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2012 Marshall Hope Award For Most Outstanding Department Newsletter Department of Ohio - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Volume 9, Issue 4 Summer 2018 THE BUCKEYE BUGLE INSIDE THIS 2018 Department of Ohio Encampment ISSUE: The Department Encampment will be held in Columbus, Ohio again this 2 – Lytle Camp Activities year. The date is Saturday, June 9, 2018. Registration will begin promptly at 8:30 AM and will end at 8:45 AM. The last day to make luncheon 2 – Sherman Camp Cemetery Cleanup reservations will be May 26th, and none will be accepted after that date. Our numbers have been growing for the Annual Encampment, and this year 3 – Lincoln’s Tomb Annual Memorial Service should see a good turnout. The Memorial Service will start at 9:00 AM, followed by the start of the Encampment. The Department Commander 3 – Parrott Camp Activities intends to move our business along briskly, and if need be, a timing issue 4 – Lincoln Day Dinner may be done, where we will put a time limit on any discussions. Thanks to our Brothers for your understanding. 4 – Eagle Scout Restores Please ensure that you send in your registration for luncheon reservations Civil War Grave Markers to Department Secretary/Treasurer Jonathan Davis as soon as possible. 5 – General Order No. 11 Before you know it, the Encampment will be here. Information about the 5 – Spotlight on Civil War luncheon is on the Department website, if you need the form. Memorials & Monuments The luncheon will start right about 12:00 Noon, and there will not be a speaker this year, due to time limitations. So right after Commander in Chief 6 – Recording Angle Statue Mark Day speaks, Department Commander James Crane will hand out 7 – Patriotic Instruction awards and gifts, and then we will go back into our afternoon session. Lastly, as announced earlier, CinC Day will be in attendance and we want 9 – Variety of Civil War Medallions Found in to impress him with a large turnout. Please join us for this vitally important Ohio’s Cemeteries meeting; it is the only way to have your voice heard by all our Brothers. 10 – Images of Civil War Medallions Message From Commander James Crane Brothers of Ohio, this will be my last message as Commander of the Great State of Ohio, SUVCW. It has truly been an honor to serve our organization this past twelve months. My Dates to Note: only regret is that I could not make it to all the Camps, as my health got in the way for a couple of months. We have one of the best Departments in the Son’s, and many great leaders May 28 – Memorial Day have come out of Ohio in the past. We should all be proud of our Department, as we continue June 9 – 136th to grow not only in numbers, but in expertise. Department of Ohio I would like to acknowledge a couple of Brothers who certainly made my job easier this year Encampment in by either volunteering to do a project, or by being an advisor to me. Ron Marvin stepped up to Columbus do a great job on The Buckeye Bugle and will continue to do his great work for the next Commander. PCinC Ken Freshley was my Chief of Staff and gave me very good advice. PCinC June 14 – Flag Day Don Darby was the Department Counselor, and I thank him for his expertise and advice to August 1 – Deadline for keep me on the straight and narrow. These Brothers probably did not know what they were submissions to the getting into when they accepted these positions, and I thank all three of them for their endless Autumn newsletter time. I also need to recognize the Department Officers who did a lot of work to keep the Department in shape and running smooth. Jonathan Davis and Mike Spaulding are two who August 9-12 – 137th did their usual outstanding work. National SUVCW Encampment in Boston, Finally, thank you for having your faith in me to be the Department Commander this past Massachusetts year. I have always tried to follow the National C&R and our Department Bylaws. I will always serve our Department for the coming years if needed. But I will be glad to get back to my Camp, where almost all the Son’s work is done. Thank you and God Bless!!!! Preserving the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and our ancestors who fought to save the Union 1861-1865. Page 2 THE BUCKEYE BUGLE Lytle Camp Brothers Attend Grant Birth Celebration Several Brothers from General William H. Lytle Camp 10, SUVCW attended the 196th birthday celebration of President Ulysses Grant at the U. S. Grant Birthplace in Point Pleasant, Ohio on Saturday, April 28 which was partially sponsored by the Ohio History Connection. Attendees at the celebration