINTED STAFF OFFICERS Richard Straut & Dan Coleman April 13, 2019 Kim M. Beck Division Chaplain 2321 Middle Ground Church Rd. Rev. Dr. James (Jim) L. Cavanah II TIME AND PLACE COMMITTEE: Eastman, Ga. 31023-3043 302 Erin Court, Rincon, Ga. 31326 : Chairman Thomas E. Stevens, tste- January/February, 2018 The Georgia Confederate Page 5

121st Georgia Reunion Election Results NOTE: Mailing Address for Georgia Division HQ Gentlemen, Elections: Georgia Division Secretary Division Commander Catherine (Kitty) Dorety Here are the final results for the • Tim Pilgrim 121st Georgia Division Reunion Lt Commander North P.O. Box 1081 voting. • George Crawford Proposed Amendments: Macon, GA 31202 Need 172 votes to reach 2/3s with Lt Commander South 258 delegates • Al Perry · #01, Yes 96, No 152 - failed · #02, Yes 103, No 145 - failed Division Adjutant: · #03, Yes 133, No 117 - failed • Richard Straut

· #04 tabled Division Judge Advocate: · #05, Yes 138, No 114 -failed HQ physical address: • Dan Coleman · #06, Yes 139, No 112 - failed 544 Mulberry Street ·Policy # 001, Yes 236, No 16 - Timothy F. Pilgrim Suite 310 passed Georgia Division Commander ·Policy # 002, Yes 217, No 36 - Macon, GA 31201 passed Sons of Ken Arvin Present sion; that they were the elected There was a discussion on what 10th Brigade Commander representatives of their Camps; the Division could do to help con- Confederate Veterans Al Medcalf Present that they all had talents, interests tribute to the repair cost which 11th Brigade Commander and plenty to offer their Camps, was estimated to be $40,000 by Georgia Division Jeff Robinson Present Brigades and Division; and that the City of Rome. $4,800 was Executive Council Meeting 12th Brigade Commander each Brigade Commander should needed to start the architectural William Lathem Absent be heading up a Division Commit- recreation models. Commander June 9, 2018 13th Brigade Commander tee and/or an initiative to improve Colbaugh made the motion for the Following the 121st Divi- Steve Camp Present our Division. He asks that each Division to donate the $4,800 for sion Reunion in Macon, Ga. Meeting Minutes Division Officer give some the architectural work. The motion Division Commander · Call to Order by Commander thought on what they would like was seconded by Past Division Tim Pilgrim Present Tim Pilgrim to do to take a more proactive Commander Gilbert. After more Division Lt Cmdr. North · Invocation given by Chaplain leadership role and that he will be discussion on the motion, it was George Crawford Present Jack Wray in contact with them to discuss the general consensus that more Division Lt Cmdr. South · Flag Pledges and Salutes further. information was needed from the

Al Perry Present · Commander Pilgrim asks each city of Rome on their overall plan Division Commander: Division Adjutant Brigade Commander to appoint a of action to make complete repairs · Division Commander Pilgrim Brigade spokesperson and identify to the monument before the Divi- Richard Straut Present expressed his gratitude to the men a local attorney in their Brigade, sion made any contributions. Division Judge Advocate of the Georgia Division for their Dan Coleman Present (not necessarily an SCV member) Commander Colbaugh and Com- confidence in him as their new that was willing to represent the mander Terry Swanson of Camp Past Division Commander Division Commander and looks Division if an issue occurred in 669 will get some more detailed Scott Gilbert Present forward to working with all the 1st Brigade Commander their area of command. information from the City of Division officers moving our Di- · Commander Pilgrim distribut- Rome to present to the EC. Com- Barry Colbaugh Present vision forward. 2nd Brigade Commander ed his final Division Adjutant re- mander Colbaugh retracted his · Commander Pilgrim indicated Michael Dean Present port to the EC for their review. He motion. that he was appointing Command- also distributed a Public Relations ** There being no further business 3rd Brigade Commander er Tim Hawkins of Camp 1399 as proposal from Dr. Joe Trahan to the meeting was adjourned with Ben- Curt Collier Present the Division Chief of Staff and 4th Brigade Commander create and help implement a long- ediction. will be announcing Division term public relations plan for the Kim Beck Present Committee appointments later. He Timothy F. Pilgrim Division. The EC was asked to 5th Brigade Commander indicated that he was not going to Georgia Division Commander Thomas Miller Present review this proposal and it will be consider this EC meeting as one Sons of Confederate Veterans discussed in detail at our next EC 6th Brigade Commander of the (4) typical EC meetings, P.O. Box 1081, Don Newman Present meeting. and that he will be sending out Macon, Ga. 31202 7th Brigade Commander Rome Confederate Monument: proposed EC meeting dates. Phone: 404.456.3393 Chuck Griffin Present · 1st Brigade Commander Barry Email: [email protected] · Commander Pilgrim stated Colbaugh brought up the vandal- 8th Brigade Commander that he wanted all the Brigade and Hershell Smith Present ized Confederate monument at Lt. Commanders to take a more Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome. 9th Brigade Commander active leadership role in the Divi- Page 6 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2018

Sons of Confederate nized Adjutant Pilgrim to give the but the amendment passed. Bob Awards. Veterans annual Adjutant’s Report and pre- Whitaker made a motion to ap- 4. Adjutant Pilgrim presented a 121st Georgia Reunion sent the budget for the coming prove the budget as amended and request to provide $28,000.00 for fiscal year. Adjutant Pilgrim re- it was seconded by Mark Dix. the Division to provide member- Macon, Georgia minded everyone that they had a Bob Thornton made a motion to ship recruitment and promotion June 9, 2018 copy of his report and the pro- call the question and it was se- billboards around the state for the Meeting Minutes posed budget in the information conded by Doug Brown. There Sons of Confederate Veterans. packet received with their creden- were some dissenting votes on Judge Advocate Dan Coleman The Georgia Division Sons of tial badges. He reviewed the re- accepting the budget but the mo- then explained that the normal Confederate Veterans assembled port and satisfactorily answered tion to accept passed by a great process for awarding monies for on June 9, 2018 in Macon, Geor- all questions. He then reviewed majority. these projects was for them to be gia at the Marriott Macon City the letter that was included in the Commander Gilbert recognized submitted to the Tag Fund Com- Center for their 121st Annual Re- package from the office of CPA L. The Georgia Confederate Editor mittee for recommendation to the union. The meeting was called to Harrison Eubanks stating that the Al Perry to give a report on the Executive Council for their ap- order by Commander Thomas E. bank account statements matched Division Newsletter. Editor Perry proval/disapproval to submit to Stevens for opening ceremonies. the statements on the Adjutant’s presented his report and reminded the reunion delegation. Since The invocation was given by Divi- Report. Adjutant Pilgrim then everyone that the newsletter be- these had not been submitted sion Chaplain Jack Wray. The reviewed the proposed operating longed to them and to please send through that process the delega- assembly gave pledges to the budget for the 2018/2019 fiscal him any information relevant to tion would have to vote to accept and Georgia Flags year. All questions were satisfac- Camp or Division news/events for them for approval/disapproval followed by the salute to the Con- torily answered. Jack Wray was publication. There were no ques- vote today without recommenda- federate Flag. Introduction of spe- recognized and he made a motion tions. tion from the EC. Judge Advocate cial guests was made, and greet- that the budget be amended to in- Commander Gilbert recognized Coleman then made a motion that ings were brought to the assembly crease the budget amount of Lt. Commander North Phil Autry the reunion delegation be allowed by the Georgia Order of Confeder- $500.00 for the Division Chaplain to present a report from the Tag to vote today. Ken Arvin second- ate Rose Auxiliary. Conference to $1,000.00. The Fund Committee. There were ed the motion and it passed with a The assembly was welcomed by motion was seconded by James four projects that had been sub- unanimous approval. Dan Cole- Division Commander Scott K. West. Some compatriots spoke mitted and approved by the com- man then made a motion that all Gilbert and the business session for the amendment and some mittee for submission of approval four of these tag fund projects be was called to order. Judge Advo- spoke against it. Judge Advocate at the reunion. approved. It was seconded by cate Dan Coleman gave recogni- Dan Coleman asked for clarifica- 1. 2nd Brigade Commander Mi- Ken Smith and it passed with a tion of Standing Rules for the tion on the utilization of the budg- chael Dean presented a request for unanimous approval. meeting. Commander Gilbert in- eted money. Jack Wray explained Camp 1633 who is working with Division Commander Scott Gil- troduced the appointed Sergeant- that the money would be used for the City of Blairsville on the City bert then gave his Division Com- at-Arms Richard Straut to the as- speaker expenses (travel, honorar- Cemetery which they have mander’s report during which he sembly. ium, etc.), space rental, printed cleaned up and have all the Con- reviewed events of the Division Commander Gilbert recognized materials and lunches. John Max- federate graves marked. The over the last year. He also Judge Advocate Coleman who ey proposed an amendment to the Camp has already provided the thanked everyone for their support pointed out that only Georgia Di- amendment to increase the budget required 10% funding and is re- and announced that he was having vision SCV members were al- request to $1,500.00 and Eric questing $8,730.00 to complete to withdraw his name from con- lowed in the meeting unless ap- Howell seconded his amendment. the graveyard boundary with gran- sideration as a candidate for the proved otherwise. A motion was Bob Thornton made a motion to ite posts and chain along with a Division Commander position this made by 9th Brigade Commander call the question on the amend- commemorative plaque for the year. Ken Arvin that the non-Division ment to the amendment and Doug Confederate soldiers buried there. Commander Gilbert then recog- personnel in the assembly be al- Brown seconded the motion. The 2. 2nd Brigade Commander Mi- nized Judge Advocate Coleman to lowed to stay in the meeting. The motion to call the question was chael Dean presented a request present the proposed By-Law and motion was seconded by 1st Bri- unanimously approved. The vote from Camp 716 for $31,950.00 to By-Law (Policy) amendments gade Commander Barry on the amendment to raise the erect a Wall of Honor for the Con- being put forth for consideration. Colbaugh. The vote was unani- budget request to $1,500.00 failed. federate Veterans buried in the A copy is provided in the registra- mous to allow the non-members Bob Thornton again made a mo- cemetery at Demorest, Ga. The tion package. to stay. tion to call the question on the Camp has already raised the 10% By-Law Amendment #1 Commander Gilbert then recog- original amendment to raise the funding requirement. There are Speakers Against - Tim Pilgrim, nized Division Adjutant Tim Pil- budget request to $1,000.00 and it 1,102 Confederate Veterans bur- Joshua Thayer, Hu Daughtry, Dan grim to give a Credentials Com- was seconded by Doug Brown. ied there. The other U.S. Veterans Coleman mittee report. Division Adjutant This motion to call the question groups have completed their wall Speakers For – Bob Thornton, Pilgrim stated that 258 delegates was unanimously approved. A sections. Charles Garvin, Scott Gilbert were properly registered as voting vote was then taken on the origi- 3. Division Adjutant Tim Pilgrim By-Law Amendment #2 presented delegates representing 79 of the nal amendment to increase the presented a request for $6,000.00 with explanation of reasoning by 104 Division Camps thus a quor- Division Chaplain Conference line so that the Division can provide author Scott Gilbert and no other um was present. item from $500.00 to $1,000.00. 12 ea. $500.00 scholarships for comments. Commander Gilbert then recog- There were some dissenting votes ROTC recipients of the Hunley At 12:00 a Continued next page > July/August, 2018 The Georgia Confederate Page 7

