THE GILMOR BLADE Those Who Allow the Surrender of Their History, Also Surrender Their Future! Official Newsletter of the COL
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THE GILMOR BLADE Those who allow the surrender of their history, also surrender their future! Official Newsletter of THE COL. H.W.GILMOR CAMP, No. 1388, SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS Many chances to be involved this month! April , 201 3 Meet with us! “The Charge” Come to the next Camp meeting: "To you, Sons of Confederate Wednesday, April 10 Veterans, we submit the 7:30 PM vindication of the Cause for which Baltimore County Historical Society we fought; to your strength will be 9811 Van Buren Lane given the defense of the Cockeysville, MD All are welcome! Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the March with us! emulation of his virtues, the Friends of President Street Station perpetuation of those principles he 152 nd Anniversary “First Blood” Parade & Ceremony loved and which made him Saturday, April 20 glorious and which you also Form up: 10:00 AM Broadway Pier cherish. Remember, it is your duty Thames St., Fells Point to see that the true history of the Ceremony 11:00 at President Street Station South is presented to future See flyer, p.3 generations." Minutes: March 13, 201 3 Camp meeting Inside this issue: The meeting was opened at point presentation on the Minutes as summarized. 7:30 p.m. by Commander importance of railroads PASSED Jefferson Davis 2 library dedicated Michael K. Williams. during the War Between Commander Williams the States entitled the “The OLD BUSINESS: President St “First 3 opened the meeting with War Came by Train.” Commander Williams Blood” March an invocation and a special reported that only one prayer for the recovery The Camp had the great Maryland Bottony Cross Scottish blockade 4 Compatriots John Ross and honor to swear in two new belt buckle is left. The runner Wm Watson Steve Smith. Commander members, father and son Maryland Division SCV Mike Williams led us in Jeffrey T. Wilson and J. may have a few more A WBTS memorial 4 the Pledge of Allegiance to Tivis Wilson, Jr. buckles. Commander tartan the U.S. flag and the Salute Williams reported on the to the Confederate Flag. BREAK need to stabilize the “The Final Dig” 5 Soldiers/ Jackson Monu- Commander Williams in- Compatriot Dan Pyle sum- ment at Confederate Hill, Loudon Park: a little 5 troduced our guest speaker, marized the Minutes of the Loudon Park. The pos- history… author and historian, Dan meeting of February 13, sibility of a retaining wall PARD! 6 Toomey. Dan gave an 2013. was discussed and the need excellent talk and power MOTION: To accept the See “Minutes,” p.2 1 April, 2013 Minutes Continued from p. 1 to work with the engineers and 1. A field trip to Glenn Ellen the June 28, 2013 Guided tour of experts with the Maryland Military home of Col. Harry Gilmor located Westminster. Monument Commission as well as near the Loch Raven Reservoir, June 29, 2013 Confederate Day, with Loudon Park. 2. A field trip following the route Union Mills Md. Dance and of Col. Harry Gilmor’s ride. refreshments. NEW BUSINESS: June 30, 2013 Union Day, Union There will be a work day 9:00 a.m. Announcements: Mills, Md. Concert Federal City Saturday March 23, 2013 to dig April 13, 2013 Maryland Division, Brass Band holes for 42 Adopt a Confederate SCV meeting The meeting was adjourned with a markers at Confederate Hill, April 20, 2013 President Street prayer at 9:50 p.m. Loudon Park. Station Parade and Ceremony. March 23, 2013 WBTS program at Respectfully submitted, Two upcoming events were Carroll County Community College G. Elliott Cummings discussed: Adjutant Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to set record straight during that war because it was one this building is complete and the By Danielle Thomas of the defining moments in museum is in side and all the http://www.wlox.com/story American history,"said Givens literature, the history books, it will /21661247/wants -to-set- be able to help to tell the rest of the the-record-straight History buffs headed to Beauvoir to story. To set records straight. To let Copyright 2013 WLOX. All mark the dedication of the new everybody know more about the rights reserved. Jefferson Davis P residential library. struggles of our people." The last home of Jefferson Davis is being hailed for its significance in "The public needs to understand Photograph courtesy of WLOX: teaching the history of the South. that his building represents a lot The National Sons of Confederate more than just Jefferson Davis," Veterans coupled a celebration of said Beauvoir Director Bertram the completion of Beauvoir's Hayes-Davis. "This is a historic presidential library with the com- educational opportunity for us to memoration the 150th anniversary share the