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Confederate Veteran 1909 Page 1 of 104 Confederate Veteran Magazine Created by Margie Daniels PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN THE INTEREST OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS AND KINDRED TOPICS January 1909 Entered at the post office at Nashville, Tenn., as second class matter. Contributors are requested to use only one side of the paper, and to abbreviate as much as practicable. These suggestions are important. Where clippings are sent copy should be kept, as the VETERAN cannot undertake to return them. Advertising rates furnished on application The date to a subscription is always given to the month before it ends. For Instance, if the VETERAN is ordered to begin with January, the date on mail list will be December, and the subscriber is entitled to that number. The civil war was too long ago to be called the late war, and when correspondents use that term " War between the States' will be substituted. The terms "New South" and " lost cause" are objectionable to the VETERAN. OFFICIALLY REPRESENTS UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY SONS OF VETERANS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS CONFEDERATED SOUTHERN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION The VETERAN is approved and indorsed officially by a larger and more elevated patronage, doubtless, than any other publication in existence. Though men deserve, they may not win success, The brave will honor the brave, vanquished none the less PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR} VOL. XVII. NASHVILLE, TENN., JANUARY, 1909. No. 1 S. A. CUNNINGHAM, PROPRIETOR CV Page 2 of 104 Confederate Veteran Magazine Created by Margie Daniels JEFFERSON DAVIS HOME ASSOCIATION To All Camps of the U. C. V. and All Confederate Soldiers, Sons and Daughters: I write earnestly in commending the movement to establish the appropriate memorial as set forth in the appeal of the Jefferson Davis Home Association. I say emphatically that there can be no memorial, however grand it may be, that can have greater significance, nobler aims, and loftier inspirations to stir the patriots of our country than that which is now projected by the Association to be founded at the birthplace of that great American citizen who became President of the Confederate States of America. The institution contemplated by this movement will perpetually call to mind the characteristics of Jefferson Davis, who was opportunely reared and who acted throughout his long life under the influences of the rare social, patriotic, and religious conditions existing in our Southland during the nineteenth century. The memorial will also call into just, generous, and fruitful contemplation those remarkable virtues possessed by the great men and the remarkable people of our lovely Southland who contributed vastly to the growth of the United States and to the preservation of the principles of our constitutional government. It will furthermore be a lasting memento of the pure and radiant fame of the people who bravely, virtuously, and intelligently sought to establish and confirm for themselves and their posterity their own ideal constitutional government without bringing on any conflict or engendering any animosity by their peaceful assertion of their right. In doing all this valuable service to the people and times of the past its voice will be heard in inviting solid fraternity throughout the Union and steadfast devotion to all the interests of our great country. These and many other grounds authorize me to urge every Camp, every Confederate, and all people to carry out quickly the plans proposed by the Association. Faithfully your comrade, CLEMENT A. EVANS, Commander in Chief U. C. V. REVIEW OF OFFICIAL PAPERS U. C. V. Gen. W. E. Mickle, Chief of Staff to Gen. Clement A. Evans, Commander in Chief U. C. V., has issued various special and general orders to which brief reference is given. CV Page 3 of 104 Confederate Veteran Magazine Created by Margie Daniels Col. George C. Porter, who commanded the 6th Tennessee Infantry, C. S. A., was made Brigadier General to fill the vacancy caused by the promotion of the late Clay Stacker to the command of the Division a most worthy appointment. Comrade H. T. Davenport, of Americus, Ga., was made Commander of the West Brigade to fill the vacancy made by the death of Brig. Gen. James E. D. Vaughn. Official notice is given of the death of Gen. Alex P. Stewart. He was born at Rogersville, Tenn., October 2, 1821, and had therefore almost reached his eighty seventh birthday. His death occurred on August 30, 1908. General Stewart was chosen to the West Point Academy in 1838, and graduated in the class of 1842, in which were so many distinguished officers in the Southern and Northern armies. He was made assistant instructor of mathematics at West Point. Later, on account of ill health, he resigned, and was chosen professor of mental and moral philosophy in Cumberland and Nashville (Tenn.) Universities. His