January - March, 2012 Oklahoma Camp Namesake Series Brigadier General a Brigadier General

The Southern Preceptor “To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vindication of the Cause for which we fought; to your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier’s good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles which he loved and which made him glorious and which you must also cherish. Remember, it is your duty to see that the true history of the South is presented to future generations” (Lt. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee, Commander General, United Confeder- ate Veterans, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1906) Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division Of The Sons Of Confederate Veterans Volume 5, Number 1 Winter Quarter January - March, 2012 Oklahoma Camp Namesake Series Brigadier General a Brigadier General. An unknown number of Stand Watie Camp, No. Watie and his troops became Cherokee, including Adair, experts at guerilla warfare. fought at the Battle of Oak Hills 149, Ardmore/Madill Badly outnumbered through- (or Wilson’s Creek). Adair Stand Watie, a mixed blood out the war, Watie employed served with his father who was Cherokee, was born near hit-and-run tactics that regimental quartermaster for present-day Rome, Georgia in harrassed the Union army and Col. Stand Watie’s 1st Chero- 1806. He was educated in a crippled their supply lines. Two kee Mounted Volunteers. Upon Moravian Mission at Brainerd. of his more spectacular attacks his father’s death in April 1862, After pursuing further educa- were the capture of the steamer, he became regimental quarter- tion in Cornwall, Conn., Watie USS J. R. Williams, and the master with the rank of captain. settled down to the life of a 1864 raid at Cabin Creek. In When Union troops sur- planter. both attacks, he successfully prised the Confederate en- With the passage of the In- captured much needed sup- campment at Locust Grove on dian Removal Act in 1830, he, plies for his men. July 3, 1862, Adair was cap- along with others, signed the Brig. Gen. Stand Watie was tured at the Adair family home Treaty of New Echota, ceding the last Confederate General to just north of the battlefield. He the Cherokee lands and remov- surrender on June 23, 1865. and other prisoners were sent ing themselves to lands in East- After the war, Stand Watie re- to the infamous Camp Douglas ern Oklahoma in 1836. The turned to the life of a planter. in Chicago, until exchanged at treaty party represented about Vicksburg in September, after one-third of the Chreokee Na- Col. William Penn which he returned to the tion and divided the tribe. Adair Camp, No. 2206, Cherokee Nation. During the winter of 1838- Bartlesville In February 1863, Adair was 39, the remaining Cherokees appointed Colonel of the newly were forced to remove west organized 2nd Cherokee Mtd. along what became known as, Vols. His regiment participated “The Trail of Tears.” Acting in in a successful raid in May 1863 accordance with Tribal Laws of to capture a significant portion 1829 which made the sale of of the horses and mules of the tribal lands a capital offense, the Union garrison at Ft. Gibson. conservative Cherokees ex- During the Battle of Honey ecuted three of the signers of Springs, Adair was absent from the New Echota Treaty on the his regiment due to illness. same night. After several years Adair remained active in of feuding, the two factions scouting and raiding behind came to an uneasy truce. This Union lines in the Cherokee truce would be shattered by the Nation, northwest Arkansas, War Between The States. Col. William Penn Adair and southwest Missouri, some- Watie aligned himself with times in conjunction with Will- the South and raised a com- Col. William Penn Adair was iam C. Quantrill and other ir- pany of men to defend the described as “the ablest and regular forces. He signed one Cherokee borders. Watie’s men most brilliant of all Cherokees”. report “Colonel, Commanding were soon called upon to do He was a successful lawyer, a Scouts”. battle outside of the Cherokee Mason, and served as an offi- In late July 1864, his regi- Nation in August, 1861, at cial of the Cherokee Nation in ment participated in the inde- Wilson’s Creek. Watie and his various capacities from 1855 cisive attack on Ft. Smith, Ar- men fought bravely. In October, until his death in 1880. He was kansas where the Cherokee 1861, Watie was commis- tall and slender, standing six regiments were recognized for sioned a Colonel in the Con- foot two, with dark eyes and federate Army, later becoming long dark hair. Concluded On Page 2 2 The Southern Preceptor, Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division, Sons Of Confederate Veterans New Division Website Is Up And Running Camp The Oklahoma Division’s McBroom, Commander Namesake Series long-awaited new website is the Capt. Clem Van Rogers (Concluded From Page 1) now operational. That an- Camp, No. 481, Okla. City. “charging with the gallant im- nouncement came from Di- We have moderators in petuosity for which they and vision Commander Larry three of our brigades and their men are noted” and Adair Logan on Feb. 27. In mak- we are looking for a mod- was commended for his “brav- ing the announcement, erator from the Cherokee ery and good conduct”. Through the remainder of the Commander Logan said, brigade. summer and fall, Adair’s men “This closes almost a five “Look at the pictures— continued their raiding behind month process and I thank very impressive. If you have Union lines. all of you for your pa- any to add to the facebook 1865 began with Brig. Gen. tience.” page, please send to any of Watie’s appointment as com- Cara Robertson, a the moderators, whether in mander of the Indian Division website professional, is the and Adair taking command of your brigade or not. David the 1st Indian Brigade. Adair new webmaster and the Tamplin is very experienced planned a spring offensive but website address is in this and quite accom- as rumors of events in the east www.oklahomascv.org. plished at managing a were confirmed, he was or- “Our new website is ready facebook page. My thanks dered to take a defensive posi- for you to start using and to all three of these men for tion. After the surrender of the pointing out to everyone the their service. The owner of Trans-Mississippi Department pride that is exhibits,” Com- in May and Watie’s surrender, the page is David Sikes and or more precisely “cessation of mander Logan announced. it is entitled, ‘Sons of Con- hostilities”, in late June, Adair “Cara Robertson has been federate Veterans Okla- was appointed one of two very professional and pleas- homa Division.’ Cherokee representatives to ant to work with. If there is “At this time, we do not meet with U. S. Authorities in anything that is incorrect or have a twitter link. We are Shreveport, Louisiana to ad- missing about your local working on that but other dress various issues, most im- portantly subsistence for thou- camp, either the camp com- items are taking precedence sands of Indian refugees along mander or adjutant please right now.” the Red River. notify Cara of any correc- “Cara and I have a com- In the post-war treaty nego- tions. Also, if you know of a plete and full understand- tiations with the US, Adair was camp event that you would ing of who each one is and appointed to the Southern like to have on the events our responsiblities. She is Cherokee delegation. Though page, again, either the an independent contractor the Northern Cherokee delegation was most successful in the camp commander or adju- we have retained to do our outcome of the new treaty and tant, please notify Cara. All website. For that she has took control of the post-war events must be SCV na- been paid to set it up and Cherokee government, Adair tional, division, brigade, or for four months mainte- again took a prominent role in camp events.” nance. She will make any the nation serving almost con- “Please pay particular atten- and all changes within a tinuously as a Cherokee del- tion to the official division short amount of time and egate to Washington. In 1879 was elected Assistant Principal facebook page that can be will respond to any ques- Chief but died in Washington accessed on several pages tions sent her way. D. C. on Oct. 23, 1880. His including the home page. “I am her immediate su- remains were returned to the The primary moderator/ad- pervisor and she has been Cherokee Nation for a national ministrator of the page is excellent in her work hab- funeral. He is buried in the David Tamplin, former its. She has been invited to Tahlequah Cemetery. commander of the Brig. the convention and asked Drawing For Framed Print Gen. Richard M. Gano to bring her husband as Division Reunion attendees Camp, No. 892, Poteau. well. By the way, he has no will have an opportunity to Assistant moderators are Confederate Heritage. He is draw for a beautiful framed print of the only Confederate David Sikes a compatriot of from Scotland. We do not General born in Indian Terri- Shelby’s Oklahoma Iron have any written agreement tory, Gen. Frank Crawford Men Camp, No. 1356, as we both understand Armstrong. The print is 25” by Duncan, and Eric what our roles are. 34” Must be present to win. 3 The Southern Preceptor, Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division, Sons Of Confederate Veterans Confederate Ancestors’ Hall Of Honor This section is dedicated to the memory of Confederate Ancestors and kindred of the men of the Oklahoma Division who laid their all on Liberty’s Altar in defense of Southern Indepen- dence from 1861 to 1865.

