2015 ~ 2016 DeWitt Smith Jobe Award Winner

VOL. III Issue 1 Official Publication of the Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans July/August, 2016

Scott K. Gilbert, Jr. New Officers at GHQ/SCV Don’t 121st National New Division CiC Tom Strain mess with Reunion Commander Lt. CiC Paul Gramling Texas ~ Texas ~

The delegates assembled at the The 121st National Reunion Chief’s Award, James William Proposed Amendments to International Horse Park in Co- was held July 13 ~16, 2016 at Barrow, III; Curtis Harris Col- the Standing Orders 10.7 and nyers, Georgia on June 11th for the Richardson, Texas. lier III; John C. Culpepper; 10.8, Seal, Badges, Memorial 119th Georgia Division Reunion Except for one race in the Samuel Rogers McDougal; Day passed and 11.1, Parlia- have elected Scott Gilbert to be the ATM, all officer candidates Thomas Miller; Jonathan Lee mentary Authority & Rules Division Commander. were unopposed. Mize. failed by voice vote. Nominated from the floor and Members who recruit 5 new 2015 ~ 2016 Heritage As of print time for the 2016 seconded with rousing speeches, members or more are recog- Preservation Award, Jerry Annual Book of Reports, the Gilbert laid out an organized list of nized with awards in the Dixie Segal. Georgia Division was #1 in changes for the Division. Club. Those who sign up 10 ~ 2015 ~ 2016 Rev. J. William membership (3,472), followed Commander Gilbert has been an 15 receive a Bronze Medal; 16 Jones Christian Service by Texas (3,289), North Caro- SCV Camp Commander for 16 ~ 25, Silver Medal; and 25 +, Award, James W. ‘Bill’ Bar- lina (3,127), (3,065), years and is committed to growing the Gold Medal. row, Jr. (2,837), Ten- the Division through training at all 2015 ~ 2016 Dixie Club 2015 ~ 2016 Superior nessee (2,530), Alabama levels while encouraging all Camps Awards for Georgia members Achievement Award, Scott K. (2,181), Mississippi (1,590), to be active in their respective com- are: Tim Pilgrim (50+); Al Gilbert. Florida (1,371), and Louisiana munities. Medcalf (23); James King 2015 ~ 2016 Leadership (1,206). See “Commander’s Report” on (10); Tony Pilgrim (9); Mark Award, P. Charles Lunsford The Georgia Confederate Page 3. Taylor (9); James Garner (7); Next two Reunions: won the DeWitt Smith Jobe New Brigade Commanders: Award for the best Division Kelly Barrow (6); Alan Ler- July 17 ~ 20, 2017 3rd, Tommy McCullers; 6th, wick (6); Wayne Boseman (5); newsletter, 2015 ~ 2016. ❖ Memphis, TN Bob Whitaker; 9th, Ken Arvin; Steven Camp (5); Johnny Ray 11th, Jeff Robison; 12th, Rick Sparks (5). July 18 ~ 21, 2018 Leake. ❖ Other Georgia members who Franklin, TN received awards are: Proposed Constitutional 2015 ~ 2016, Graves Award, Amendment 9.1.2 and 9.1.3 Garry E. Daniell. (term limits for CiC) passed by 2015 ~ 2016 Commander-in- a voice vote.

See correction to front page story in ☞ May/June, 2016 issue on Page 16: Capt. John Jackson Henderson.

The Charge Inside this issue: to the Georgia Division To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vindi- DIVISION NEWS 3 ~ 9 cation of the cause for which we fought; to your strength will COLOR PHOTOS 2, 15,

be given the defense of the Confederate soldier’s good name, 18, 31

the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues,

the perpetuation of those principles he loved and which made CAMP NEWS AND 12,22,23 ARTICLES him glorious and which you also cherish. Remember, it is your duty to see that the true history of the LT. COMMANDERS & 25 ~ 30

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☜ ☝ Michael Mullis, Lt. Col. Thomas M. Nelson Camp No. 141, Albany, and his daughter have been cleaning crosses and painting them in the Crisp & Dooly County areas. Below, Right: Compatriot Mullis, daughter Melissa, and wife Heather celebrate Confederate Memorial Day in Cordele, Crisp County; Left: Melissa Mullis celebrates in Vienna, Dooly County. ☟

☝William Latham, L and David Brannan, R received Division Awards at the 119th Reunion in Conyers from Camp McDonald #1552

Little Mary Phagan Day. Our 1st visit to her grave in Marietta City Cemetery was moving for my wife Susan and me. So sad, this little 13 year old girl was on her way to the 1913 Confeder- ate Memorial Day parade but she never arrived. A Georgia state(?) historical marker near Mary's grave site is not nearly as informative as the marker (shown in photo) next to her tomb- stone. It states Leo Frank was convicted of her 1913 murder , but was pardoned in 1986. "The 1986 pardon does not exonerate Leo Frank for the murder of Little Mary Phagan". Another marker is "erected by Marietta Camp no. 763,U.C.V. As the Georgia Division of the Son of Confederate Veterans proclaimed, each June 1st is Little Mary Phagan Day. I urge my brothers to visit. Art Bayless , Camp General Leonidas Polk # 1446 ☟

☜ 2015-2016 Georgia Division Confederate of the Year, Compatriot Marvin Mixon, Thom- as Nelson Camp 141, Albany.

☜ On April 23 2016, Members of -Ft. Lawton Brigade Camp No. 2102 with the assistance of Main Street Millen provide breakfast for mem- bers of the ROTC and Jenkins County 4-H, along with other volunteers as they prepare to help keep Jenkins County beautiful. We strive to help our community as much as possible. Final resting place of “Little Mary” Phagan.

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Commander's Report force in our own hometown. brave any attack. We will recover One aspect of my vision which from that attack and, when neces- Fellow Compatriots of the I believe will help address this is- sary to win the day, go on the of- Georgia Division: sue is training. As most of you fensive. know, I have a very strong track At the same time we will be Allow me to begin by saying record as a Camp Commander for smart. We will keep our compo- “Thank you”. Thank you, to the sixteen years; thanks in part to a sure and when those who would men who supported my becoming lot of great Camp members. Dur- seek to tear us down by destroying Georgia Division Commander at ing my time as Camp Commander the solidarity of our ranks, or by the 2016 Reunion and for the priv- I wrote a Camp Commanders weakening the will of the public to ilege of serving as your Com- Guide that I will be happy to openly support us, our enemy will mander for the 2016-2018 term. share, and I am currently working be confused by our strength and And to those who did not feel so on a new Brigade Commander resolve. Those attributes of compelled, all I ask for is the open training outline, which will be strength and resolve will be en- mind of a Compatriot who will ready shortly. To that end, I am hanced by training and allow me the chance to prove my committed and will dedicate my knowledge! We will then design resolve. Let me also take a mo- personal SCV time to working and implement the best plans to be ment to extend my thankful appre- with, training, and coaching any victorious. ciation to outgoing Commander the effort required to get the job Camp and/or officer who is com- I have given you my commit- Jack Bridwell for his willingness done. Sometimes those folks are mitted to moving forward and ment to return the strength and to serve, and his dedication to the personal friends, sometimes they seeking ways to strengthen his honor to this, the Georgia Division Cause. I know that you join with are family members, business Brigade, or his Camp. of the Army of Tennessee of the me in wishing him well in his fu- leaders, co-workers, or members Also, in an effort to streamline Sons of Confederate Veterans. ture SCV activities. of a Church family. Therefore, it is and better utilize our core Now I ask for you to join with me only natural that a Division Com- Now as we move forward, I am strengths, I will be directing ef- and inspire the millions of South- mander would want to have some pleased to report that we have a forts to examine every area of our erners by blood to forward the col- members of his leadership team great team in place. We welcome operation as a Division. With new ors. Together, and with the Lord’s come from that circle of influence. several new Brigade Commanders leadership comes new opportuni- blessings, we are invincible. At the same time, we also want to and appointed staff personnel, as ties and we will be looking at retain those talented men who, well as new committee members. ways to improve. At this point in Scott K. Gilbert, Jr. while not necessarily within his In accepting the position of Divi- time, all things Confederate are previous circle, are a much needed Commander ❖ sion Commander, I recognize you under attack from some group or asset to a solid foundation. A good have placed in me your trust. I in organization, we all know this. So Commander knows these men by turn, have placed my trust in the our first response should be to pre- reputation and respects their men who will assist me in moving sent ourselves as a proud and re- Southern-minded ethics. This is the Division into the next phase of sourceful Division. Because of the case with our current leader- living the Charge. We are strong that, every single thing we do will ship team. Some are incumbents when we are together. be done professionally. In fact, it and some are new. I look forward In government, business, ath- has to be done more professionally to working with them all to get the letics, and non-profit organiza- than any other organization in the job done. tions, change at the top always local COMMUNITY. Every sin- My own philosophy for the ~ 2016 ~ leads to change in the command gle thing we do has to be done Division moving forward is DEADLINES structure. We believe that this tra- with the focus on positive public COMMUNITY STRONG! I be- dition is healthy and necessary. In relations. Without these objectives The lieve that each Camp and the com- doing so, we have initiated a num- being met we cannot be success- Georgia munity in which it is located is ber of changes, all of which are ful. Confederate where we, as a Division, can be allowed by our bylaws and poli- I give you my solemn word the strongest. I believe that to be ✯✯✯ cies. Commanders before me that the fight to save our land- an organization which achieves made changes when they took of- marks, our flags, our tags, and our October 1st great results, we MUST be orga- fice, and those that follow in the heritage will go on with no apolo- nized and we MUST be knowl- ✯✯✯ future will do so as well. We have gies. Make no mistake! To a man, edgeable on many levels. All of received some inquiries about this we have no intentions of surren- December 1st us. We have too many Camps that policy so, in an effort to be open at dering, compromising, or giving are not growing, not working in ✯ all times to you the members, let up on ANY heritage fight. As long the community, and in some cas- me explain how these changes as there is an enemy at the gates, [email protected] es, not even meeting on a regular came about. we will defend our ancestors and ✯ basis. Gentlemen, we must ad- First, we should all recognize our right to stand beside them in dress and reverse those weakness- Editor that leaders must have a circle of the face of overwhelming odds es. We cannot expect to be a force influence; those who are like- and, with the knowledge that our ✯ in this State if we cannot be a minded and are willing to put forth Confederate ancestors deserve it, Page 4 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2016

8th Brigade Commander [email protected] 770-355-0985 Sons of Confederate Veterans Charles L. Parks, III Georgia Division Officers /Staff 236 Roberts Rd. Aide-de-Camp Grady K. Dukes

Moultrie, Ga. 31788 2330 Lochinver Ln. Conyers, Ga. 30094 Commander Scott K. Gilbert, Jr. [email protected] 229-921-7502 404-702-4641 81 Tinsley Way Senoia, Ga. 30276 [email protected] th [email protected] 404-449-2521 9 Brigade Commander Ken Arvin 69 Brooklyn Circle Richland, Ga. 31825 Aide-de-Camp Gould B. Hagler, Jr. Lt.-Commander North Philip J. Autrey [email protected] 706-662-4532 [email protected] 770-728-5092 416 Candler St. NE , Ga. 30307-2036 th COMMITTEES [email protected] 404-849-5615 10 Brig. Commander Joseph A. Medcalf, Jr. FINANCE COMMITTEE: 122 Medcalf Rd. Barnesville, Ga. 30204 Chairman Timothy F. Pilgrim Lt.-Commander South/Editor Allison Perry [email protected] 4300 S. US Hwy. 301 Jesup, Ga. 31546 Members: Garry Daniell, Richard L. Leake, 11th Brigade Commander Jeff Robison Jr. [email protected] 912-585-9144 P.O. Box 1174 Villa Rica, Ga. 30180 TAG PROJECT FUND: Adjutant Timothy F. Pilgrim [email protected] 404-362-7963 Chairman Philip J. Autrey

20 Old Fuller Mill Rd. NE Members: Steven W. Camp, Jeff Robison, 12th Brig. Commander Richard L. Leake, Jr. Marietta, Ga. 30067 John B. Carroll, III, Scott Gilbert, Tim Pilgrim, [email protected] 404-456-3393 985 Windsor Trl. Roswell, Ga. 30076 Dan Coleman [email protected] 770-605-0384 Chief of Staff Curtis H. Collier, III TIME AND PLACE COMMITTEE: th 82 Bassingborne Dr. Athens, Ga. 13 Brigade Commander Steven W. Camp Chairman Donald M. Newman [email protected] 706-540-9062 P.O. Box 82718 Conyers, Ga. 30013 Members: John Culpepper, Tommy [email protected] McCullers, Richard K. Straut, Thomas Stevens, Judge Advocate Dan Coleman 770-760-8200 Karl Hahn, Ken Arvin

8735 Jenkins Rd. Winston, Ga. 30187 APPOINTED STAFF OFFICERS COMMUNICATIONS OVERSIGHT: [email protected] 770-265-7910 Chairman Hank Segars Chaplain Jack C. Wray st Members: Mitchell D. Crabbe, Sparks Ramey, 1 Brigade Commander David Cordell 33 Oak Park Pt. Savannah, Ga. 31405 John C. Todd, Joe Underwood, Gould B. Hagler, 309 McAfee Rd. Rossville, Ga. 30741 [email protected] 912-596-2950 Jr. [email protected] 423-227-4816 Deputy Chaplain John Maxey CADET PROGRAM COMMITTEE: nd [email protected] 678-863-9196 2 Brigade Commander Karl Hahn Chairman Thomas Miller 12195 Hwy. 92 Ste. 125 Historian C. Mark Pollard Members: TBA Woodstock, Ga. 30188 2772 Ga. Hwy. 20 McDonough, Ga. 30252 [email protected] 678-395-8031 CONFEDERATE HISTORY AND [email protected] 678-770-7003 HERITAGE MONTH COMMITTEE: 3rd Brig. Commander Tommy D. McCullers Parliamentarian Judge Ken W. Smith Chairman Calvin Johnson 1460 Bradley Gin Rd. NW [email protected] Members: TBA Monroe, Ga. 30656 AWARDS COMMITTEE: TBA [email protected] 770-616-1763 Inspector Manning (Tom) Jeter

646 Third Ave. Columbus, Ga. 31901 DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE: 4th Brigade Commander Thomas E. Stevens [email protected] 706-887-0559 Chairman Tom Jeter 384 North River Blvd. Macon, Ga. 31211 Members: Ken W. Smith, Grady K. Dukes, [email protected] 478-477-7468 Deputy Inspector John W. Wright Dan Coleman, Jonathan Till, John Campbell,

24 Mary Musgrove Dr. Savannah, Ga. 31410 5th Brigade Commander Thomas Miller David Cordell [email protected] 922-660-8323 326 Longwood Dr. Statesboro, Ga. 30461 BRIGADE REALIGNMENT STUDY [email protected] 912-536-5775 Quartermaster Dennis Elm COMMITTEE: TBA

17 Parkstone , Ga. 30087 6th Brigade Commander Robert Whitaker [email protected] 770-279-9128 HEADQUARTERS STUDY COMMITTEE: 1516 Hall Way TBA Vidalia, Ga. 30474 Surgeon: vacant until further notice [email protected] 912-585-7391 CHARTER APPLICATION REVIEW Webmaster/Facebook Mod. Sparks Ramey COMMITTEE: TBA 7th Brigade Commander Charles W. Griffin 12 Shilling Way Newnan, Ga. 30263 3393 Swamp Rd. Waycross, Ga. 31508 [email protected] 404-281-8792 [email protected] 912-283-1125 Chief Aide-de-Camp J.H. Segars

1280 Westminster Way Madison, Ga. 30650

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Thank you, Commander Jack

13 years, Georgia Division Commander, leading the # 1 Division.