career as a Confederate officer has been given in the VETERAN. After the close of the war he returned to Tennessee and resumed his educational work. He was afterwards unanimously elected to the chancellorship of the University of Mississippi, and held this office from 1874 to 1886. He had for several years been one of the Commissioners of the Chickamauga National Park, a position he held at the time of his death, although he had declined to accept the salary for several years $12,000. Comrade J. T. Evans, of Roswell, N. Mex" was appointed Brigadier General of the New Mexico Brigade on October 5. Comrade Charles Patton, of Greenbrier, W. Va., was appointed on October 24 Brigadier General of the First Brigade, West Virginia Division. Responsive to request of the L. M. A. a General Order states : "Owing to the fact that many schools were closed on June 3, the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Jefferson Davis, and that for this reason the Jefferson Davis Centennial was not as generally observed by the school children as it would have been had the schools been open, and as one of the principal objects of this Confederation is to impart to the children of the South a true and impartial history of that cause for which their fathers fought and their mothers suffered and to instill in their minds a love and reverence for the memory of Jefferson Davis, the only President of the Confederate States of America, therefore be it Resolved: 1. That we do invite all Confederate organizations to unite with the Confederated Southern Memorial Association in observing the 6th day of December, which date marks the nineteenth anniversary of the death of the distinguished leader of the Confederacy. CV Page 4 of 104 Confederate Veteran Magazine Created by Margie Daniels 2. That the schools be asked to have the children prepare sketches of the life of Jefferson Davis as soldier, statesman, patriot, and Christian gentleman, and, furthermore, that his picture be placed in all the schools of the South on this solemn occasion. 3. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to Gen. Clement A. Evans with the request that he embody it in a general order calling upon the people of the South, and the school children in particular, to observe the day with appropriate exercises. The General commanding most heartily indorsed this movement, and he most earnestly urged all the Camps of the Federation to lend their aid in carrying out the wishes of these noble women so beautifully expressed, and he hoped for a ready compliance with this order. THE JEFFERSON DAVIS HOME ASSOCIATION Special Orders No. 4 refer to the Jefferson Davis Home Association and state that during the session at Birmingham June 10, 1908, Gen. S. B. Buckner presented resolutions adopted by the Confederate Veterans of Kentucky, proposing the purchase of the historic Davis home in Kentucky, which was the birthplace of the illustrious Jefferson Davis. General Buckner favorably urged the Convention to acquire this memorable spot of Southern ground, and on motion of Gen. Bennett H. Young the Convention ordered the appointment of a committee of fifteen, of which the Commander in Chief should be chairman ex officio. This committee was charged with the duty of inquiring into the feasibility of acquiring, improving, and preserving the Davis home site and making suggestions concerning the great objects which will be secured by its acquisition. The following committee was appointed: S. B. Buckner, Bennett H. Young, S. A. Cunningham, H. C. Myers, W. A. Montgomery, K. M. VanZandt, V. Y. Cook, Stith Bolling, John H. Bankhead, T. W. Castleman, Basil W. Duke, Julian S. Carr, Thomas D. Osborne, J. P. Hickman, John H. Leathers. The subcommittee appointed is as follows: Gen. S. B. Buckner (Chairman), Basil W, Duke, Thomas D. Osborne, John H. Leathers, Bennett H. Young, John P. Hickman, S. A. Cunningham. The chairman will report the action of the committee to the ex officio chairman of the general committee of fifteen. The ex officio chairman of the general committee will call that body together at Nashville as early as practicable after he has received the report of the subcommittee, and after due consideration the report will be prepared for the next U. C. V. Convention. CV Page 5 of 104 Confederate Veteran Magazine Created by Margie Daniels MOORMAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION An annual meeting of the Moorman Memorial Association is to be held on Monday, January 11, at Memorial Hall, New Orleans. Contributors will be pleased that an early completion of this memorial in Metairie Cemetery is expected. An official note states: "We have no unpaid bills or liabilities save the contract with the Albert Weiblen Marble and Granite Co., $675, against which we have in the Hibernia Bank $234 and uncollected subscriptions of $25. At the annual meeting the charter, title to the lots, and the Weiblen contract will be read as well as a general review of the work be considered.
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