Pvt. Alvah R. Brewer Brig. Gen. Richard Pvt. John Hickman Brewer Co. F, 43rd Mississippi Waterhouse Co. F, 43rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment Richard Waterhouse com- Infantry Regiment Private Alvah R. Brewer manded the brigade of Pvt. Silas Private John Hickman Daniel Davis, Co. I, 8th Texas In- Brewer served in Co. F, 43rd served in Co. F, 43rd Missis- fantry, Great Grandfather of Larry sippi Volunteer Infantry Regi- Mississippi Volunteer Infantry D. Davis of the Pvts. Grayson & Regiment with his brother, ment with his first cousin, Brewer Camp. He was born in Alvah R. Brewer, and his first Franklin Brewer, and his Rhea County, Tennessee, on Jan. 12, 1832. As a teenager he ran cousin, Franklin Brewer. youngest brother, John The youngest son of Thomas Hickman Brewer. The com- away from home to join the army during the Mexican War, but re- and Sarah (Hickman) Brewer, pany, known as “Captain joined his family to move to San he was born June 27, 1842 in Hampton’s Company,” was Augustine, Texas, in 1849. There Alabama and died there Jan. mustered in at Caledonia, he engaged in the mercantile busi- 29, 1926. Here is a letter he Lowndes County, Miss. on ness until the outbreak of the War wrote to his mother from near March 29, 1862. Co. F was Between The States, when he Corinth, Miss., in Sept., 1862, consolidated with Co. A at helped to raise the 19th Texas In- with spelling intact as he wrote fantry in and around Jefferson it: Tuscumbia, Ala. in Nov., and was elected colonel of the unit 1864 with Capt. Perry com- “Dier mother I take my pen on May 13, 1862. in hand to drop you a few lines manding. In Henry E. McCulloch’s brigade of Walker’s Texas Division at to let you all know that I am Pvt. Brewer was captured well at the present time and at the fall of Vicksburg in the time of the battle of Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana, Waterhouse dis- hopeing these few lines may July, 1863, and later ex- tinguished himself. McCulloch re- find you all enjoying the same changed ported, “not only by a gallant and blesson. Mother I have nothing He was the son of Thomas desperate charge over the levee” much to write to you at the and Sarah (Hickman) but by driving the enemy “to the present time. We got to our Brewer. He was born Aug. 7, very brink of the river and within company safe it was all rite. 1837 in Alabama and died short and direct range of the gun- About our goings home they boats of the enemy.” wors nothing told about it. I Nov. 16, 1902 in Edom, After transfer to William Read Texas at age 65. He is bur- Scurry’s brigade, Waterhouse wrote you a letter the other day ied in the Edom Cemetery fought at Mansfield and Pleasant but I don’t know ruther you Hill and was promoted to briga- have got it or not. Mother it near his brother, Pvt. Peyton looks like it is hard times there G. Brewer, 42nd Ala. Infan- dier general in 1864. He subse- quently took over command of the but it is wors here. I herd from try Regiment. Both men brigade formerly commanded by you all once sence we left have their names inscribed generals McCulloch and Scurry. home. Do the best you all can on a plaque at the cemetery After the war Waterhouse and pray for me where it goes listing Confederate Veterans speculated in land in San August- well with you. Remember me buried there. ine and Jefferson. A fall down a when this you read. John H. flight of stairs in a Waco hotel on Brewer to Sarah Brewer.” He is the Great-Great March 18, 1876, resulted in a se- Uncle of Jerry and Ken vere case of pneumonia that John Hickman Brewer is the Brewer of the Pvts. Grayson proved fatal only two days later. Great-Great Uncle of Jerry and & Brewer Camp of Elk City. Waterhouse is buried in Jefferson, Ken Brewer of the Pvts. Texas. Grayson & Brewer Camp. 4 The Southern Preceptor, Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division, Sons Of Confederate Veterans

Confederate Chreokees - This photo comes from Commander James Catron, Brigadier General Stand Watie Camp in Ardmore/Madill. These veterans were photographed at a reunion in New Orleans in 1903. (Source: Wikipedia). Rosehill Confederate Monument Donations Weaver Announces Candidacy For Donations may be sent to: Those interred here, Brigade Commander SCV, P.O. Box 82366 Okla- and Robert Weaver announced homa City, Okla. 73148. Those resting in the his candidacy for Brigade Make payable to, Sons of Countless and Commander of the Col. Roger Confederate Veterans and forgotten Quarles Mills Brigade on Jan. note “Ardmore project” on 20. Here is his letter which was Corners of sent to the membership. the check. All donations are Oklahoma. 501c 3 tax deductible. In grateful memory Gentlemen, Commemorative bricks of I am writing this note to offi- may be purchased for inclu- cially place my name into Their devotion and nomination for the office of sion in the base of the service to the Brigade Commander of the monument, bricks are Confederacy Roger Quarles Mills Brigade, $100.00 each and may be to their home states, Sons of Confederate Veterans inscribed with the names of of the State of Oklahoma, for and one two year term. I hope I am donors, or in memory of a to their not too late, as I believe I have Veteran, or family member. indispensable submitted this later than the 90 Each brick can have up to contributions to the day window requires. My 3 lines of text. agenda is to continue to sup- settlement of the port the Camp Commanders in In kind contributions of twin any way that I can, and to sup- material or labor, contact territories and port the State Commander to project Coordinator, Terry statehood. accomplish the veneration of Pierce at the Southern cause, and to im- prove our membership recruit- [email protected] MMXII ing toward achieving our goal Inscribed on the monu- * of 500 members. ment will be these words: In recognition Please give my name consid- Dedicated to eration when you are submit- The ting your vote. the veterans Sesquicentennial Thank you, Of the war for Of the war for Robert Weaver Southern Southern Provisional Commander independence, Roger Quarles Mills Brigade Independence SCV/Oklahoma 5 The Southern Preceptor, Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division, Sons Of Confederate Veterans Richmond Church Reneges on Contract With The SCV The Sesquicentennial Upon his return home, Rector. The Rector wrote, Event held in Feb. in Rich- Commander Logan wrote a mond was attended by two “Dear Mr. Logan, letter to the church voicing Thank you for your letter of members of our division. his disgust with the way the February 27. We too were dis- Division Commander Larry SCV was treated. Here is his appointed with how things Logan, and Hubert Reeves letter: played out in connection with of the Shelby’s Oklahoma the SCV event planned for Feb- Feb. 27, 2012 ruary 26. Iron Men Camp in Duncan St. Pauls’s Episcopal Church represented the Oklahoma Regrettably we did not re- 815 E. Grace St. ceive