accomplish a goal. What with jobs, family, hobbies, vacations, you name it, it takes a toll on the NEW CADET PROGRAM volunteers’ time to be able to It is truly an exciting time in the history of the Georgia Division as shoulder responsibility and do the we work to build our future leaders through membership in a totally work it takes. I take full responsi- new Cadet program. Beginning on November 1, 2015, we will roll bility for the failures of the Divi- sion Sesquicentennial program. out phase one of Georgia's Cadet Membership program. From day But look at the successful initia- one, members of the Cadet program will not only get a newly de- tives. I have all ideas that Susan signed membership pin denoting them as a Cadet member, but also a Hathaway and her team would ad- membership certificate, camouflage SCV cap, and a subscription to mit they were inspired by the the Georgia Confederate newsletter. “Flags Over Georgia” program. I can only guess what it’s like to And approximately 1/2 million Membership in the Cadet program is $20 per year, or a one-time work with over 3,000 independent, dollars worth of monuments and $100 payment to cover all years up to age twelve. Cadets who join Southern men. Commander Brid- renovations would not have been at the $100 one-time level will also receive a "Legacy" pin, noting well knows what it is like. He’s possible without the efforts of been there. Commander Bridwell and his their membership at the Legacy level. And whether you like it or not, team. It is true, no man is an is- Cadet Membership Benefits: he has led the #1 Division in the land, and all these things could not ➣ Subscription to The Georgia Confederate, a bi-monthly news- SCV for 13 years through some of have been done by one man. But, letter to members of the Georgia Division the most challenging times and it is also true, without sound lead- ➣ A camouflage baseball cap with SCV logo situations that have confronted this ership, the team is weakened. ➣ A special "Cadet Member" pin - only available to Cadet 120 year old organization for quite A member in the SCV and Geor- some time. gia Division since June, 1987, members of the Georgia Division Through his leadership, the Commander Jack has been at the ➣ A "Cadet Member" certificate from the Georgia Division Georgia Division has been the front lines, protecting the good ➣ Participation in our Georgia Division's Cadet program with leader in many fronts. We have name of the Confederate veteran. the ability to earn more pins as you complete new tasks published The Prison Pens of the Even through personal family loss, ➣ The opportunity to attend and participate in your local SCV North, The Other Side of the Coin Commander Jack suited up, stood Camp meetings [Southern curriculum], Confeder- up, and spoke up for those who ➣ The opportunity to meet other Cadets in your area and partici- ate Heritage and History Month could do none of that. pate in "Cadet only" outdoor activities like camping, fishing, and posters for the schools, protected With all this said, the thing I ad- The Georgia Confederate through participating in local heritage events mire most about Commander Jack her ups and downs, and supported is that he is my Christian brother, Go to www.gascv.org to download an application. the Youth Camps from day one. born again, walking the walk, and Thomas Miller, Coordinator; Cadet Program He has worked for and defended standing on the Rock. Georgia Division the State specialty license tag Some of you may have seen [email protected] 912-536-5775 funds. Commander Bridwell has Commander Jack on a bad day, but New Cadet Members: spent many hours in Atlanta, lob- let you who have never erred pick bying legislators when our rights up the first stone to cast. I have Gil Sheppard Millen, GA were threatened by the uneducated met a few people who think they (Cadet member of Savannah Militia Camp) leftists. Most of his efforts went know it all. unknown. Why? Commander Commander Jack, Thank You. Jaden Thompson Gray, GA Bridwell does not do what he does Thank You for putting up with us (Cadet member of Camp of the Unknown Soldier) for personal glory! for 13 years, and I look forward to And through it all, Commander your putting up with us for a few Bridwell has been true to his belief more as the Past Division Com- ~ 2016 ~ DEADLINES ~ 2016 ~ that this organization exists to ful- mander. How valuable is your in- The GEORGIA CONFEDERATE fill the Charge, not to try and sight for future Division Com- please every single individual’s manders? Priceless. OCTOBER 1st ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ wish. Thank You, Commander Jack. As his Sesquicentennial Chair, I .al perry. DECEMBER 1st fully understand how difficult it is ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Lt. Div. Cmdr., South to get members to pull together to [email protected] Editor Page 6 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2016 Sons of Confederate Veterans Gentlemen, Division Adjutant’s Report Hope by the time Georgia Division you receive this issue of the Georgia Confederate you will have also re- ceived your annual dues billing statement. It has been a challenge getting Executive Council Meeting 11:00 a.m. May 7, 2016 the billing statements out this year. The company that did our billing

Ole Times Country Buffet in Macon, Ga. statements and did many other Divisions for many years, decided that Executive Council Members Present: they no longer wanted to do business with the SCV. They are from Co- lumbia, SC (Laser Print Plus) and they indicated it was the "issue" with Division Commander Jack Bridwell Present the Confederate Battle Flag that prompted their decision. Division Adjutant Tim Pilgrim Present So good riddance to them, I had rather give our business to folks who Division Judge Advocate Dan Coleman Present appreciate it. I was able to get a local Georgia company to do our billing Division Chief of Staff Pete Giddens Present statements. The problem in preparing our Division billing statements isn't Division Lt Commander – North Philip Autrey Absent just a print job, its takes a fairly complex software program to transfer the Division Lt Commander – South Al Perry Present billing data from our rosters to the billing statement. So, the new compa- st 1 Brigade Commander David Cordell Absent ny has had to make some software up-grades. 2nd Brigade Commander Karl Haun Present Between August 1 and December 1 is the time when the Camps need rd 3 Brigade Commander Steven Satterfield Excused Absent to file their annual electronic e-files with the IRS to maintain the Camp’s th 4 Brigade Commander Thomas Stevens Present individual EIN number. Starting last year I had our Division Secretary th 5 Brigade Commander Thomas Miller Present start filing these electronic e-files on behalf of the Camps. The main ob- th 6 Brigade Commander Don Newman Absent jective is taking that filing burden off the Camps and also it makes sense th 7 Brigade Commander Chuck Griffin Present that it be handled centrally if at all possible. Division Secretary will con- 8th Brigade Commander Charlie Parks Present tinue to file the electronic e-file this year as well, and will mail the confir- 9th Brigade Commander John Fisher Excused Absent mation to the Camp Adjutants. th 10 Brigade Commander Al Medcalf Present Congratulations to Georgia Confederate Editor Al Perry for receiving th 12 Brigade Commander Rhett Coleman Present the Best Division Newsletter award at the 2016 National Convention. th 13 Brigade Commander Steve Camp Excused Absent The Georgia Confederate is the best newsletter in the entire Confedera- Meeting Minutes tion. Some within the Division say the Georgia Confederate needs to be . Call to Order by Commander Jack Bridwell "fixed". How do you "fix" the best newsletter in the entire Confedera- . Invocation given by 8th Brigade Commander Charlie Parks tion? I have spoken to many Division Adjutants and they say, on the . Flag Pledges and Salutes most part they are lucky to even get two issues of their Division newslet- . The SCV Charge was given by 8th Brigade Commander Charlie Parks ter every year. We are very fortunate to have a dedicated Editor who  The roll of Executive Council members was called with 12 present thus a makes sure we get our Georgia Confederate every two months on a time- quorum was established. ly basis. The purpose of a Division newsletter is to communicate Divi- sion business to its membership. It’s not supposed to be a chamber of Division Adjutant Report: This pole is maintained by the commerce magazine, costing our Division an "arm and leg" in publica- Division Adjutant Pilgrim dis- Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne Camp tion cost, in an attempt to try and impress those outside our organization tributed a written Adjutant Report from Catoosa County. The Camp who will never really care about us or our Charge. on the Division annual budget, has found another location for the Another note about the Division Reunion. I am disappointed that the account balances, deposit log and pole in a highly visible location. new Division Commander did not announce his candidacy to the general tag fund report. Adjutant Pilgrim Motion was made and seconded to membership before the Reunion. In the nomination speeches from the reported that the Division's budget relocate the pole - motion passed. floor and in his nomination acceptance speech at the Reunion, much em- phasis was placed on the “division within the Division.” Many members revenues have exceeded its goals New Business: have mentioned to me that they did not appreciate the apparent political and the Division has received Proposed Division Budget tactic to gain advantage employed by Commander Gilbert. Subsequent more donations than any past year. 2016/17- was presented by Divi- actions by the new Commander such as announcing the expulsion of Ray The Georgia Division is in sound sion Adjutant Pilgrim and dis- McBerry from membership in the SCV, and the attempted removal of financial condition. cussed with the Executive Coun- our Past Commander Jack Bridwell from the Division Executive Council Adjutant Pilgrim reported that cil. Lt. Commander Al Perry rec- only serves to widen “the division within the Division.” the Division's on-line store has ommended that the Georgia Con- The focus for our Division should be to protect and preserve the good started off extremely well. The federate budget be increased due name of the Confederate Soldier. They deserve better. store had sales over $5,000 within to the increased Division member- At your service always. the three months it has been open. ship which has increased the print- Timothy Pilgrim Motion to bypass individual ing and postage cost. Georgia Division Adjutant ❖ reports was approved. Lobbyist Efforts- Compatriot Flags over Georgia: Martin O'Toole, Adjutant Pilgrim It was reported that the proper- and Commander Michael Dean ty where the 50ft Division pole off have been in contact with the lob- I-75 is located has been sold and byist firm of Massey, Watson and the pole will need to be re-located. EC meeting minutes, Continued on Page 9 July/August, 2016 The Georgia Confederate Page 7

were taking place on Friday, June passed - Move Putnam County to Sons of Confederate Veterans 10th. 3rd Brigade

Therefore the $3 Dues Increase Division Commander for lobbyist efforts was not con- Scott Gilbert - Elected / Jack Brid- sidered. Georgia Division well - Lost A roll of Camps was called per th (Scott Gilbert was an unannounced 119 Georgia Division Reunion Minutes June 11, 2016 Brigade and written ballots for candidate nominated from the Reunion Minutes officer election and by-law floor) amendments were distributed. June 12th at the Refuge Baptist Lt. Cmdr North Call to Order by acting Division Camp. Dinner break was called for. Phillip Autrey - Re-elected / Ray Commander Jack Bridwell. The business session was called 4th Brigade Commander Thomas McBerry - Lost / Barry Colbaugh - back to order. Invocation was given by Divi- Stevens gave an up-date on the Lost sion Chaplin Kim Beck. Georgia Division Awards were 2017, 120th annual Division reun- (No majority on the first ballot and ion in Macon hosted by the Gen- presented as follows: Opening ceremony and welcome a run-off vote was required. Phillip eral Tracy Edward Dorr Camp # Compatriot Marvin W. Mixon of statements were conducted by host Autrey won run-off vote against 18, and the 2018, 121th and 2019, Lt. Col Thomas Nelson Camp Camp, the Confederate Memorial Ray McBerry) Camp #1432. 122th annual reunions that will be #141 was awarded the Georgia Judge Advocate Coleman gave hosted by the Georgia Division. Confederate of the Year trophy. Lt. Cmdr South the Standing Rules Report. Division Adjutant Pilgrim pre- Compatriot David Carey Bran- Al Perry - Re-elected / Don New- Division Adjutant Tim Pilgrim sented two tag fund projects that nan of Camp McDonald Camp # man Lost were submitted: 1552 was awarded the Georgia gave the credentials committee 3rd Brigade: Tommy McCullers – report: Project 2016-01: Cannon wheel Division Distinguished Confeder- ate of the Year award. Elected/ Steve Satterfield - Lost Of the 105 active Camps in the replacement for the memorial can- Georgia Division, 60 were repre- non at the Marietta Confederate Compatriot, Robert Gary Brooks 6th Brigade sented which was 57%, 35% being Cemetery. To replace the rotten of the Private John Ingraham Robert Whitaker - Elected / Cecil required, therefore a quorum was wood wheels with aluminum Camp #1977 was awarded the Greenwell - Lost established. wheels. Georgia Division Outstanding (Cecil Greenwell was an unan- Confederate of the Year award. Of the 369 eligible Delegates, Project 2016-0: For the Georgia nounced candidate nominated from 228 were registered. Division to purchase a bulk of 100 Georgia Division Appreciation the floor) Awards: Division Adjutant Pilgrim, pre- Southern crosses from the Clarks- 9th Brigade: Ken Arvin – Elected/ sented the annual financial report dale Foundry to be available to the Georgia Division Appreciation Camps of the Division at the bulk Award to Compatriot Harry Eu- Pete Giddens - Lost for 2015/16. cost. banks of the General Robert E. Lee Division revenues from dues, Brigade Commanders, with no op- Lt Division Commander North Camp # 2005. store sales and donations was up position elected by Acclamation: Phil Autrey objected against the st $27,897 from last year's revenues. Georgia Division Appreciation 1 Brigade -David Cordell projects stating that the recom- Award to Compatriot William nd It was the best year of revenues 2 Brigade- Karl Hahn mended vote from the Executive Lathem the General Robert E. Lee that the Georgia Division has ever 4th Brigade - Thomas Stevens Council was held via e-mail and had. Camp# 2005. that violated by-laws. Judge Advo- 5th Brigade - Thomas Miller Georgia Division membership cate Coleman over-ruled his objec- Voting Results were announced 7th Brigade - Chuck Griffin had an increase of 502 members tion reading from the tag fund pro- as follows: 8th Brigade - Charlie Parks from last year for a new total of cedures that e-mail voting was al- 10th Brigade - Al Medcaft 3,536 members. By-law Amendment 2016-01- lowed. failed- Suspension Clarification 11th Brigade - Jeff Robinson The new on-line Division store Both Projects were approved by has had sales of $5,831 and net 12th Brigade - Richard Leake the Delegates. By-law Amendment 2016-02 - profit of $2,573 since it was passed - Staggered Elections at (Richard Leake was an unan- By-law amendments were pre- opened in April, 2016. Reunions nounced candidate nominated from sented and discussed. Division Adjutant Pilgrim, then the floor) The proposed Division dues in- By-law Amendment 2016-03- presented the 2016-17 annual 13th Brigade- Steve Camp crease of $3 to fund lobbyist ef- passed - Ratification vs. Election budget and made a motion for its forts was discussed. Camp Adju- Clarification There being no further business, acceptance. Motion was seconded tant Charles Garvin of the Gen. a motion was made to adjourn the and motion to accept the annual By-law Amendment 2016-04 James Longstreet Camp # 1239, convention. It was seconded and budget was approved. passed - Division Adjutant respon- objected to the increase stating that approved. Georgia Confederate Editor Al sible managing Elections the 35 day notification requirement Benediction and singing of Dixie Perry gave a report on the Georgia was not met. The notification was By-law Amendment 2016-05 closed the convention. ❖ Confederate. sent on May 7 and the 35 days failed - Move Haralson County to Lt Division Commander South ended on June 10, but it was ruled 12th Brigade Al Perry gave a report on the new that the reunion started on Friday Georgia Confederates Youth Camp June 10th being reunion activities By-law Amendment 2016-06 that was being held the week of Page 8 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2016 Communications officer has taken out for any "prime" locations to The Georgia Division Annual Report, 2016 over the management of the Divi- erect new Flags. Greetings Brothers from the sion Facebook account and has As of date, the Georgia Division Georgia Division, tract law. After many meetings made it one of the most active has distributed over 180,000 "Truth I'm pleased to report the Geor- with the DOR the Georgia Divi- Southern Heritage liked sites in Concerning the Confederate Battle gia Division remains stronger than sion was successful in getting our Georgia. We have also implement- Flag" CDs by Pastor John Weaver ever. The Georgia Division re- specialty license plates reinstated ed Facebook advertisement initia- throughout the Confederation and mains the largest Division in our and back on the roads. tives that reach over 100,000 Geor- the Country. This has been one of Confederation, serving over 3,400 In September 2015 the Hersey gians and along with our Division the Division’s most influential pro- members based in 105 active Family Entertainment Corporation wide e-mail "Call for Action" jects that we have had the privilege Camps that are located through-out that leases the Stone Mountain Me- posts, the Division has been able to to be a part of. Pastor Weavers ser- the largest State East of the Missis- morial Park attempted to erect a help defeat anti-Southern legisla- mon on the Confederate Battle sippi River. "bell tower" monument to Martin tion that was submitted this legisla- Flag gives the true origins of this Our Division's membership has Luther King on top of Stone tive session. There was proposed symbol of the South and discloses increased 15% since 2015. This is Mountain above the memorial legislation that would have many of the facts of why the War mainly due to our Camps aggres- carving of President Jefferson Da- changed Stone Mountain Memori- of Southern Independence was sively recruiting new members, vis, General Robert E. Lee and al Park from being a Confederate fought. These CDs are distributed advertisement initiatives, the im- General . Again, Memorial, another that would have by the Georgia Division at our bulk plementation of our associate by having our Division General given the State Department the au- purchase cost of .35 cents each membership program, having a Council provide the legal prece- thority to deem if Historical monu- which makes our minimum order Division Genealogist on staff with dent to the Stone Mountain Memo- ments were "appropriate" and an- of 100 CDs for $35 plus shipping a Division Head-Quarters Camp to rial Association that governs the other that would have removed any very affordable for individuals and place our new members who are Park which clearly showed this State recognition of Confederate Camps to distribute to folks who looking for a home Camp. All this action would be in violation of Veterans. All these legislative bills need a history lesson and all they has brought record growth to our state law, the "MLK bell tower" never made it out of committee due have to do is listen. They are avail- Division. monument proposal never materi- to the overwhelming opposition able on our Division store. You shown through letters and e-mails With our 2015 Division license alized. can also listen to Pastor Weaver's to State Representatives. tag funds we have been able to Many local n.a.a..c.p. chapters Sermon on-line at help our Camps fund the erection attempted to have local Confeder- The Georgia Division has hired http://gascv.org/audio-cds/ of two new Confederate monu- ate Soldier monuments and flags a part-time Division Secretary In 2015 our 5th Brigade Com- ments in the City of Nicholson and removed from the local courthouse (Kristen Dorety) to manage our mander Thomas Miller created and in the City of Dahlonega, along grounds through-out the State of new Division Office that was open is heading up the Georgia Divi- with donating funds to the White Georgia and to the credit of our ed in March 2016 at the American sion's Cadet Program, giving our County Historical Society toward fighting Camps in our Division, Federal Building located at 544 Cadets SCV hats and the ability to the erection of a bronze plaque at these attempts were defeated Mulberry Street, Ste. 310 Macon, earn hat pins for performing Herit- the White County Courthouse soundly. Ga. 31202, 1-866-SCV-in-GA or 1 age related projects. Our Cadets grounds that honors the Confeder- We did experience a setback -866-728-4642. We believe we are also receive an annual subscription ate Soldiers of White County. As when the scalawag Governor of the first Division in our Confedera- to The Georgia Confederate and a of date the Georgia Division has Georgia removed the Holiday tion to have a Division office and nice membership certificate. allocated $437,611.87 from our tag names of Robert E. Lee Birthday staffed by a paid Division Secre- We issue our Division newslet- funds to help our Camps fund local and Confederate Memorial Day tary and see this as key to taking ter "The Georgia Confederate" Heritage projects and Division from the State calendar. Unfortu- our Division to the next level of consistently to our membership wide projects. nately after a legal review it was growth. every two months, 6 issues a year. As in many of our Brother Di- determined by General Council Along with the opening of our Our Editor Al Perry has done a visions, the Georgia Division has that the Governor was within his new Division office the Division tremendous job editing and having been aggressively fighting off at- legal right to remove the names per has opened an on-line store to our our Division newsletter published. tacks from the American Taliban State law. membership and the general pub- The Georgia Division will be lic, making available Confederate against our Confederate monu- With the realization of these the first Division in our Confedera- Flags, Tags, Stick Flags and CDs. ments and memorials. In August attacks on our Confederate Herit- tion to start a Division Youth Camp 2015 the Georgia Department of age the Division leadership deter- Please visit our Division's web-site for a full week of Southern / Con- Revenue (DOR) suspended the mined that both internal and exter- at www.gascv.org to see the store federate Heritage curriculum mod- Georgia Division's, SCV specialty nal communications had to be im- items we have to offer. eled after the Sam Davis Youth license plate from circulation, stat- proved. Along with the monthly The Georgia Division's Flags Camp. The Camp starts from June ing that the recent supreme court press releases the Division makes Across Georgia program is going 12th to June 17th. The Camp is case of Texas vs. The SCV gave to all the State media outlets the strong. We have 12 large Division located at the Refuge Baptist Camp them the authority to do so. The Division decided to purchase an on Flag poles across the State of Geor- in Carnesville Ga. and is a testimo- Division leadership along with the -line e-mail management software gia. The Division purchases these ny of the Georgia Division's com- Division's General Council acted and has been successful in creating oversize Battle Flags for the Divi- mitment to educate our Youth. quickly to provide the legal prece- a Division wide e-mail distribution sion poles and distributes them to By the time the SCV National dent that showed that the DOR was to our membership and our sup- the local Camps that maintain these in violation of both State and con- porters. Our Division's Internal poles. We are always on the look Continued Page 9, Annual Report > July/August, 2016 The Georgia Confederate Page 9

