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JOURNAL the Publication of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States LOYAL LEGION HISTORICAL JOURNAL The Publication of The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States VOL. 66, No. 2 SUMMER 2009 Civil War Campaigns of directors of the Bunker Hill Bank, twenty 2009 Congress, a Celebration of which years he was its president. General Devens of Lincoln’s 200th Birthday Edited by Marston Watson, Editor-in-Chief1 The distinguished ancestry of Charles Devens, Jr. includes his By Gordon R. Bury, Past Comannder-in-Chief as Charles Devens an unlikely great-grandfather, Richard Devens he Ohio Commandery has planned choice to lead men into battle, (1721-1807), a prominent citizen of W an exciting 200th birthday theme this lawyer of Worcester who was not Charlestown and Commissary General T for the 2009 Congress in connection identified with the militia service at the in the Revolutionary War from 1776- with the 1809 birth of Abraham outbreak of the rebellion? This man of 1782. Richard, who was a member of the Lincoln. The Congress will be held principle, who had no military training, Committee of Safety with John Hancock October 9, 10, and 11 on post at the Fort promptly accepted the command of and other patriots, provided the horse Knox U.S. Military Reservation. Hotel the Third Battalion of Rifles with the from Larkin’s barn for Paul Revere’s accommodations will be in the town of rank of major, leaving unfinished a use in his fabled ride of 18 April 1775. Radcliff, Kentucky, which is located case on which he was engaged in the Major Devens was ordered on the South of Louisville. There is no airport Supreme Court [of Massachusetts]. 20th of April [1861] to set out with his command for the endangered Capitol; shuttle service to Radcliff, but the Ohio and that evening left Worcester for Commandery will offer a car-pooling Washington by way of New York and service to help bring Companions and Annapolis. From the latter city he was their guests to Holiday Inn Express in ordered to Fort McHenry at Baltimore, Radcliff from the Louisville Airport. the presence of his command assuring Registration begins at noon at the the safety of that stronghold and no Ohio Host Committee open house. doubt doing much toward the retention The Congress events start at 2:30 of Maryland to the Union. Before the p.m. on Friday, October 9 with a term of service of the battalion expired, bus tour to the Abraham Lincoln Major Devens was on the 15th of July, Birthplace National Historical Site. 1861, commissioned as colonel of the This neo-classic memorial site houses th Fifteenth Regiment, then being recruited a 19 -century log cabin that represents Lincoln’s birthplace at Hoganville, Sons of Union Veteran Website Veteran Union of Sons at Worcester. He went to the front for General Charles Devens (April 4, 1820 – January Kentucky. A short reception with 7, 1891) the second time with that organization. refreshments and a birthday cake will Charles Devens, Jr. was born in Being stationed with his regiment at Poolesville, Maryland, late in August, be held at the log cabin after the tour. Charlestown, Massachusetts on 4 There will be a reception and dinner at April 1820, the son of Charles Devens Colonel Devens was sent across the th the Fort Knox Leader’s Club (formerly (1791-1876), hardware merchant and Potomac on the night of the 20 of October, with the instructions to find and known as the Officer’s Club), where Town Clerk, and Mary Lithgow. His the keynote speaker for this event will grandfather David of Charlestown, a break up a supposed Confederate camp on the Virginia side. The result was be Judge Tommy Turner, an Abraham man of means, was Town Treasurer Lincoln Bicentennial Commissioner and for almost a quarter of a century and the disastrous Battle of Ball’s Bluff, in which the regiment lost heavily.2 Colonel Kentucky ALBC Chairman. He will for thirty years was one of the board of continued on page 14, column 3 continued on page 7, column 2 THE LOYAL LEGION HISTORICAL JOURNAL is published by the MEMORIAL FUND of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, which was founded April 15, 1865. Pertinent materials will be welcomed from Companions and others. Information should be submitted to the Editor, Marston Watson, 48 Southwind Circle, Richmond, CA 94804-7404. Information should be typed and photographs may be black and white or in color. Contributions may be made to the Memorial Fund through the National Headquarters. 