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Sons Of Confederate Veterans Post office Box 2355 La Plata, MD 20646

February/march 2014

Editor: Brian Piaquadio Editors Notes

2014 Officers Awaiting the Spring Thaw Bob Parker—Commander This newsletter as you will see is a combination of both February and March. The weather has kept us Jim Dunbar– 1st Lieutenant from having our normal meetings and therefore has Commander / Adjutant delayed much of the information I need in order to Jack Brown-Chaplin & Judge complete the newsletter. Advocate Only three of us could make the February meeting Acting Treasurer Rick Hunt and from that gathering I learned that unless we Quartermaster - Dennis Spears have anyone who is interested in either nominating another member, or throwing their own hat in the ring for officers. That they will remain the same for This Issue 2014.

Johnny Cakes. I will try to put something in the August or September newsletter as a reminder to submit nominations for officers for 2015 along with your dues. If there is anyone Camp Outing who would like to be considered.

Georgia’s New I am pleased to add a new monthy feature I call “The Rebel’s Yell,” which Design will highlight quotes from those who lived it. There is a great story of the last Confederate Soldier in Georgia and my very first Camp outing...

I hope you enjoy SCV CHARGE Brian Piaquadio

“To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vindication of the cause for Camp T-Shirts are still available in 2X. The which we fought; to your strength will be price is $15.00. They given the defense of the Confederate soldier’s are well worth it and they look great. Please good name, the guardianship of his history, the remember that the shirts emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of are for Private Wallace Bowling Camp Members those principles he loved and which made him only. If you cannot make glorious and which you also cherish. Remember the meeting and want a T-Shirt please call it is your duty to see that the true history of the Dennis Spears @ South is presented to future generations.” 301-751-9994

1 The Rebel’s Yell

Monthly Recipe

Johnny Cakes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup flour • 1 cup cornmeal • 1 to 2 teaspoons sugar • 1 teaspoon salt • 1 egg, lightly beaten • 1 cup hot milk • 1 tablespoon shortening

Preparation

Mix the dry ingredients, then stir in the remaining ingredients.

Drop or pour on the hot, greased griddle or drop in iron skillet and fry to golden brown on both sides.

Serve with butter and syrup as for pancakes, or serve as a bread with butter. Serves 4 to 6.

Recipe compliments of Southernfoodabout.com

2 News From around the Confederacy Georgia’s Last Surviving Confederate Soldier and Mom

by Betty Harrigill, Hall - Minden, La.

In June of 1952, our mother, Zadie Thomas Harrigill , at the age of 23, was photographed with William Joshua Bush and William Daniel Townsend. The two Confederate soldiers were attending the annual meeting of “The Sons of Confederate Veterans” in Jackson ,Mississippi. They took time out to pose in front of the Daughters of American Revolution Monument in front of the State Capital for the crowd and the Newspapers. Mother was watching in the crowd when she was asked to have her photo made with the two gentlemen and then afterwards when the Newspaper asked her for her name, she gave a fake name for fear from a jealous husband that she had posed and kissed a man, even if they were old. But when the Newspaper found out her real name, they mailed two 8 x 10 photos to her home and an article from the paper. Our mother is gone now and all I had was the story of that day and that she thought it was around 1951. She also thought it was for a movie scene, but was never sure. Years after she passed away, my sister Margie and I traveled to Jackson to the Mississippi State Capital to research the original photo taken that day. We were able to find the exact spot with the help of an Historian who worked at the Capital. We spent hours that day digging in the National archives for the newspaper article but never found it. June 5, 1952 This is our beautiful mother ( Watermark added by BH for online only) That was in May of 2010. I never gave up and continued when I could to keep Zadie Thomas, Harrigill searching for the article or anything connecting that day with our mother. I finally did find another photograph of the soldiers, the date and why they were in Jackson.

These are the two other photographs I found while digging in the Ancestry Newspapers.

1952-6/5-Jackson, Miss: Two of the seven living Confederate Veterans were in Jackson, Miss for a reunion of the faded men in Gray. General Wm “Josh” Bush of Fitzgerald, Ga.(right) and General Wm D. Townsend of Olla, La. were the only ones spry enough to attend reunion festivities. The two “old soldiers” were up and dressed at 6 o’clock this morning (6/5), then they put on a spirited demonstration for cameramen before a Confederate monument at the state capital. Between the two “vets” is Marilyn Padgett, Baytown, Texas. (UNITED PRESS TELE)

OLD SOLDIERS - Two old Confederate veterans, William Townsend (left) of Olla, La., and William Bush of Fitzgerald, Ga., pause on the state capital grounds at Jackson, Miss., while young Tommy Hardy (center) fans away some of the hot summer air. Townsend and Bush were attending the annual meeting of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Of the eight remaining rebel veterans, they were the only ones able to attend. (AP Photo)

I would like to personally thank Betty for giving me permission to share her story with you. It goes to show persistance pays off when researching your past. You can see more of Betty’s blog “The Branches on Our Tree” http://thebranchesonourtree.blogspot.com 3 Today in Confederate History

March 2nd 1861 Texas admitted to the Confederacy. US Revenue Cutter Dodge is seized by Texas troops at Galveston, TX.