GA. Reunion Min. Cont.. motion issue request for funds. there were any nominations from that this reunion had gone well was made by Dan Coleman to re- By-Law Policy Amendment #1 the floor. Being none, he asked if and that next year will be our last cess the business meeting for presented with no discussion there was any nomination for Al year in this Macon location be- lunch. The motion was seconded By-Law Policy Amendment #2 Perry. Thomas Miller rose to cause our contract would run out by Thomas Miller and passed with Speakers Against – Mike Hudson nominate Al Perry and the nomi- at that time and the Marriott would a unanimous approval. Speakers For – Scott Gilbert, Tim nation was seconded by Chuck renew but at a much higher rate. The business meeting was called Pilgrim, Dewayne Ware, Eric Griffin. No other nominations He suggested that we go back to back into session by Commander Howell being made the nominations for individual Camps hosting the re- Gilbert at 1:30 p.m. Commander Gilbert called on Lt. Commander South were union and asked any Camp that is By-Law Amendment #3 was pre- Judge Advocate Dan Coleman to closed. interested to please contact him for sented with explanation of reason- preside over the officer nomina- J.A. Coleman announced that further discussion. A motion was ing by author Scott Gilbert and no tions for the positions of Division there were two declared candi- made by Doug Brown to approve other comments. Commander, Division Lt. Com- dates for the office of Georgia Di- the report as given. Committee By-Law Amendment #4 mander North, Division Lt. Com- vision Adjutant. They are Tim reports don’t require a second. It Speakers Against – Jim mander South, Division Adjutant Hawkins and Richard Straut. He was approved unanimously. Cavanaugh, Joshua Thayer, Al and Division Judge Advocate. asked if there were any nomina- Mike Hanners gave an update on Perry, Barry Colbaugh, Charlie Judge Advocate Coleman an- tions from the floor. There being the Lagrange Cemetery issues rel- Parks, Freddie Jones nounced that for the office of none he asked if there were any ative to removal of the 3rd National Speakers For – Scott Gilbert, Bob Georgia Division Commander that nominations for the announced Flag and a marker that was to be Thornton there was only one declared candi- candidates. Tony Pilgrim rose to erected by the city commemorat- Dan Coleman made a comment date in the person of Tim Pilgrim. nominate Tim Hawkins and it was ing the Confederate Section. He that this amendment could be im- He asked if there were any nomi- seconded by Ken Arvin. Eric made a motion that the Division proved in the way that it was writ- nations from the floor. P. Charles Howell rose to nominate Richard Judge Advocate formally write a ten and satisfy everyone but that it Lunsford rose to nominate Charles Straut and it was seconded by letter to the City commission ask- could not be done until the next Kelly Barrow and the nomination John Hall. No other nominations ing for an explanation of how they reunion because of notification was seconded by John Carroll. J. being made the nominations for were going to resolve the issues. time requirements to all the camps A. Coleman then asked if there Division Adjutant were closed. Bill Grimes seconded the motion before a reunion convened. were any other nominations. Jack J. A. Coleman announced that and it passed unanimously. Therefore, Dan made a motion Grubb rose to nominate Tim Pil- there were two declared candi- Barry Colbaugh gave a report on that this amendment be tabled un- grim and the nomination was se- dates for the office of Georgia Di- the vandalism of the Confederate til the 122nd Reunion in 2019. Da- conded by Jack Bridwell. No oth- vision Judge Advocate. They are Monument in Rome, Ga. and vid Moncus seconded the motion. er nominations being made the Dan Coleman and Ken Smith. He made a motion that the Division Bob Whitaker made a motion to nominations for Georgia Division asked if there were any nomina- agree to provide a donation to get call the question. The motion was Commander were closed. tions from the floor. Being none, the work started. It was agreed seconded by Mitch Crabbe with a J.A. Coleman announced that he asked if there were any nomi- that this issue would be better ad- unanimous approval vote. A vote there were two declared candi- nations for the announced candi- dressed at the post reunion execu- on the motion to table was called dates for the office of Georgia Di- dates. James Bond rose to nomi- tive council meeting. and passed although there were vision Lt. Commander North. nate Dan Coleman and it was se- Officer Election Results: numerous dissenting votes. They are Phillip Autrey and conded by Barry Colbaugh. Ste- Division Commander Tim Pilgrim By-Law Amendment #5 was pre- George Crawford. He asked if phen Land rose to nominate Ken Lt. Commander North George sented with explanation of reason- there were any nominations from Smith and it was seconded by Bill Crawford ing by author Scott Gilbert and no the floor. There being none he Bowers. No other nominations Lt. Commander South Al Perry other discussion. asked if there were any nomina- being made the nominations for Division Adjutant Richard Straut By-Law Amendment #6 tions for the announced candi- Judge Advocate were closed. Division Judge Advocate Dan After presentation Joshua Thayer dates. Richard Straut rose to nom- Commander Gilbert called on Ad- Coleman asked why we don’t have a lawyer inate Phillip Autrey and the nomi- jutant Pilgrim to preside over the Amendment Voting Results: on retainer now. nation was seconded by Jeff Robi- election of officers and voting on Bylaw Amendment #1, 2, 3, 5, 6 Speakers Against – Harry Bennett, son. J.A. Coleman then asked if amendment process. Adjutant failed and #4 was tabled Dan Coleman, Kim Beck there were any nominations for Pilgrim described the ballot, how By-Law (Policy) Amendment #1 Speakers For – Ken Smith, J. C. George Crawford. Joshua Thayer it would be handed out as the and 2 passed Carter, Charles Lunsford rose to nominate George Crawford Camp delegates were called to the Richard Straut made a motion to Barry Colbaugh asked if we must and it was seconded by B.C. voting area and how they were to adjourn. It was seconded by Da- have permission from national Standard. No other nominations be collected then counted. With vid Moncus and unanimously ap- before we could proceed with being made the nominations for that Adj. Pilgrim called all the del- proved. charges against someone. Com- Lt. Commander North were egates forward to vote by their The 121st Annual Georgia Divi- mander Gilbert agreed that we do closed. Camp number. The process went sion Reunion was closed with a and that we have that already on J.A. Coleman announced that very well with no issues. benediction and the singing of the most imminent issues right there was one declared candidate Commander Gilbert called on 6th Dixie. now. for the office of Georgia Division Brigade Commander Don New- Respectfully Submitted John Wright gave some clarifica- Lt. Commander South. That can- man to present the Time and Place David C. Moncus, Chief of Staff tion on the Savannah monument didate is Al Perry. He asked if Committee Report. Don stated Page 8 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2018 Georgia Division Commander's Report: Book of Reports 123rd General Reunion

rd Gentlemen, • Repairs of the Milledgeville This is the 3 year the Georgia each which makes this educational greetings from the Georgia Divi- Confederate Monument that was Division has maintained a perma- tool affordable for individuals and sion, hit by a car. nent Division HQ Office along Camps to distribute to folks who

I'm pleased to report that the • New memorial fence and plaque with our Division Store. We con- need a history lesson.

Georgia Division remains stronger in Blairsville’s old cemetery hon- tinue to have on staff a Division The Georgia Division's Cadet than ever. The Georgia Division oring their Confederate Soldiers. Secretary (Kitty Dorety) to man- program is going strong. We pro- remains the largest Division in our age the Division Office and main- • New Confederate Veterans wall vide our Cadets with SCV hats Confederation, serving over 3,300 of honor in Habersham County tain our Division operations to the and the ability to earn hat pins for members based in 104 active listing over 1,200 Confederate highest level of professionalism. performing Heritage related pro- Camps that are located through- Soldiers. Our HQ Office is located at the jects. Our Cadets also receive an out the largest State East of the American Federal Building at 544 Unfortunately, we have experi- annual subscription to the Georgia Mississippi River. Mulberry Street, Ste. 310 Macon, Confederate and a nice member- enced some hateful motivated acts Ga. 31202, 1-866-SCN-in-GA or 1- Our Camps are continuously of vandalism done to our monu- ship certificate. 866-728-4642. recruiting new members. The Di- ments in Rome, Decatur and At- Our Division is a big supporter We have issued our Division vision assists our Camps by adver- lanta. We are currently working of the Georgia Confederates' newsletter The Georgia Confeder- tising in Georgia based magazines, with the City of Rome to get that Youth Camp that provides a full ate consistently to our members constantly posting updates on our monument repaired. week of Southern / Confederate every two months, 6 issues a year. Division Facebook page, by offer- As of date, the Georgia Division Heritage curriculum modeled after Our Editor Al Perry has done a ing associate membership options has allocated over $510,000 from the Sam Davis Youth Camp. The tremendous job editing and having to potential members who have our tag funds to help our Camps Camp directors are our Division's our Division newsletter published not yet identified their Confederate fund local Heritage projects and Lt Commander South Al Perry, Ancestors and having a Division professionally and on time. Division wide projects. our 5th Brigade Commander Genealogist on staff with a Divi- This 2018 Georgia Legislative The Georgia Division's Flags Thomas Miller, and OCR mem- sion Head-Quarters Camp to place Session the Georgia Division hired Across Georgia program is going ber, Tara Miller. Their hard work our new members. This all helps a professional lobbyist firm to rep- strong. We have 12 large Division is a testimony of the Georgia Divi- keep our Division strong. Flag poles across the State of sion's commitment to educating resent the Georgia Division and The Georgia Division is very actively lobby against all unfavor- Georgia. The Division purchases our Youth. these oversized Battle Flags for fortunate that we have not had any able proposed legislation that In conclusion, the Georgia Divi- these Division poles and distrib- Confederate monuments removed would weaken our monument pro- sion is the largest and most proac- utes them to the local Camps that from public or private property. In tection laws. Our lobbyist also tive Division in the Sons of Con- maintains these poles. We are al- fact, since the last reunion we have spent much of their time canvass- federate Veterans. Our member- ways on the lookout for any erected, repaired and currently in ing legislators on where they stand ship is comprised of some of the "prime" locations to erect new the process of erecting (5) monu- on protecting our monuments. most dedicated Confederates in ments. poles. The Division implemented many our Confederation. We continue to • New Confederate obelisk mon- public relations initiatives this year As of Date the Georgia Division lead and will continue to do what ument in Brunswick, Ga. honoring focusing on our monument protec- has distributed over 220,000 we do best, to honor our Confeder- the Confederate Soldiers in Cam- tion campaign. We had a large "Truth Concerning the Confeder- ate Heroes. den and Glynn County. billboard commissioned on I-75, ate Battle Flag" CDs by Pastor • Repairs to Memorial Cannon at Live the Charge, we distributed over (200) 4ft X 4ft John Weaver throughout the Con- the Marietta Confederate Ceme- Tim Pilgrim monument protection road signs federation and the Country. These tery. Georgia Division Commander and ran many monument protec- CDs are distributed by the Georgia tion ads in local magazines. Division at our cost of .35 cents