2 Loyal Legion Historical Journal Commander-in-Chief’s Message When I became National Officers 2007 - 2009 Commmander-in-Chief at Annapolis on September Commander-in-Chief: Karl Frederick Schaeffer 22, 2007, it was an honor to Hunters Chase, 7154 Willowlane Avenue N.W. accept and at the same time Massillon, OH 44646 Telephone: 330-854-6326 Email: [email protected] realize what a tremendous responsibility it would be to Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief: Keith G. Harrison represent and lead our entire 4209 Santa Clara Drive, Holt, Michigan 48842-1868 Order. We have a rich history, Telephone: 517-694-9394 Email: [email protected] covering many generations Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief: Jeffry Christian Burden, Esq of members who have given 1815 Harvard Road, Richmond, VA 23226 greatly to building, protecting Kathy Watson Email: [email protected] and leading our country as Karl F. Schaeffer, Commander-in-Chief well as our Order. It is my hope that the efforts that I and Registrar-in-Chief: Adam P. Flint the national officers have made over the past two years will 23 Grosstown Road, Rear Apt., Pottstown, PA 19464-6105 continue to make our 144-year-old Order even stronger. Telephone: 610-970-2787 Email: [email protected] My wife Rosemary and I attended the rededication of the Chancellor-in-Chief: Waldron Kintzing Post II Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. C. on May 30, 2009. 675 Zena Highwoods Road, Kingston, NY 12401 Chief Justice William Taft presented the newly built Lincoln Telephone: 845-679-6403 Email: [email protected] Memorial on the same day in 1922 to President Warren G. Judge Advocate-in-Chief: Joseph Baldwin Siedlarz III Harding, who accepted it on behalf of the American people. 351 Oak Terrace, Saint Davids, PA 19807-5205 An estimated 50,000 men, women and children gathered Telephone: 610-891-6710 Email: [email protected] at the National Mall to witness the dedication ceremonies. Four score and seven years later, the National Park Recorder-in-Chief: Capt. John Kent Kane, II, USCGA Service (NPS) rededicated the Lincoln Memorial, in 101 Sleepy Hollow Lane, Yorktown, VA 23692 Telephone: 757-898-6953 Email: [email protected] cooperation with the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of Treasurer-in-Chief: Lee Allan Tryon the United States and the Military District of Washington. 4 Raven Circle, Avon, CT 06001-3317 This special event was part of our nation’s tribute to Telephone: 860-676-9060 Email: [email protected] Abraham Lincoln in the bicentennial year of his birth. Surgeon-in-Chief: Dr. W. Courtney Fleenor Rosemary and I are looking forward to seeing many 10611 Keithwood Parkway, Richmond, VA 23236-3010 Companions and Dames at our 124th National Congress on Email: [email protected] October 9-11, at the Leader’s Club on the post of the Fort Knox U.S. Military Reservation. The Congress is being hosted Chaplain-in-Chief: Rev. Dr. Christopher Mack Agnew 12433 Richards Ride, King George, VA 22485-5435 by the Ohio Commandery. Look for details and schedule of Email: [email protected] events in this issue of the Journal and on our MOLLUS website. Remember to keep recruitment of new members high on your Editor-in-Chief: Marston Watson “To Do List.” Membership applications are available on the short Loyal Legion Historical Journal 48 Southwind Circle, Richmond, CA 94804-7404 form for use by sons, brothers, nephews, etc. It will be easier to Telephone: 510-234-1776 Email: [email protected] grow our membership from within our own immediate families. This is the last issue of our Loyal Legion Journal with National Webmaster: Keith G. Harrison Marston Watson as Editor-in-Chief. Our thanks to 4209 Santa Clara Drive, Holt, Michigan 48842-1868 Marston and his wife Kathy, a DOLLUS member, for all Telephone: 517-694-9394 Email: [email protected] the fine work they have done over these past four years. Quartermaster: Adam P. Flint Companion Robert E. Rock has been appointed the new 23 Grosstown Road, Rear Apt., Pottstown, PA 19464-6105 editor, along with his wife and DOLLUS member Beth Ann Telephone: 610-970-2787 Email: [email protected] Rock as his assistant. Robert and Beth have been active in Assistant Editor: Kathleen Todd Watson MOLLUS and DOLLUS for many years. Robert publishes the Layout and Production Ohio Sword and Revolver, while Beth has published a quarterly women’s Civil War Re-enactors Magazine for the past ten Printed by Cerrito Printing years. They have other non-profit newsletter and quarterly El Cerrito, California continued on page 5, column 3 Loyal Legion Historical Journal 3 LOYAL LEGION HISTORICAL Welcome New Companions JOURNAL he following Companions have joined the Military The Publication of the Military Order TOrder of the Loyal Legion since the Spring 2009 of the Loyal Legion of the United States issue of the Journal. Commander-in-Chief Karl Schaeffer extends congratulations and a warm welcome to each one. VOL. 66, No.2 SUMMER 2009 Waldron Kintzing Post II, Chancellor-in-Chief 1 Civil War Campaigns of General Devens 1 2009 Congress, A Celebration of Lincoln’s Hereditary Companions 200th Birthday Insignia No.
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