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Donate to Wreaths Across America and thus help our Camp, too. Donate a wreath to be put C.K. PIER BADGER CAMP # 1 at Wood National Cemetery, and part Series 2018 CAMP ORDERS October 2018 of the fee is rebat- THREE-TIME RECIPIENT OF THE MARSHALL HOPE NEWSLETTER OF THE YEAR AWARD ed to our Camp. See page 2. Brown becomes SVR commander for 9 states PDC Tom Brown of Camp 1 has Krieser’s district chief of staff for almost

become the commander of the nine-state three years, in addition to being com- 4th Military District of the Sons mander of Headquarters Co. in of Veterans Reserve. the 4th District. The appointment was an- PDC Kent Peterson will be nounced by Maj. Gen. Robert E. appointed to serve as district Grim of Sabina, Ohio, command- adjutant once Brown assumes ing general. Brown will be super- command. vising units in Wisconsin, Illi- The Sons of Veterans nois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Reserve is the ceremonial uni- Kansas, Nebraska and North and formed military component of South Dakota. the SUVCW. The National Mili- Brown succeeds Lt. Col. tary Department of the SVR Edward Krieser of Walnut Shade, Tom Brown consists of the general staff and Mo., as 4th Military District seven geographical military dis- commander. Brown’s rank in the SVR is major and he has served as Continued on page 4 Camp’s meeting site moves to Wauwatosa Camp 1’s home is changing again the month, our meetings now will be held – the Machinists are selling their union on the SECOND Wednesday. hall and moving the district headquarters The Lions’ address is 7336 St. to Beaver Dam, so we have a rental James St., just east of the Wauwatosa agreement to use the clubhouse of the Village district. Wauwatosa Lions Club. We had met at the Machinists’ C.K. PIER BADGER CAMP #1 The change begins with our Nov. facility south of Miller Park since De- 14 meeting. Because the clubhouse al- ready is in use on the first Wednesday of Continued on page 4

The next Camp meeting will be Wednesday, Nov. 14, at our new site – the Lions Clubhouse, 7336 St. James St., Wauwatosa. Note that we now meet SUVCW on the SECOND Wednesday of the month. Chaplain Dean Collins will have the patriotic presentation. Helping Wreaths day will help the Camp, too

Camp 1 is now an official local fundrais- Camp 1 has an official Wreaths Across er group for Wreaths Across America. America fundraising page that can be used to Our efforts directly support the purchase place orders online. Go to www.suvcw-wi.org/ of wreaths to be placed at Wood National camp1/waa Cemetery on Dec. 15. The wreaths sell for $15 Orders also may be taken in person and each, and for each wreath we receive a $5 re- paid by check – each order has a form to be bate – which will assist the Camp’s many patri- filled out at the time the order is taken. otic programs. PDC Kent Peterson will serve as the You can support this effort to honor vet- collection point for all wreath order forms and erans by filing your own order, and even taking payments that you collect. Order forms soon orders from friends and family who would like will be distributed electronically to Camp mem- to sponsor a wreath at Wood this year. bers with further information.