Membership Strength Louisiana 1,122 awarded. Byron J. Hall. Jr. by Divisions Arkansas 608 Michael A. Hall Timothy F. Pilgrim State……………………...2018 Missouri 570 Joseph Alfred Medcalf, Jr. These were all of the Georgia Georgia 3,344 554 John Joseph Biddy Division recipients of awards at 3,114 [Others 2,983] Anthony Jay Pilgrim the 123rd Annual Reunion as re- North Carolina 3,000 Total Membership 30,691 Wayne Douglas Willingham ported by CiC Thos. V. Strain, Jr. Virginia 2,899 Friends of the SCV 824 Tom Wise South Carolina 2,549 2018 Reunion Awards HQ Camp 584 2,464 Commendation Award Dixie Club Tennessee 2,423 This award is presented to mem- Alabama 2,075 This award is given for recruiting bers for meritorious service or Mississippi 1,691 new members during the fiscal achievement at the Camp, Bri- Florida 1,295 year. Medals and certificates are gade, or Division level. July/August, 2018 The Georgia Confederate Page 9

Will Loveless Wins National Scholarship Monument Committee sent a priority. Make note of the Report condition of each monument and General Stand Watie In August of 2017, The Southern those in need of repair, cleaning, Scholarship Poverty Law Center has launched maintenance or threatened by emi- Will Loveless is a junior at the a website called “Whose Herit- nent domain, vandalism, vehicle University of Mississippi (Ole age?” seeking to go after some damage etc. Miss). He is a History major who 1,728 Confederate monu- 4.Develop a course of action to is also minoring in English and the ments. The Georgia Chapter of protect and maintain said monu- Classics. He is a member of the the NAACP called on state offi- ments. If protection means legal Sally McDonnell Barksdale Hon- cials to remove all Confederate action we will recommend the ors College. For his Honors Col- symbols. We have already had Judge Advocate investigate and lege thesis, he is studying a group monuments removed in North, take legal measures. If the monu- of Irish soldiers in the Civil War Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, Flori- ment requires maintenance, create particularly those that were mem- da and throughout the South. a list of reputable monument com- bers of Cobb's Legion. So far, he Georgia monuments have been panies to contact. has researched their service during targeted by different groups 5.Communicate with all parties the war, and if they survived, their their national convention this sum- throughout our State using the involved, local camps, The United lives after the war. Next summer, mer from a pool of national candi- same methods recommended by Daughters of the Confederacy, he will be traveling to Ireland to do dates. the SPLC. The goal of the monu- State/local governments and build the boots on the ground research Will plans to attend law school ment committee is: a relationship by helping wherever about their lives in Ireland before after graduation and wants to be- the Georgia Division can. This they immigrated. He hopes to come a prosecutor. 1.Document all the data possible information would be kept in the present this paper at several under- He is a member of the SCV about each monument in every notebook as an appendix. graduate research symposiums in Georgia Headquarters Camp County in the State of Georgia. 6.Begin looking at opportunities 2020. His research findings will #2200 and he is the son of Jon and We seek to include ownership of for the installation of new monu- also be used in an upcoming book Mary-Ellen Loveless of Athens, the monument, the property it sits ments, paying attention to camp by Mr. Sam Thomas, director of Georgia. on. Contact information about the projects, land opportunities etc. the T.R.R. Cobb House. He is a descendent of Corporal monument, location, nearby 7.The committee will respectfully Will is also active on campus at G.H. Partain of Company G., 8th camps and all details possible. Be- submit a report at each Executive Ole Miss. He is President of the Battalion Georgia Infantry. Cor- ing as we have an active enemy Council meeting, including the Freshman Honors Society, Alpha poral Partain lost his life during seeking to remove our monu- details of all news, threats and op- Lambda Delta. He is Secretary of the Vicksburg Campaign and died ments, we will keep the infor- portunities involving Georgia one of the largest service organiza- in a hospital in Yazoo City, MS on mation in a notebook to be passed monuments. tions on campus, Gamma Phi Be- July 1, 1863. Will was honored to to the Commander. The notebook 8.Propose a monuments protection ta. He also is Secretary of his fra- visit the mass grave in which his being a tool for the Georgia Divi- law to protect all veterans’ monu- ternity, Pi Kappa Phi and was se- ancestor is buried last fall. sion and not for public consump- ments statewide with strict fines lected as one of three interns for tion. We would also encourage and jail time for vandalism. Rec- each camp to create their own ommend using lobbyists to sup- Stand Watie notebook with particulars about port such a law and or change 50- their monuments and cemeteries. Born December 12, 1806 3-1 2.Document all monuments owned 9.Any action taken will be under Calhoun, Georgia and installed by the Georgia Sons the discretion of the Georgia Divi- Died September 9, 1871 of Confederate Veterans. sion Commander. Delaware County, Oklahoma 3.Determine which monuments are under immediate threat and repre- Barry Colbaugh, Chairman

Stand Watie Scholarship and for being the last Confederate ber of SCV, Children of the Con- cial support. They also provide Dr. James M. Edwards of Geor- general to surrender the field, and federacy, or the United Daughters three letters recommending them, gia, Commander-in-Chief of SCV, the first American Indian to of the Confederacy, and be a stu- copies of diplomas, awards, and founded the Stand Watie Scholar- achieve the rank of general. Dr. dent at an accredited college or honors attesting to their academic ship Fund in 1975. The Stand Edwards wanted the scholarship university, and be classified as a potential, and official transcripts Watie Camp 1303, Oklahoma open to anyone of Confederate sophomore, junior, or a senior. sent directly from the institution. City, took the lead in raising funds heritage. We give the $1,000 awards once Investment income from the en- with support from Dr. Edwards, To apply for the scholarship, ap- a year, one time per applicant. dowment has allowed us to award who wanted to develop a scholar- plicants go to https://scv.secure- Applicants provide a letter de- the $1,000 scholarships to a few ship program within the SCV. He sites.biz/pdf/ scribing the degree they are seek- Southern scholars in each of the wished to memorialize Stand Wa- StandWatieScholarshipApplica- ing and their field of study; their last few years. tie not only for his Cherokee herit- tionForm.pdf career aspirations; service they Vernon Russell Padgett Ph.D., age but also for his courage in and provide information on their have provided their community Chairman fighting for the Confederate States academic background. Those re- and service promoting Southern Stand Watie Scholarship Com- of America in Indian Territory, ceiving the award must be a mem- Heritage, and their need for finan- mittee Page 10 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2018

Member Retention card processing is offered, encour- our most basic spiritual weap- Chaplain’s Column By Cmdr. Al Medcalf age folks to tap into this re- ons. As Paul said, "we wrestle not As the current Chairman of the source. Also from experiences in Dear Camp Commanders and Ad- against flesh and blood" for the Recruitment, Retention, and Gene- our Camp, we have a segment in jutants, real enemy is the Evil One and the alogy Committee, I reached out to our Camp programs (just before The Lord be with you! forces of darkness. Therefore, the the members of the committee our featured speaker) for a desig- It is my pleasure to once again Camp Chaplain's Address Book about their thoughts on retention. nated compatriot to speak about 7- serve as your Division Chap- will be a valuable tool in immedi- Their thoughts are below: 8 minutes on his Confederate an- lain. As you are aware, I served ately sharing prayer concerns for cestor(s) including PowerPoint. the GA Div. previously under the those within the Div. and other Cmdr. Don Newman command of Past Div. Cmdr Jack appropriate issues beneficial to the Retention is the most troubling Cmdr. Al Medcalf Bridwell and the late Past Div. Chaplains of this Div. and the Div. subject our organization has. Na- There isn't a lot that I can add to Cmdr Charlie Lott. Prior to re- as a whole. tional statistics a few years back the ideas presented by Command- turning to my native state in 2003, Commanders, Adjutants - com- showed us that the average SCV ers Newman and Collier, but here I served as the FL Div. Chaplain patriots - your assistance is very member remains in the organiza- are some of my thoughts. for several years. It has also been much appreciated and necessary to tion three years. That means we Camps should try to have an in- my privilege to serve as your Ar- the strength of this Div. Thank have to recruit enough new mem- teresting program for every meet- my of Tennessee Chaplain under you for your service and your will- bers to replace ourselves every ing. Camp workdays are good. two different AOT Commanders. ingness to step forward to honour, three years. That is off the chart, Workdays give members pride in I write to you now to request defend, and proclaim the honoura- the SCV cannot continue at that accomplishing something and your help and assistance. To this ble name of our ancestors and the rate. gives them an opportunity to get to end, please send the name and heritage that is ours by the gra- What we have found that works know each other. Our Camp contact information (e-mail, phone cious gift of the Almighty God - for us is Life Memberships. We Chaplain sends out sympathy and number, USPS mailing address) of Father, Son, and Holy Spir- have 18 to date, but that is only get well cards to members when your Camp Chaplain in reply to it. Thanks be to God! 10% of our membership. We have we are aware that they have been this correspondence. The Div. Blessings to you and yours in several fund raisers during the sick or had a death in the family. Secretary is putting together an E- Christ the King, year, and when due we pay all our This lets them know that we care. mail Address Book of Camp Jim annual dues, then collect back from If we have members that have Chaplains for use by the GA Div. Rev. Dr. James L. Cavanah II, the members. About 70% pay right fallen upon hard times due to ill- officers in general and the Div. Th.D on time the rest pay over time. We ness, job loss, etc., the Camp will Chaplain in particular. Chaplain, GA Div., SCV have some elder members that are pay their dues. In this modern technological age living on low fixed incomes so the While most articles that we read the use of e-mails and text mes- "I can only say that I am nothing Camp picks up their dues. place the retention problem in the sages are the fastest means of but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ Why don't men renew is many laps of Camp leaders, some of the communication to a large number alone for salvation.” fold. They are not involved with fault lies with the membership. of individuals and in this case, our - Gen. Robert E. Lee That fault is a lack of commitment. Camp Chaplains. The apostle the activities of the camp. Many Send Camp Chaplain times the meetings are boring and I agree that getting members in- wrote: "For we wrestle not slow and long. A lot of the meeting volved helps greatly with retention. against flesh and blood, but information to: We very rarely have an involved against principalities, against pow- is taken up with business and most [email protected] members could care less about the member fail to pay dues. But, we ers, against the rulers of the dark- business of the Camp. have members of our Camp that I ness of this world, against spiritual or I have noticed that many Camps have never laid eyes on that pay wickedness in high places. Where- don't reach out to new members, their dues year after year. Why? fore take unto you the whole ar- P.O. Box 1081 they need to feel they are important Because they are committed to our mour of God, that ye may be able Macon, Ga. 31212 to the Camp. Often, when new cause. We have other members to withstand in the evil day, and members get the chance to see all that live a long distance from having done all, to stand ... Pray- the in-fighting in our organization, Thomaston that can only come to ing always with all prayer and they decide they just don't have one event a year, but they pay their supplication in the Spirit, and time for it. I have also noted that dues because they are committed. watching thereunto with all perse- some of our camps just don't see It's sad, but I have no cure for lack verance and supplication for all the need to grow. of commitment. saints" (Ephesians 6:12-13, Just a few thoughts on the subject 10th Brigade Commander 18 KJV). of retention. Al Medcalf, Chairman The Word of God and prayer are Recruitment, Retention, & Cmdr. Curt Collier Genealogy Committee And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you I totally agree with Commander this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fa- Newman. I would add that once everything is in place when dues thers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the are paid directly to National where gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me annual automatic debits and credit and my house, we will serve the LORD. Joshua 24: 15 July/August, 2018 The Georgia Confederate Page 11

☜☝ L. Hiram Parks Bell Camp # 1642 Lt. Cmdr. Scott Seay pre- sents the H.L. Hunley award to AF JROTC Cadet Alina Singer, Etowah HS, Woodstock. Above. Cmdr. Seay presents the H.L. Hunley award to AF JROTC Cadet Robert Coughanour, Sequoyah HS, Woodstock.