complete information Division. Richmond, Va. 23219 about the event and were then That event also saw St. Dear St. Paul’s Church: put in a difficult position. Not Paul’s Episcopal Church, I was in Richmond the week- being privy to the details, you where President Davis wor- end of Feb. 24-26 for the Con- would not have known this, of shipped, renege on a confederate Heritage Rally. Met an course. I don’t blame you for extended family member I had tract with the SCV. In his re- disappointed. not previously met and enjoyed Incidentally, I descend di- port to the division following the visit. rectly from eleven Confederate the event, Commander Lo- I Was extremely disap- soldiers. gan wrote, “Saturday after- pointed that you cancelled the Yours truly, noon was planned a seminar use of the church for our semi- Wallace Adams-Riley+ on Minority service in the nar about minority service in Rector, St. Paul’s, Richmond the Confederacy and our wor- Confederate Armed Forces. ship service Saturday evening. Commander Logan wrote, It was led by Historian Eric Not privy to the details but I do “The three who conducted Richard-son, Museum of the know we had a contract and the seminar were great at Confederacy Historian and had paid $400 dollars to rent documenting that blacks Librarian Teresa Roane, and the church. To deny us that at served the Confederacy not Adbur Ali-Haimes, the head 11:30 on Friday morning is not only as cooks, teamsters, la- a principled action to take. borers, and musicians, but as of tourist operations of the The Episcopal Church has long White House of The Confed- been a champion for equal soldiers as well. They even eracy. Ms.Roane and Mr. rights and St. Paul’s has a most produced records that black Haimes are both black. intimate relationship with the Confederate soldiers were “It was to be held at St. Confederacy. This is an ex- captured by the Yankees and Pauls’ Episcopal Church, the ample of a minority, Confeder- were exchanged later. ate-Americans, being discrimi- “Mr. Haimes, who is a re- church where President nated against because of who Davis was worshipping when we are. We lost the war but we tired Master Sergeant from he got the message to evacu- did not lose who our ancestors the army, told an interesting ate the city from Gen. Lee. were or who we are, Confed- story. He said his biggest That pew is still there and is erate-Americans and proud of problem is his own people. highlighted by the church. it. We are the only group of One day a black lady from Americans who it is politically The stained glass windows up north, can’t remember the and socially acceptable to be state, was visiting the White are full of Confederate sym- prejudiced against and be big- bols and individuals. oted towards. We talk of under- House and she asked Mr. “We had a signed contract standing, acceptance, and tol- Haimes why he was working and had paid $400 to rent erance except for a person like here. He ignored her. She the church. They called at me who is proud to be a de- asked the same question sev- scendant of a Confederate sol- 11:30 Friday and told us they eral more times and finally dier who helped liberate Rich- he answered. He responded were returning the money mond from the invaders in the and we could not use the Spring of 1862. Look forward that he was working here so church. We hunted all over to visiting Richmond again he ‘could educate the igno- and were able to secure the soon. rant.’ chapel at the Virginia Mu- Cordially, “Hubert Reeves and I rep- Larry W. Logan seum of Fine Aarts where the resented the division proudly Okla. Division Comander and loudly. When Oklahoma Confederate Chapel is and Sons of Confederate Veterans held the seminar there and was called, our response was His letter received an email had a church service that as loud as many states that response from the church’s had many more than us.” evening.” 6 The Southern Preceptor, Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division, Sons Of Confederate Veterans That ‘Rebel Division Commander’s Comments General Jackson’ Larry Logan, Commander in Indian Territory. It has “As a soldier [Stonewall] Jack- Oklahoma Division SCV been declared the official son was famous for the rapidity As I write this, I am happy monument to these men by of his movements. In the spring of 1862, when [Northern] General that tonight I get to attend the Oklahoma Division. The Banks, supposing that he was far my local camp meeting and pride that the Tulsa camp from the [Shenandoah] Valley, always look forward to be- has in this is tremendous. It sent a column of his army to at- ing with other Confederates. has spread to all of us who tack the flank of General [Joseph In just over a month, all of have seen the monument or E.] Johnston, then falling back from Manassas, and started him- us in the division will have pictures of it. When this self to report to Washington— the opportunity to gather to- monument is completed in Jackson suddenly wheeled, gether as the Oklahoma Di- Ardmore, that pride will be marched 26 miles the first day, vision in our annual reunion in all of us as we would have and 18 by ten o’clock the next and convention. This is the done a great deed for all our morning, and struck at Kernstown one time when all of us ancestors, not just those bur- a blow which brought back the column moving on Johnston’s gather each year to confirm ied in that cemetery. For flank and disconcerted McClel- and validate our mission as those countless souls buried lan’s whole plan of campaign. Sons of Confederate Veter- in all the little cemeteries in A few weeks later, just as Banks ans in the state of Okla- all parts of Oklahoma and had telegraphed Washington that homa. Many have worked beyond, this monument will the “rebel General Jackson was in full retreat on Gordonsville,” he extremely hard over the past be to all of them, it will be to appeared at McDowell, defeated few months to make sure all our ancestors, to all of the Fremont’s advance under Milroy, this year’s convention is men and women of all joined [General Richard] Ewell at meaningful and geared to- makes who bravely fought New Market, captured Front wards helping us meet the for the South’s indepen- Royal, marched all night, and cap- charge given us, to vindicate dence. We will have done a tured Winchester early next morning, and drove the remnants of our ancestors actions. If you great act of honor as the Banks army across the Potomac have never attended this largest concentration of before the Northern people were event, you have missed a Confederate graves in Okla- aware he was north of Staunton. great opportunity to meet homa will have a proper Learning that [Northern com- other men like you, to have monument to mark it. It will manders] Shields and Fremont were endeavoring to form a junc- your being as who you, a also insure that the largest tion in his rear, he marched his Confederate-American, af- concentration of Confeder- already