were entertained and enlightened by a program provided by G. L. Corum, the author of Ulysses Underground; demonstrations of Civil War artillery by reenactors from Battery L, 1st Ohio Light Artillery; music by Steve Free; and a birthday cake courtesy of the Monroe Township Trustees. Lytle Camp Brothers Kerry Lytle Camp Memorial Day Event Langdon, Fred Lynch, Larry Collins and William West stand beside the U. S. Grant On May 28, beginning at 11:00 AM, the General William H. Lytle Camp Birthplace historical marker. invites you to Cincinnati’s Spring Grove Cemetery for their annual Memorial Day Service. The cemetery features the final resting place of 41 Civil War Generals as well as nearly 1,000 veterans of the Civil War from both sides. The featured speaker will be Major General John C. Harris, Jr., Assistant Adjutant General of the Ohio National Guard. This year marks the 150th Anniversary of General John A. Logan, Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, issuing General Order No. 11 and the Camp invites the public to assist in the tradition of placing flower petals on the graves of Civil War veterans. Sherman Camp Cleans Old Greencastle Cemetery Again On March 10th, William T. Sherman Camp 92, SUVCW organized and conducted the first of 2018’s monthly clean-up days at an abandoned cemetery in Dayton. This cemetery, called Old Greencastle, is the oldest in Dayton, and has a dedicated G.A.R. section for the Hiram Strong Post 79 of the G.A.R. Altogether about 200 Union Civil War veterans (plus one Confederate) are buried at Old Greencastle. Over the years, Sherman Camp Brothers have researched the graves and veterans buried there, pls requested and installed (with help from our community partners) about a dozen new and replacement gravestones for Civil War veterans. There are another 100 graves of veterans Above – View of the of every war from the Revolution to Vietnam. numerous Civil War Sherman Camp has recruited a number of community partners, so it is no longer only veteran graves in Old Greencastle the Brothers who do the work. Among the “Friends of Old Greencastle” are descendants Cemetery. of some of the soldiers, local Boy Scouts, Junior ROTC cadets, Buffalo Soldiers, and Below – Sherman other volunteers who help out when they can. Camp Brothers work March’s activity was the winter clean-up. Most of the work involved cutting up and on reinstalling a Civil War veteran removing dead branches that fell from the once stately ash trees, along with gathering up headstone at the other branches, sticks and debris that accumulated during the winter. Workers also filled cemetery. groundhog holes and tried to do as much maintenance as possible prior to bringing in the mowers in April. One of our partners brought a large dump trailer. We filled it twice with “yard” debris, which he kindly hauled to the dump for us. We also collected a number of bags of trash and litter. In addition, Commander Spaulding took the students aside for a short history lesson on the Civil War, the cemetery, and why we do this work every month during the growing season. The Camp conducted another clean-up day at the cemetery on April 14th and has more planned throughout the coming year. THE BUCKEYE BUGLE Page 3 President Lincoln’s Tomb Memorial Service Brothers and Sisters from across the nation gathered in Springfield, Illinois on April 14 to honor the memory of “Our Nation’s Martyr,” President Abraham Lincoln on the 152nd anniversary of his death. The 62nd Annual Lincoln Tomb Ceremony was held at the Lincoln Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield and was co-sponsored by the SUVCW & MOLLUS. Following the morning wreath laying ceremony by several members of the Allied Orders, a luncheon was held featuring speaker Robert Amsler, Jr., whose topic was “Railroads: Coming of Age in the Civil War.” CinC Mark Day led the Brothers at the ceremony. Above – CinC Mark Day leads a contingent of SUVCW Brothers from across the country during the formal Parrott Camp Memorial Day Ceremonies ceremonies. Later a wreath was placed at the tomb on Brothers from the Jacob Parrott Camp 33 will once again lead the behalf of the SUVCW. annual Memorial Day Parade, which will begin at the Hardin County Below – Image of the Cantwell Courthouse at 10:00 AM, and promptly followed by the Memorial Post 97 G.A.R. burial plot in Ceremony at Kenton’s Grove Cemetery on May 28. Parrott Camp Section 4C of Kenton’s Grove Cemetery. The plot contains Patriotic Instruction Officer Ronald Marvin, Jr. will be the featured the graves of fourteen Civil speaker at the event focusing on the history of Decoration Day.