☝ Repaired Confederate monument ready to be re- installed in Milledgeville.

☝ Pine Barrens Volunteers #2039 Cadet member Bradley Harrelson putting out some new crosses in his family cemetery while on summer break from school. ☟ Pine Barrens Volunteers #2039 newest Cadet Member Benjamin Sturgis with camp members and family at the Confederate Monument in Dodge County.

☝ Millers pay respects to Confederate veter- ans on their way home from the 121st Georgia ☝Newest Haralson Invincibles Camp 673 mem- Division Reunion. ber Compatriot Stephen Hansard gives a great re- port on The South was Right and donates the book to our Camp's Library.

☞ Pine Bar- rens Volunteers Camp #2039 swears in two ☝New Gen. Ambrose R. Wright Camp 1914 new members. member Clay Skinner [L], Cmdr. Chip Lamb, Commander Chaplain Gary Haddock. Corey Harrel- son (L) wel- ☜ comes Com- L to R Grace Howell, William Griffin, patriot Tony and Kelsey Griffin attending Ball at Georgia Crumbley (C) Confederates Youth Camp. They were spon- and Compatriot sored by the Clement A. Evans Camp in Clint Luke (R). Waycross. Page 12 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2018

The History of the Georgia Division participated in was that she drove On 26 May the rededication of a sundial made of granite with a Sons of Confederate Veterans a couple of veterans to Marietta to the General W.H.T. Walker monu- bronze marker. vote and that they both voted for ment was held by the Atlanta Me- A tablet for the monument was Compiled by: Mark Pollard Governor Rivers. morial Association and featured designed by E.L. Bugg, Georgia Division Historian Governor Rivers maintained that historian Wilbur G. Kurtz as Historian for the John B. Gordon Part – (15) he was certain that Mrs. speaker. The monument, which is SCV Camp #46 of Atlanta and it 1937-1938 Goudelock had worked for the located at today’s Glenwood Road was completed on August 1st. opposition as he had good infor- and I-20, was honored with a tab- 1937 mation and he would have to let which was unveiled by Jack

The year 1937 is well recorded make a change. Past CIC Dancy Nixon, a student at Georgia Tech in the Division records. The year replied back that he was not sure and a grandson of the General. however started out solemn. The Mrs. Goudelock had not worked Atlanta Mayor William B. Harts- first action was in January and it for the opposition and under the field and DeKalb Commissioner was solemn indeed. It was a reso- circumstances he felt it would be Charles Anderson Matthews were lution to honor the passing of the good if the SCV did not oppose also there. th Honorable Clark Howell. Howell the change. On August 20 the Georgia Di- was a charter member of the John Camp Commander Charles West vision held a dedication ceremony B. Gordon Camp #46 of Atlan- of Camp #46 of Atlanta sent one for the Francis S. Bartow Room at ta and the publisher of the Atlan- last letter to Governor Rivers in Liberty Hall in Crawfordville ta Constitution. He was buried defense of Mrs. Goudelock point- which is the former home of VP with full Camp honors and it was a ing out that she had given great Alexander H. Stephens. Thomaston Court Lawn sad event. Clark Howell Highway, service and that she was living off An order was sent out to the It read: (located South of Atlanta) bears only one lung since she was shot Camps in early October by Geor- Thomaston, Georgia his name today. and wounded by a deranged veter- gia Division Commander Lieutenant General John B. Gor- In early February, the Division an. She did admit that she had car- Oswell R. Eve of Augusta to the don, CSA Commander, Judge Oswell R. Eve ried Herman Talmadge stickers on effect that the Reunion would be Soldier, Statesman, Patriot of Augusta participated in the an- her car but that she had been re- held in Tifton on 13-15 October. Upson County’s Most Distin- nual Lee Day celebration spon- quired to since he was Governor at At the Reunion were Commander guished Native Son sored by Gordon Camp #46 at the the time and it was expected that of the Army of Tennessee, and The unveiling took place State Capitol. state employees would support the past CIC William R. Dancy of Sa- on September 29th on the court- On 12 March the Divi- incumbent. It all went for naught. vannah. One issue at the Reunion house lawn in Thomaston. In at- sion also wrote a resolution oppos- She was replaced. was a proposal by the State Veter- tendance were several surviving ing any change in the operation of ans Service Department to shift veterans who had once served un- the Soldiers Home in Atlan- the Confederate pensioners and der General Gordon. Others in- ta, where many old veterans were widows to the Public Welfare De- cluded both daughters of General housed. The story was carried on partment. It was a hot one. It was Gordon, and Hugh Gordon, the AP and got wide coverage. It all clearly noted by Lamar Mur- General’s son. started with a controversy involv- daugh of Camp #46 of Atlanta that In February, the Army of Ten- ing Mrs. Goudelock who was this never got off the ground. He nessee Commander McWhorter the Director of the Soldiers was the Welfare Director. Milner sought the Division for a Home. The final action of the year was donation for Liberty Hall, the for- th It seems that word was spread in the announcement of the 48 Re- mer home of Hon. Alexander H. political circles to the effect that union of the SCV to be held in Stephens where a room was being Governor Rivers was going to re- Columbia, South Carolina. restored by the UDC. A commit- move Mrs. Goudelock from her General W.H.T. Walker Monu- tee was appointed to assist with position because she supported ment 1938 the project which consisted of Past

another in the race for Governor. Commander. Dr. William R. Dan- The year 1938 was dominated by cy of Savannah, Past Commander Upon hearing this from the UDC, several events which were the ma- in Chief, Hon. Charles T. Tillman several SCV Camp Commanders jor commemorative activities un- of Quitman County and Atlanta sent letters to both Division Com- dertaken during the decade. One Gordon Camp #46 of Atlanta mander Eve and past CIC William was the naming of Highway 3 compatriots Charles W. West, R. Dancy enlisting their support in from Griffin, (Spalding County) to Judge Alexander Stephens and keeping her as Director. The old the Florida line as the John B. Frank M. Berry of Atlanta. veterans were said to be very up- Gordon Memorial Highway. In another action, the Ladies set about it and some had lost their It passed through Upson County Memorial Association was asking appetite. Division Commander where the General was born and a the Division for donations to help Eve sent a letter to Governor Riv- fine memorial monument was put identify and mark the graves at the ers imploring him to reconsid- along the route on the courthouse Confederate section of historic er. Commander Eve said that square in Thomaston, the seat of Wilbur G. Kurtz Oakland Cemetery. Many SCV Mrs. Goudelock had claimed that Upson County. The monument is the only political activity she had Camp’s Continued next page > July/August, 2018 The Georgia Confederate Page 13

History: Continued across the animosity from 75 years earlier Together, two men - 91-year-old (supposedly bringing the country state donated was still fresh in their minds. For Confederate Veteran A.G. Harris together in harmony and solidari- money for this cause. those, Commissioners had difficul- of McDonough, GA. and 92-year- ty). While many events were in the ty convincing a number of the old Union Veteran George N. As these soldiers lived out their works, the June joint Reunion of United Confederate Veterans and Lockwood of Los Angeles, CA, - twilight years, they watched their the SCV and the United Confeder- the Grand Army of the Republic to undraped the flag covering the me- world change around them. The ate Veterans was held. They were attend. morial. veterans’ reunion was accompa- invited to a joint reunion in Penn- However, for as many veterans Much in the same way that the nied with sights such as tanks roll- sylvania with the GAR, (Grand declined their invitations due to reunion brought Harris and Lock- ing down the streets of Gettysburg Army of the Republic). Old J.M. residual bitterness, many more wood together to unveil the me- and air shows over the fields Claypool of Missouri was elected declined due to poor health. Over morial, the event brought other where they had met 75 years earli- Commander in Chief of the UCV 2,000 invitations were returned veterans and spectators together, er. The world was on the cusp of a and they voted to hold the joint bearing the word “deceased.” regardless of which side they had new and terrifying conflict, one reunion even over small, but Three more old soldiers would fought for or what part of the that would shape another genera- stormy protests. The protests eased reach the reunion, but not make it country they were from. tion. Many of the Boy Scouts and up when Paul L. Roy of Pennsyl- back home. Confederate Veterans met Union the Guardsmen pushing the veter- vania offered all-expense paid and Every veteran arrived with an Veterans at the Bloody Angle, ans’ wheelchairs in 1938 would accommodations. The Reunion attendant, and a small army of Boy shaking hands in good will and fight their own war in 1941. was a big success. McWhorter Scouts and Pennsylvania National offering silent tribute to the sol- Even fewer Veterans would live Milner of Gordon Camp #46 was Guardsman were enlisted to help diers who had fought and lost their to see the end of America’s next again elected Commander of the the veterans navigate the reunion. lives at this fateful place on the conflict. They were sometimes Army of Tennessee in the SCV Wheelchairs, buses, and hospitals battlefield many years earlier. seen as curiosities, living museum portion of the Reunion. It was a were prepared, and the commis- pieces, and men who belonged to big media event which coincid- sioners did all they could to ensure an unknowable past. Their chapter ed with another great event held at the comfort of these aged warriors. had reached its final page, and a Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Besides the veterans, 57,000 spec- return to Gettysburg was an appro- This event was the 75th Anni- tators camped out during the priate end to the story. The veter- versary of the event. ans themselves seemed to recog- with a joint Blue/Gray event held A total of 116 media personnel nize this. For near the end, their at Gettysburg. Joint Blue/Gray registered with the hosting Com- final reunion shall call them to that Reunions were few and didn’t mission and provided radio and eternal party where there is no happen very often. But this event photographic documentation of the strife, bitter hate, nor bloodshed... was so huge there was a saying veterans' encampment and the July that… “all roads lead to Gettys- 1st dedication of the Eternal Light Medals were given to both Un- Part (16) - The History of the burg.” Peace Memorial by President ion and Confederate Veterans. The Georgia Division, Sons of Confed- Most of the Veterans came by ribbon on the medal was blue and erate Veterans will continue in the train like specters of a bygone era. gray, while the medals themselves next issue of the Georgia Confed- The average age was ninety-three, featured an eagle clutching the erate. In an effort to document the and the 75th anniversary of the bat- Confederate and U.S. flag in its history of the Georgia Division, tle marked the last great reunion of talons. In addition, the veterans’ Sons of Confederate Veterans, I Union and Confederate Veterans medals displayed the face of a am in the process of compiling as on the hallowed fields of Gettys- Confederate and Federal Veteran, much information as possible on burg. as a symbol of brotherhood. The the Division. If your SCV Camp Fifty-three Confederate Veterans symbol depicts an axe with extra has ever held a Reunion in the from Georgia attended the event. handles wrapped around the origi- past, please submit the year and That number was a marked con- nal shaft, representing the power who the elected officers trast in comparison to the 50th an- gained when many join together to were. Submit that or any other niversary held in 1913, when 285 Franklin Roosevelt. wield a weapon. The medals them- Division information to: Confederate Veterans from Geor- A.G. Harris – McDonough, Ga. selves were emblematic of the in- gia were in attendance. From June tended spirit of the reunion; The highlight of all the ceremoni- 29th to July 6th, 1,845 veterans al events, however, was the dedi- from both sides came together at cation of the Eternal Light Peace Gettysburg. Memorial on Oak Hill outside of Just over 10,000 veterans from town. President Franklin Roose- both sides of the War Between the velt made the dedication speech on States were still alive in 1938, but July 3, 1938, around the same time the wounds from America’s most Pickett made his charge 75 years terrible conflict were by no means Georgia Division Historian, before. More than 300,000 people healed by 1938. Sectional and ra- Mark Pollard attended, watching a reunion of cial divides still ran deep. Several at: [email protected] men who had once been enemies. veterans declined their invitations, Page 14 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2018