Annual Report, Continued from Page 8 Clifford Emory Johns 11, 2016 at Northeast Georgia Georgia Division member Reunion begins in July the Georgia Medical Center following an comes to aid of VA compatriot: Division will be the first in our or- extended illness. We are very happy to an- ganization that will be making Mr. Johns was born July nounce the government marker available a Sons of Confederate 22, 1938 in Atlanta, Georgia to for Private David S. Brown, Com- Veterans phone application that the late Homer Clifford Johns pany B, 10th Battalion Georgia will be free to download on any and Hettie Ayers Johns. He Infantry is now fully funded. android and I-phones. This SCV was retired from Roadway Two gifts helped to make this phone “app” will be able to send Express and was a member of possible. The first was from a notices, calls for action, and give First Baptist Church. member of the Sons of Confeder- immediate access to our Division Mr. Johns is survived by ate Veterans Mechanized Cavalry web site. We deem this application his wife, Pat Johns of Flowery who wished to remain anony- as part of our Division's endeavor Branch, his daughters, Monica mous. The second was from Pete to keep the Sons of Confederate Johns of Alpharetta and Melis- Giddens of Worth County, Geor- Veterans on the cutting edge of new sa Sewell of Dahlonega and gia, the Chief of Staff for the technologies keeping all our mem- Mr. Clifford Emory Johns, his grandchildren, Dustin Sew- Georgia Division, Sons of Con- bers and supporters up-dated regu- age 77 of Flowery Branch, ell, Kelsey Sewell, Alex Sew- federate Veterans. Gidden's an- larly with text notifications and in- passed away on Saturday, June cestor served with Brown in stant access to our web site for up- Company B. dates. EC meeting minutes, Continued from Page 6 Second Option costing The application will be endorsed Currently our Division is en- $5,000.00 by the cemetery administrator and gaged in negotiations with a profes- Hembree discussing the possibility a motion was made by Web- then submitted to the National sional lobbyist firm to represent the of the firm taking on the Georgia master Ray McBerry and seconded Cemetery Administration. The Georgia Division in the up-coming by Carl Hahn to pursue Option Division, SCV as a client in the marker should be in place for our legislative session in the endeavor Two. endeavor to have Georgia Code 50 fall dedication ceremony. to make changes to Georgia Code -3-1 strengthened. This monument Amendment offered by Rhett 50-3-1 which will strengthen monu- Thank you Mechanized Cavalry protection code lacks enforcement Coleman that he have 10 days to ment protection laws and keep us research other options. After the 10 Thank you Pete language against those who violate up-dated with any new legislation days if no better pricing was ob- the code. With the attacks against Barry Colbaugh that we should be concerned with. tained then we would proceed with our Confederate monuments in- Stiles/Akin Camp #670 In conclusion, the Georgia Divi- the second option. The amendment sion is the largest and most proac- creasing, the Executive Council and motion was seconded and both tive Division in the Sons of Con- agreed that action had to be taken passed unanimously. 18 August 2016 federate Veterans. Our membership to strengthen monument protection White County Confederate YANCY is comprised of some of the most laws. Monuments- Adjutant Tim Pil- dedicated Confederates in our Con- After discussion mainly fo- grim made a motion that the Geor- INDEPENDENTS federation. We continue to lead, cused on how the Division would gia Division donate $500.00 to the CAMP #693 despite efforts made by some na- try to fund the services of a lobby- White County Historical Society to tional officers to disrupt and disre- ists firm, the majority of the Exec- finalize the funding needed to erect WORTH COUNTY, spect our Division. We will contin- utive Council expressed that a $3 a bronze plaque at the White SYLVESTER, GA ue to do what we do best, to honor increase in Division dues would be County Courthouse grounds that SONS OF our Confederate Heroes. the best way to fund the initiative. will display the historical account Adjutant Pilgrim made a motion to of the Georgia 24th and 52nd regi- CONFEDERATE Live the Charge, recommend to the Delegates at the ments that were formed in White VETERANS reunion a $3 dues increase for the County. Jack Bridwell Book Signing Host Georgia Division Commander lobbyist efforts, the motion was -Motion seconded by Tom seconded and passed unanimously. Stevens and passed unanimously. Reprinted from the Georgia Division Phone App- Georgia Confederate, finan- Annual Book of Reports 2016 ❖ “Yesterday’s After explanation of a phone cial statement presented and ex- “app” for the Georgia Division that plained by Editor Al Perry. Memories” will be free to download on any Georgia Confederates Youth By: android and I-phones, with an ex- Camp- Al Perry, Director, report- planation that this SCV phone ap- ed that as of May 7, 2016 there George Ray Houston plication will be able to send notic- were 9 boys and 0 girls registered. es, calls for action, give immediate ****There being no further access to our Division web-site, business the meeting was ad- with a cost of: journed with Benediction and Dix- First Option costing ie. ❖ $15,000.00 Page 10 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2016

us, we will move onto a camp that date received and processed in the isn't getting lost because it has SCV Telegraph we can process quickly and then order in which it was received. tracking numbers. Camp Adjutants, come back later to trouble shoot The best thing you can do for your The below letter will be sent your camp. Do not highlight Na- camp is to follow the procedures Thank you for all you do for out electronically to you along tional Life Members - they do not above so that we don't have to our organization. The camps are with a camp roster. Please print pay national dues. If a member has guess who is reinstating and who where we do our best work and I this roster out and follow the in- passed and is on your roster, it is not. If we have to guess or it's am in awe of all the things each of structions below so that we may means we were not notified - not intuitive, then we will have to you do. I am working hard to re- provide the best customer service please annotate deceased members place it aside and move onto the lieve you as adjutants of the minu- this year to you. and we will take appropriate ac- next camp. It takes about an hour tia of your duties and make it more tions to honor them. If you have to reinstate a camp if there are no intuitive and easier on the admin- 23 June 2016 delinquent members reinstating, problems - this means updating istrative side. write them below the roster with addresses, phone numbers, email the same information in the roster addresses, etc. It takes about 15 Dear Camp Adjutant, God bless you all! and include a current email ad- minutes to process a new member, I'm sure you are aware of the dress. without interruptions. Michael L. Landree overwhelming response last sum- Executive Director mer of new members, heritage Sons of Confederate Veterans issues, phone calls, media inquir- Once the names are highlight- Please don't call asking for up- ies, and donations we received last ed, count each name highlighted dates on your camp. It can take 15 year during the dues renewal pro- and multiply this number by $30. or more minutes just to find your cessing time. We had a significant If you have delinquent members camp's paperwork in a stack and amount of mail and distractions reinstating, include $35 per mem- these phone calls can take 30 which took us away from pro- ber reinstating. Write one check minutes or more. Between 1 Au- cessing our normal business on for the entire amount and send it in gust and 1 November 2016, I have time. In addition, a lot of our mail with your highlighted roster. given specific instructions to the was "lost" in the US Postal Sys- Again, do not mix reinstatements secretaries not to search for camp tem, making tracking of mail at with new member applications. It specific mail - it just slows us both HQ and the camps difficult. is a separate process performed by down too much and hurts every- We found that our business model different secretaries. If you have a one. If we have all 850 camps call- merchandise order, place it in a ing in, it slows us down to a snail's was outdated and not capable of handling the overwhelming stress different envelope with a separate pace when we could just be pro- placed upon it. check unless you want your cessing reinstatements and new Attention: camp's reinstatements to be placed member applications. Believe me, on the trouble shooting pile. we want to get your stuff out to Camp Adjutants As such, I ask that you assist us you as fast as we can, we just need as much as possible in ensuring your help in doing so. We enjoy Important notice. that this year's processing goes Remember, the fiscal year ends talking to you, it's just that we owe much smoother and quicker. We 31 July 2016 and all dues are due Please read this letter you the best customer service we are providing you a camp roster on 1 August 2016. There is a 3 from Exec. Director month grace period until 1 No- can provide - help us do that. for you to use in sending your Mike Landree regard- dues in. I would also ask that you vember 2016 - on that date, if you DO NOT mix new member appli- have not paid your $30, then you Lastly, please keep track of ing dues remittance. cations with your camp renewals - are delinquent and owe another $5 your checking accounts, annotate it actually slows the process down. to reinstate. which check numbers are for You can still place multiple new which letter (reinstatement, mer- applications in the same envelope, We are in the process of mod- chandise, new member, etc.), and but when sending in the camp's ernizing our processes and next notice when these checks clear. If $$$ renewals, just use one check/letter year this process should be a lot your check hasn't cleared in 2 for that. more intuitive for you and our months (from when you mailed it), members. It will be ready in a few it was most likely lost in the mail and contact us to see if we re- Here is the process to use for months, but not before we start the ceived it. If your check cleared, renewals: determine which mem- renewal process this year. Please that means that we've processed ber is renewing and highlight their stand by for more information. your mail and it will be mailed names on the roster we provide - that day. If you don't receive it make corrections to addresses on Please understand that we have within 10 days, please contact the the roster provided. Do not use a well over 25,000 members in 850 USPS and make a formal com- different roster - it only slows camps reinstating within a 3 plaint. Also, contact us and we'll down the process for us and will month window. We drop every- resend you the information - and actually move your camp to anoth- thing on our plates to process this we will annotate it on our list for a er stack where we have to trouble in the quickest manner possible. formal complaint on our end. The shoot it. If it slows the process for All mail is date stamped on the good news is that merchandise July/August, 2016 The Georgia Confederate Page 11 History of the Georgia Division, bration, yet an article appearing in erable change with regard to SCV the Atlanta Constitution noted with organization. Under the strong Sons of Confederate Veterans sadness how the ranks of Veterans leadership of Adjutant in Chief By Mark Pollard had thinned in only one year. They Nathan Bedford Forrest of Mem- again stood, unmoving, during the phis, Tennessee, the SCV main- Part (3) – The History of the Georgia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans entire speech, delivered SCV CIC, tained its growth and also was Compiled by: Mark Pollard, Georgia Division Historian, Sons of Confederate Veterans Dr. Clarence J. Owens, (and not brought into the official publication 1911-1914 one dropped)! of the Confederacy, the Confeder- The Veterans couldn’t rest long, ate Veteran, in October of the year. The year 1911 was another sad In June 1912, the Georgia Divi- as the spring brought a more up- It was no doubt the aggressive one for the United Confederate sion Convention was held in beat event, one that they loved so. leadership of the grandson of Gen- Veterans and the Georgia Division, Rome, Georgia and the officers It was Memorial Day. eral Forrest that led S.A. Cunning- Sons of Confederate Veterans as were: Commander Charles C. Har- ham to declare the Confederate well. We lost General Clement A. Memorial Day 1911 brought per of Rome; 1st Brigade Com- Veteran as the official organ of the Evans on 5 January 1911. The fu- perhaps the largest crowd into the mander G.E. Maddox of Rome; SCV. Adjutant Forrest travelled far neral, like that of General Gordon, streets that had then been seen. The 2nd Brigade Commander J.M. and wide throughout the nation was enough to shut down things reason was clear. The grandson of Dunwoody of Macon; and 3rd Bri- organizing SCV camps. The pre- down in the capitol city as the be- Confederate Supreme Commander, gade Commander was George serving of our large numbers dur- loved General Evans lay in the ro- Robert E. Lee was the scheduled Drummond of Savannah. ing the period leading up to WWI tunda within the capitol and thou- speaker and his subject was: "The The years 1913-1914 produced can be attributed to our AIC N.B. sands passed through. Rejuvenated South." This brought Forrest and his staff. more commemorative activity as a a massive crowd of people to the The funeral of General Evans rousing couple of reunions. The old Oakland Cemetery to hear the With this new status, the activi- included Sons in the procession, 1913 reunion was held in Chatta- presentation. ty of the SCV became much more walking behind the Veterans. Gen- nooga, Tennessee where the "red throughly covered. The October eral Evans was put to rest near his What a day it must have been at carpet" was rolled out by Mayor 1914 issue had three pages of news commander, General John B. Gor- the cemetery as Robert E. Thompson and the local Veterans, on activity. It was entered by CIC don at Oakland Cemetery on land Lee stood on the steps of the mon- The older group of loyal Southern- Seymour Stewart of St, Louis, Mo. donated by the Ladies Memorial ument, among the graves, beside ers, the Veterans, held Grand Ar- (great grand-nephew) of Revolu- Association. Many in the City at- Generals Gordon, Evans and a host my of the republic, (G.A.R.) our tionary General John Stewart of tending thought it was an honor of Confederate dead. The Ladies yankee counterpart to form a peace Georgia, for whom the southern that these two commanders of the Memorial association had the committee which would organize a legislatures to commence any ef- United Confederate Veterans were whole cemetery decorated beauti- 50 year celebration of Gettysburg. fort to correct school history book Atlantans. fully. The Veterans stood erect that misrepresented the history of On a less happy notion, the Vet- through the entire program letting a the South. There were also division rebel yell upon hearing "Dixie." It erans approved a resolution to sup- reports as well as a lot of small en- is truly an important thing we com- port a bill in Congress that would force the return of millions of dol- tries concerning various other ac- memorate each year remembering tivities. There was even a rare par- these and all Confederate Veterans. lars held in the U.S. Treasury that agraph concerning an endorsement This scene described above in belonged to Southerners. It was of the educational activities of the 1911 should be considered by all confiscated at the close of the war and while it did not include the Ku-Klux Klan. SCV members today whenever millions in personal possessions, visiting Oakland Cemetery in the This is historically significant as those were in the homes of thou- future. the national movement of the Klan sands of Union officers who looted was burgeoning and the help as The activities of 1912 began homes during the pillage, it did General Clement A. Evans well as moral support for its efforts with a big display written in the include the "cotton tax" money and was eagerly sought from the heirs The funeral procession was so Confederate veteran magazine of represented the economic base of to the Confederacy. It should be large that there were four sections, the Peace Monument and the fasci- the South. Its withholding kept the noted, however, that since the orig- each with a commander. Like such nating story of how Atlanta's old South out of the industrial move- inal Klan was disbanded by Gen- other events, the real Veterans al- militia company, long called the ment for many years. The bill was eral Forrest in 1868, the gentlemen ways marched as long as they were Gate City Guards, began what proposed in December 1913. of the South have steadfastly held able to walk. would turn out as a coast to coast At the session held by the Sons, out against any effort to institution- tour of many cities for the purpose At the time, there was a UCV CIC J.P. Norflett of Memphis was alize violent or secret activities. of creating monuments to peace. Camp in Decatur, Georgia named succeeded by William W. Ols of The idea was so big that it grabbed In Georgia, the Sons met with in honor of General Evans. (The Norfolk, Virginia. He appointed a headlines all across America and the Veterans in Macon on Septem- Sons of these Veterans maintained new staff including J.M. Mullen of was duly shown in the cover story ber 16 and 17 and several actions an SCV Camp by the same name Rome, Georgia as a member of the of the Confederate Veteran maga- were taken. Among them, our new until it could sadly no longer main- Executive Council. Clearly, Rome tain a full roster). The remaining zine. Division Commander was named was a center of activity in the State. as John S. Cleghorn of Summer- members joined other local SCV Later in the spring of 1912 The year 1914 brought a great ville. Camps in nearby Atlanta. came another Memorial Day cele- GA Div. History, Continued He, in thrust of activity and also a consid- on Page 12. Page 12 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2016