Remembering Col. Pier: War tale about a soldier negotiating

These monthly articles about our Camp namesake are written by PCinC Steve Michaels. This item first was published in the October 1998 Camp orders. This story of army transportation was told by Col. C.K. Pier and appeared in the Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph: A middle-aged, good-appearing soldier applied for a pass, saying he was 70 miles from home and en- tirely out of cash. Manager — “What claim have you on this company; why should it carry you home more than any other man?” Soldier — “ ‘Rebate’ I think they call it.” M. — “Rebate on what?” S. — “When you took the 24th Regiment off to the war, the engine broke down 15 to 20 miles this side of Chicago, and we had to walk the balance of the way. The government paid you for taking us clear there. Can’t you allow anything on that?” M. — “Well, yes, perhaps we ought to allow a little on that, say 20 miles, but you want to ride 70. Now, you pay for the other 50 and we will give you a free ride the 20 you walked before. You don’t mean you have any other claim, do you?” S. — “Well, yes, we rode in a boxcar, and I think the government paid you for first-class passenger cars.” M. — “That won’t do. We furnished the best we had, and the government needn’t have taken them if they hadn’t wanted to. Can’t allow anything on that.” S. — “What’s one side of a boxcar worth?” M. — “One side of a car! What’s that got to do with it?” S. — “Well, you see, the boys were shut up in a tight boxcar, and they kicked off one side of it. If it hadn’t been for me, they would’ve kicked off the other, too. Can’t you allow anything for that?” M. — “Really,” said the manager, laughing. “Guess we must go you another 20 for that.” S. — “That leaves 30 miles. Now what’s it worth to kick off one side of a boxcar?” M. — “Good heavens! You don’t mean to charge the company for smashing up its cars, do you?” S. — “Certainly; for if I hadn’t done it, the boys would all have been smothered, and the road sued for $20,000 apiece … Oh, I guess you can afford to throw in those other 30 miles for a receipt in full.” He got his pass.

C.K. Pier Badger Camp #1, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp Orders October 2018 Page 2 Examining random dates in the war

For his patriotic presentation at the October It was on Nov. 25 that Arthur MacArthur of meeting, Patriotic Instructor Bruce Nason relied on the 24th Wisconsin led his men up Missionary Ridge, audience participation, asking each brother to select a random day in the war and reading it from “The Civil shouting “On Wisconsin” to urge them on. “Seized the War Day by Day,” a 1989 book edited by John S. Bow- colors of his regiment at a critical moment and plant- man. Some of the entries in this report have explanato- ed them on the captured works on the crest of Mis- ry material from other sources. sionary Ridge,” his Medal of Honor citation said. July 21-22, 1864: Nason started with this March 17, 1864: Grant and Sherman confer because it was the start of the Battle for Atlanta, more in Nashville on their plan of attack on Gen. Joesph specifically the action on Bald Hill, later named the Johnston and the Confederates at Dalton, Ga. For- Battle of Culp’s Hill. That’s where his ancestor, Pvt. mally receiving command of the Union armies on this Daniel P. Nason, 12th Wisconsin Infantry, was date, Grant announces: “Headquarters will be in the wounded. He was hospitalized for several months but field, and, until further orders will be with the Army returned for the North Carolina campaign. of the Potomac.” In short, Grant is turning his prima- Some of the dates requested by the audience ry attention to Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. were: July 17, 1862: The Second Confederate Act is Oct. 3, 1863: In the Chattanooga campaign, signed into law by President Lincoln. This act pro- Confederate Gen. Joseph Wheeler’s cavalry raids con- vides for the freedom of those slaves coming into fed- tinue on troops and supply routes. And a six-day eral jurisdiction from outside the Union. This act Union bombardment of Fort Sumter, S.C., ends with supplements, in many ways, the Emancipation 560 rounds fired to no particular effect. Proclamation as it deals with slaves outside the Con- Union forces conducted major operations in federacy. The Emancipation Proclamation was con- 1862 and 1863 to capture Charleston, first overland cerned with the disposition of those slaves who are in on James Island (the Battle of Secessionville, June the territories in rebellion. 1862), then by naval assault against Fort Sumter (the First Battle of Charleston Harbor, April 1863), In the Western Theater, Confederate raiders then by seizing the Confederate artillery positions on under John Hunt Morgan make a surprise attack at Morris Island (beginning with the Second Battle of Cynthiana, Ky., After several hours of fighting, the Fort Wagner, July 1863, and followed by a siege until rebels occupy the town. September). June 16, 1864: Confederate commander After pounding Sumter with artillery fire, a P.G.T. Beauregard, having pulled in most of his final amphibious operation attempted to occupy it Bermuda Hundred line, now has 14,000 men to de- (the Second Battle of Fort Sumter, September 1863), fend Petersburg. By now the entire Union Army of the but was repulsed and no further attempts were made. Potomac is across the James River and at the door of The Confederates evacuated Fort Sumter and Petersburg. Grant and Gen. George Meade, arriving Charleston in February 1865 as Union Maj. in the morning, direct the day’s renewed assaults, Gen. William T. Sherman outflanked the city in which by late evening have captured several positions, the Carolinas campaign. but with many losses. July 15, 1863: Stricken by the defeats at Get- In the afternoon, the Federals overrun the re- tysburg, Vicksburg and Port Hudson, La., and the maining 1,000 Confederates at Bermuda Hundred. dangerous situations in Charleston and Jackson, Lee, still not aware of the threat to the city, sends re- Miss., President Jefferson Davis writes to one of his placements not to Petersburg but to Bermuda Hun- generals: “The clouds are truly dark over us.” dred. In the Eastern Theater, Lee’s army moves The Bermuda Hundred Campaign was a series southward along the Shenandoah Valley. of battles fought at the town during May 1864. Union Nov. 22, 1863: In the Chattanooga cam- Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler, commanding the Army of paign, U.S. Grant changed plans on the eve of battle the James, threatened Richmond from the east but and ordered Gen. George Thomas’ men to make a was stopped by forces under Beauregard. The cam- “demonstration” in front of Missionary Ridge on the paign took its name from the fishing village of following day; the main engagement is set for the day Bermuda Hundred on the peninsula at the confluence after that. of the Appomattox and James rivers.