☝On behalf of the Haralson Invincibles Camp 673, Adjutant Richard Boarts receives the 3rd place award from the organizers of the Annual ☝Camp B/G Henry Kent McCay Tallapoosa 4th of July Parade for our entry of 4 Belles, 2 Artillery piec- ☝ Camp McDonald #1552 erects Division Monument Pro- erected these flags on US Hwy 301 es, 5 Confederate Soldiers & numerous Confederate Flags. tection signs off Due West Hwy. in Cobb County. L to R, S, Jesup, GA. Camp Commander Lamon Smith, Division Commander Tim Pilgrim, and Compatriot Mike Smith

☝☞ This is Colbert Georgia 49th Fourth of July Parade. There is some concern after a complaint to the mayor about the monument and flags there. This report was provided by J Curt Collier. Pictures were from Jack Gordon. By Barry Colbaugh

☝☞ Annual General Leonidas Polk service, June 16, at Polk monument. Photos: Michael Reither ☝ L to R, Invincibles Camp Commander Bearden, Terry and 1st Brigade Commander Barry Colbaugh ☜ “Co-Commander” stood tall in Defense of the Decatur Confederate Mon- ument. Mrs. Harrelson made this beautiful cake for our Camp’s last meeting. It was almost too pretty to cut and eat, almost. Pine Barrens Volunteers Camp 2039

Lest we forget L to R Cmdr. Bearden, Cmdr. Pilgrim, Adj. Boartes July/August, 2018 The Georgia Confederate Page 15

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Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site 338 Jeff Davis Park Road, Fitzgerald GA 31750 Capture re-enactment November 2 ~ 4, 2018 For more information call: John Hughes 229.831.2335

“Thank You, members of the Georgia Division.” Due to health issues Joyce port the Confederate cause Shumate will not be a ven- from her home in Carbon dor at future SCV Reun- Hill, Alabama. ions. Contact Joyce and tell her Joyce sends her heartfelt you appreciate her devo- Several years ago there was a Editor’s Comments appreciation to all mem- tion to “Everything *As I implied in a question I TV documentary where a black bers of the Georgia Divi- posed on the front page of the journalist interviewed a black cou- Southern” ! ple from Philadelphia, explaining sion who have visited her May/June, 2018 issue of The 205.522.8763 Georgia Confederate, why was to them many of the points made table in the past. war necessary to settle a legal is- by the author of the piece above. [email protected] Joyce will continue to sup- sue? War did not free the slaves They even went to a national park in the u.S.A., the “Emancipation in Liberia, Africa and showed the Proclamation” did not free the metal cages where they kept the slaves in the u.S.A., it took the most violent black POWs cap- Lest XIII Amendment to accomplish tured by tribal warfare. At the that task. As far as I know, the end, the journalist asked what they we issue of freeing the slaves was thought about what they had never seriously considered at law learned. One said something to BEFORE the War, erroneously the effect that they had never forget. called the “Civil War.” heard anything like this and would Ham Radio Operators: have to check it out. The other Slavery was a codified legal Mr. Richard Myers said, “I heard what you said, but Ahoy! issue, and needed to be solved of Camp 1996. I choose not to believe it.” As the legally, not by invading a His contact information is: Searching for Confed- “foreign” Country [C.S.A], killing example above shows, unfortu- 105 Oakdale Dr. innocent people, stealing and de- nately for those who would en- erate sailors graves. If LaGrange, GA 30240 stroying their property, and physi- courage peaceful “race” relations you know of one, con- cally forcing their citizens to re- today, there are still many obsti- Call > (706) 402-6410 turn to a “union” they had legally nate stones, with completely tact Ross Glover. email: rejected. closed minds to the truths of histo- [email protected]. ry. .al perry. Page 16 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2018

Roswell Mills Camp tion... " only think of it! Four hun- of the Roswell Mills Camp, is de- #1547 dred weeping and terrified Ellen's, scended from John R. Kendley Roswell, Georgia Susan's, and Maggies transported who served early as a Sergeant in in springless and seatless army Company H, known as the Georgia Division Distinguished wagons, away from their loved "Roswell Guards", 7th Regiment, Camp of the Year 2009, 2008, ones and brothers of the sunny GVI, Army of Northern Virgin- 2001 South, and all for the offense of ia. He was captured, paroled, and Winner of Georgia Division weaving tentcloth." returned to work in the mill. John Scrapbook of the Year for 2009 On July 10, 1864 General later served as a Lieutenant in www.scv1547.org/History.html Thomas reported the arrival of Company A, Roswell Battal- THE STORY OF THE four to five hundred mill hands, ion. Because he was paroled, he ROSWELL MILL mostly women, in Marietta. Other had to leave early when Union WORKERS documents indicate that an unde- troops got close. If captured, he DEPORTATION termined number of children ac- would have been shot on the spot. companied their mothers. Webb Wayne Shelly is a member of On July 5, 1864, Federal General Garrison writes of the women's the Nathan Bedford Forrest Camp Kenner Garrard's cavalry reached Roswell Mill Workers Monument arrival in Marietta..." for the mili- of the Sons of Confederate Veter- Roswell and finding it undefend- tary record that closed the case in ans in Rome, Georgia. His grand- ed, occupied the city. General Macon Monument which women and children were mother was a teenage mill worker Garrard reported to General Wil- Lighting illegally deported after having and her mother and her grand- liam T. Sherman on July 6, 1864 Update on photos in GC June been charged with treason." He mother also worked at Roswell that..." there were fine factories issue of the Confederate Monu- further writes... “had the Roswell Mills. All three were charged with here. I had the building burnt, all ment lighting project in Ma- incident not been followed imme- treason and deported. The mother were burnt. The cotton factory con. The City of Macon did not diately by major military develop- died on a train between Chatta- was working up to the time of its propose or install the lights to illu- ments, it might have made a last- nooga and Nashville, Tennes- destruction, some 400 women be- minate the monument to our an- ing impact upon opinion. In this see. The grandmother died on a ing employed." cestors. This was actually a pro- century, few analysts have given it steamship on the Ohio River, after Former Associate Dean of ject of the "new" Georgia Society emphasis it deserves." being carried aboard in a rocking , Webb Garrison Military Order of the Stars & In conclusion Dr. Garrison chair. Wayne's grandmother mar- writes of the destruction of the Bars. Last year Mr. Martin Bell writes..." The mystery of the Ro- ried a Confederate Veteran in Roswell Mills. He was elected Georgia Society swell women, whose ultimate fate Louisville, Kentucky. The two says..."incidents of this occurred Commander and immediately remains unknown, is one of major tried to make a new life in Indiana; repeatedly throughout the Civil went to work to reorganize, re- importance in its own right. Even however, the deportation had ru- War. Had the usual attitudes pre- vive, expand, and strengthen the more significant is its foreshadow- ined the health of the young mill vailed, the destruction of the in- MOS&B in Georgia. Under his ing of things to come." worker and a doctor advised that dustrial complex would have end- leadership the organization has The mystery of the Roswell she would not live through another ed the matter. That it did not was grown and is thriving today. women is made up of four to five Indiana winter. The couple moved due to the temperament and incli- It was Commander Bell's idea hundred tragedies. Most of these south to Cartersville, Georgia. nation of the man (Sherman)." to install the lights and he set out stories are lost to history; however, The War Between the States was What General Sherman did next in his new position as Society three men involved in the monu- without question Roswell's mo- would shock good people in the Commander to make this hap- ment are either related to or de- ment on the stage of world histo- North and create a mystery that pen. Commander Bell even paid scended from the mill work- ry. If Roswell has a history, it is has endured to this day. On July for the entire project out his per- ers. Wayne Bagley of the Roswell surely in part the mill workers sto- 7, 1864, Sherman reported to his sonal resources on behalf of the Mills Camp of the Sons of Con- ry. superiors in Washington... "I have Georgia Society MOS&B to federate Veterans is related to Excerpt from the Dedication Pro- ordered General Garrard to arrest make the lighting project a reali- Adeline Bagley Buice. Adeline gram for the Mill Workers Monu- for treason all owners and employ- ty. was a seamstress working at the ment ees, foreign and native (of the Ro- Roswell Mills while her husband July 8, 2000 swell Mills), and send them under was off to war. Deported north Confederate Units from Roswell: Autogenocide, The ex- guard to Marietta, whence I will with the other women, she went The Roswell Battalion termination of a coun- send them North." all the way to Chicago. Left to Local Defense Troops On July 7, 1864, Sherman wrote try's citizens by its own fend for herself as best she could, Company E, Cobb's Legion Cav- to General Garrard..."I repeat my it would be five years before Ade- alry Battalion people or government. orders that you arrest all people, line and her daughter would return "Roswell Troopers" male and female, connected with to Roswell on foot. In time, think- Company H, 7th Georgia Volun- those factories, no matter the Origin: auto- + geno- ing her dead, he remarried. Ade- teer Infantry clamor, and let them foot it, under line's grave, in Forsyth County is "Roswell Guards" cide, coined in the late guard to Marietta, then I will send maintained with a special marker www.georgiaencyclopedia.org 1970s. them by cars to the North." by the Sons of Confederate Veter- A northern newspaper corre- Source: ans. spondent reported on the deporta- George Kendley, also a member yourdictionary.com July/August, 2018 The Georgia Confederate Page 17