GA Div. History, Continued turn, had from Page 11. the priv- Ahoy! 42nd Annual ilege of introducing CIC Stewart and Capt. Henry Wirz Memorial Service Governor N.E. Harris as featured Searching for Con- speakers. The only compatriots men- tioned were W.L. Williams, who federate sailors graves. made a motion to complete and dedi- If you know of one, cate the Women’s Monument in Ma- con, and, J.H. Palmer, who made a contact Ross Glover. motion concerning dues collection. email: Only one other compatriot was men- tioned and that was George W. rossgloverjr@comcast. Drummond of Savannah, who was net. appointed Inspector-In-Chief by CIC Stewart. Ogeechee Rifles As we follow the history of our Lee/Jackson, 2017 Georgia Division, SCV into the year 1915, it should be remembered that Ogeechee Rifles Camp #941, the war was brewing in Europe and Statesboro, will conduct its annual SCV Camps throughout the Confed- Lee-Jackson Banquet and Ob- eration were losing their roster to the servance on the evening of Satur- mass enlistments of the period of ar- day, January 21, 2017 beginning at mament. Many members would 6 pm at R.J.'s Restaurant, S. Main The 42nd annual Capt. Henry Wirz Memorial Service come and go as time went on. ❖ St. in Statesboro. Speaker for the will be held in the town of Andersonville on Sunday, No- event will be Lt. Commander-in- vember 13, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. In case of inclement weath- ❖ Part (4), 1915 -1920 History of Chief Paul Gramling. er, the Service will be held in the Village Hall in Anderson- the Georgia Division, Sons of Con- ville. federate Veterans will continue in the The Capt. Wirz Memorial Service is sponsored by the upcoming editions of the Georgia Alexander H. Stephens Camp 78 in Americus and all SCV Confederate magazine. members and friends are urged to attend. Guest speaker for

the Nov. 13 Memorial Service will be SCV Commander-in- In an effort to document the histo- ry of the Georgia Division, Sons of Chief Thomas Strain from north Alabama. The Musical Confederate Veterans, I am in the group, Southern Sounds, will perform from 2:30 p.m. to process of compiling as much infor- 3:00 p.m., and will also participate during the Service. mation as possible on the division. Research shows there isn’t much de- Capt. Henry Wirz was Commandant of Andersonville tailed information about the division Copperhead, during the Prison Camp from 1864-1865. After the War ended, he until around the mid 1920’s. If you’re , pejoratively, was paroled, and then taken prisoner and sent to Washing- SCV Camp has ever held a reunion [was] any citizen in the North who ton, D.C. Many historians have said his trial was the most in the past, please submit who the opposed the war policy and advo- elected division officers were in that unjust one in the history of this country. He was made a cated restoration of the Union particular year. Submit that or any scapegoat, found guilty of murdering 13 Yankee prisoners through a negotiated settlement other past division information to: (no bodies were ever found, and no names of the prisoners Georgia Division Historian, Mark with the South. The word Copper- were ever given), and was hanged on November 10, 1865. Pollard at: [email protected] head was first so used by the New

York Tribune on July 20, 1861, in After his death, the barbaric Yankees cut off his head, reference to the snake that sneaks arms, and legs, and exhibited them about the country. After and strikes without warning. four years, his attorney was able to collect a few of the Nearly all Copperheads were bones for a burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washing- Democrats, [and their] strength ton. At the present time, some of the bones from one arm

was mainly in the Midwest where are on public display in a Medical Museum in Maryland.❖ many families had Southern roots For more information, contact James Gaston, Chairman and where agrarian interests fos- of the Memorial Service, at 229-924-7460 tered resentment of the growing (email: [email protected] ) dominance of industrialists in... federal government. or Camp Commander John Carroll at 229-924-8751. July/August, 2016 The Georgia Confederate Page 13 Recruitment/ SCV Life Member Genealogy Officers Dixieland Currency

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Friday, Sept 2, 2016 Travel in auto convoy to Perryville Battlefield State Park. Continue to Crawford Springs, location of field hos- pital at Goodknight Cemetery. Then to Bardstown and enjoy lunch at Old Talbott Tavern (1779). After lunch, visit the Civil War Museum of the Western Theater and follow route of General Bragg’s Army to Perryville from Dan- ville.

Saturday, Sept 3, 2016 Bus Tour~ Follow retreat route through Lancaster, Big Hill, Stanford, Crab Orchard, Mount Vernon and London. Enjoy lunch at the Cracker Barrel in London. After lunch, visit Confederate camp site in Levi Jack- son Wilderness Road State Park. For more info

Contact Jack Bolen, 42nd Georgia descendant cell 813-477-9534; [email protected] or Paula Kramer, 41st Georgia descendant cell 770-352-4498; [email protected] Page 14 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2016

Who was DeWitt Smith Jobe? Many good men who passed the behind a galloping horse. He is

spot buried in the family cemetery six ing place Pvt. Dee Jobe, who had just Would think of Jobe and the deal miles northeast." with other turned 24 in June, was near Nash- he got, scouts, and No granite shaft stands tall today ville, probing for information, Or cross themselves like nuns. when? to mark the spot of the Middle speeding it southward. With him Tennessean who wouldn't be brain had come Tom Joplin and other Jobe did- And say, on nights when the dark -washed. On a lonely little knoll he Coleman Scouts. They were oper- n't talk. clouds toss, sleeps, where visitors seldom go, ating around College Grove, Tri- They put a Can you hear the clatter near the site where he was born. une and Nolensville. Danger didn't bridle rein of a runnin' hoss? There is no inscription on the matter. They knew what had hap- around his stone. The night of oblivion has pened to their fellow scout, Sam throat and hung him up a few Oh, Lawdy! What's the matter? almost closed in. Ask anyone, who Davis. times, then let him down. They But nobody talks. was Dee Jobe? And the answer knocked out some of his teeth with Monday comes, Aug. 29. West The clatter stops may be, "I don't know what you're a pistol butt. of Atlanta, Sherman is tearing up and the ghost hoss walks. talking about." Bound and disarmed, helpless 13 miles of the Montgomery line. and bleeding, Jobe revealed noth- It's the Yankees teachin' Dee Jobe In Chicago, the Democrats are Epilogue ing. They were dealing with a man who's boss. nominating McClellan, with bright The preceding narrative was in gray who held the welfare of the ... At the point of 15 guns. prospects of victory. A former adapted from "The Civil War in Confederacy above his life. Tennessee governor, William B. Days hence, the news would Middle Tennessee" by Ed Huddle- Campbell, addressed the Demo- The torture went on. The Yanks reach DeWitt Smith Jobe's cousin ston. Originally published as a se- crats assembled in that city, urging were whooping now, yelling so and friend, of the 45th Tennessee ries of supplements to the peace, amnesty for Southerners, loudly that they could be heard at a Regiment. They had been close "Nashville Banner" in 1965, the restoration of rights and property. distant farmhouse. series was later assembled and companions and may have been He blasted Gov. (Andrew) John- They put out Jobe's eyes. Per- namesakes. Smith's mind would published in book form. In the son as a despot. Near Nolensville, haps then it was that Jobe heaped become "unhinged' when he heard years that have passed since this the luck of Jobe is running out. was written, the resting place of epithets upon them. How much it. He would break away from Between Nolensville and Triune, courage did it take to do what they Hood's army and "run up the black Dee Jobe has come under the care Jobe was in grave danger. He had did then? They cut out Jobe's flag." That is, he would vow to of the William B. Bate Chapter of an important message on his per- tongue. take no prisoners; to kill every the MOS & B, and now receives perpetual care. The grave is locat- son and Yankees from Murfrees- Enough? They're at him again. Yankee he met. Smith would come ed on private property - a farm a boro were scouting nearby. Tell, and we'll let you live. Did riding back into Middle Tennessee few miles off the Smyrna / Alma- they want him to write out a few as the avenger. Many a Yankee, as The father of two Rebel soldiers ville Road exit of I-24, about 20 words? This, Jobe, is your last many as 50 of them some said, had given Jobe breakfast. The miles southeast of downtown house might be searched. Jobe hur- chance. would die in the night, his throat Nashville. Some years ago, a Sam ried away on his horse. It is said quietly slit with a butcher knife. They're tying something to a Davis Camp member and Real that, as he rode on, a telescope lift- horse's tail. The reins, or a leather The August sun is sinking. A Son, Robert Herbert, whose father ed on a farm not far away. It Strap? The other end - Jobe, it's spring wagon is creaking through also rode with Coleman's Scouts, searched the hills to the west. Did a about your throat. (Did you think the shadows. Old Frank, the Negro installed an appropriate marker at Yankee see a horseman going for a moment of your friend Sam slave who had tended Jobe as a the grave. along a fencerow, uphill, in a corn- child, is driving. His cheeks are Davis, who was hanged . . . ? Ah, Source: field? Jobe had been spotted. Soon but they let him die in dignity, wet as he lifts his young master's Tennessee Division, SCV ❖ the horse was being tracked, per- compared to this.) The horse is body, places it in the wagon, and haps as Jobe lay sleeping. struck. It gallops away. Jobe's ago- heads back to the big log house where Jobe was born, June 4, “For Now He Lives in Fame, Did Jobe hear corn leaves rat- ny is ending. 1840. Though Not in Life.” tling? Was that when he yanked Some of the Yanks, when they out his message and tore it up? He reached the Nolensville Road, had Today a roadside marker speaks started chewing and swallowing. the grace to say that Jobe was the of Jobe, on U. S. Highway 31A in Too late! The Yankees grabbed bravest man they'd ever seen. Williamson County between Tri- him - a patrol of 15 men, under the A woman friend rode by, dis- une and Nolensville: ☞ command of a sergeant of the mounted, and placed a handker- 115th Ohio Regiment. They DeWitt Smith Jobe, a member of chief over Jobe's face, to keep off grabbed the scraps of paper. What Coleman's Scouts, CSA, was cap- the hot August sun. Word of the remained could not be made out. tured in a cornfield about 1 1/2 crime was spreading.

The nearness of their miss must miles west, Aug. 29, 1864, by a have been maddening. For years afterwards, an aura of patrol from the 115th Ohio Caval- evil would seem to linger there, ry. Swallowing his dispatches, he They tied Jobe up. Now talk! “Dee” Jobe and Sam Davis and passersby would shudder. was mutilated and tortured to What did the message say? Wher- were cousins. make him reveal the contents. Re- e'd you get It? What's your meet- fusing, he was dragged to death July/August, 2016 The Georgia Confederate Page 15

☝ New member, Charles Blakewood [C] is welcomed to Immortal Six Hundred Camp 2600 by Al Perry [L] and Ad- jutant Frank Grimm [R]. Charles’ ancestor is Benjamin Franklin Blakewood, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd SC Cavalry. Roswell Mills Camp #1547 Commander Ross Glover, Commander Garry Daniell, L of the Gen. Le- R, was appointed Honorary Vice President with the onidas Polk Camp 1446, presents the 25 yr. rank of Captain to the 290 Foundation. member medal to Compatriot Charles Cole, R.

1 2 Lest we forget.

Camp 673 new member David Rush, L is wel- comed by Ad- jutant Richard Boarts, Har- alson Invinci- bles. ☞

Gen Leonidas Polk Camp #1446 conducted their annual General Polk Memorial Service in June. It was held at his 3 monument on Pine Mountain with an attendance of over 60. Included was a 21 gun salute by the 27th Regiment Georgia Regiment Camp 1404, Gainesville, Ga. and can- non fire provided by Jessie Baily. Guest speaker historian Michael K. Schaffer discussed the life and achievements of General Leonidas Polk. A special presentation By Com- patriot Martin O'Toole to Mr. Fred Bentley, Sr. who owns the property the monument where Gen. Leonidas Polk re- sides. CW: 1; 2; 3; 4.

4 5th Brigade Confederate Memorial Day celebration in Augusta. ☟

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I'm Not Growing Old Lessons Learned CORRECTION to front page story, May/June, 2016 issue.

Cemetery Flag Theft To The Editor: They say that I am growing old. ✯ TEXAS ✯ Fraternal Greetings, I've heard them tell it times untold, I read, with interest, the front page article of the May/June, 2016, In language plain and bold– Every April Sul Ross Camp Vol. II Issue 6 edition of “The Georgia Confederate.” Captain But I'm NOT growing old. #1457 of Bryan flags 161 Confeder- Henderson was my Great-Great-Great-Grandfather on my Grand- This frail old shell in which I dwell ate graves in the Bryan City Ceme- mother Pearl Henderson Goodman’s side of the family. Is growing old, I know full well– tery. This year someone stole 160 of the flags on 21 April. As Camp There are several discrepancies that need to be addressed. First is But I am not the shell. Commander, I filed a police report that his name was John (Jackson Henderson). He was shot in the What if my hair is turning grey? and indicated that we believed we face at the battle of Fredericksburg (13 December, 1862), not at Petersburg, and was back on active duty by the time of Gettysburg. Grey hairs are honorable, they say. could identify the party(s) responsi- ble. After some investigation, Bryan He was captured at the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse on May What if my eyesight's growing dim? PD said that unless we could posi- 12th, 1864, and sent to Point Lookout, Maryland, then to Ft. Dela- ware on 23 June, 1864. While at Ft. Delaware, he was selected for I still can see to follow Him tively identify the flags as ours with “special treatment”, and sent first to Morris Island, S.C., then to Ft. Who sacrificed His life for me some sort of unique identifier, they Pulaski, Ga., then up to Hilton Head, S.C. He and the survivors could not proceed with a criminal Upon the Cross of Calvary. (who became known as the “Immortal Six Hundred”) were re- prosecution. Our flags are the ge- turned to Ft. Delaware on 12 March, 1865. But because he refused What should I care if Time's old neric Ruffin Flag Co. product and to sign a loyalty oath, Captain Henderson was not released from plow as such are not uniquely marked. prison until 16 June, 1865, nearly three months after Lee’s surren-

Has left its furrows on my brow? der at Appomattox Courthouse. Other than the above, this article The result of this is that before Another house not made by hand, was spot on. we flag next year, we will mark our Awaits me in the Glory Land. flags with a stamp and/or paint pen I am humbled, yet proud, that this man’s blood courses through my What though I falter in my walk? mark on both the cloth and staff so veins, and every Confederate Memorial Day, I go up to Sycamore and place a fresh Confederate Battle Flag on his grave and salute I still can tread the Narrow Way, that if a theft occurs again, we will be able to identify any flags recov- him. I would that we modern Southerners loved our land as thor- I still can watch and praise and ered as ours and then a criminal oughly as this wonderful Son of the South. Deo Vindice!

pray. case can be made. Also the local Matthew St. Clair PD said that if they are notified of My hearing may not be so keen Camp #693 the flagging next year, they would As in the past it may have been, P.O. Box 61 assist us by increasing patrols in the Still, I can hear my Saviour say Poulan, GA 31781 cemetery and putting up game cams In whispers soft, "This is the way." for surveillance during April while My apologies to the memory of a true patriot. Thank you for The outward man–do what I can the flags are up. sending this information to correct the record. I will not willingly or knowingly print incorrect information. ~ Editor To lengthen out his life's short span The lesson is that if we want to – make criminal cases for desecration

Shall perish, and return to dust, of graves, criminal mischief, or Hollywood Cemetery theft of grave objects such as flags As everything in nature must. we need to have unique identifiers The first memorial in Richmond, The inward man, the Scriptures on them to show ownership. Also Virginia to the Confederate soldiers, this say, ask your local PD for assistance in 90 foot granite pyramid was completed Is growing stronger every day. protecting grave flags during the in 1869. Although it cost over twenty- flagging period. five thousand dollars to erect, the pyra- Then how can I be growing old mid was constructed without mortar, When safe within my Saviour's Bill Boyd making the construction very dangerous. fold? The crane was not tall enough to put the TX Div. Chief of Staff Ere long my soul shall fly away, capstone into place so volunteers were Sons of Confederate Veterans And leave this tenement of clay. requested to climb the pyramid and manually guide the capstone "This robe of flesh I'll drop, and rise into place. Not surprisingly, no one responded. Eventually, a sailor, who was serving time in the state penitentiary (located fairly close To seize the everlasting prize" to the cemetery), volunteered. For accomplishing the feat without I'll meet you on the Streets of Gold being killed, officials granted the sailor his freedom. And PROVE that I'm not growing Source: USACivilWar.com old. –Clyde Brigner HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY; RICHMOND, VA July/August, 2016 The Georgia Confederate Page 17

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The first two photos are members of our camp at Shady Grove Methodist Church Cemetery in Lumpkin County honoring Confederate Memorial Day. Our camp Lieutenant Commander Ralph Mills can be seen to the left of the Honor Guard. The second photo is camp members Chad White and Adjutant Mike Couch folding the flag, while Raymond Loggins (portraying General Robert E Lee) and Lieutenant Commander Ralph Mills stand ready. (Assisted Dahlonega Camp 1860 The Blue Ridge Rifles) The middle three photos are members of our camp at Forsyth Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Alpharetta honoring Confederate Memorial Day. The third photo shows members of our camp honoring this Confederate Solider with the canteen detail. Compatriots Left to Right Jerry Bryan, Kade Martin, Brett Martin and Steve Pitts. (Assisted Col. Hiram Parks Bell Camp #1642) The next three photos are members of our camp at the Old Clarkesville Cemetery in Habersham County participating in a Headstone and Cross of Honor dedication. We hon- ored 2nd Lieutenant Frederick E. Durbee. Lieutenant Durbee was a photographer and took some of the first photographs of the War Between the States. He later joined the 25th South Carolina Infantry, Company E. The first photo shows our Lieutenant Commander Ralph Mills giving the order to present arms. Second photo is Chad White and Adjutant Mike Couch folding the flag, while Lieutenant Commander Ralph Mills stands ready. The third photo shows Lieutenant Commander Ralph Mills presenting the flag to descend- ants of Lieutenant Frederick Durbee. (Assisted Habersham Guard Camp #716) 27th Georgia Regiment Camp #1404, Gainesville, Georgia; by Chad White

☝ GCYC camp flag designed by Thomas Miller.

