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LOYAL LEGION HISTORICAL J O U R N A L The Publication of The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States VOL. 73 No. 2 Summer 2016 Original Letter from Levi Gupton to his Wife Head Quarters, 116th Reg't Ohio Vet. Inf., Co. C, Camp Near Winchester, May 27th, 1863, 2 o'clock My Dear loving wife, As I was on guard this morning I thought while the rest were asleep I would answer your letter of the 24th which I recd. last night by the hand of A.J. Morris and which I was very glad to receive and it found me well, and I was glad to hear that you were all in pretty good health and I was glad to hear that A.J. Floyd had got back safe for I was afraid that he was amongst the killed. If he comes out there give him my best respects and tell him to write to me. Well Dear, I should have liked to have been at home on last Sunday to have had seen Jim and Lydia and Uncle George, but more particularly to have seen you for I am not so very anxious to see anybody but you and the children. If I could only see you every day I would be satisfied without seeing the rest. Well Dear, I wish you would tell me what R.A. lectured you about for you did not say in your letter only that she gave you fits. Now I would like to know what it was about and I will drop her a few lines by way of advice for I don’t care what the provocation was she had no right to say anything to you under the circumstances for you have enough to bear without being lectured by her. I am very thankful to you for your forbearance on my account, but if they cannot tend to their own business and let you alone why don’t spare them for me, but give them their just due, for what they say against you they say against me, for although we are separated at present we are one and only one, and I would rather they would talk to me than to you for I am more able to bear it, and if there is anything wrong I am to blame for it more than anyone else, but enough of this for the present. You stated in your letter that Clark and Elwood had wrote home that we were expecting a fight here. I don’t think there has been anything that looked much like it, at least I have heard no such news lately and there has been no enemy very near except a few guerrillas and bush wackers, but I do not think there is much danger here with the fortifications we have and they are still working more and there is some more troops coming in. The 18th Connecticut Regt. came in on Monday and I hear that there is three more coming. We have very good news from Gen. Grant. He has beaten the enemy pretty badly and has probably taken Vicksburg before this time so that things seem to be going along finely. Well I must stop and go and visit the guards. Well I found them all wide awake and all quiet in the Shenandoah Valley. I found out by talking to G. Gannon the cause of Clark’s & Elwood’s stating that we expected to be attacked, some of our men captured a Secesh mail. In amongst the letters there was one that had in it something about [General John] Imboden going to attack us last week, but it was all just some of the Secesh women when they spunky will tell our men that it will only be a few days until the Rebels will drive us out and then they will have their own way, but still they have not come and I don’t think they will very soon, but if they do they will have a warm time of it. Well I must bring my letter to a close for my paper is full so good bye Dear wife. May the Good Lord bless you is the prayer of your loving husband. Lieut. L. Lupton Levi Lupton, was 39 years old, when he enlisted on July 25, 1862, at Columbus, Ohio, as a 2nd lieutenant. He was commissioned into Co. C, 116th Ohio Infantry, on September 19, 1862, at Gallipolis, Ohio. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant on June 13, 1863, but was never mustered at that rank because he was captured the next day, June 14, 1863, at Winchester, Va. He spent time confined in Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., and at Macon, Ga., and Charleston, S.C., where he died on September 12, 1864. -Submitted by Adam Gaines THE LOYAL LEGION HISTORICAL JOURNAL is published by the MEMORIAL FUND of the Military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, which was founded April 15, 1865. Pertinent materials will be welcomed from Companions and others. Information should be submitted to the Editor, Robert Rock, 68 W. Marion St. Doylestown, OH 44230. Information