Deportation of and other relatives were found; Florida, Georgia most of their deported ancestors Roswell Mill Women Teamwork had settled in the North. The Florida Division owns three In July 1864 during the Atlanta In July 2000 the project culmi- Flag-sites; with two of them on I- campaign General William T. nated in a ceremonial event high- 75 (Tampa and White Springs) Sherman ordered the approximate- lighted by unveiling a memorial The White Springs site is near the ly 400 Roswell mill workers, monument in Roswell's mill vil- Florida-Georgia line. Recently, the mostly women, arrested as traitors lage park to commemorate the sac- internal halyard system failed and and shipped as prisoners to the young or too old to fight, were rifices of the mill workers and to our flag was down. On July 14, North with their children. There is transported by wagon to Marietta honor the 400 women. 2018 we rented a crane, replaced little evidence that more than a few and imprisoned in the Georgia the cable system, repainted the of the women ever returned home. Military Institute, by then aban- Suggested Reading 100' flagpole, and raised a new 20' As the Union forces approached doned. Then, with several days' Barry L. Brown and Gordon R. X 30' Battle flag. This was no Atlanta in the early summer of rations, they were loaded into box- Elwell, Crossroads of Conflict: A small project! 1864, almost all the members of cars that proceeded through Chat- Guide to Civil War Sites in Geor- The raising of the Flag was the founding families of Roswell tanooga, Tennessee, and after a gia (Athens: University of Georgia largely due to two men from the —aristocrats from the Georgia stopover in Nashville, Tennessee, Press, 2010). Colonel Atkinson Camp 680 in coast, most of them owners and/or headed to Louisville, Kentucky, Caroline Matheny Dillman, The Valdosta, GA: Robert Ballard and stockholders of the Roswell Manu- the final destination for many of Roswell Mills and a Civil War Chris May. Chris and I worked facturing Company mills—had the mill workers. Others were sent Tragedy: Excerpts from Days daily, for a month, on coordination fled. The remaining residents were across the Ohio River to Indiana. Gone by in Alpharetta and Ro- of parts, paint, crane services, and mostly the mill workers and their First housed and fed in a Louis- swell, Georgia, vol. 1 (Roswell, the labor to repair our site. On the families. The two cotton mills and ville refugee hospital, the women Ga.: Chattahoochee Press, 1996). day of repair; Chris and Robert a woolen mill continued to oper- later took what menial jobs and Michael D. Hitt, After the Left went up 100’ in a work basket to ate, producing cloth for Confeder- living arrangements could be Flank: Military Operations in the repair the cable system. After the ate uniforms and other much- found. Those in Indiana struggled Roswell Area after July 16, 1864, repair, we raised the flag to test needed military supplies, such as to survive, many settling near the and the Journey of the Roswell our work, then brought the flag rope, canvas, and tent cloth. river, where eventually mills pro- Mill Employees (Roswell, Ga.: back down. Then they went back Garrard reported to Sherman that vided employment. Unless hus- privately printed, 1985). up and Chris painted the pole with he had discovered the mills in full bands had been transported with Michael D. Hitt, Charged with epoxy paint and a 3" roller. All of operation and had proceeded to the women or had been impris- Treason: Ordeal of 400 Mill this was accomplished in about 6 destroy them, and that about 400 oned nearby, there was little prob- Workers during Military Opera- hours. Based on the repair from 5 women had been employed in the ability of a return to Roswell, so tions in Roswell, Georgia, 1864- years ago; Chris May saved the mills. On July 7 Sherman replied the remaining women began to 1865 (Monroe, N.Y.: Library Re- Florida Division over $1,000 in that the destruction of the mills marry and bear children. search Associates, 1992). labor that day; not to mention the "meets my entire approval." He The tragedy, widely publicized Darlene M. Walsh, Roswell: A hours and hours he spent plan- ordered that the owners and em- at the time, with outrage expressed Pictorial History, 2d ed. (Roswell, ning. ployees be arrested and charged in northern as well as southern Ga.: Roswell Historical Society, Chris and Robert deserve some with treason, elaborating, "I repeat presses, was virtually forgotten 1994). recognition. They don’t want it, my orders that you arrest all peo- over the next century. Only in the Caroline Matheny Dillman, Menlo but they deserve it. I spoke with ple, male and female, connected 1980s did a few writers begin to Park, California our new AOT Commander Jason with those factories, no matter research and tell the story. Even Updated 9/14/2010 Boshers before the Reunion, but what the clamor, and let them foot then, the individual identities and Donated by Roswell Mills Sons there was not enough time to get it, under guard, to Marietta, fates of the women remained un- of Confederate Veterans Camp an award at the Reunion. I could whence I will send them by known. #1547 give them a certificate from the [railroad] cars, to the North. . . . In 1998 the Roswell Mills Camp Florida Division, but I think they Let them [the women] take along No. 1547, Sons of the Confederate deserve a National Award. I can their children and clothing, provid- Veterans, initiated a project to pursue this if you like. I think that ing they have a means of hauling acknowledge and honor the de- an officer from the Georgia Divi- or you can spare them." ported mill workers. Through pub- sion should present the award or The women, their children, and licity, advertisements, and re- be present while I present. Both, the few men, most either too search, some of the descendants Chris and Robert are SCVMC, and can be counted on when need- ed, no questions asked! “It is highly probable that had a popular election been held at any time during the Let me know how to proceed. year following the 4th of July, 1862, on the question of continuing the war, or arrest- In the bonds of the South, ing it on the best attainable terms, a majority would have voted for peace; while it is Kelly Crocker highly probable that a still larger majority would have voted against emancipation.” Commander Florida Division Horace Greeley American Conflict Sons of Confederate Veterans Page 18 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2018

Va Flaggers cause of honoring the veterans Heard Rangers Camp 1996 Take Their Stand We are thankful for the hun- and more. She had seen us over BBQ COOK-OFF dreds who have joined us over the past couple of years and final- Tomorrow, Saturday, July The Heard Rangers have had a the years, and especially for the ly said hello. She said we were 20th, 2018, the Va Flaggers will great year. We joined the Ga. Bat- dedicated few who continue to not what she expected and was gather on the sidewalk in front of tlefield Assoc. in Jan. Mary Eliza- stand week after week, month glad she stopped by. Probably the VMFA (Virginia Museum of beth Ellard, a veterinarian in Atlan- after month, but we need your talked with us for an hour and Fine Arts), as we have done, ta, spoke at our Jan. meeting on the twice a week, for the past 6 years, help. There is safety and effec- took this pic.” care of horses and mules during the 9 months, and 20 days. tiveness in numbers and we are While we are busy with main- War. A subject seldom thought of asking everyone to consider com- taining flag sites, working on new but was a huge factor. We also had With everything that has tran- mitting to standing with at least ones, and fighting to protect our a professor from WGU speak in spired since that time, and the once each month, as you are monuments, the fight to honor high profile nature of the flags we able. Now, more than ever, we and remember the men who lived Feb. on the Battle of Ringgold Gap. have raised and monument battles need to show VMFA officials, and died on the grounds of the In March we had Johnny Mack we have waged, we realize that the City of Richmond, and our Old Soldiers Home is still a Nickels speak on “Why men left some folks may have forgotten Governor that we are not going to Cause near and dear to hearts and home to fight the War.” We also about, or never heard of the rea- sit back quietly while they contin- we want to make sure they are had a blacksmith forge a replica of a son the Va Flaggers exists. ue their attempts to erase our his- never forgotten, and WE never knife known to have been carried by tory and dishonor our Veterans. forget what the VMFA did to and a Ga. man during the War. We had In October, 2011 Susan Hatha- Although there has always continues to do. a successful fund raiser, and on July way stepped out on the sidewalk been and likely will continue to By Susan Hathaway 7th we had a booth in Franklin to in Richmond to protest the forced be those who will shout obsceni- promote the SCV and sell some removal of Confederate Battle ties and treat us rudely, we are Confederate flags, and get our name Flags from the portico of the still every week moved by shows out in the public. Confederate Memorial Chapel on of support and opportunities to Now the biggest event we have reach folks with the truth. the grounds of the Old Soldiers ever attempted will be a BBQ Cook- Just yesterday evening, one of Home in Richmond. Off to be held on Oct. 6, 2018. This our Flaggers filed this report: Shortly thereafter, the Va will be an Amateur/Back-Yard “Good day today. Great con- Flaggers were organized and we Class only event. We would like to versation with a young lady and have continued our vigil. At least invite all Ga. SCV Camps to enter. twice a week we gather, forward- self-described liberal from the There will be two categories: Chick- ing the colors to protest the dese- neighborhood. Conversation cov- en and Pork Ribs. Gas, wood, or cration of our chapel by the ered Confederate history, Monu- charcoal may be used to cook. Any VMFA, and honor the Confeder- ment Ave, the SPLC false narra- Camp can enter, some Camps may ate Veterans who lived and died tive about when monuments were on the grounds of the Old Sol- erected and why, the meaning of like to send two or more teams. diers Home. the flag, the trouble with muse- There will be a $50.00 prize for first ums, the R E Lee Camp, our place in each category plus a nice trophy for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in abs killed more Africans in transit, Americans. Slavery: What They each category. The Grand Champi- especially when crossing the Sahara He accused me of "relying on Didn't Teach in Desert, than Europeans and Ameri- white historians" who, he insisted, on will be determined by the highest My High School cans, and over more centuries, both had a "vested interest to lie." score in both categories combined. By Larry Elder 12 July 2018 before and after the years of the At- What about Thomas Sowell, the A nice trophy plus a cash prize to be A man I have known since lantic slave trade. Arab Muslims be- brilliant economist/historian/ determined by the number of entries grade school changed his name, years gan extracting millions of black Afri- philosopher, who happens to be we get. ago, to an Arabic one. He told me he can slaves centuries before Christian black? Sowell writes: "Of all the trag- Please send an email or call if nations did. Arab slave traders re- ic facts about the history of slavery, rejected Christianity as "the white interested so we can get you on our man's religion that justified slavery." moved slaves from Africa for about the most astonishing to an American contact list for all the updates, rules, He argued Africans taken out of that 13 centuries, compared to three cen- today is that, although slavery was a continent were owed reparations. turies of slave trade.. Af- worldwide institution for thousands and entry forms. So, come on out, "From whom?" I asked. rican slaves transported by Arabs of years, nowhere in the world was help support another SCV Camp, Arab slavers took more Africans across the Sahara Desert died more slavery a controversial issue prior to and enjoy a day of fun and fellow- out of Africa and transported them to often than slaves making the Middle the 18th century. ship. Call Tom Wise, home: 770- the Middle East and to South Ameri- Passage to the New World by ship. "People of every race and color 755-7152 or cell 770-328-7113, or ca than European slavers took out of Slaves invariably died within five were enslaved -- and enslaved others. email me at [email protected]. Africa and brought to North America. years if they worked in the Ottoman White people were still being bought Arab slavers began taking slaves out Empire's Sahara salt mines." and sold as slaves in the Ottoman of Africa beginning in the ninth cen- My name-changing friend did Empire, decades after American tury -- centuries before the European not know that slavery occurred on blacks were freed." slave trade -- and continued well af- every continent except Antarctica. Sowell also wrote: "The region ter. Europeans enslaved other Europeans. of West Africa ... was one of the great In "Prisons & Slavery," John Asians enslaved Asians. Africans slave-trading regions of the continent Dewar Gleissner writes: "The Arabs' enslaved other Africans. Arabs en- -- before, during, and after the white treatment of black Africans can aptly slaved other Arabs. Native Ameri- man My High School be termed an African Holocaust. Ar- cans even enslaved other Native arrived. Continued next page > July/August, 2018 The Georgia Confederate Page 19