☞ Honor guard for Im- mortal Six Hundred at Ft. The Georgia Confederates Youth Camp Pulaski monument. 2016 Campers & counselors July/August, 2016 The Georgia Confederate Page 19

A POSTHUMOUS DATE WITH THAT HIDEOUS than was necessary. Even Vice Carpetbaggers, Scalawags and President Andrew Johnson, who YANKEE ALBATROSS KNOWN AS The formation of The Ku Klux became president when Lincoln ‘RECONSTRUCTION’ Klan were by-products of RE- was shot, was “bullied” by The CONSTRUCTION. Carpetbag- By Hu Daughtry Radical Republicans, their sadistic gers were dishonest Northerners PROLOGUE cronies, and other supporters. As The Union. Needless to say, our who came down south to pad their a matter of fact, he was even im- Noah Webster was a New Eng- presentation will focus upon this cheap luggage with Yankee peached – for attempting to do the land Yankee; however, since he particular meaning of RECON- Greenbacks. Most were unscrupu- right thing and endeavoring dili- compiled / constructed “The Dic- STRUCTION…… lous and took advantage of South- gently to follow Mister Lincoln’s tionary,” even folks down south ern Whites and Blacks alike. Scal- A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF plan(s) for rebuilding the nation as chose to name their sons after him. awags were corrupt, devious RECONSTRUCTION closely as possible. More specifi- Quite succinctly, he was a shining Southerners who teamed up with It has been said by competent cally, he nobly attempted to have symbol of literacy in an Ante- The Carpetbaggers for financial and unbiased American History Secretary of War Edwin Stanton Bellum America which was inun- gain. The Ku Klux Klan was the Scholars that when the guns of removed from office. President dated with illiteracy. But since White Southern Response to RE- war were finally silenced during Johnson, himself a native south- God predestined him to live and CONSTRUCTION and often in- the spring of 1865 that the colossal erner who had been opposed to die prior to That Unsuccessful volved vigilante violence. Struggle for Southern Independ- conflict between North and South secession, preached “Restoration ence (he lived from 1758 until was still not over. Inasmuch, the over Reconstruction.” Fortunate- Nevertheless, the primary pur- 1843), his role as a lexicographer fighting merely shifted from the ly, President Johnson was not pose of this informal discourse is (one who compiles or writes dic- battlefields to the political arenas forced to vacate his executive po- not to discuss the general princi- tionaries) expired upon his death, of the former Confederacy. De- sition and was subsequently ac- ples of RECONSTRUCTION; as in 1843. plorably, this “phase of the quitted of any wrong-doing by a aforementioned, it is to cite / re- fighting” would persist for approx- single vote; however, for the most late / discuss a few of the many Hence, according to the num- imately a dozen years – until the part, he was powerless and meekly senseless atrocities which Georgia bers, the sands in his earthly hour- presidency of Rutherford B. completed his term as the seven- denizens were compelled to en- glass ran out more than a score of Hayes…… teenth president of These United dure. After all, RECONSTRUC- years before Those Once- States as a political weakling…… TION was all about punishing During this time, The South Indomitable Gray Armies of Lee those who had once comprised was under a state of martial law Before each state could be re- and Johnston were compelled to The Confederate States of Ameri- and the eleven states which had admitted to The Union, its voters capitulate to the numerically- ca; as a matter of fact, it has been seceded to form The Proud Con- had to ratify/ approve a trio of superior forces of the north. written that the RECONSTRUC- federate States of America were amendments which pertained di- Therefore, Webster’s initial defini- TION PROGRAM which Con- divided into five military districts. rectly to the newly-emancipated tion of RECONSTRUCTION gress so rudely forced upon our Each military district was ruled by former slaves; a concise synopsis failed to include those approxi- Beloved Southland was , for the a Union General; many of the oc- of these phenomena would be that mately twelve years of purgatory most part, “vengeful, punitive, and cupying 200,000 Federal troops the thirteenth amendment actually and perdition which our Confeder- humiliating……” ate Ancestors were forced to en- were black / Negro soldiers. They freed the slaves, the fourteenth dure. The primary objectives of were officially designated by The provided them citizenship, and the THE SABLE MASSACRE AT this informal discourse are to in- U. S. Government as “United fifteenth granted them suffrage DOCTORTOWN troduce you to this dark and abys- States Colored Troops.” At this (the right to vote for black males mal period in our nation’s history point, it is interesting to note that over the age of 21). Oddly According to a very concise and cite / reference a few exam- approximately 180,000 men of enough, women (of any color) article in an archaic Savannah ples of precisely how some of our African Descent served in The could not vote until the presiden- Newspaper, Henry Grantham, an Georgia Forbears were impacted. Federal Armies of Mister Lincoln. tial election of 1920!!! aged white man, went to meet his After all, in order to get to know An additional 30,000 probably Maker on Christmas Eve Night of Looking back into the rearview our ancestors better, we have to belonged to The Na- 1865. Of course, by the night of mirrors of history, it is readily ap- make a serious effort to under- vy. Some were former slaves; his earthly passing, That Confed- parent that this whole business stand the times in which they whereas others had been born free. erate War had been officially over known as lived……. As might be anticipated, the ma- for approximately eight months. “RECONSTRUCTION” was jority of the free blacks hailed Quite laconically, Mister Gran- st clearly a pejorative process and In most editions of today’s 21 from The Northern States. tham vacated the terms and condi- Century Dictionaries, we find that accomplished virtually nothing. It tions of his natural life in a very RECONSTRUCTION can be de- As history tells us, the assassi- merely opened door after door for unnatural way; early Post Bellum fined as “to rebuild or re-create.” nation of President Lincoln was more dishonesty, fraud, and raw journalism informs all who hap- Furthermore, closer to home, in an probably not in the best interest of violence to further engulf that pen to read this article that he was historical sense, it references The the folks of the former Confedera- wrecked nation known as The For- murdered by A Black Yankee in Period from 1865 until 1877 dur- cy. This enabled the Radical Re- mer Confederate States of Ameri- Blue. Moreover, three more of the ing which The States of The publicans of Congress and Lin- ca. Of course, by now, its white men in this outfit were also crimi- Southern Confederacy were con- coln’s cabinet to punish the inhab- inhabitants were, for all practical nally charged by The Federal War trolled by The Federal Govern- itants of The American Southland purposes, “Men and Women Department. Despite weeks of ment before being readmitted to much more harshly and severely Without A Country……” Continued on Page 20 > Page 20 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2016

Continued from Page 19 > tena- afford the slave labor required to Grantham family of Doctortown, from New York. Most of the cious do the work. Therefore, as com- Georgia. It seems that the four white officers had previous combat and dogged research, I was unable mon sense surely dictates, he, his assailants of Company K of The experience with The 127h New to find any record of the trial / pun- sons, and probably his wife and 103rd Regiment of United States York Infantry Regiment. ishment. Hence, I am compelled daughters perform all of the labor Colored Troops had attacked and Following the end of the war, to subscribe to the opinion that the which is necessary to keep their harmed other members of The available records suggest that the four alleged perpetrators probably farmstead afloat and financially Grantham family; in addition to ten companies of men which com- went largely unpunished – at least solvent. fatally shooting poor, defenseless rd prised The 103 Regiment of during the years of their earthly Mister Grantham in the heart, they When That War For Southern USCT were scattered / stationed in existences. had stooped even lower by attack- Independence commenced during various points of Southern Geor- ing Mrs. Grantham with their bay- Oh…… there is a possibility the spring of 1861, Thomas Gran- gia. Four companies occupied onets. As she rushed out to the that they may have been court- tham was approaching sixty years Thomasville, one company each porch to assist her injured husband martialed, confined for a short pe- of age. Consequently, he had ob- was quartered in Brunswick and (who died the instant the Yankee riod of time and ultimately dishon- served too many birthdays to be a Darien. Company K was in Doc- musket ball invaded his cardiac orably discharged from military viable candidate for the rigors and tortown, another was located at muscle), the dastardly former service, but that is a small, negligi- hardships associated with military Valdosta, one was at Homerville, slaves mutilated the right side of ble price to pay for the murder of service. Nonetheless, three of his and the last was at a place refer- her face with bayonets. According an innocent, old man….. eldest sons eagerly and nobly an- enced as “Dustman,” which was to the newspaper account, she was swered The Call of Their New Na- located some 28 miles from Thom- Conversely, Almighty Provi- assaulted in the face, head and tion: The Confederate States of asville. Thomasville and Doc- dence, who is omnipotent, omnis- neck. Her eldest daughter, who America. All were Confederate tortown represented the two work- cient, and omnipresent, knows attempted to assist her mother, was foot soldiers and served in Compa- ing ends of and Gulf each and every detail of this hei- also bayoneted in the head and at ny A of The 29th Georgia Infantry Railroad. Most of this info was nous crime; since Vengeance be- least one of her fingers was practi- Regiment. Accessible records excerpted from a letter from Lieu- longs to Him alone, I am certain cally “chopped off.” Unsurpris- stipulate that James and Henry sur- tenant Colonel Bogert to his par- that justice was, indeed, meted out ingly, once the soldiers had fin- vived the hostilities, but William ents, who were home in New – when it became The Lord’s Will ished slicing and dicing Mrs. did not. He succumbed to the sin- York….. Grantham, she was in a state of to do so…… ister pathogens of disease during insensibility. As a result, they then The military records of Thomas Taking this one step further, the second summer of The War; dragged her inside her house, Smiley, who was one of the al- after countless hours of “hunting more than likely, his cause of down the hallway and cast her be- leged perpetrators in this case, death was Typhoid Fever. and fishing,” I was finally able to neath a bed in what has been de- mention that he was 22 years of capture the identities (perhaps a At this point in our narrative, it scribed as an anteroom. She lay age when he enlisted in The Union play on words might be in order) is well worth mentioning that all there until she somehow came to Army. Smiley was a native of of this tetrad of Negro Soldiers. three of the sons of Thomas Gran- her senses. A neighbor, a Mrs. Summerville, South Carolina and More on each will surface later in tham voluntarily enlisted in The McCollum, was also in the domi- became a Federal Foot Soldier at our essay…… cile at the time; as soon as she Confederate Infantry in September Hilton Head, South Carolina. Alt- A brief study of the life and of 1861; thus, all were True, Pure, could, she ran out the back door hough this cannot be known for times of Henry Grantham yields Southern Patriots – who “joined into a field and screamed for help sure, there is a distinct possibility that he was born in South Carolina up” more than seven months be- and assistance. Soon, alarmed that he had absconded from The during the earliest years of The fore conscription / the draft was friends and neighbors were on the Smiley Plantation, located in The Nineteenth Century. As a young invoked by The Confederate War scene. The final statement in the Colleton District of South Caroli- man, he was a denizen of Screven Department…. article explains that The Grantham na.

County, Georgia; as a matter of household was located on the riv- So, it appears that Thomas On December 28th, 1865, he fact, he espoused his wife, Harriet er, about three miles below Doc- Grantham not only gave up one of was arrested and confined at Spell, in the county of Screven tortown…. his sons for that magnanimous, but Thomasville, Georgia. A month or during the annum of 1828. By the unsuccessful cause of Southern According to official records, so later, he was sent to Savannah, mid-point of The Nineteenth Cen- rd Independence, he was also forced, The 103 Regiment of United where he was held in captivity for tury, he can be accurately depicted in a belated / perverted kind of States Colored Troops (Infantry) General Court Martial. His army as a farmer / head of household way, to give up his own life….. was formed at Hilton Head, South service records stipulate that he who is residing in Wayne County, th more than eight months after The Carolina on March 10 , 1865. was held in confinement in Savan- Georgia. The nearest township / Once-Indomitable Gray Armies Therefore, it is relatively simplistic nah, Georgia until April 19th, 1866; post office to his abode is Doc- had been compelled to acquiesce to ascertain that they never found at this time, he was officially mus- tortown, Georgia. themselves in a combat situation. to the numerically-superior forces tered out of The Union Army. Henry, who is penned into The of The North. Most, if not all of the enlisted men Therefore, I have no choice but to

1850 and 1860 Census Tabulations were former / runaway slaves from believe that no trial / military tribu- Returning to that hideous, noc- as Thomas Grantham, is a yeoman Georgia and The Carolinas. This nal was ever held; furthermore, turnal / yuletide crime which took farmer who is financially incapable tells us that all were illiterate and Private Thomas Smiley, former place on December 24th, 1865, we of owning slaves; in other words, were primarily farm / plantation South Carolina bondservant, was are able to learn that there was he owns his own farm, but cannot laborers. All of the commissioned simply discharged from Company more violence inflicted upon The officers were white and hailed K of Continued on Page 21 > July/August, 2016 The Georgia Confederate Page 21