Southern heritage and all of the Civil War. the stories to go along with not only Jefferson Davis but the Southern Re-enactors at Beauvoir, the last part of this country." Maryland Line CSA Camp #1741 home of Jefferson Davis, taught Is proud to Host the children about what life was like A museum is planned for the inside Sons of Confederate Veterans during the Civil War by showing the library. Officials with the Maryland Division Convention them many of the artifacts used National Sons of Confederate Saturday, April 13 9:00 AM during that time. Veterans said they look forward to Knights of Pythias exhibits which will preserve the 10 Pythian Drive Michael Givens is the Commander- history and heritage they hold dear. Edgewater, MD 21037 In-Chief of the Sons of Confederate For registration information Veterans. "It's going to be a beacon. A depository of literature about the contact: "It's very important that people people, about their struggle," said Tom Dale recognize the struggles of the Givens. “We’re just so happy that 1-301-262-8992 Southerners and the Northerners we're able to dedicate it today. Once $40 pp 2 April, 2013 APRIL 20 152 ND ANNIVERSARY First Blood April 19, 1861 10:00am Form-up at the Recreation Pier, Thames St., Fells Pt. 10:30am Parade start 11:00am Ceremony at President St. Station Special guest speaker: David C. Keehn, author of “Knights of The Golden Circle” 3 Scottish -born blockade runner: William Watson April, 2013 From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Rob _Roy The SS Rob Roy was a Confederate Image of the Rob Roy is from blockade runner which, command- the 1993-1996 Atlas Editions ed by Captain William Watson, ran Civil War collectible card set. to and from Bermuda, the Bahamas These cards were released in and Cuba from 1862 to 1864. subscription form only and are fairly hard to find today. This Watson, who had emigrated from one was found at Pop Culture Great Britain several years before, Paradise, an eBay online store. had originally enlisted in the Confederate Army as a sergeant From Dead Confederates enlisted in the Confederate Army before being wounded at the Second http://deadconfederates.com/tag/ for a one-year term with his Battle of Corinth, and discharged william-watson/ company, the Pelican Rifles… due to his injuries. Hiring out a William Watson (b.1826) was a schooner, commissioned as the Rob Scotsman, a Clydesider, who Upon discovering he had lost all Roy , Williams would bring in des- emigrated to the West Indies in his property with the Union perately needed supplies into block- 1845 and worked there as an occupation of Baton Rouge, he aded southern ports, specifically engineer and sometimes-ship- went back to revisit his regiment Galveston, Texas before selling the captain. After 1850 he emigrated in the field and got caught up in ship after financial disagreements again to Louisiana, where he the Battle of Corinth…After the with business associates. worked as an engineer ... Confederates fell back, he was picked up on the field by Federal Williams would later write about his Watson was opposed to the medical personnel, treated at a wartime naval career in his autobio- secession of the Southern states, field hospital, and soon paroled graphy The Civil War Adventures of but as a member of the local through the efforts of a fellow a Blockade Runner in 1892. militia unit in Baton Rouge, he Scot on General R osecrans’ staff. “Decoding” the American Civil War Memorial tartan From States based on previous renditions Gold—the honored dead http://www.scotweb.co.uk/tartandesi circa February 2011.” White—national color gn/details/37590 Red—national color The inspiration is, “My sense of The WBTS continues to inspire The tartan gives the designer a history and two movies: ‘Gods and tartan designers! chance to use color to represent Generals’ and ‘Gettysburg.’ ideas, feelings, and his torical events. One such tartan is the American Each color is significant: Civil War Memorial tartan. Sapphire—represents the Federal cause and troops and one of the The designer describes this tartan as, national colors “A tartan to memorialize the great Santas Grey—represents the national wound that we call The Confederate cause and troops Civil War or The War Between the Sangria—the blood spilled April is Scottish -American Heritage Month! 4 April, 2013 The Final Dig: Adopt a Confederate project achieves its go al For many years, the dedicated ladies tions, friends of friends, people who process of installation for the last of the United Daughters of the had no interest in the WBTS but time. Saturday, March 23, turned Confederacy tended and maintained were touched by the project. out to be crisp, cool and windy. It the graves on Confederate Hill in Slowly, Confederate Hill began to also turned out to be perfect work- Loudon Park Cemetery.