CAMP NEWS Confederate Soldiers of Wilkinson County Wilkinson County was a large Solomon brothers, Lt. William W. My High School Cont. It was the County in acres but in population and Lt. Henry who were killed Africans was small. Wilkinson was and brought back to be interred in who enslaved their fellow Africans, sell- formed in 1803 around the time the Gordon Historical Cemetery; ing some of these slaves to Europeans or Milledgeville, Georgia was Lt. Iverson Burney, who died and to Arabs and keeping others for them- selves. Even at the peak of the Atlantic formed. At my last count, the is buried in an unmarked grave at slave trade, Africans retained more County had 1,564 men who Ft. Pulaski memorial park area slaves for themselves than they sent to fought and died in the War of (He was starved with no medical the Western Hemisphere. ... Arabs were Northern Aggression. There is care.); my g-g-grandfather, Joel the leading slave raiders in East Africa, only one memorial in the County Henry Wood was one of a few ranging over an area larger than all of to honor these soldiers and it is soldiers known to be taken prison- Europe." located on private property facing ers of war at the Battle of Gris- I asked my friend if his anger over Annual Capt. Henry Wirz a well-travelled road in Ivey, woldville, Georgia. slavery extended to countries like Brazil. Memorial Service Georgia. Let’s go back to Pvt. Rufus "Brazil?" he said. This memorial was pictured in Kelly who lost a leg at Jericho, Harvard's Department of African The 43rd annual Capt. Henry and African American Studies professor the Confederate Veteran and The Virginia. He came back to Gor- Wirz Memorial Service will be Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- who also hap- Georgia Confederate several don and at the invasion of Gordon held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, Novem- pens to be black -- wrote: "Between years back but probably went un- in November 1864 protected the 1525 and 1866, in the entire history of ber 11, 2018 in the town of Ander- noticed by readers as it was not old men, women, and children of the slave trade to the New World, ac- sonville, GA. The event is spon- famously constructed by someone Gordon. Kelly shot and killed the cording to the Trans-Atlantic Slave sored by the Alexander H. Ste- well known. This memorial was first yankee to come in Gordon. Trade Database, 12.5 million Africans phens SCV Camp 78 in Americus, destroyed by hurricane Irma in Per his obit, before he lost his leg, were shipped to the New World. 10.7 GA, and all people interested in million survived the dreaded Middle 2017, but with the help of Kon- Pvt. Kelly was the bodyguard for our Southern Heritage are urged to Passage, disembarking in North Ameri- reid Etheredge, Camp 688 Adju- Belle Boyd. He has been listed as attend. The guest speaker is Attor- ca, the Caribbean and South America. tant and myself, it has once again Gordon’s hero. And how many of these 10.7 million ney and Army Retired Major Glen been restored. It’s home-made Why did our soldiers fight? Africans were shipped directly to North LaForce from Hilton Head, but I am very proud of the memo- Slavery some would say if you America? Only about 388,000. That's SC. Major LaForce has done re- rial. were a northerner. The real cause right: a tiny percentage. In fact, the over- search concerning Capt. Henry I have compiled several books was the high tariffs on the South whelming percentage of the African Wirz and his trial, and had articles slaves were shipped directly to the Carib- which have these 1,564 soldiers’ which the federal government and published regarding this in the bean and South America; Brazil received names listed with their birth dates, banks used to fund internal im- Confederate Veteran magazine in 4.86 million Africans alone!" death dates, Companies, parents, provements in the north. the 1980’s. African tribes who captured other and wives. I have the Cemetery I have always heard that New tribes sold them into slavery. For this The musical group, Southern in which they are interred and York City was built from our reason, in 2006, Ghana offered an offi- Sounds, will play Southern songs many pictures of their graves Southern cotton. Cotton was cial apology. Emmanuel Hagan, director and church hymns at 2:30 p.m. pri- along with pictures of the CSA wealth. With rotten hearts the of research and statistics at Ghana's Min- or to the Service. Col. Heinrich istry of Tourism and Diaspora Relations, markers. So many of our soldiers northern leaders hated the South Wirz, the great grand nephew of explains: "The reason why we wanted to do not have CSA markers. and what we stood for. Capt. Wirz from Bern, Switzer- do some formal thing is that we want -- My little City of Gordon, Geor- Submitted by, Roy H. Mixon land, plans to attend. For more even if it's just for the surface of it, for gia and the County seat of Irwin- the cosmetic of it -- to be seen to be say- Historian, SCV Camp 688 information, please contact Capt. ton were destroyed by Sherman’s ing 'sorry' to those who feel very strongly Milledgeville, Georgia Wirz Memorial Service Chairman army when they entered in No- and who we believe have distorted histo- James Gaston vember 1864 after leaving Gris- ry, because they get the impression that it [Editor’s note: When the South- at [email protected] or at was people here who just took them and woldville, Georgia. ern States seceded, several banks 229-924-7460 in Americus, GA. sold them. It's something we have to A few of our soldiers of honor- in New York City started a peti- look straight in the face and try to ad- able mention would have to be tion for the City to secede also, dress, because it exists. So we will want th Lest our Company B, 14 Ramah because they did not want to face to say something went wrong. People Guards: Pvt. Rufus Kelly and his made mistakes, but we are sorry for certain collapse by losing the ma- we whatever happened." brother, Major Charlie Kelly; the jority of their customers.] forget Over 600,000 Americans, in a country with less than 10 percent of to- Private David Foltz Knott day's population, died in the Civil War* *born 13 Apr 1945 McDonough, Henry County, GA enlisted that ended slavery. "While slavery was into service at age 19, on 05 May 1864 in Forsyth County, common to all civilizations," writes GA; captured at Farmville, VA at High Bridge, VA, then taken to Sowell, "...only one civilization devel- City Point, VA; took oath of allegiance at Newport News, VA, 26 oped a moral revulsion against it, very Jun 1865 *died 11 May 1911 in Carrollton, Carroll County, Geor- late in its history -- Western civilization. ... Not even the leading moralists in other gia; buried in the Carrollton City Cemetery, Carrollton, Carroll Co, civilizations rejected slavery at all." GA. And, no, after all this, my friend did By Ted Thomas and Jack Wray not reconsider his name change. ❖ Page 20 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2018

Recruitment/ Winder Georgia’s Honoured Kentucky Cavalry Man Genealogy Officer Located in Barrow County’s left and helped defeat the yankee

Hu Daughtry county seat of Winder is the grave troopers. Some Federals under of Pvt. Martin Van Buren Col. Horace Capron refused to The Dixie Guards , Parkhurst of Co. G, 9th Kentucky surrender and escaped north. Camp # 1942 Cavalry (CSA) located at Rose Confederates, including the 9th P. O. Box 406 Hill Cemetery. Kentucky, gave chase. On August Metter, Ga. 30439 He was born in 1845 in Pend- 3, 1864 in present day Barrow [email protected], leton (Henry County), Kentucky, County (then Jackson County), 912 687-6153 and on September 10, 1862, he five miles northeast of present day enlisted in Confederate service. Winder (then Jug Tavern) at John His unit served in Kentucky, Ten- King’s tan yard on Rocky Creek, GC Deadlines nessee, Alabama, and Georgia. the “Battle of King’s Tan Yard” During the 1864 Georgia Cam- was fought. Martin Van Buren Parkhurst ~ 2018 ~ paign, the 9th Kentucky served in Col. Capron’s Federals had coat buttons were located on his the Army of Tennessee, Gen. slept at King’s tan yard during the remains. Oct. 1st Wheeler’s Corps, Gen. Kelly’s night of August 2nd. At first day In 1971, Mrs. Christine Division, Gen. Williams Brigade. light the next morning, Confeder- Parkhurst Carruth of Wilmore, Dec. 1st Col. William C.P. Breckinridge, a ates under Col. Breckinridge at- Kentucky contacted local Barrow first cousin of former U.S. Vice tacked the sleeping yankees. After County historian Fred Ingram for President and Confederate Major- a short action, 430 Union troopers assistance in locating an uncle General John C. Breckinridge, were captured, nine were killed, who had died during the War in th commanded the 9 Kentucky. and three, including Col. Capron, north Georgia. Immediately Mr. THE GEORGIA In late July, 1864, Union caval- escaped back to Sherman’s lines Ingram put two and two together ry struck South from east Atlanta in Roswell. and determined Winder’s CONFEDERATE NEEDS for its intended target, Macon, to Only one Confederate was “Unknown” Confederate was Pvt. YOUR CAMP ARTICLES destroy bridges, railroad tracks, killed and that was Pvt. Parkhurst, Parkhurst. A V.A. headstone was AND PHOTOS. supplies, and to free Union offic- who died while chasing a Federal placed on Parkhurst’s grave. It ers and enlisted men held in Ma- around a tree. The 19-year-old reads: PLEASE SEND TO: con’s prisoner-of-war camps. Kentuckian was buried hurriedly Martin Van Buren Parkhurst This operation was known as the by his comrades at the head of the Co. G Ky Cav CSA [email protected] Stoneman Raid, named after its spring on John King’s property. August 3, 1864 Age 19 commanding officer, Major Gen- This was done to punish the anti- Killed in Battle of King’s eral George Stoneman. As a result Confederate land owner John Tan Yards of the “Battle of East Macon” on King by making his drinking wa- On July 21, 2010 members of July 30, 1864, the Union cavalry ter supply unsafe. King had to dig several SCV Camps conducted a was repulsed and fled north to re- a well and after the War he moved memorial service for Pvt. join the Federal Army surrounding to DeKalb County, Georgia due to Parkhurst. On the 150th anniver- Atlanta. his unpopularity with his neigh- sary of the Battle of King’s Tan On July 31, 1864 at Round bors. Yards, another ceremony was held Oak, northeast of Macon, the cav- Pvt. Parkhurst lay as an and a Confederate cross of honor alry “Battle of Sunshine Church” “unknown” in his grave until was placed on the grave site as was fought between the Confeder- 1907, when he was reinterred at well as soil from Pvt. Parkhurst’s ate Cavalry, Brig. Gen. Alfred Winder’s Rose Hill Cemetery. native Kentucky. Iverson commanding, and Stone- The UDC placed an Unknown By Mike Bowen man’s cavalry. The 9th Kentucky Confederate Soldier marker on his SCV Life Member was positioned on the Confederate grave. (Note: At his reburial, his