broken-down troops 30 firmed and appreciated, and ate graves in the world that miles a day till he passed the point to conduct the division’s doesn’t have a monument of danger, and then moved qui- business plans and activities will now have one. We will etly up the Valley until at Cross for the next year. I urge all be fulfilling the charge given Keys and Port Republic he suffered himself to be “caught,” and of you to attend this year’s us by Gen. S.D. Lee. And, defeated in detail the two armies convention and participate it will be our project that we sent to “crush” him. totally. We will have a ca- can point to with a great One of his biographers well puts tered meal so we will have sense of accomplishment. it: “In 32 days he had marched the opportunity to visit with Again, if you have any nearly 400 miles, skirmishing almost daily, fought five battles, de- other men from throughout questions about this, contact feated three armies, two of which the state. If you have any your camp commander, were completely routed, captured questions about our grand- myself, Lt. Cmdr. Terry about 20 pieces of artillery, some est division event, please Pierce, or any member of 4,000 prisoners, and immense contact your camp com- the Division Executive Com- quantities of stores of all kinds, and mander, myself, or any mittee. had done all this with a loss of less than 1,000 men, killed, wounded member of the DEC. I implore all of you to at- and missing.” In addition, the division is tend our convention and In his celebrated march to the close to completing a great consider purchasing a brick rear of the braggart [General] project. The monument at in your ancestor’s name for Pope (who “knew no lines of re- RoseHill Cemetery in the Ardmore monument treat”) he made 60 miles in two days, and on various other occa- Ardmore is getting ready to and make sure your camp sions he made as good time. His be in its final stages before has considered purchasing mean rejoiced in the sobriquet of we start the construction one in its name. “Jackson’s foot cavalry,” and it mechanism. Just this morn- What a privilege, plea- was a glorious sight to witness the ing, I had a compatriot make sure, and with perfect pride cheerful alacrity with which they a commitment for three to do—serving the memory responded to every call of their chief.” bricks. Last year, Tulsa com- of our ancestors and vindi- pleted a monument in cating them. (Stonewall Jackson, A Military RoseHill cemetery Tulsa that DEO VINDICE!!!!!!! Biography, John Esten Cooke, honors all those who fought Larry D. Appleton & Company, 1876, page 490) 7 The Southern Preceptor, Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division, Sons Of Confederate Veterans

LEE-JACKSON DINNER SPEAKER - Jerry Brewer, Com- mander of the Pvts. Grayson & Brewer Camp, Elk City, was the featured speaker at the annual Lee-Jackson Din- ner in Borger, Texas, Jan. 21. The dinner was hosted by the Plemons-Shelby Camp of Amarillo, Texas. Brewer spoke on the material in his book, “Dismantling The Re- public.”

FLAG POLE TEAM Jim Dyer and James Catron of the Brigadier Gen- eral Stand Watie Camp, 149, Ard- more, erected the flag pole at Rosehill Cemetery on March 4th, with the help of James’ wife, Sherry. 8 The Southern Preceptor, Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division, Sons Of Confederate Veterans Columbia, South Carolina As It Looked The Morning After A Visit From Sherman’s Fire Fiends By John T. Trowbridge heaped together sheets, flames, probing the earth Northern Journalist poured turpentine over with bayonets. Early in the evening [of them, piled chairs on them, The dismay and terror of February 17] as the inhabit- and set them on fire. As he the inhabitants can scarcely ants, quieted by General remonstrated with them, be conceived. They had two Sherman’s assurances, were they laughed at him. The enemies, the fire in their about retiring to their beds, guard at the front door could house and the soldiery with- a rocket went up in the lower do nothing, for if he left his out. Many who attempted to part of the city. Another in post, other soldiers would bear away portions of their the center, and a third in the come in that way. goods were robbed by the upper part of town, suc- Columbia, south carolina, way. Trunks and bundles ceeded. Dr. R.W. Gibbes was as it looked the morning af- were snatched from the in the street near one of the ter a visit from sherman’s fire hands of hurrying fugitives, Federal guards, who ex- fiends. “The guard had a dis- broken open, rifled, and then claimed on seeing the sig- abled foot, and my father hurled into the flames. Orna- nals, “My God! I pity your had dressed it for him. He ments were plucked from the city!” Mr. Goodwyn, who appeared very grateful for necks and arms of ladies, was mayor at the time, re- the favor, and earnestly ad- and caskets from their hands. ports a similar remark from vised my father to save all his Even children and negroes an Iowa soldier. “Your city is valuables. The house was full were robbed. doomed! These rockets are of costly paintings, and curi- Fortunately the streets of the signal!” Immediately af- osities of art and natural his- Columbia were broad, else terwards fires broke out in tory, and my father did not many of the fugitives must twenty different places. know what to save and what have perished in the flames The dwellings of Confed- to leave behind. He finally which met them on all sides. erate Treasury Secretary tied up in a bedquilt a quan- The exodus of homeless George A. Trenholm and tity of silver and gems. As he families, flying between walls General Wade Hampton was going out the door the of fire, was a terrible and pit- were among the first to burst house was already on fire eous spectacle. Some fled to into flames. Soldiers went behind him — the guard the parks; others to the open from house to house, spread- said, ‘Is that all you can ground without the city; ing the conflagration. Fire- save?” “It is all I can carry,’ numbers sought refuge in the balls, composed of cotton said my father. ‘Leave that graveyards. Isolated and un- saturated with turpentine, with me,’ said the guard; ‘I burned dwellings were were thrown in at doors and will take charge of it, while crowded to excess with fugi- windows. Many houses were you go back and get another tives. entered and fired by means bundle.’ My father thought Three-fifths of the city in of combustible liquids he was very kind. He went bulk, and four-fifths in value, poured upon beds and cloth- back for another bundles, were destroyed. The loss of ing, ignited by wads of burn- and while he was gone, the property is estimated at thirty ing cotton, or by matches guard ran off on his lame leg millions. No more respect from a soldier’s pocket. The with all the gems and silver.” seems to have been shown fire department came out in The soldiers, in their march for buildings commonly force, but the hose-pipes through Georgia, and thus deemed sacred, than for any were cut to pieces and the far into South Carolina, had others. The churches were men driven from the streets. a wonderful skill in finding pillaged, and afterwards At the same time universal treasures. They had two burned. St. Mary’s College, plundering and robbery be- kinds of divining-rods— a Catholic institution, shared gan. negroes and bayonets. What their fate. The Catholic Con- The burning of the house the unfaithful servants of the vent, to which had been con- of R. W. Gibbes, an eminent rich failed to reveal, the other fided for safety many young physician, well-known to the instruments, by thorough ladies, not nuns, and stores scientific world, was thus de- and constant practice, were of treasure, was ruthlessly scribed to me by his son: generally able to discover. sacked. The soldiers drank “He had a guard at the front On the night of the fire, a the sacramental wine, and door; but some soldiers thousand men could be seen profaned with fiery draughts climbed in at the rear of the in the yards and gardens of of vulgar whiskey the goblets house, got into the parlor, Columbia by the glare of the Concluded Next Page 9 The Southern Preceptor, Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division, Sons Of Confederate Veterans Columbia, South Carolina..., Conclusion of the communion services. spades, and other farming which one night of fire and Some went off reeling under implements of the kind hav- orgies sufficed to destroy. the weight of priestly robes, ing been carried off or de- holy vessels and candlesticks. stroyed. Editor’s Note: Accounts Yet the army of Sherman Columbia must have been such as this are routinely did not in its wildest orgies a beautiful city, judging by its ignored and avoided by the forget its splendid discipline. ruins. Many fine residences politically correct. Not only “When will these horrors still remain on the outskirts, did Yankee demons destroy cease?” asked a lady of an but the entire heart of the city livestock, crops and every officer at her house. “You will is a wilderness of crumbling means of production that hear the bugles at sunrise,” was possessed by our an- walls, naked chimneys, and cestors, but they burned he replied; “then they will trees killed by the flames. the homes that gave them cease, and not till then.” He The fountains of the deso- shelter and like the amoral prophesied truly. “At day- lated gardens are dry, the brigands they were, they break, on Saturday morn- basins cracked; the pillars of robbed them of their last ing,” said Gibbes, “I saw two the houses are dismantled, or precious personal belong- men galloping through the overthrown; the marble steps ings. And that, folks, is why streets, blowing horns. Not a are broken. All these attest to I hate Yankees—and always dwelling was fired after that; the wealth and elegance will. immediately the town became quiet.” Confederate Compatriot Catron Inducted Some curious incidents oc- Into Sons of The American Revolution curred. One man’s treasure, On Saturday, January 21, Catron, a retired lawyer, concealed by his garden Attorney James Catron was fence, escaped the soldiers’ has a degree in history, with divining-rods, but was after- inducted into the Ardmore honors, and is a member of wards discovered by a Chapter of the Sons of the Mensa, the international hitched horse pawing the American Revolution. SAR is high IQ society. He is a Past earth from the buried box. a national organization President of the Museum of Some hidden guns had de- whose members must prove Southern Oklahoma and is fied the most diligent search, descent from a Patriot of the the Commander of the south until a chicken, chased by a War for Independence. Attor- central Oklahoma BG Stand soldier ran into a hole be- ney Catron’s qualifying an- Watie Camp of the Sons of neath the house. The soldier, crawling after and putting in cestor was his fifth great- Confederate Veterans. his hand for the chicken, grandfather, Michael Catron, He and his wife, Attorney found the guns. who fought in Doak’s Regi- Sherry Thompson Catron, A soldier, passing in the ment of the Virginia Militia. reside near Enville. streets and seeing some children playing with a beauti- Oklahoma Division Dispatches ful little greyhound, amused Oklahoma City - The Clem & Brewer Camp, No. 2118 himself by beating its brains Vann Rogers Camp, No. 481 voted to purchase a brick for out. Some treasures were began the new year with our the Ardmore Monument buried in cemeteries, but annual Lee, Jackson, Rogers Project at its last meeting. Mem- they did not always escape dinner a success. We raised well ber Barry James has already the search of the soldiers, over $900.00 for the Ardmore purchased bricks in memory of who showed a strong distrust monuement project. More re- his ancestors. The Elk City of new-made graves. cent members have returned Camp is also considering the Of the desolation and hor- from the reenactment of the purchase of a camp flag to be rors our army left behind it, Battle of Round Mountain near made by Sam Cornelius of no description can be given. Yale, Okla. and are gearing up Borger, Texas. Three of our to attend the 150th Anniversary members plan to attend the Here is a single instance: At of the Battle of Shiloh later this Reunion at Shawnee. We’re a factory on the Congaree, month. Our camp now has 34 also happy to announce that just out of Columbia, there members and one on the way our Compatriot Larry Davis remained for six weeks a pile in transfer. We look forward to who suffered a fall, shattering of sixty-five dead horses and reuniting with all our compatri- vertebrae in his neck in Octo- mules, shot by Sherman’s ots at the Division Convention ber is now home following a men. It was impossible to in April. nearly five month stay in the hospital and rehabilitation. bury them, all the shovels, Elk City - The Pvts. Grayson 10 The Southern Preceptor, Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division, Sons Of Confederate Veterans