Continued from Page 20 > the Private Jack Lawton, probably a sergeant. As a non-commissioned ty, Georgia?????? rd th 103 former slave of Alexander J. Law- officer in The 127 New York In- Infantry Regiment of The United ton of Lawtonville, South Caroli- fantry Regiment, he hailed from When J. Addison Corwin died, States Colored Troops – a little na. Quite succinctly, Old Alexan- Suffolk, New York. in 1909, he was a recipient of a more than a year after Lee had sur- der was an opulent, Palmetto, Low “Yankee Soldier’s Pension.” Up- A quick study of the regimental rendered at Appomattox. So, quite Country Planter whose holdings on his death, his widow became history of this New York unit re- laconically, Private Smiley was were located in what was then the beneficiary of his nearly four veals that the soldiers in this outfit imprisoned in the guardhouse for Beaufort County; during The Post- years in “Union Blue.” Upon re- were not involved in any signifi- not quite four months – for his Bellum years, these lands became cant combat until they were or- searching his gravesite, I was not role (whatever it may have been) part of the newly-created county of dered to The South Carolina coast surprised to find that there is no in The Grantham murder / exercise Hampton (the namesake of Gen- and soon became active partici- mention of his service in Company in mayhem /mutilation…… eral Wade Hampton, of course). In rd pants in the fighting in and around K of The 103 Regiment of The 1860, Alexander Lawton pos- Isaac White was another former Morris Island. It is interesting to United States Colored Troops. sessed slaves valued at approxi- slave from Edisto, South Carolina note that they were initially or- mately 70,000 dollars and land Instead, he chose for posterity to who was arrested and confined for dered out of their home state to worth an estimated 20,000 dollars. know him only as a Sergeant in his involvement in this heinous act The Washington D. C. vicinity. th At this point, it is somewhat histor- The 127 New York Infantry. of brutality. It appears that Private For the most part, they were uti- ically scintillating to declare that White was treated exactly as was lized to guard The U. S. capital Looking a little closer at this, General Alexander R. Lawton, his partner-in-crime, Thomas Smi- city from The Gray-clad warriors common sense would surely dic- who once headed up The Famed ley. He, too, was mustered out of of General Robert E. Lee…. Lawton Gordon Evans Brigade of tate that he was probably quite service on April 19th, 1866. Un- The Army of Northern Virginia, In March of 1865, James Addi- ashamed of his thirteen months fortunately, I was unable to learn rd was a son of Alexander J. Lawton. son Corwin was offered a lieuten- spent in Company K of The 103 what eventually became of either General Lawton, who was a West antship with Company K of The United States Colored Troops. Thomas Smiley or Isaac White. Point Graduate, as well as an 103rd Regiment of United States The Court Martial Proceedings However, I am certain that both alumnus of Harvard Law School, Colored Troops. As this was a probably obliterated any favorable freely walked away from Fort Pu- was gravely wounded at Sharps- significant promotion, he hastily laski on that aforementioned April memories which he may have pos- burg and subsequently assumed accepted. Hence, during the early day in 1866… sessed relative to “Black Yankees the duties of the second quarter- spring of 1865, J. Addison Corwin In Blue……” The third of the black privates master general of The Confedera- was a commissioned officer who from Company K who was impli- cy. commanded Negro soldiers – who Returning to Harriet Spell cated in the cowardly murder / were mostly former slaves from Grantham, history tells us that, in a Nonetheless, in any event, butchery of Thomas Grantham, his The Deep South… Biblical sense, “she lived to be old nineteen year old Jack Lawton, wife and eldest daughter can be and full of days.” The Messenger who stood but five feet, four inch- Although the details are murky, identified as Ranty Clark. At be- of Death came for her during the es in height, invariably played a at best, it seems that Lieutenant tween 22 and 23 years of age, he opening days of the annum of role in the slaying / assaulting of Corwin was responsible for the had been born in St Johns County, 1899. According to the numbers, The Grantham family. Not unlike detail of soldiers who killed / nd South Carolina. Needless to say, she was in her 92 year in The his partners in crime, he was also maimed several members of The he was, likewise, the former prop- th Temporal Land of Morbidity, imprisoned from December 28 , Grantham family on Christmas erty of a planter from The South th Mortality, and Sin. 1865 until April 19 , 1866. Simi- Eve night of 1865. Hence, as pun- Carolina Low Country. As in the larly, he also walked away from ishment, he was court-martialed She outlived The Doctortown case of his two sable compatriots, Fort Pulaski – upon his discharge and “cashiered out of military ser- Massacre by more than 33 years. he was also discharged from mili- from The Federal Army. As with vice” on March 30th, 1866. Although there are no pictures to tary service on April 19th, 1866; the others, he seems to have faded view, there is little doubt that her similarly, there is no reason to be- away into the pages of history – Unlike Privates Smiley, White, face was grossly disfigured for the lieve that his punishment was following his release from The Clark and Lawton, Lieutenant final three decades of her natural worse than four months in Army…… Corwin left a significant volume of life. Available census gatherings “military lock-up;” when he tracks for interested members of indicate that her children took care walked out of Fort Pulaski on that A viable explanation for the posterity to follow. I found it to be of her in the years following the spring day in 1866, he literally discharge of these four, tainted incredibly ironic that at some point senseless death of her beloved hus- “disappeared from the pages of soldiers is such that no trial / court- during The 1870’s he became a band. history.” Despite a tenacious / per- martial proceedings were ever sistent search, nothing more could held. It appears that their com- policeman. The irony grows even As God was in full control in be learned of him. Similarly, as manding officer, Lieutenant J. Ad- thicker – as he is listed as a Police 1865, just as He is today, I am aforementioned, nothing more dison Corwin, “took all of the heat Captain on The 1900 Federal Cen- thoroughly convinced that at the could be learned of Privates Smi- for The Doctortown Massacre….” sus Enumeration….. I sincerely time of this writing, Justice has ley and White – following their hope that he was able to protect definitely been served: In her First Lieutenant J. Addison 1866 release from The United Heavenly Home, Harriet bears no Corwin was a native New Yorker; and serve the citizens of Suffolk / States Army. Brooklyn, New York at a much scars or disfigurations and has although he enlisted as a private, been reunited with her husband The fourth alleged assailant was he was soon elevated in rank to higher level than he did the Gran- tham family of rural Wayne Coun- and Continued on Page 22 > Page 22 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2016

Continued from Page 21 > son – Haralson Invincibles Camp 673 report Editor’s Report who per- We are at war with forces trying harder every day to destroy Confed- ished from disease in August of erate History and Heritage. Our Ancestors’ good name is constantly un- When I joined the SCV in the 1862. Conversely, those who were der attack. summer of 2002, one of the first responsible for the series of Violent Camp 673 welcomes yet another new Compatriot into our family, Da- things I learned about the SCV Crimes at Doctortown --- have prob- vid Rush! ably already experienced their own was the Charge. I adopted and Our camp has now surpassed all previous membership totals and has special version of “Old Testament set a new record. Since 2014, when our Camp had only 14 members, we subscribed to those words whole- Justice….” I shudder to think of have more than tripled our membership rolls and continue to expand our heartedly. Even the part about precisely what it may have reach and recruit new members. what was “your duty”, which I been…… Our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/haralsoninvincibles) now took to mean “my” duty. To me, Hu Daughtry exceeds 2,000 followers. One of our posts has been seen over 10,000 then and now, the purpose of this Metter, Georgia times. One pro Confederate video we posted currently has 414,400 organization is not to gain mem- st June 1 , 2016 views, 14,540 shares and 1,504 likes. bers, retain members, or promote ❖ At the Georgia Division Reunion in Conyers, there was a leaflet the size of this organization. I am We were honored to have Com- placed at each delegates chair outlining some controversial and unsub- here to honour my ancestors and mander Hu Daughtry present this stantiated claims. Our Camp membership is curious as to why the indi- what they stood for, what they program on “Reconstruction” at vidual or individuals responsible for this leaflet didn’t choose to take fought for, and what they knew the Georgia Confederates Youth their concerns through proper channels instead of resorting to this meth- was right in the sight of God. It’s od. Camp in June. about them, not me, not us. Text reprinted here is great but From the National Reunion in Dallas Texas, our 2nd Lt Commander PURPOSE: To report any doesn’t do justice to his excellent Nathan Forrister received a Commendation Medal for his dedicated ef- and all news, events, projects, live presentation. forts on our Confederate Monument, fundraising, cemetery Clean-up accomplishments, and pro- .al perry., Director and other important projects. Associate member Jerry Segal received a grams of the Division and its The Georgia Confederates Youth Camp “Heritage Preservation Award” for his tireless efforts in promotion of the Haralson Invincibles Camp 673, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Camps. The Georgia Confed- sharing information about our Confederate heritage and history with the erate is not an “op-ed” newspa- public, and working on numerous other issues. This makes his 2nd time per. In addition to letting mem- receiving this award. With these Awards, our Camp raises it's total of bers know what is happening in members receiving high recognition from National Headquarters to 7. their Division, historical and edu- Camp 673 is thankful to include such fine inspiring Compatriots in our cational articles are very im- ranks. portant. We marched in the Tallapoosa’s 4th of July Parade and will be partici- pating in numerous up-coming events from now through the fall. We are The Georgia Confederate scheduled to provide a Living History in mid-August. Our group is con- exists to maintain the proper dig- stantly on the move. We Live the Charge for our Confederate Ancestors, nity, honour, and respect for those the SCV and our Camp. Come on out and see why we continue to grow! who served the Confederate States of America in our Coun- Respectfully submitted try’s hour of great need and peril. Billy Bearden, Commander We are charged to present the Haralson Invincibles Camp 673 truth, take our stand in Dixie land, and “demonstrate Georgia.” William A. Wright: If we say we believe in son of Gen. Ambrose Ransom “The Charge” [no matter which "Our country demands all Wright, private April 24, 1861. version you support], it should be our strength, all our ener- Transferred to Co. K, May 1, 1862. our main focus, our priority, our gies. Appointed 1st Lieutenant and Ord- mission, our duty to live that To resist the powerful nance Officer, Wright's Brigade, Charge. combination now forming June 1862. Wounded in right leg, This organization has been against us will require eve- resulting in amputation, 2d Manas- around for 120 years. I will not ry man at his place. sas, Va. August 30, 1862. Cap- be a part of destroying it. We If victorious, we will have tured, Keedysville, Md. June 23, Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA each are responsible for our own everything to hope for in 1863. Paroled, Johnson's Island, O. the future. behavior. and transferred to City Point, Va. for exchange May 1, 1864. On This is my policy. If defeated, nothing will detail duty, in charge of Ordnance Dept. at Augusta, Ga., Novem- be left for us to live for." ber 1864 to close of war. Elected Comptroller General of Ga. in .al perry., Editor

1880. (source - http://www.3gvi.org/ga3vetwawright.html ~ Robert E. Lee ✯ ✯ ✯ DUTY ✯ ✯ ✯ ~✯ ✯ ✯ HONOR ✯ ✯ ✯ July/August, 2016 The Georgia Confederate Page 23

Mustering Grounds

Minutes of the Inferior Court of White County, GA, August Term 1861.

Wednesday, August 7th 1861: “Ordered by the Court that the White (County) Marksmen the use of any part of the courthouse that they may choose for the establishment of a military camp for the purpose of drill.”

E.J. Houston J.I.C.; Wm. A. Merritt J.I.C.; J.M. Dorsey J.I.C.; D. C. Sutton J.I.C.

Both Co. C, “White County Marksmen”, 24th Regiment Confederate Volunteer Infantry and Co. B, “Cleveland Volunteers”, 52nd Regiment Confederate Volunteer Infantry utilized the White County Courthouse and the square surrounding as Muster Grounds and Training Area in 1861 and 1862. (The town of Cleveland was not chartered until 1870. The community was known as Mount Yonah, GA.)

Co. C, 24th began its muster at Denton Springs about May 1861 and soon moved to Mount Yonah where they trained for about 3 months. Officers were elected in July 1861 and the name “White County Marksmen” was selected. Its first duty was in September 1861. The 24th Infantry Regiment was assigned to coastal defense in North Carolina and joined the Army of Northern Virginia in April 1862 under General James Longstreet’s command. In 1864, it took part in the last engagement of Clover Hill. The reduced regiment surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

Co. B, 52nd Regiment began mustering at Loudsville, White County GA about March 1862 and moved to Mount Yonah because of its central location and shelter in the courthouse during inclement weather. The company remained at Mount Yonah during the months of March and April; then joined a company from Lumpkin County at Mossy Creek. They were activated on May 15, 1862. The company took the name “Cleveland Volunteers” in honor of General Benjamin Cleveland. The Regiment served in the Vicksburg Campaign and siege where it was surrendered on July 4, 1863. Reorganized, it served in the Battle of Missionary Ridge, the Atlanta Campaign and the Nashville Campaign. The reduced 52nd surrendered at Greensboro, NC on April 26, 1865. A detach- ment was surrendered at Corinth, MS at a later date.

Co. K, Dixie Rangers mustered into Company D, Infantry Battalion, Smith’s Legion, Georgia Volunteers at Loudsville, GA in May 1862. In March 1863 Co. D became Co. C, 65th GA Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Smith’s Legion consisted of six companies of Infantry, and six squadrons of Cavalry. Both a company of Infantry and a Squadron of Cavalry were raised partially in Union County.

The 11th GA Cavalry Regiment mustered at Mossy Creek in 1864.

During the course of the war, most of the able bodied men were far from home. During 1864-1865 wagon loads of corn had to be brought from Athens into White County in order to avert starvation of many less for- tunate families.

White County Historical Society 2016

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June 26, 2011 12:00 AM Macon Telegraph As a young man, Tracy would Cemetery, but few more interest- often visit his uncle in Batavia dur- ing than the life and death of Maj. Ed Grisamore: How a Macon Confederate ing the summer to escape the op- Philemon Tracy. ended up buried in New York pressive Macon heat. (Sound fa- His story needs to be shared Ed Grisamore - [email protected] miliar?) His uncle, Judge Phineus with those who never knew it and Tracy, was a prominent attorney in re-told to those who do. ❖ Maj. Philemon Tracy was Batavia who later served in Con- born in Macon 180 years ago on either killed or wounded. gress. FREEDOM OF CHOICE Monday -- June 27, 1831 -- when But instead of being buried with Philemon went to Yale to study By: Major W. Ian Thomas the city was in its infancy. the rest of his family at Rose Hill law, where he made friends who Never allow anyone to deceive His father, Edward Door Tracy, Cemetery in Macon, Tracy’s final later would become his enemies on you into believing that God has was one of Macon’s leading citi- resting place was Batavia, N.Y., the battlefield. (Author Jacquelyn placed an arbitrary limitation upon zens, serving as its second mayor close to the shores of both Lake Cook’s 2008 historical novel, the efficacy of the blood of Christ, from 1826-28. He also was a state Ontario and Lake Erie. “Sunrise,” on the life of Anne Tra- or that there are those who cannot legislator and judge. He offered a Local historians in Batavia have cy Johnston, was based partly on repent, even if they would, simply toast to Marquis de Lafayette dur- long claimed Tracy holds the dis- the letters brother Philemon wrote because God has deliberately ing the renowned French general’s tinction of being buried farther to his family studying at Yale and placed them outside the scope of visit to Macon in 1825. north of the Mason-Dixon line during the war.) His redemptive purpose! This His brother, Gen. Edward Door than any Confederate soldier killed He was a rather controversial blasphemes the grace, the love and Tracy Jr., was one of Macon’s during the war. He is also believed editor of The Telegraph in the mid- the integrity of God, and makes most acclaimed Civil War officers. to be the only Confederate officer 1850s, before joining a local law Him morally responsible for the There is a state historical marker in moved from a battlefield and bur- firm. In 1959, he was elected to the unbelief of the unbeliever, for the Rose Hill Cemetery in his honor. ied on Northern soil. state Senate. His wife, Carrie, and impenitence of the impenitent, and He joined the Confederate Army at For 128 years, his military ser- their baby died before the war be- saddles Him squarely with the the start of the war in April 1861. vice was never acknowledged on gan. guilt of the guilty - as an aider and He died leading a brigade of sol- his headstone at the Bavaria Ceme- His age and his failing eyesight abettor of their sin. diers from Georgia and Alabama tery on Harvester Avenue. His could have exempted him from Such is not the teaching of the into battle at Port Gibson, Miss., in grave carried only his name, the military service. In the spring of Bible, for the Lord Jesus Christ May 1863. date of his death and his age at 31 1862, he was wounded in the Bat- made it abundantly clear that the His sister Anne Clark Tracy years and three months. No men- tle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks in reluctance is on man's part, not on married a wealthy banker and rail- tion that he was a Rebel with a Virginia. He was shot in the face, God's! road man named William Butler cause, and a thousand miles from and a bullet also struck him in the Without freedom of choice it is Johnston. They had an extended home. leg between his knee and hip. equally impossible to obey or to honeymoon in Europe, then came Through the efforts of veterans He was furloughed until Sep- disobey - to be commended for the back to Macon and built an amaz- groups and historians, a marker tember, when Gen. Robert E. Lee one or to be condemned for the ing Italian Renaissance Revival was placed at the grave site in crossed the Potomac River into other! mansion. It is sometimes called the 1990. More than 200 people at- Maryland with 35,000 weary The revelation that God has “Palace of the South.” We know it tended the ceremony, and a Civil troops to fight against Gen. George given to us by His Holy Spirit as the Hay House. War re-enactment group played McClellan’s rested and ready through the apostles is delightfully Philemon Tracy is not as well- taps. 70,000 Union soldiers. clear: "if any man sin, we have an known as his famous father, sister Every Memorial Day, a small, Tracy was reportedly one of the advocate with the Father, Jesus and brother. But he can claim his Confederate flag is placed between first casualties at Antietam that Christ the righteous: And He is the own footnote in a city already rich the marker and headstone. Yes, morning. He died when a bullet propitiation for our sins: and not in Civil War history. I feel a cer- Philemon Tracy has become part struck him in the thigh and severed for ours only, but also for the sins tain kinship with him. After all, he of local lore in this town of about an artery. He was buried on the of the whole world" (I John 2:2); once served as editor of The Ma- 15,000 in western New York. battlefield after Lee’s troops re- "Who gave himself a ransom for con Telegraph. In this sesquicentennial year, treated. all" (I Timothy 2:6); "... that He by But there is more to his fasci- Tracy’s story is particularly inter- When word of his nephew’s the grace of God should taste death nating story. esting to me. I first learned about it death reached Phineus Tracy, an for every man" (Hebrews 2:9). He was a major in the 6th Geor- from Jim Schmitt, who lives in emissary was sent to Sharpsburg to gia Infantry and died in the Battle Batavia. He introduced himself to exhume the body and return it to From: of Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862. An- me at the Cherry Blossom Festival Batavia to be buried in the family The tietam, also known as the Battle of a few years ago. I saw him again plot near the front of the cemetery. Mystery of Sharpsburg, was the first major this past spring at the arts and The body had to be secretly re- Godliness. battle to take place on Northern crafts festival. His daughter, turned under the guise of a Union By W. soil (Maryland) and a turning point Gretchen Suk, lives in Macon with officer. Until two decades ago, the Ian Thomas in the war. her husband and two children. Joe headstone made no mention of

It was the bloodiest one-day Suk, her husband, is a former Tracy’s wartime allegiance. battle in American military history. hockey player with the Macon There are about 90 Civil War More than 23,000 soldiers were Whoopee. soldiers buried in the Batavia July/August, 2016 The Georgia Confederate Page 25

2nd BRIGADE REPORT……………. Contact phone: 678-395-8031 Contact email: [email protected] Rabun Gap Riflemen, Camp 1929, Clayton, GA Note: Updates/changes/corrections to the Camp information shown above Meeting time is 2nd Monday each month at 7 p.m. at the E.M.A. Res- should be forwarded to me at [email protected]. Camps with cue Building on Syrup City Road in Tiger, GA newsworthy items and/or photos for inclusion in the Georgia Confederate Contact email: [email protected] should send them directly to Al Perry at the following email: gaconfeder- Camp website: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~hemlockhill [email protected].