Camp meeting was opened with greetings and welcome to guest, Cory Quarles, followed by pledges to the flags, and the Georgia Division Reunion pre- General Stephen D. Lee’s Charge sented by 1st Brigade Command- to the SCV. New member Logan Mash- Resaca Re-enactment event and er Barry Colbaugh. The Camp will work the July burn brings Camp #915 member- earned income from the sale of The program for the June meet- 4th events at the Fairgrounds, re- ship to 25. souvenirs. ing was TCM Time capsule of cruiting and selling Confederate Members of Gen. Stand Watie Commander John Biddy re- General Bishop Polk’s Funeral, a souvenirs. Camp worked the Battle of ceived an appreciation award at eulogy by Stephen Elliot. July/August, 2018 The Georgia Confederate Page 21

REQUIEM FOR Adel News June 20, 2018 VICKSBURG On the fourth of July many will celebrate the birth of the thirteen American republics. Few will un- derstand that it was thirteen repub- lics and not one republic that emerged from the American Revo- lution. Almost none will understand that on that same day in 1863, the American Confederation, as it was conceived, ended 87 years after it was started by our founding fathers. July 4, 1863 the city of Vicksburg, MS surrendered to Union forces af- ter more than a year of being bom- barded by US Army and Navy artil- lery. The more than ten thousand projectiles fired into Vicksburg did not discriminate between soldier and civilian, old and young, black and white. The starving civilians had been living in caves on a diet that included mules and rats when they could find anything at all. General Sherman declared that “The day of our nation’s birth is consecrated and baptized anew in a victory won by the United States Na- vy and Army of our country.” Dese- crated might have been a better word. Read the words of Francis Scott Key’s Star-Spangled Banner. They could describe Vicksburg just as they did Fort McHenry. Key’s grandson, Francis Key Howard, was the editor of a Baltimore newspa- per. He wrote an article criticizing Abe Lincoln for suspending Habeas Corpus and was sent to prison for fourteen months. There was no trial or judicial review of any kind. Howard was initially impris- oned at Fort McHenry. July 4, 2013 is not likely to be any New Yard Signs Coming different from past Fourth of July holidays. There will be fireworks, 24” X 14” Yard signs designed parades, and music. When you hear the Star-Spangled Banner, think by Public Relations Committee about Vicksburg, Francis Key How- Chairman Tim Hawkins are in ard, and what was lost 150 years the production stage. ago. There is a monument to Lin- coln in Washington, DC. Academ- Some gov’t agencies have re- ics and media personalities stand in strictions on size of signs. line to praise “Father Abraham.” Few speak for his victims. [email protected] Joe Jordan, Smyrna, GA Written, 2013 Contact Tim for details.

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After 148 years, Maine grandson, Robert Clayton, donated clueless as to what had become of Civil War flag experts say the man returns Confederate flag the flag to be displayed at Fort it since. Confederate banner is a remarka- McAllister State Historic Park in That changed when Robert ble specimen that was hand-sewn to Georgia [2012] coastal Georgia, where a dedica- Clayton paid a visit to the Georgia from pieces of silk with a fancy As Georgia fell to the Union tion is planned next month just state park during a vacation in Oc- golden fringe. Army of Gen. William Sherman before Confederate Memorial tober 2010. He struck up a casual There’s one small tear and the days before Christmas in 1864, a Day. Clayton suspects his ancestor conversation with Brown about red field has faded almost to pink, Maine artillery officer seized the wanted to pay back his former en- the Emmett Rifles. but its blue “X” and white stars Confederate flag of a vanquished emies after a Bible taken from him “I said, ‘What would you say if remain crisp. So do the hand- Georgia rifleman. For 148 years, by Confederate troops during the I told you I had the Emmett Rifles painted words — “Emmett Rifles” that flag never returned home. war was returned to him by mail flag hanging on my living room and “Fort McAllister” — and bat- BY THE ASSOCIATED 63 years later. wall?'” Clayton recalled. tle honors. PRESS [2012] “I think he had a little sympathy Clayton had found the flag, and “It’s a terrific find,” said Cathy RICHMOND HILL, Ga. — As for the plight of the Confederates,” its note with his great- Wright, a curator and flag expert Fort McAllister fell to the Union said Clayton, a homebuilder who grandfather’s wish, about 20 years at the Museum of the Confederacy Army of Gen. William T. Sher- lives in Islesboro, Maine. “They earlier stashed in a closet. He said in Richmond, Va., which has a man days before Christmas in returned his Bible, so he wanted to he didn’t know why older family collection of about 550 Civil War 1864, one of his artillery officers return their flag. One good turn members had never returned it, but flags. “It’s not one-of-a-kind, but seized the Confederate flag of a deserves another.” also admits he wasn’t at first eager it’s a relatively rare example of vanquished company of Georgia With its canons pointed out over to part with the flag himself. In- this kind of flag.” riflemen. The officer carried the the Ogeechee River a few miles stead he framed the banner and Despite orders after the Civil silk banner home to Maine as a south of Savannah, Fort McAllis- displayed it in his home. War to turn all captured flags over souvenir, and it stayed in his fami- ter was where Sherman won the Clayton said his visit to Fort to the federal War Department, ly for three generations in a box final battle of his devastating McAllister made him change his many Union troops kept them as along with a handwritten note: march to the sea that followed the mind. Before he left Georgia, he souvenirs. “To be return to Savannah or At- burning of Atlanta. The Union had agreed to donate the flag and Many other unit flags were de- lanta sometime.” general knew that taking the fort follow through on his great- stroyed during the war, either by Nobody knows for sure why the would clear the way for him to grandfather’s written request. But capturing units cutting them into late Maj. William Zoron Clayton capture Savannah. On Dec. 13, it took months to make the final pieces to divide the spoils or by wanted his Civil War trophy flag 1864, he sent about 4,000 troops exchange — mostly, Clayton says, units burning their own flags to returned to the South. But after to overwhelm Fort McAllister’s because he couldn’t work up the stop them from falling into enemy 148 years, his wish has been hon- small contingent of 230 Confeder- nerve to mail the flag 1,230 miles hands, said Bryan Guerrisi, educa- ored. ate defenders. from Maine to Georgia. When he tion coordinator at the National In this Wednesday, March 21, Among the Confederate units de- finally shipped it for overnight Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, 2012 photo, a Confederate unit feated at the fort was 2nd Compa- delivery last summer, he stayed up Penn. flag that belonged to the Emmett ny B of the 1st Georgia Regulars, tracking the package online until it “A lot of them get lost or are in Rifles, a Georgia-based company a Savannah-based outfit otherwise arrived. somebody’s attic and they think during the Civil War, hangs at Fort known as the Emmett Rifles. The Once the flag arrived in Geor- it’s a blanket or something,” Guer- McAllister state park in Rich- company’s commander, Maj. gia, park rangers turned it over to risi said. mond, Ga., 148 years after the fort George Anderson, surrendered his conservation experts who mounted In 1905, under orders from fell to Gen. William T. Shermanís unit’s ceremonial flag after Fort and sealed it in a protective frame. Congress, the federal government army. The flag was captured by a McAllister fell. Park staffers finally hung it above began returning its stash of cap- Union officer who left it to his Decades later, the flag’s capture a display at Fort McAllister’s mu- tured Confederate flags to the family with a handwritten request was no secret to Daniel Brown, seum last month. Southern states — a move aimed that it be returned to Georgia. His the park manager at Fort McAllis- Brown said he had some doubts at reconciliation that provided mu- great-grandson, Robert Clayton of ter, who kept research files on the when he first heard Clayton’s sto- seums with many of the flags in Islesboro, Maine, donated the flag Emmett Rifles banner and four ry, but once he saw the flag he their collections. to the state park, which plans a others known to have been taken could quickly tell it was authentic. Clayton is planning to travel dedication ceremony in April. (AP by Union troops under Sherman. The dates of two prior battles in back to Fort McAllister to see his He called the flag a “once in a life- which the Emmett Rifles fought at great-grandfather’s flag officially time” find, especially considering Fort McAllister — Feb. 1 and unveiled to the public April 21, that Civil War sites nationwide are March 3, 1863 — were also paint- two days before Georgia cele- still marking the 150th anniver- ed on the silk. Brown had records brates Confederate Memorial Day. saries of the war’s battles and of the military orders authorizing “It was my great-grandfather’s events. the unit to add those specific dates wish,” Clayton said. “I looked at it “You can’t put a price on it,” as honors to its flag. for 20 years, but it needed to go said Brown, who put the flag on His files also confirmed that back where it belongs.” display last month. “Everybody historians had identified the Union Photo/Russ Bynum) has drooled over the thing.” officer who captured the flag in Brown was well-versed in the 1864 as Maj. Clayton, the donor’s The Union officer’s great- flag’s history during the war, but great-grandfather. July/August, 2018 The Georgia Confederate Page 23

☜☝☞ Descendants of Pvt. David Knott hold a memorial service with the assistance of McDaniel-Curtis Camp, Chap- lain Jack Wray, and Cmdr. Teddy Thomas.

☝ Members of Camp McDonald 1552 from Kennesaw, the Marietta Confederate Cemetery Board and State employees helped cure a long time soil erosion problem in one area of the historic cemetery in Marietta. The historic Cemetery covers 7 acres and contains the remains of over 3,000 Confederate Veterans.

☞ Compatriots [R] Allen Morris and [L] Jeremy Powell of the Montgomery County Sharp- shooters #2164 being sworn into the Mechanized Cavalry at Confed- erate Monument in Mt. Vernon

☝Captain Hardy B. Smith Camp #104 of Dublin members were welcomed to Pine Barrens Volunteers Camp #2039 in Eastman with a celebratory cake designed by Camp #2039 Commander's wife, Mrs. Dan- ielle Harrelson. Commander of Camp #104, John C. Hall, Jr. was the guest speaker for the evening, giving presentation on his book, "Above the High Water Mark".

☜ Davis monu- ment at Jeff Davis Memorial Park; Irwinville.

☞ Compatriot Wright Harrel Jr. Of the Pine Barrens Volunteers #2039 ☜ On June 23rd Irvin Thompson being sworn into the of the Clement A. Evans Camp 64 Mechanized Cavalry was sworn into the Mechanized At the Confederate Cavalry at Ramah Church Ceme- ❖ Monument in East- tery in Clinch County. Where 2 man, Ga. Confederate Soldiers are buried. Page 24 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2018 The Georgia Advertisement Policy & Rates Confederate Ad Rates are as follows Official Publication of the Full Page……………..$125.00 Georgia Division, One-Half Page……...…$70.00 Sons of Confederate Veterans One-Fourth Page……....$40.00 Copyright 2010 One-Eighth Page….…...$30.00 By Georgia Division, SCV Business Card…….…...$15.00 All Rights Reserved ~ EDITORIAL BOARD ~ Ads for 5 consecutive printed is- TIM PILGRIM, sues will receive one additional is- Editor Emeritus sue of the same ad. Checks should REMEMBER, be made payable to The Georgia AL PERRY, Confederate and mailed to: Editor, Georgia Confederate IT IS YOUR 4300 S. US Hwy 301

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