THE STARS & BARS WAVES OVER ROSEHILL - Thanks to the efforts of James and Sherry Catron and Jim Dyer of the Brig. Gen. Stand Watie Camp, Ardmore. This is the flagpole at the Rosehill Confederate Cemetery in that city. Commenting on this achievement, Division Copmmander Larry Logan said, “Is this not a beautiful sight? Commander James Catron and Lt. Com- mander Jim Dyer of the Ardmore camp erected the flag yesterday (March 4th) along with Commander Catron’s wife Sherry who helped as well. Many men have worked on this mostly from the Ardmore and OKC camps. Div. Lt. Cmdr Terry Pierce has done a great job of chairing the committee overseeing this.” Frank Gilbert Announces Candidacy For Brigade Commander Greetings Compatriots, in consorting with the enemy. do as well. It is my intention with this email If however, you are looking for And although I agree that re- to declare my candidacy for the a man that is an Unapologetic, cruitment numbers are important, position of Brigade Commander Unreconstructed, 100 percent Fire I will always stress quality over in the Indian Territory’s Red River Eating lover of the SCV and all quantity every time. I believe that Brigade of the Oklahoma Division things Confederate then I am ab- as a leader my main job will be to of the Sons of Confederate Veter- solutely your man. get everyone in the Red River bri- ans. I solicit the vote of my fellow My campaign platform is very gade to know and live the charge. Compatriots in Southwestern simple. I will preach, teach, and If we can do that, success will Oklahoma. Most everyone in this live the charge that Lt. Gen. come! area knows me and what I stand Stephen Dill Lee gave us in 1906. Let me close by saying how en- for, but for those who don’t I offer And that is: joyable it has been to fulfill the role the following information about 1. I will always vindicate the of provisional brigade com- what I will bring to the table as cause for which our side fought. mander for these past few months. Brigade Commander. 2. I will always defend the Con- My desire is to become your If you are looking for a politi- federate soldier’s good name. elected brigade commander on cian, then I’m probably not your 3. I will always guard our his- April 14th in Shawnee. Thank man. I only have one side: It’s tory. You. Confederate and it don’t play well 4. I will always emulate the vir- with yankees. tues of the Confederate fighting Frank Gilbert If you are looking for a diplo- man. Provisional Commander mat, then I’m probably not your 5. I will always perpetuate the Indian Territory’s man. I have a tendency to speak principles and ideals that they Red River Brigade my mind, and I’m not interested loved and cherished, and that we 11 The Southern Preceptor, Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division, Sons Of Confederate Veterans

LEE-JACKSON DINNER, OKLAHOMA CITY - This is a portion of the crowd who gathered to honor the anniversary of the births of Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson on Jan. 21. Bill Brocker was the speaker at the event, which was sponsored by the Capt. Clem Vann Rogers Camp, No. 481. Announcement Concerning Dues From Division Adjutant For some time, there has been total dues from members, which already paid camp dues please confusion on the dues-paying include the $30.00 for national indicate any amounts that have process and deadlines. The fol- and the $5.00 for division. They been paid this year. I trust you lowing information from Division forward the national dues on to since I do not have good detail Adjutant Les Tucker should make HQ by their due date. The divi- on deposits that have been made this clear to all members, camp sion dues are forwarded to me before I took over. Attached you commanders and adjutants. Les for the camp in total. You need will find a copy of a blank camp recently sent an email message to include a list of the men they report This can with a copy of the camp report are paying for, which may be a be downloaded off the national form attached. It is not included copy of your camp roster. If your webpage, or you can print off the in this article, but can be down- roster includes names of men copy attached. This should be loaded from the national website. who are not current on national included with your dues. This will Here’s what he wrote: dues you need not worry about help the commander in his prepa- “All division dues are due on their division dues. If you do not ration of his division report. The April 1. Any camps not up to date have a current copy of your camp camp report is designed for the will not be entitled to vote at the roster you can request one from national fiscal year, obviously you reunion, if there is anything to national. These should have been will only be able to include up to vote on. The dues are $5.00 per collected when the member pays April 1. man. At this time it is not officially their annual dues so that the ad- “You can deliver these at the resolved whether Life Members jutant has them to forward to ei- reunion but it will speed up the will be exempt from division ther national or the division. registration process if you can get dues. That will be decided at the Some camps charge camp dues them into me in the next week or reunion. also. two. I know this is late notice but “Procedures: It has become “It makes my job much more as you know I have only recently obvious to me that many of you difficult to be expected to keep taken this job. Next year you will are not familiar with the proce- track of over 200 members, that receive a more timely notifica- dure for paying of dues. The re- is why it needs to be done on a tion. spective camp adjutant collects camp basis. For those who have 12 The Southern Preceptor, Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division, Sons Of Confederate Veterans Reconstruction’s Baleful Effects “One evidence of the baleful effects of Radical Reconstruction is to be found in the increase in the Negro death rate. [Author] DeForest noted that “a large part of the colored was incapable of self-support and without natural guardians…But for the pity of former owners, themselves per- haps bankrupt…multitudes of aged, infirm and infantile blacks would have suffered greatly or perished outright.” Dependable figures are avail- able only for Charleston; but they are representative of the entire State and agree with many individual observations. So many Negroes, particularly children, died during Reconstruction, and venereal and other social diseases increased at such a rate, that some PLAQUE HONORING VETERANS - Edom, Texas observers even predicted that the is half way between Tyler and Canton in East race would die out within a few generations. Texas. This plaque was erected to honor Con- For 39 years after the war…the federate Veterans buried there. Among those Negro death rate increased 69 percent to 43.33; the white rate listed are Alvah R. Brewer, Great-Great Uncle of dropped to 24.4. During the same Jerry and Ken Brewer, Pvts. Grayson & Brewer periods, too, Negro deaths from tuberculosis increased nearly 400 Camp, 2118, Elk City, and their Great Grandfa- percent. Many Southern friends of ther, Peyton G. Brewer. The Brewers came to East the race like [Wade] Hampton deeply regretted the senseless state Texas from Alabama and were residents of Edom of affairs that was bringing about from the 1870s until their deaths in the early part this physical as well as social de- moralization of a kindly people.” of the 20th century. There are 29 Veterans listed (Wade Hampton and the Ne- on the plaque besides others in the cemetery who gro, Hampton M. Jarrell, USC are unknown. Press, 1949, pp. 13-14)