2nd 1867 Northern-majority Congress passed the Reconstruction Act, declaring the Southern States to be outside the indivisible Union troops re-entered the South and implemented U.S. military rule. The Southern States were then required to ratify the amendment as the price of readmission to the Union. Otherwise, they would remain under military rule.

3rd 1861 General Beauregard assumes command of the CS Army at Charleston, SC.

4th 1861 First National Flag of the Confederacy is display (although a resolution to officially adopt was never passed by the Confedera Congress) The very first flag of the Confederate States of America was raised by Miss Letitia Christian Tyler, granddaughter of for President John Tyler.

5th 1865 President Davis signs the law adopting the third National Flag of the Confederate States as the official CSA Flag.

6th-8th 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge, AR

7th 1862 CSA Generals McCulloch and McIntosh are killed in action at Pea Ridge AR

8th 1862 The CSS Virginia on patrol near Hampton Roads, VA, sinks USS Cumberland, damages USS Minnesota and USS Roanoke

8th-10th 1865 Battle of Kinston, NC

9th 1862 CSS Virginia and battles the ironclad USS Monitor near Hampton Roads, VA

9th 1865 Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, NC

10th 1865 Skirmish at Boyd’s Station, AL

11th 1861 Confederate Congress adopts the Constitution of the Confederate States of America. General Bragg assumes command of the Confederate forces in Florida.

13th 1862 US Major General Henry Halleck, Commander of the Department of the West, issued “Order Number Two.” The order labeled all Confederate guerrillas as outlaws and required that they be executed immediately upon capture

15th 1863 HMS Britannia runs the Federal blockade arriving in Wilmington, NC

16th 1828 General Patrick R. Cleburne’s birthday

16th 1865 Battle of Averasboro, NC

17th 1863 Battle of Kelly’s Ford, VA

19th-21st 1865 , the last significant attempt to stop the invading yankee army of Sherman

22nd 1817 General Baxton Bragg’s birthday

22nd 1864 The Great Snowball fight in Dalton GA.

23rd 1862 First Battle of Kernstown, VA

24th 1864 General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry captures Union City, TN

25th 1865 Confederates attack Fort Stedman, VA

26th 1864 Battle of Paducah, KY

27th 1864 Fighting at Branchville and Brooks Mill, AR

28th 1818 General Wade Hampton, III’s birthday

28th 1862 Battle of Glorieta Pass, NM

29th 1865 Heavy fighting in Petersburg, VA at Boydton and Quaker Roads

30th 1862 Union City, TN under federal attack

30th 1863 Skirmish at Tahlequah Indian Territory

31st 1863 John S. Mosby’s cavalry defeat Federals at Drainesville, VA

4 Camp Outing Pvt Wallace Bowling Camp Outing by Brian Piaquadio

Feb. 23, 2014

With temperatures approaching 65% , it was a great day for an outing. One that we had discussed in the past.

Dennis Spears was the entertainment coordinator as he described the little known White Oak Civil War Museum and Stafford Research Center several times during meetings.

The timing was perfect for a group of us to get together and see what we have been missing. Camp Photo in front of White Oak Center First off let me say we had a great time and it was well worth the drive and $4 admission. Set up outside is the mock up of a winter camp. The log chimneys, straw floor and canvas are permanent fixtures here. There is even a mock up union cemetary.

Once inside to the right you will find a huge stockpile of civil war writings, letters, maps and other research items. Very impressive.

As you get into the meat of the artifacts you begin to see the pure carnage that took place in Fredericksburg. The simpe numbers of US belt buckles alone is humbling... add to it the buttons, bullets and bayonets you begin to get a real feel of the slaughter Marye’s heights really was. All that is there is still only a fraction of lives lost that day.

After our visit we decided to take a further drive out to Fredericksburg and see the rock wall.

For me the part that intrigued me the most was the section of original wall. Once there I bent down to see what our Confederate bretheren were looking at. I placed my fingers along the rocks, in the cracks and felt their coldness. I closed my eyes and thought who might have also touched these walls that day.

We visited Sgt Richard Kirkland’s monument. Dubbed the Angel of Marye’s heights, the Sgt from Co G second South Carolina Infantry risked his life to bring water because he could no longer stand to hear “those poor people crying for water.”