Preserving the Memory of the Grand Army of the Republic in Milwaukee since 1901 Page 3 New site – continued from page 1 Brown – continued from page 1 cember 2014 after about a decade of tricts across the nation. meeting at Building 1 of the Milwaukee SVR Units participate in Soldiers Home. The Department of Civil War-related ceremonies, Veterans Affairs, however, decided to parades, living history programs refurbish several deteriorated buildings and re-enactments. The SVR’s for housing for homeless vets, a plan roots date back to 1881 with the that still exists only on paper – al- “Cadet Corps” of the Grand though construction is planned to be- Army of the Republic. gin next spring. The Lions The Wauwatosa Lions Club be- Clubhouse in Graves registration gan in 1938, according to its website of Wauwatosa, national appointment: In http://www.tosalions.org. Twenty-one our new another appointment elevating a business and professional men formed meeting site. Camp 1 member, PCC Tom the nucleus of the club. Mueller has been named to the five-member National Graves It moved several times over the decades, Registration Committee by Na- meeting at the K.P. Hall from 1942 to 1959. “In September of 1967 the tional GRO Bruce Frail. K.P. Lodge of Wauwatosa approached us asking if we would be interest- ed in purchasing the K.P. Hall,” the website says. “After much discus- Mueller has been Wis- sion, it was decided to purchase the building, remodel it and move into consin Department GRO since it. By April 1968 we made our move.” 2012 and became one of the Lions International has 46,000 clubs and 1.4 million members, database’s administrators a few and the civic organization marked its 100th anniversary in 2017. months ago. Wisconsin’s Virgil Its mission statement is: “To empower volunteers to serve their Matz was on the national com- communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote mittee at the time of his death a

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November birthdays 1 – Tom Mueller Camp Calendar 2 – Billy Cole 12 – Skylar Brown 13 – Steve Dornbos 1 December (a Saturday): Camp and Auxil- 17 – M. Hans Liebert iary 4 Christmas party at Alioto’s, 3041 N. Mayfair Road, Wauwatosa. Plus reception for Auxiliary National President Denise Oman of Auxiliary 4. Report address changes to editor Tom Mueller, This date has changed from the one we put in the PCC, at [email protected] September newsletter. Your Banner is not forwarded by the Postal Ser- vice, so you need to report a new address to us. 15 December: Wreaths Across America, 11 Camp Commander – PCinC Steve Michaels a.m. at Wood National Cemetery. (414) 712-4655 SVC Billy Cole (414) 545-7323 2 February: 49th annual Patriotic Lun- https://www.facebook.com/CKPierBadger cheon. Donna Daniels will portray Mary Todd Lin- http://www.suvcw-wi.org coln speaking about her much-maligned image.

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