OFFICER INSTALLATION - Left to right, Col. Roger Quarles Mills Brigade Commander Robert Weaver administers the oath of office to Lt. Commander Ken Brewer and Com- mander Jerry Brewer of the Pvts. Grayson & Brewer Camp, 2118, Elk City. Commander Weaver performed the ceremony at the camp’s February meeting. 13 The Southern Preceptor, Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division, Sons Of Confederate Veterans Annual Oklahoma Division Reunion, April 14, 2012 The Oklahoma Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans will gather for its Annual Reunion at the Citizen Pottawatomie Nation Cultural Heritage Museum, 1899 Gordon Cooper Drive in Shawnee, Okla- homa on April 14. The following is the Reunion Schedule as submitted by Division Commander Larry Logan. 9:00 a.m. - Coffee, water, visiting 9:30 - Brigades to meet to formally elect officers and conduct any business As soon as brigades are done conducting business, the convention will convene. Convening - Commander Bobby Corban, Camp #2207, Col. Tandy Walker, Shawnee Opening Prayer - Jerry Brewer, Division Chaplain Recognition of Guests - Commander Corban Welcome - Lt. Commander Sam Arbgast, Host Camp Reading of Congratulatory Letters - Lt. Commander Arbgast Col. Tandy Walker - Lt. Commander. Arbgast Call To Order - Division Commander Larry Logan Pledge of Allegiance - Commander Ken Cook, Camp #1378, Col. Daniel N. McIntosh, Tulsa Posting of Colors - Camp #1356, Oklahoma’s Jo Shelby’s Ironmen, Duncan Salute to The Confederate Flag - Commander Charley Wilson, Camp #2180, Pvt. Drury Warren, Ponca City Reading of the Charge - Brigade Commander Rob Weaver CD playing of Dixie - 5th Alabama Regiment Band A Capella singing of Dixie - Division Song Leader Don Clark, Host Camp Roll Call of Camps - Division Adjutant Les Tucker Membership Report - Division Chief of Staff John Priddy Financial Report - Division Adjutant Les Tucker Budget - Division Commander Larry Logan Committee Report - Division Dues Collection Time, Chairman Frank Gilbert Committee Report - Lifetime Members Division Dues, Chairman Harold Tydings Committee Report - DEC, meetings, purpose, Chairman John Priddy Committee Report - Division Flower policy, Chairman Allen Harrison Committee Report - RoseHill Ardmore Monument, Chairman Terry Pierce Camp Request - Camp #149 requests move to Ft. Washita brigade from Red River Indian Nations Brigade. Commander James Catron, Brigade Ccommanders Harrison and Gilbert Graves Documentation Status - Compatriot Bernie Cooper, Camp #1378, Col Daniel N. McIntosh, Tulsa Newsletter, Press Releases Report - Newsletter publisher Jerry Brewer Website Report - Cara Robertson, website coordinator Additional Business brought from the floor Noon - Lunch-catered by Bistro Restaurant Shawnee. Lasagne, whole kernel corn, salad with Italian dressing, garlic bread, cheesecake. $8.00 each - cash. Beverages furnished by CPN CHC. 12:45 p.m. Approx - Finishing of any unfinished business 1:00 p.m. - Guest Speaker - Kyle Sims. 1st Lt. Commander. M.T. Johnson Camp Arlington, Texas. Top recruiter for SCV, conductor of many workshops. Question & Answer session following. 1:45 - Swearing In Of Officers 2:00 - Closing Ceremonies Closing prayer by Chaplain Brewer Retiring of colors to the playing of Dixie by Bobby Horton Final singing of Dixie led by song leader Donald Clark 14 The Southern Preceptor, Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division, Sons Of Confederate Veterans Division Advocate Murray Stewart Passes Away Eulogy By Harold Tydings 1950. of about 20 Confederate soldiers Murray Baker Stewart passed Our paths did not cross until 40 near Coffeyville, Kansas. Murray away on January 24, 2012. years later. In 1991 when both of read about the massacre and we Murray was born to Fannie and us lived in Broken Arrow, we both drove to the area, walked and Francis Stewart in Muskogee, joined the heritage organization photographed the Verdigris River Oklahoma. Murray received his known as “The Sons of Confed- bank where the massacre took undergraduate and law degrees erate Veterans.” The next year we place. Two men hid in the bushes from the University of Oklahoma. started a new camp in Muskogee, along the river bank and survived He practiced law with his father, our hometown. to tell the story. Judge Stewart in Muskogee until Murray’s mother was active in We remember Murray’s presen- he entered the military in 1955 as the United Daughters of the Con- tation about Elias Cornelius a Second Lieutenant. Murray federacy. She was the youngest of Boudinot, a Confederate Soldier. served in the Judge Advocate 10 children and Murray was the Later Boudinot served in the Con- General Corps. He had attained grandson of a Confederate Sol- federate Government. Without the rank of Captain when he left dier. Most members of the SCV Murray’s research, how many of the military in 1961, at which time today are great or great-great us would know that there were he assumed the presidency of grandsons of Confederate Sol- four men, who lived during this Murray Myers Hospital and Sur- diers. time, named Elias Cornelius gical Supply. After working there On January 10, 2012 Murray Boudinot. for 10 years he reentered private received his 20 year pen for mem- We remember when Murray law practice with a specialty in tax bership in the Sons of Confeder- gave a presentation based on a law and Indian Affairs. ate Veterans. For many years Union General’s orders called Murray was recruited by the Murray served the Oklahoma Di- “Order Number 11.” Missouri First National Bank of Tulsa to join vision as the Judge Advocate. Confederate sympathizers in the their Trust Department. While We remember Murray’s love of counties on the Missouri/Kansas there, Metropolitan Insurance ap- history. He was a frequent speaker border were driven from their proached Murray about joining at SCV meetings and seminars homes and their houses and farms their Marketing Department. At and gave historical presentations were burned. Murray’s grand par- Metropolitan Murray was the top to SCV camps in Oklahoma and ents were driven from their home Regional Attorney on insurance Kansas. and they suffered greatly. When legal matters. He trained and ad- Based on Murray’s research we Murray gave this presentation he vised regional sales personnel on learned that Kansas was almost a chose a picture for the front of the estate planning cases and created Confederate state. Federal troops program that shows a burned out the estate planning training were withdrawn from “Cherokee house with only a chimney stand- courses. His colleagues stated that Neutral Lands” in the Southeast ing. He said the picture repre- he had an awesome mind and corner of what is now Kansas. The sented his grand parents home. was a great guy and a great friend. Confederate Government pur- We remember when Murray Murray is survived by his wife, chased the Cherokee land with spoke at headstone dedications Roseanna, of 37 years, one gold and this part of Kansas was for Confederate Soldiers buried in brother Douglass Stewart, 3 chil- almost a Confederate State. cemeteries near Nowata, near dren, Melinda