David W. Payne Camp 1633, Blairsville, GA Karl Haun, Commander, Second Brigade Meets 2nd Thursday each month (except December) at 7 p.m. in the Com- Georgia Division munity Room of the United Community Bank on GA 515 in Blairsville. Contact email: [email protected] 3rd BRIGADE REPORT ……………... Camp website: http://camp1633.scv.org/ Contact phone: 706-745-5243 The 3rd Brigade consists of camps in Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Frank-

Cherokee Legion, Camp 914, Canton, GA lin, Greene, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Ogle- Meets every 3rd Saturday morning. Locations vary; check the camp web- thorpe, Putnam, Stephens, Tallaferro, Walton, and Wilkes Counties. site for the most up to date information. Jackson County Volunteers, Camp 94, Jefferson, GA - Contact email: [email protected] Camp meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7:00 pm at the Beef Camp website: www.cherokeelegion.org Contact phone: 678-395-8031 O’Brady’s located at 1679 Old Pendergrass Rd, Jefferson, GA 30549.

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Colonel Hiram Parks Bell Camp 1642, Cumming, GA Meetings are held, rain or shine, on the fourth Monday of each month. Brig. Gen. T.R.R. Cobb, Camp 97, Athens, GA - The meetings are held at the Bell Research Center, 101 School St inside the The Cobb camp meets the first Thursday of every month (except July and Old Cumming Schoolhouse. Meetings usually last about 2 hours. Meet- December) at 7:00 pm at the Senior Center of the Oconee Veterans Park ings start at 7 PM with plenty of time for fellowship before and after. located at 3500 Hog Mountain Rd, Watkinsville, GA 30677. Camp website: http://www.scv1642.com/ Follow us on Facebook @SCVCamp97AthensGeorgia and Twitter Contact email: [email protected] @SCV97TRRCOBB Contact: [email protected] Camp website: scvathenscamp.org

52nd Georgia SCV Camp 1418, Cleveland, GA We meet on the third Thursday of each month at the Public Library in Capt Charles W. Baldwin, Camp 105, Madison, GA - Cleveland, GA at 7:30 p.m. The camp meets every even month at 7:30 pm at the NBC Realty Offices located Camp meets at 1291 Eatonton Rd, Madison, GA 30650. Concord Rangers Camp 2135, Dawsonville, GA Contact: Commander Richard Simpson [email protected]

Camp website: http://www.scvcamp2135.com/scv/index.php?SessID=23567 W.F. Jenkins, Camp 690, Eatonton, GA - The Jenkins camp meets the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm for 27th Georgia Regiment, Camp 1404, Gainesville, GA dinner followed by their meeting at 7:00 pm at the Bledsoe-Greene House We meet the second Thursday of every month at 7:00 p.m. at the Historic located at 105 W. Sumter St., Eatonton 31024. , 827 Maple Street, in downtown Gainesville. Follow us on Facebook @W.F.Jenkins.SCV.Camp690 Contact email: [email protected] Contact: Commander Corbitt Kelly [email protected] Camp website: http://scv1404.tripod.com/ Adjutant Larry Manley [email protected] The Blue Ridge Rifles, Camp 1860, Dahlonega, GA Lt. Dickson L. Baker, Camp 926, Hartwell, GA - We meet the 1st Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the Lumpkin The Baker camp meets the second Monday of every month at 6:30 pm County Library. at the UDC Clubhouse in Hartwell across from the McDonalds. Contact email - [email protected] Our camp presented two H.L. Hunley Awards during May. The first Camp website: www.camp1860.org/

was presented by Commander Jud Barton along with Compatriots Robert Habersham Guard, Camp 716, Clarkesville, GA Williams and Allen Cartledge to Elbert County High School JROTC Cadet The camp meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Colby Thomas. Commander Barton also awarded Hart County High Clarkesville Library. School JROTC Cadet Victoria (Tori) Drake. Facebook page: On July 16, 2016, the Baker camp held a Memorial Service for Pvt. th Sons of Confederate Veterans (Habersham Guard Camp 716). George Washington McMullan of the 37 Georgia Infantry. Commander Barton along with Compatriots Jeff and John Chapman Gilmer Light Guards, Camp 89, Ellijay, GA attended the 119th GA Division Reunion representing the Baker camp dele- Meeting every 3rd Monday at the Community Room, United Community gate. They look forward to working with the newly elected Division Offic- Bank, 558 Industrial Blvd., Ellijay GA 30540, at 7:00 p.m. with fellowship ers. at 6:30 p.m. The Baker camp welcomes transfer Compatriot Phillip Scott Crowe of Bobby Bradford, Commander Royston and new member Compatriot James Lee Wages of Hartwell. Leo Baker, Lt. Commander Our camp would like to extend our deepest sympathy to the Browder family with the loss of Compatriot Jesse Neal Browder. Compatriot Second Brigade, Georgia Division Browder was a member of the SCV for 16 years Continued Next Page > Page 26 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2016 and will be greatly missed. He was very proud of his Confederate Heritage to proudly fly our '56 Georgia flag. Pictures of General Robert E. Lee and and loved honoring his ancestors through the SCV. General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson are displayed in his restaurant. Contact: Commander Jud Barton [email protected]

Brigadier General John C. Carter Camp 207 Currahee Rangers, Camp 935, Toccoa, GA - Meets on the last Monday of each month at the Burke County Library The Currahee Rangers meet the third Monday of every month for dinner in Waynesboro at 6:30 p.m. at 6:30 pm followed by their meeting at 7:00 pm at Quincy’s located at 605 Black Creek Volunteers Camp 549 Big A Rd, Toccoa, GA 30577. Meets on the third Tuesday of each month at Wall's Diner in Sylvania. Greene Rifles, Camp 942, Greensboro, GA - Dinner is at 6:30 p.m., with the meeting to follow at 7:00 p.m. The Greene Rifles meet the fourth Thursday of every month at 6:00 pm Ogeechee Rifles Camp 941 for dinner followed by their meeting at 7:00 pm at the Yesterday Café locat- Meets on the third Thursday of each month at RJ's Seafood and Steaks ed at 114 N. Main St, Greensboro, GA 30642. in Statesboro. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m., with the meeting starting at 7:00 p.m. Note: Any changes/updates/corrections to the above Camp information General Ambrose Wright Camp 1914 should be sent to me at [email protected]. Camps with newsworthy items and/or photos for inclusion in the Georgia Confederate should send them Meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month at the Side Track Grill in directly to Editor Al Perry at the following email: [email protected]. Martinez. Dinner is at 6:00 p.m., with the meeting starting at 7:00 p.m.

rd Tommy McCullers, 3 Brigade Commander Dixie Guards Camp 1942 Georgia Division Meets on the first Thursday of each month at Bevrick's Restaurant in Metter. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m., with the meeting starting at 7:00 p.m.

5th BRIGADE REPORT…………….. Buckhead/Fort Lawton Camp 2102 The 5th Brigade was represented by three out of our seven Camps at the Meets on the third Saturday of each month in Millen. The Camp meet- 2016 Georgia Division reunion. We had 15 delegates total. As Brigade ing starts at 7:30 p.m., with supper being served around 7:00 p.m. Commander, I want to thank all of my Camps for all of the work they put Be sure to give us a "Like" on Facebook at have done during our 2015-2016 year, and I am looking forward to this next https://www.facebook.com/5thbrigadegascv for news and updates from year! the 5th Brigade! One of the fun things I get to do as my job as Brigade Commander is getting to award outstanding members of our area with Certificates of Appre- Submitted by 5th Brigade Commander, Thomas Miller ciation. Before the reunion, I emailed out and asked my Camps for nomina- tions for Brigade level awards. I did get a few nominations, so here we go... 6th BRIGADE REPORT…………….. So far, I have presented two awards to deserving Compatriots. One went to Mike Sorrell of the Ogeechee Rifles Camp. Mike was very active Thank you, Compatriots, for giving me the opportunity to serve as your Bri- and vocal in the Bulloch County Commissioners meetings last summer when gade Commander. I have already visited three Sixth Brigade Camps, and certain members of the Statesboro community petitioned to have our Con- plan to meet with the others soon. In the meantime, if you have any ques- federate monument removed. As I was presenting the award to Mike, I told tions, suggestions, or ideas you would like to share, please contact me. If I him that I felt that I should really be awarding it to his entire family. His son do not answer my phone, please leave a voicemail. Bob Whitaker and daughter - Ian and Shannon - were also very active in the community last (912) 585-7391 [email protected] summer and helped to organize a flag rally in Statesboro. Mike’s wife, San- dra, has also been very active in our Camp since I have been a member. Francis Bartow Camp 93 Savannah, GA rd Again, my thank you to Mike and his family. As I told him, I thanked him Meets the 3 Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Barnes Restaurant on Waters Ave. on a personal level since one of my personal Confederate ancestors left his Cmdr. Joe Dawson [email protected] home in Bulloch County to join the 9th Georgia Infantry when the call came Adj. Howard Williams [email protected] out in 1861. As I said, “to me, the monument represents not just those that didn’t make it home, but all Confederates from Bulloch County.” Tattnall Invincibles Camp 154 Reidsville, GA th On that same night (July 21st), I also awarded Ogeechee Rifle member Meets 4 Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Alexander Hotel Jason Cone a Certificate of Appreciation. Jason placed numerous flags Cmdr. Tommy Wallace [email protected] throughout Bulloch County during the month of April. Almost daily he was Adj. Dale Saylor [email protected] providing Facebook updates with yet another cemetery that he had found. Appling Grays 918 Baxley, GA He is planning to write a book about the Confederate graves in Bulloch th County. For his work and dedication in placing hundreds of flags on his own Meets 4 Monday 7:00 p.m. B&F Restaurant during the month of April, I thank you! Cmdr. Herman Williams [email protected] I still have a couple of awards to hand out, so I’ll provide updates on Adj. Bill Bowers [email protected] those next time! Gen. Robert Toombs 932 Vidalia, GA

Brigadier General Camp 158 Meets 1st Tuesday 7:00 p.m. at Powell’s Corner in Higgston Brigadier General E. Porter Alexander Camp 158 in Augusta meets at Cmdr. George King [email protected] 7:00 pm on the second Thursday of every month (except July) at the historic Adj. Bob Whitaker [email protected] Sconyers Bar-B-Que Restaurant (since 1956) at 2250 Sconyers Way. The restaurant's owner, Mr. Larry Sconyers, a true Southern gentleman, continues McLeod-Moring Camp 1386 Swainsboro, GA rd Meets 3 Tuesday 7:00 p.m. New China Continued Next Page > July/August, 2016 The Georgia Confederate Page 27 Cmdr. Danny Greenway [email protected] at 7 pm at the Lowndes County Historical Society. The camp meets at the Adj. Nick Kraus [email protected] Northside Smok’n Pig during June through August. Commander Ron Colson Savannah Militia Camp 1657 Pooler, GA Meets 2nd Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Western Sizzling McIntosh Guards Camp 1853 Cmdr. Don Newman [email protected] No meetings at this time. Commander C.M. Childree

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Ebenezer Rifles Camp 1901 Rincon, GA Meetings held 3rd Saturday of the month at Confederate soldiers’ park in Meets 3rd Thursday 7:00 p.m. Ephesus Church, 226 Goshen Rd. Waynesville, GA in the Mumford Library @ 2 pm, Our meetings are usually informal since our active membership is low. Cmdr. Steve Thomas [email protected] Adjutant Jerry Watkins

Adj. Charlie Watson [email protected] Capt. John Reddick Camp 2204 Gen. Richard Anderson Camp 1919 Hinesville, GA Meetings held 2nd Tuesday at 7 pm at American Legion in Folkston. Camp Meets 3rd Thursday 7:00 p.m. Capt. Joe’s Midway, GA trying to become more active. Cmdr. Jim Shurling [email protected] Commander Clark Allen Adj. Russ Powell [email protected] Chuck Griffin 7th Brigade Commander, Camp Davis Camp 2073 Springfield, GA ND Georgia Division SCV Meets 2 Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Effingham Community Center Cmdr. David Queen [email protected] 8th BRIGADE REPORT…………….. Adj. Jimmy Rahn [email protected] The Dog Days of summer are upon us. Other than the Georgia Division Re- Montgomery Sharpshooters 2164 Mt. Vernon, GA union, not much excitement in the 8th Brigade. st Meets 1 Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Seniors Citizens Center The W.D. Mitchell, Camp-163 in Thomasville with Commander Jason Cmdr. James Kea [email protected] Harpe meets on an as needed basis at the home of Commander Harpe.

Adj. Oscar Smith [email protected] The John K. McNeill, Camp-674 in Moultrie with Commander Pete Cow- Immortal Six Hundred Camp 2600 Richmond Hill, GA art have voted to acquire the necessary materials to erect a protective barrier nd Meets 2 Thursday 7:00 p.m. Bryan County Community Center around the Confederate Cemetery at the Greenfield Church site. They've al- Cmdr. William Hagin [email protected] so procured the merchandise for their EXPO set up in October. The Camp's Adj. Frank Grimm [email protected] participation in the 2016 Reunion was cut in half due to family illness and

work scheduling. Bob Whitaker, Sixth Brigade Camp-674 meets the second Monday of each month at 7:30 PM at the Mu- Live the Charge seum of Colquitt County History in Moultrie. Everyone is welcome, and re- 7th BRIGADE REPORT…………….. freshments are served.

First, I would like say Congratulation to Compatriot Ron Clements of the The Yancy Independents, Camp-693 in Sylvester with Commander " Bo" Brunswick Camp, he was presented the Brigade Commanders Award at the Slack are sponsoring a book signing for Compatriot George Ray Houston. June meeting for his hard work and dedication to the Georgia Division. Also, The event will be at the Worth County Sylvester Public Library on 18 April Compatriots Jack Mathews of Valdosta, Jerry Watkins of Nahunta, and Wil- from 4:00-6:00 PM. All SCV members are invited, and a portion of the pro- liam Harden of Folkston all received a Certificate of Appreciation for their ceeds will be donated to Camp-693. services to the SCV. Also,I would like to welcome Ron Colson as the new In other news, Commander Slack and Compatriot Silas Whitley represent- Commander of the Col. Edmond N. Atkinson #680 and thank Past Com- ed Camp-693 at the 2016 Reunion. Compatriot Whitley is a new member of mander Jack Mathews for his years of service to the camp. With that said, the Camp, and Commander Slack thought this would be a good introduc- our camps are still meeting on a regular basis and would like for you to come tion for his new member in the workings of the Division. Compatriot Whit- and visit, just call before you travel to make sure the meeting is still on, as ley's sons are prospective members for the Camp. planned. Here is a list of the Regular Meeting times and places. Camp-693 is planning to participate in the 2016 Peanut Festival Parade this year, and are in need of re-enactors. The Parade scheduled for 15 October in Clement A. Evans Camp 64 Sylvester will start at 10:00 AM. Anyone desiring to participate should con- Regular Meetings held 3rd Monday of odd months at 6 pm at Jerry J's on tact Camp Commander Bo Slack at (229) 343-2345. Plant Ave. in Waycross. The Yancy Independents meet every 3rd Tuesday on the bottom floor of Adjutant Chris Hiers the Worth County Sylvester Public Library at 7:00 PM. Everyone is wel-

Thomas Marsh Foreman Camp 485 come and refreshments are served.

Monthly Meeting held every 4th Thursday of each month at Captain Joe's The Jefferson Davis Cowboys, Camp-682 with Commander Hershell Restaurant located at I-95 and US 341. Eat Dutch treat at 6:00 pm meeting Smith in Ocilla is planning to have their annual encampment at the Jeff Da- starts at 6:45 - 8:00. vis Park in conjunction with the 2016 Sweet Potato Festival in Ocilla. The Adjutant J.C. Carter annual battle re-enactment normally scheduled at this time will be rescheduled near the date of the festival but not to coincide with it. Any- Col. Edmond N. Atkinson Camp 680 one desiring to participate in this years activities should call Camp Com- Meetings are held the last Monday of each month (September through May) mander Smith at (229) 425-2966. Continued Next Page > Page 28 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2016

The Cowboys still meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM, Lt. Lovett Allen Tully Camp #2071 Colquitt,Ga. but their meeting place has been changed. They are now meeting in the Fitz- Meets the 3RD Tuesday of the month @7 PM at 627 US 27 Colquitt, Ga. gerald Utilities Department Building, 103 West Central Avenue, in Fitzger- (Moby Dick Restaurant) ald. Everyone is welcome and refreshments are served. Contact Adjutant Bobby B. Tully at 229-758-3128 The States Rights Guard, Camp-1551 in Rochelle, with Camp Command- or [email protected] er Raleigh Gibbs meets on an as needed basis at Commander Gibbs' resi- TH dence. I would like to thank the 9 Brigade as well as the Georgia Division for TH welcoming me as the new Commander of the 9 Brigade. I look forward to The Wiregrass Greys, Camp-1683 in Adel, with Commander Barry Res- working with everyone and visiting with all the camps in the near future. ta meets on an as needed basis at Commander Resta's residence. Pray for Dixie and America.