Later promoted to Lieutenant Kirkland went on to fight at the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Chickamauga. At the last of these, he and two comrades advanced too far in front of their unit, and he was mortally wounded while trying to cover their retreat. Refusing his friends’ offers to assist him, he gasped: “I am done for. You can do me no good. Save yourselves and please tell my pa I died right.” Kirkland was barely 20 years old.

5 Battle Flag News

Group puts Confederate flag on Ga. specialty tag

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia officials have once again approved a specialty license plate featuring the Confederate battle flag, infuriating civil rights advocates and renewing a debate among those who believe the symbol honors Confederate heritage and those who see it as racially charged.

The Georgia division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans requested the new plate design, and the Georgia Department of Revenue recently approved it. The group’s old plate had a small Confederate battle flag. The new one features an additional, larger image in the background that covers the entire plate.

Spokesman Ray McBerry said the group meant no offense and views the plates as a way for people to honor their heritage.

“We believe that everyone has the right to preserve their heritage,” he said. “Southerners have as much right to be proud of their heritage as anybody else.”

Southern Christian Leadership Conference spokesman Maynard Eaton told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the state shouldn’t have sanctioned the move.

“To display this is reprehensible,” Eaton said. “We don’t have license plates saying ‘Black Power.’”

Gov. Nathan Deal said Tuesday that he was unaware of the plate.

“I hadn’t heard that, so I don’t know anything about it,” Deal said. “I’ll have to talk to them about it. I had no information in advance about it.”

States that joined the Confederacy have taken different positions on the battle flag.

North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi have specialty license tags that include it, according to The Atlanta Journal- Constitution. Texas rejected an application to issue one on the grounds that it could offend some. The Texas Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans sued board members of the Texas motor vehicle agency, and the case remains in court.

In Georgia, the Department of Revenue’s motor vehicle division approves proposed designs for specialty plates. Agency spokesman Nick Genesi said the old design included the Confederate battle emblem and that organizations with existing plates were allowed to submit new designs since the state switched to a new type of flat, digitally-printed plate.

Genesi said any submitted designs must not violate copyright laws.

The plates are available for an initial cost of $80, of which $10 is directed to the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

The group on its website says the funds will be used to promote Southern heritage through educational activities and preservation efforts around the state.

6 Upcoming Events

March Events

03/08/2014 (Saturday) Confederate Navy-Marine Corps Day Annual ceremony to honor the Confederate States Naval and Marine Corps at Old St. Anne’s Cemetery in Annapo- lis, Md. Color Guard members are asked to arrive by 10:30 A.M. for formation for the 11:00 ceremony. A very nice reception follows in St. Anne’s hall.

I have yet to receive any updates from State on upcoming events. Hopefully I will have a definative schedule by Next Issue

Confederate Uniforms and Accoutrements Craigslist Civil War Reenactment Uniform and Gear for Re-Enactors - $1700 (Fairfax Corner)

I am old, tired and plum worn out, but you youngins can rally to the cause this spring with complete battle ready reenacting CSA period leathers, buckles, musket, bayonet, canteens, haversacks, personal care items, lantern, candles, cooking utensils, camp chair, nice 7’ X9’ tent, storage boxes and misc. items. Included but not shown are Butternut coat and pants size 38” W; Blue and Gray coat, vest and pants 38” W. Pair of brogans - size 9 included. Will part with it as a complete unit only, for $1,600 or best offer. Serious inquires only. Ebay Stores Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot

We sell period correct Civil War reenactor uniforms, and accessories such as Cartridge Boxes, Cap Pouch- es, Brogans, Sack Coats, Frock Coats, Great Coats, Belts, US & CS Belt Buckles, Knapsacks, Haversacks, Canteens, Suspenders, Gaiters, Shirts, Trousers, Kepi’s, Forage Caps, Chevrons, and much more!

Fort Laramie Trading Post Please add me to your list of favorite sellers and come again. I offer Civil War Uniforms

LIMITED EDITION BELT BUCKLES ARE HERE!

Great news compatriots. Belt buckles are back. The Camp just received our allotment of belt buckles.

We received approximately 20 belt buckles out of the 500 made. Each belt buckle is numbered with the botony cross Son’s of Confederate Veterans Maryland Division.

The buckles are $21 each and can be bought at our monthly meeting or you may contact the quartermaster Dennis Spears 301-751-9994.

You do not have to be an SCV member to purchase. Belt buckles are numbered and guaranteed against breakage. 7 REMINDER The next meeting is March 18th, 2014 At the Port Tobacco Court House Time 7:30pm

Check us out on the web http://mdscv.org/camps/bowling

Pvt. Wallace Bowling Camp #1400 P.O. Box 2355 LaPlata, MD 20646

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