should be typed and photographs may be black and white or in color. If submitted electronically to [email protected] please use .doc or .rtf for text and .jpg for photos. Contribute to the Memorial Fund through the National Headquarters. Loyal Legion Historical Journal 2 Commander-in-Chief’s Message National Officers 2015-2017 Companions, Commander-in-Chief: Capt. James Alan Simmons As we march into 4304 Woodlake Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76135 [email protected] Summer, I wish you all Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief: an enjoyable season with Col Eric Armando Rojo (DC) 4430 Tindall Street, NW Washington, DC 20016-2718 your family and friends. [email protected] I represented MOLLUS Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief: in Waterloo, New York, Joseph Thomas Coleman, Ed.D. (PA) 85 Beddington Lane Strasburg, PA 17579-1451 the Congressionally [email protected] recognized birthplace of Registrar-in-Chief: Memorial Day. We were Michael Timothy Bates (DC) 8 Boice Ln Belle Mead, NJ 08502-4334 also well represented in [email protected] Washington DC, and at Chancellor-in-Chief: Adam Polhemus Flint Memorial Day 396 Colebrookdale Rd. Boyertown, PA 19512 ceremonies around this great Country of ours. I 484-415-9227 [email protected] encourage all who can, to attend the sesquicentennial Judge Advocate-in-Chief: Gerald Fitzgerald Fisher, Esq, (NY), Chair of the GAR/SUVCW this August 11-14, at their National 77 Seventh Avenue, Apt 16E New York, NY 10011 Encampment in Springfield, Illinois. I will be there [email protected] along with many MOLLUS Companions who are also Recorder-in-Chief: Capt. John Kent Kane, II USCGA Sons. 101 Sleepy Hollow Lane, Yorktown, VA 23692 757-898-6953 [email protected] Treasurer-in-Chief: October 14 and 15, is our planned invasion of Lee Allan Tryon Pensacola, Florida, and our National Congress. 4 Raven Circle, Avon, CT 06001-3317 I have been to Pensacola many times, and it is an 860-676-9060 [email protected] Surgeon-in-Chief: amazing place. Please remember that Pennsylvania Dr. Daniel Henry Heller (IN) puts on the Congress every three years (next year in 201 East Desert Park Ln Phoenix, AZ 85020-4075 Gettysburg instead of Philadelphia), and DC hosts our Chaplain-in-Chief: Rev Robert G. Carroon, PCinC (CT) Mid-Winter Business Meeting every year in February. 24 Park Place #22A Hartford, CT 06106 While we are very grateful for all of the hard work that [email protected] Editor-in-Chief: goes into those functions, we are occasionally Robert E. Rock, (OH), Elizabeth Rock, Ass’t encouraging State Commanderies to host a Congress 68 W. Marion Street, Doylestown, OH 44230 somewhere other than the North East. Please come and 330-212-9969 [email protected] National Webmaster & Membership List Coordinator: enjoy the brotherhood of your fellow Companions, Keith Graham Harrison, PCinC (MI) while we continue the good work of our Order. 4209 Santa Clara Drive Holt, Michigan 48842-1868 Pensacola also gives PCiC Kinny Post an opportunity 517-694-9394 [email protected] National Historian: to sport his Brooks Brothers blue and white striped Adam Gaines (MI) seersucker jacket. I'll see you in Springfield and 293 Lakeside Drive Harrow, Ontario Canada N0R 1G0 Pensacola, where we'll toast to our ancestors and to [email protected] Quartermaster: our fellow Companions. Joseph T. Coleman, Ed.D. 85 Beddington Lane Strasburg, PA 17579 National Membership Contact For the good of our Order, Laurence Alan Converse (TX) 17105 Northavens Cove Pflugerville, TX 78660 [email protected] Captain James Alan Simmons Commander-in-Chief Printed by: Davis Printing Barberton, Ohio Loyal Legion Historical Journal 3 WELCOME NEW COMPANIONS LOYAL LEGION HISTORICAL The following Companions have joined the Military JOURNAL Order of the Loyal Legion since the Winter 2015 The Publication of the military Order of issue of the Journal. Commander-in-Chief James the Loyal Legion of the United States Simmons extends congratulations and a warm welcome to each one. Vol. 73, No. 2 Summer 2016 Insignia Commandery Companion Hereditary 22671 WI Bryce L. Nelson 22673 NY Jonathon Jensen Letter Home from Levi Lupton Cover 22674 MI Peter L. Sheerin 22676 OH Denny L. Schillings 22678 PA Philip Price, Jr. Junior Commander’s Message 2 22675 PA Quinn James DeCoursey 22677 PA Ronan William Carter Associate Commandery News 4 A292 VA Melchor M. Rosabal Jr. A293 OH Scott C. Derr A294 RI Henry A.