TH The Berrien County Minutemen, Camp-1789 in Nashville, with Com- Ken Arvin 9 Brigade Commander mander Donald Futch meets on an as needed basis at the Masonic Lodge in 706-662-4532 [email protected] Nashville. 11th BRIGADE REPORT…………….. Respectfully Submitted, Charlie Parks, Commander, 8th Brigade CORRECTION 11th Brigade McDaniel-Curtis Camp 165, Meets the third Monday, of each month 9th BRIGADE REPORT ……………….. at 7:00 p.m. Location is at the Carroll County Veterans Building. SCV Room, 1790 Stripling Chapel Road. All visitors and guests are welcome Alexander H. Stephens Camp #78 Americus, Ga. and always invited to join us. Commander: Teddy Thomas, tedthom- Meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7 PM. Meetings take place at 923 [email protected] Phone number is 770-283-0720. Adjutant: Darrell North Martin Luther King Bl. Americus, Ga. Smith, 770-834-3568, e-mail: [email protected] (American Legion Hall Post 2) Contact Commander John B. Carroll III at 229-942-5879 or [email protected] 12th BRIGADE REPORT ………..

Lt. Col. Thomas M. Nelson Camp #141 Albany, Ga. Thank you to the 12th Brigade Camps for providing the information in rd Meets the 3 Monday of the month at 7PM. Meetings take place 2524 this report. Archwood Drive Albany, GA. (Golden Corral) Contact Commander James King at 229-854-1944 Welcome to SCV and 12th Brigade: or [email protected] Charles Sanger, Camp McDonald; Lance Miller, Roswell Mills; Wayne Gurley, Hardee Camp; Marc Perry, Hardee Camp; Blake Freeman, Hardee Stewart/Webster Camp #1607 Weston, Ga. Camp; John Cooke, Hardee Camp; James Kelly, Hardee Camp; Isaac Kelly, Meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7 PM. Meetings take place at 210 Hardee Camp; Brett Lindsey, Hardee Camp. Main Street Weston, Ga. at the Stewart/Webster Camp. Contact Commander Harry Ross at 706-366-7063 or [email protected] Last Roll Call: Compatriots who have " crossed over the river to rest in the shade of the trees" Decatur Grays Camp #1689 Bainbridge, Ga. Joe Moore, Camp McDonald; Charles Edward Phelps, Sr., Camp McDon- Meets the 1ST Tuesday of the month at 7PM. Meetings take place at 100 ST ald; Bob Blankenship, Roswell Mills; Skipper Hoke, Roswell Mills. Scott Street Bainbridge, Ga. (1 Christian Church) Contact Commander John Fisher III at 229-246-9739 Paulding County or [email protected] William J. Hardee Camp #1397 - www.hardeecamp1397scv.org Commander: Wayne Willingham [email protected] Ochlocknee Rifles Camp #1807 Cairo, Ga. Adjutant: James Morris Meets the 2ND Tuesday of the month at 7PM. Meetings take place at 320 Meetings: Every 4th Monday at 7:30 PM Location: New Hope Second Bap- North Broad Street Cairo, Ga. (Cairo Public Library in the Grady Room) tist Church at 44 Bobo Rd. Dallas, Ga. 30132, located at the corner of Dallas Contact Commander Earl Harrell at 229-377-2876

Acworth Highway 381 and Bobo Road in New Hope. Calhoun Rifles Camp #1855 Calhoun County The Hardee Camp sent delegates to the Annual Georgia Division Reunion Meets the 3RD Monday of the month at 7PM and supported along with all 12th Brigade Camps the cannon Contact Commander Aldine Owen at 229-835-2338 wheel replacement project at the Marietta Confederate Cemetery. or [email protected] We held a Living History Day on the Second Baptist Church grounds and Battle of New Hope Church Monument location, Camp members Dennis Gen. A. H. Colquitt “Fire Eaters” Camp #1958 Newton, Ga. Deal & Brain Copelan provided a large relic display and we talked with Meets the 2ND Tuesday of the month at 7PM at 167 Baker Lace Newton, visitors about the Battles that took place in Paulding County, gave Infantry Ga. (Farm Bureau Office) …. Normally meets in the basement of the court and Artillery firing demonstrations with a three inch Ordnance Rifle and 12 house due to repairs in their meeting area in the court house they are using lb Howitzer during the day, Camp member Hugh Walters again had Con- the Farm Bureau Office. federate Rose plants available raising over $250.00 for the Camp in dona- Contact Commander Harry J. Malcom at 229-436-4468 tion's. There were dozens of people on the grounds all day and we signed or [email protected] up two new members. Continued Next Page > July/August, 2016 The Georgia Confederate Page 29

Again we presented the H. L. Hunley Award, this year going to Cadet Division, and welcome a new Brigade Commander, Rick Leake with the Ro- Shaffer of East Paulding High School Air Force Junior ROTC. swell Mills Camp 1547. We maintain the Historic Second Baptist Church of New Hope built in Our Camp presented a proposal, to the tag fund, for the Confederate Me- 1886, the Battle of New Hope Church Monument and grounds, maintain the morial Cannon Wheel Project that was approved. Due to a resounding major- Lewis Graveyard which is the burial site of Nine Kentucky Orphan Brigade ity vote, and help from other camps in the 12th brigade, a standing monument Soldiers that died at the Battle of Dallas, maintain the New Hope Battlefield to the Confederacy at the Marietta Confederate Cemetery will continue to be Atlanta Campaign Pocket Park, Camp member Jim Shurling in charge of the preserved. Pocket Park. We keep Confederate Flags Flying at New Hope Cemetery, Our compatriot Martin O’Toole gave a lecture at the Kennesaw Depot on New Hope Pocket Park & Lewis Graveyard. the topic of: Georgia’s Confederate Hero’s after the War, which was well re- Welcome new members: Wayne Gurley, Marc Perry, Blake Freeman, John ceived. Cooke, James Kelly, Isaac Kelly & Brett Lindsey. Our annual General Polk Memorial Service in June was held at his monu- ment on Pine Mountain with an attendance over 60. Included was a 21 gun Cobb County salute by the 27th Regiment Georgia Regiment Camp 1404, Gainesville, Ga. Camp McDonald # 1552 - www.campmcdonald.org and cannon fire provided by Jessie Baily. Guest speaker historian Michael K. Commander Jeffrey K. Wright [email protected] Schaffer discussed the life and achievements of General Leonidas Polk. Adjutant David Beam [email protected] Camp 1446 participated in the Marietta Independence Day Parade carrying Meetings: Every 2nd Tuesday at 6:45 PM at Come and Get IT restaurant. our flags among a group of our compatriots dressed in gray firing muskets Come and Get It is across from Cobb EMC on the Church St. Extension along the parade route that ran by the town square in Marietta. The show was Congratulations to Camp member David Brannan who was selected as well received by about 50,000 spectators along the route for miles. We re- Distinguished Confederate of the Year, for the Georgia Division during the ceived standing ovations and shouts to keep our flag flying as a show for reunion. Southern Independence. We are a participating camp in the cannon carriage wheel replacement at The Camp’s annual picnic on July 23rd at the Lake Laurel Clubhouse in the Marietta Confederate Cemetery. Smyrna was a success with many in attendance and plenty of food. We had several members and family members participate in the Marietta Our past Commander Charles Cole was awarded with the 25 year service July 4th parade, which we were warmly received by thousands along the pa- metal for his dedication and longtime membership in our camp. rade route. General Robert E. Lee Camp #2005 - www.2005.scvcamp.org We are having work days at the Marietta Confederate Cemetery including prep work and installation of 2 pallets of sod. Commander: Harry Eubanks [email protected] Adjutant: James Bishop [email protected] We welcome new member Charles Sanger. We mourn the passing of two members: Meetings: : Every 3rd Wednesday. Gather at 6PM for dinner and socializa- tion meeting starts at 7PM. Compatriot Joe Moore Joint meeting with Kennesaw Battlefield & Chattahoochee Guards Camps Life Member Compatriot Charles Edward Phelps, Sr. Location: Piccadilly Caféteria 536 Cobb Pkwy SE Marietta, GA 30060 Chattahoochee Guards Camp #1639 The Camp joined other Marietta based camps and participated in the Mari- Commander: Dan Coleman- email [email protected] etta 4th of July parade. Meetings: Every 3rd Wednesday. Gather at 6PM for dinner and socialization On July 9th, the members participated in a scheduled work day at our meeting starts at 7PM. Joint meeting with Robert E Lee & Kennesaw Battle- adopted cemeteries in Cobb County (Garrett and Blackwell). field Camps Kennesaw Battlefield Camp #700 Location: Piccadilly Caféteria 536 Cobb Pkwy SE Marietta, GA 30060 Adjutant: Tim Pilgrim [email protected] The Camp joined other Marietta based camps and participated in the Mari- etta 4th of July parade. Meetings: Every 3rd Wednesday. Gather at 6PM for dinner and socialization meeting starts at 7PM. On July 9th, the members participated in a scheduled work day at our adopted cemeteries in Cobb County (Garrett and Blackwell). Joint meeting with Robert E Lee and Chattahoochee Guards Camps Location: Piccadilly Caféteria 536 Cobb Pkwy SE Marietta, GA 30060 General Leonidas Polk Camp #1446 The Kennesaw Battlefield Camp is proud to have sponsored our youngest Commander: Garry Daniell, 770-435-4605, [email protected] member Jay Dungan to go to the Georgia Confederate's Youth Camp during Adjutant: George Burkett, 770-944-8536, [email protected] the week of June 13. Meetings: Every 4th Thursday Gather at 6PM for dinner and socialization The camp joined other Marietta based camps and participated in the Marietta meeting starts at 7PM. 4th of July parade. Location: The Piccadilly Restaurant in Marietta 536 Cobb Parkway SE, On July 9th, the members participated in a scheduled work day at our adopt- Marietta, GA 30060, phone 770-425- 5589. It is located a few hundred feet ed cemeteries in Cobb County (Garrett and Blackwell). south of the intersection of Cobb Parkway and the South 120 Loop Fulton County Camp 1446 participated in the Confederate Memorial Day celebration at the Marietta Confederate Cemetery where our long time member Martin Roswell Mills Camp #1547 - www.scv1547.org O’Toole was the keynote speaker. Commander: Ross Glover [email protected] Camp 1446 sent delegates and supporting members to the Annual Reunion Adjutant: Jessie Pinson [email protected] for the Georgia Division at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, Meetings: 1st Thursday, Dinner at 6:00, Program at 7:00 PM Ga. Location: The Harp Irish Pub at 1425 Market Blvd., Roswell We would like to congratulate the new officers that were voted into the The Roswell Mills Camp invites anyone with Continued Next Page > Page 30 The Georgia Confederate July/August, 2016 interest in preserving our Southern Heritage to attend our meetings. Maj. William E. Simmons Camp 96 meets the 4th Monday at the Fe- We would like to recognize our Commander Ross Glover who was pre- male Seminary, 455 Perry St. Lawrenceville, starting at 7:00. Contact sented by the Joe Bath [email protected] or www.scv96.org for Temporary location 290 Foundation (BVI) last month as Honorary Vice President for North while Seminary is undergoing renovation.

America. Confederate Memorial Camp 1432 meets the 3rd Monday at the Stone The 290 Foundation (BVI) is your information source to American Civil Mountain Baptist Church fellowship hall, 3306 Memose Dr. Stone Mtn. War Naval History. Ross has authored books on this very interesting beginning at 7:00. Richard Straut Comm. [email protected] part Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler Camp 863 meets the 2nd Tuesday at the of the War of Northern Aggression. Masonic Lodge, 1005 Milstead Ave. Conyers beginning at 7:30. John We had a beautiful ceremony on the 16th of July planned by compatriots Maxey Comm. [email protected] Ray Barry and Doug Allen to rededicate the monument to the Roswell Mill Workers, mostly women and children, that were "captured" by Sher- Steve Camp, 13th Brigade Commander man's troops and sent north; many never to return home. Compatriots Col. George Thumond, US Army Ret, Bob Muscat. Lt. Lt. Commander North’s Report Cmdr. Billy Summerhill presented H. L. Hunley awards to the cadets at the following schools. Compatriots, Roswell: Cadet Parrish West; Centennial: Cadet Devin Butler; Etowah: Ca- It is an honor that you have given me the privilege to serve as your Lieu- det Parker Reinhardt; North Springs: Cadet Shayan Lalianpour; Sequoyah: tenant Commander North of the Georgia Division. I would like to thank eve- Cadet Michael Skarbek. ry one of you for your support. I’m looking forward to working with the new Welcome new compatriot Lance Miller. Commander Scott Gilbert, and all the new members of the EC. The Georgia We also wish to recognize, with Honor, the passing of two compatriots, Division is under attack from all sides. I’m asking all members of the Geor- gia Division to work with each other. The battles are going to be many and Roland Thomas "Skipper" Hoke and Robert Vann Blankenship, who we need to work together. crossed the This past July I attended the National reunion in Richardson, Texas. The river to rest in the shade of the trees.

reunion went well even though there was some tension over the shooting of a Respectfully Submitted number of police officers a few days before the reunion in Dallas, Richard- Rick Leake, 12th Brigade Commander son is next to Dallas. The SCV National has a new Commander-In-Chief, Tom Strain. If you ordered an SCV directory it should be out some time in 13th BRIGADE REPORT ……………… late August. I would like to start this report by offering my sincere thanks to the I’m looking forward to the next two years as your Lt. Commander North members and delegates at the 2016 Division Reunion for allowing me and if I can be of any help, please contact me. the Honor to serve another term as your Brigade Commander. I am in- Philip Autrey debted to Camp Commander Straut, Camp Commander Maxey, Past Lt. Commander North Camp Commander Underwood and the men of the Confederate Memori- al and Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler Camps for their hard work in making NY City Draft Riots said on July 16 that "Martial th the 119 Georgia Division Reunion a Great Success. As we roast in this The draft ri- law ought to be proclaimed, but I hot summer heat I know several Camps are looking forward to cooler ots (July 13–16, 1863), known at have not a sufficient force to en- [7] Fall days and fairs and festivals. Please keep me informed of your up- the time as Draft Week, force it." The military did not coming events. It is my goal for this next year to Re-activate the Monroe [2] were violent disturb- reach the city until after the first area Camp and I am looking to get a Camp started in the Loganville area. ances in New York City that were day of rioting, when mobs had already ransacked or destroyed For The Cause, Steve the culmination of working-class discontent with new laws passed numerous public buildings, two rd LaFayette McLaws Camp 79 meets the 3 Thursday at the Fayette by Congress that year Protestant churches, the homes of County Historical Society, 195 Lee St. Fayetteville starting at 7:00 various abolitionists or sympa- to draft men to fight in the ongo- thizers, many black homes, and John McIntosh Kell Camp 107 meets the 1st Monday at the Panda ing American Civil War. The riots Bear Rest. on Hwy 41 in Griffin. Dinner at 6:00 meeting at 7:00 remain the largest civil and racial the Colored Orphan Asylum at insurrection in American history, 44th Street and Fifth Avenue, Eli P. Landers Camp 1724 meets at the Eli Landers Church, 900 aside from the Civil War itself.[3] which was burned to the ground. Pleasant Hill Rd. in Lilburn. Contact Brigade Comm. For more info [8] Initially intended to express Gen. George ‘Tig’ Anderson Camp 2038 meets the last Saturday of anger at the draft, the protests The demographics of the city odd number months at Adjutant Jim Leathers Pond House turned into a race riot, with white changed as a result of the riot. So [email protected] rioters, mainly but not exclusively many blacks left Manhattan per- Irish immigrants,[3] attacking manently (many moving to rd Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne Camp 1361 meets the 3 Thursday at blacks wherever they could find Brooklyn), that by 1865 their pop- Noah’s Arc Church, corner of Noah’s Arc and Carnes Rd. in Jonesboro ulation fell below 10,000, the them. The official death toll was Col. Charles T. Zachary Rangers Camp 108 meets the 4th Monday at listed at 119.[6] The conditions in number in 1820. the Nash Farm Battlefield Museum, 100 Babs Mill Rd. Hampton starting the city were such that Major Source” Wikipedia at7:00. Tony Pilgrim Commander [email protected] General John E. Wool, command- [Racism in the North?!?!?!

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☝Two photos of Marietta Freedom Parade, July 4th.

☝Top: 2016 Reunion dais, Dallas, Texas; Bottom: L to R, Dr. Arnold Huskins, Al Perry, and Tim Pilgrim accept the 2015 ~ 2016 DeWitt Smith Jobe Award for the Georgia Division.

☝5th Brigade Activities: Confederate Memorial Day [Top four] Waynesboro; [Bottom four] Hephzibah.

☝Staff, Georgia Confederates Youth Camp, 2016 L to R: Al Perry; Thomas Miller; Tara Miller; Valerie Cox; Rebekah Peacock; Tom Stevens. Not pictured; Shannon Tuten.

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