Husong, Jeffrey Murray titled this presentation Eufaula, near Park Hill and many Stewart, Cheryl LeShay, 14 “Kansas the 14th State, Almost.” other places. grandchildren, and 5 great grand- Based on Murray’s research we We will remember, honor and children. Murray was preceded in learned that the Oklahoma-Kan- pay tribute to Murray again after death by his parents and his sas state line was incorrectly sur- his headstone is set in the Fort brother Francis Stewart. veyed and later moved three miles Gibson National Cemetery. Mem- I remember Murray Stewart in to the north, to the 37th parallel, bers of the SCV and others will Muskogee Central High School. the correct position. hold a special ceremony at his Murray was in the class of 1949 We remember Murray’s re- grave in April or May, to honor our and I graduated in the class of search about the Osage massacre friend Murray Baker Stewart. NEW STAND WATIE CAMP MEMBER - This photo was sent by Commander James Catron of the Brig. Gen. Stand Watie Camp. He wrote, “Meet Tucker Graham, our camp’s newest member. He is 18 years old, and will be attending OSU in the fall. Tucker is an Eagle Scout and has earned every merit badge there is (131)! He is a member of the Ardmore Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, as well as BG Stand Watie Camp #149, OK Division, SCV. That’s Lt Commander Jim Dyer looking on and grinning!” 15 The Southern Preceptor, Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division, Sons Of Confederate Veterans Editorial Les Tucker Is Interim Division Adjutant Our “Cause” Is Political Following the resignation The Sons of Confederate Veterans is a 501c, non profit of former Division Adjutant entity. As such, it is forbidden to engage in political Kevin Easterling on Feb. 1, activities and does not do so. That prohibition, how- Commander Larry Logan ever, does not prohibit individual members from ex- appointed Dr. Les Tucker as pressing their political opinions. The prohibition means interim Adjutant and an- that the organization cannot take an “official” position nounced that he intends to on current political issues. retain him in that post if he is reelected as Commander On the other hand, take a careful look at the salute to in April. the Confederate flag which we all make in our camp Dr. Tucker also serves as meetings: “I salute the Confederate flag with affection, Camp Adjutant for the 1st reverence, and undying devotion to the cause for which Cherokee Mounted Volun- it stands.” When we salute our flag, we salute the cause teers Camo, No. 1501, of it represents and that cause was, and remains, politi- Edmond, is the Division His- cal. It is the cause of States’ Rights’ which is very much torian and was the first Divi- in the news today. Our cause transcends political affili- sion Commander after the ations, because it represents the sovereignty of a free reorganization of the Okla- people whose rights are derived not from government, homa Division. but from God. Dr. Tucker holds a PhD in Southern History from Okla- Lt. Commander Scott Price, writing in the newsletter homa State University and of Orange County, California’s James I. Waddell Camp, currently teaches history at No. 1770, says, “As we draw closer to an ever impor- the University of Central tant election,...it is time that we reflect on those ever Oklahoma (UCO). important southern historical items that are under attack. ...What are some of the obvious? Our battle flag James Catron Is Interim to start with. At every turn this true symbol of Southern Division Judge Advocate pride and heroism is being slandered. It’s just another Commander Larry Logan attempt to try to erase the Southern cause for states’ has announced the appoint- rights and independence from the history books. The ment of James Catron as Di- flag stands for state rights and limited government con- vision Judge Advocate to re- trol. ...We should be proud of the valor for which this place the late Murray flag truly stands, with historical honesty and not the Stewart who passed away. lies that the media portrays. ...States’ Rights need de- Compatriot Catron is cur- fending today, as they were in 1861, and we must make rently Commander and Ad- a legal stand in their defense” (Vol. 4, No. 4, March, jutant of the Brigadier Gen- 2012). eral Stand Watie Camp, No. 149, Ardmore/Madill. He is Lt. Commander Price hit the nail on the head. We must a retired attorney, having re- never forget that cause, but renew our devotion to it. ceived his Juris Doctorate Lt. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee’s Charge to us is to present from the University of New the true history of the South and the cause for which Mexico. our ancestors fought, and that cause was States’ Compatriot Catron and Rights—a political issue. his Camp have been instru- mental in helping carry out The next time you salute the Confederate flag, remem- the monument project in ber the cause. “Undying devotion to the cause for which Rose Hill Cemetery in it stands” must be neither a meaningless litany, nor a Ardmore. hypocritical utterance. It is a commitment to States’ Rights and any Son of a Confederate Veteran who is Oklahoma Division Reunion not committed to that cause needs to remain silent Saturday, April 14, 2012 when that salute is given. Shawnee, Oklahoma 16 The Southern Preceptor, Newsletter of The Oklahoma Division, Sons Of Confederate Veterans Camps Of Division Officers And Staff The Oklahoma Division Commander Larry Logan Col. Dew M. Wisdom Camp, No. 307 Lt. Commander Muskogee Terry Pierce Adjutant Capt. Clem Van Rogers Camp, No. 481 Les Tucker Chief of Staff Oklahoma City John Priddy Brig. Gen. Albert Pike Camp, No. 1367 Aide-de-Camp Harold Tydings El Reno Judge Advocate Col. Daniel N. McIntosh Camp, No. 1378 James Catron Inspector Tulsa James McFarland Chief of Heritage Defense Lt. William H. Mayes Camp, No. 2078 Bryce Hill Pryor Division Historian Dr. Les Tucker Privates Grayson & Brewer Camp, No. 2118 Chaplain Elk City Jerry Brewer Capt. James J. McAlester Camp, No. 775 Camp Commanders McAlester Oklahoma Division Brig. General Stand Watie Camp, No. 149 Ardmore/Madill Brig. General Stand Watie Camp, No. 149 James Catron Ardmore/Madill Duncan Frank Gilbert Shelby’s Okla. Iron Men Camp, No. 1356 Edmond Duncan James L. Orebaugh El Reno Cherokee Mounted Rifles Camp, No. 1501 Gary Ware Elk City Edmond Jerry C. Brewer McAlester Brig. Gen. Richard M. Gano Camp, No. 892 Jim Langley Poteau Oklahoma City Eric McBroom Col. John W. Jordan Camp, 817 Poteau Mannford David Tamplin Pryor Col. John Jumper Camp, 900 Jon Ketcher Tulsa Claremore Johnny M. Manley Muskogee Pvt. Drury Warren Camp, 2180 Harold Tydings Ponca City Ponca City Charley Wilson 5th Sgt. Thomas Benton Wood Camp, 150 Mannford Grove Chris Leeson Claremore Col. William Penn Adair, Camp 2206 Jim McFarland Grove Bartlesville Scotty Haralson Bartlesville Col. Tandy Walkererer, Camp 2207 James Herndon Shawnee Shawnee Bobby Corban