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Mar 2004 Newsletter.Pub National Grigsby Family Society Grigsby Gazette Vol. 22, No. 1 March 2004 President’s Comments Southwest Chapter Reunion—June 18th and 19th Greetings to Grigsby Cousins, Family, and Friends!! This is an invitation to all NGFS members, Southwest Chapter members, Every chance between now and and those interested. July 2005, I will be reminding you of exciting times when we meet for The Southwest Chapter NGFS will have it's yearly Reunion on Friday, the next Triennial Reunion at Natu- June 18th and Saturday, June 19th. Some of us will be going on Thurs- ral Bridges, VA. I have given no- day, June 17th so we can spend a little more time in Branson. You may tice to my sons about where our want to go on Thursday too. The reserved room price of $65.00 + taxes vacation will be in 2005. We will be effective on Thursday night also if you mention the NGFS. There changed the event to July after are a lot of interesting things to see and do in Branson other than seeing long and careful discussion, in be- the great shows. lief that more members (especially families) would be able to travel in We will be meeting at the Comfort Inn at 203 South Wildwood Drive in late July rather than the busy fall Branson, Missouri. The telephone number is 417-335-4727 or 1-800-228- period of October. It's a beautiful 5150. The motel serves a complimentary breakfast. Don't forget to bring area, and especially rich with the your favorite cookies or goodies for the hospitality room, also your crafts history of the Grigsby family during or items for the country store. You may also have some Grigsby informa- the American colonial period, tion that you would like to share with everyone. through the Civil War. Janis Franklin- Reunion Coordinator Brian Grigsby and others have Tel. 318-965-2447 been busy planning accommoda- (Continued on page 2) What's Inside Colonel Melvin Grigsby, 1845—1917 2 Message From the Southwest Chapter President The NGFS has acquired a couple of books concerning Colonel Melvin 3 The Smoked Yank, title & preface Grigsby. The first was a book written by Clifford P. Westermeier titled “Who Rush to Glory”. This book is concerned about the three men who 6 The Smoked Yank, chapters listed led the First, Second, and Third Volunteer Cavalry Regiments during the 8 The Smoked Yank, illustrations Spanish-American War. These regiments, called the Cowboy Regiments listed is best known for the First Cavalry Regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt. 9 The Smoked Yank, Chapter I The other two were led by Jay L. Torrey and Melvin Grigsby. This particu- lar copy happens to have an inscription and signature of Melvin Grigsby’s 10 The Smoked Yank, Chapter II oldest son, Sioux Grigsby. The inscription reads as follows: “To my 11 SW Chapter Reunion notice daughter Suzanne G. Woolley Merry Christmas Dec 25 - 1958 Sioux K. 13 NGFS Membership Renewal Form Grigsby”. 15 Analysis of genealogical data - Chapters I & II of The Smoked (Continued on page 2) Yank 20 Obituary of Eunice M. Grigsby NGFS Website: www.grigsby.org 21 Obituary of Jan Grigsby Benton 22 Obituary of Myra J. Stubblefield Updates to the web site since the last newsletter: Collie •Updates to the pedigrees continue 23 Obituary of Dwight Brinson Grigsby Submission guidelines can be found on the web site. Grigsby Gazette 1 (Continued from page 1, President’s Comments) (Continued from page 1, Colonel Melvin Grigsby) tions and programs for our genealogical and recreational The second book is a second edition of “The Smoked pleasures. We plan for this to be the best yet of the tri- Yank” written by Colonel Melvin Grigsby originally in ennial celebrations and need your help getting the word 1888. The book is signed by the author and inscribed out. I hope this to be a major out-reach event for mem- as: “James Dorwin Tyler Compliments of the Author bers and non-members alike. Hopefully, many or most Melvin Grigsby”. This book concerns Melvin can bring something to share, and have much to take Grigsby’s years in the Civil War and his experiences away. in the Andersonville prison including his three es- capes. Your society board has traditionally been a working board, which has had limited effectiveness. General From reading The Smoked Yank, I have found the oversight of society activities has suffered with board accounting given by Colonel Grigsby to be very fasci- members engaged in month to month society activities. nating and containing a lot of genealogical informa- Non-board members will need to be involved to a greater tion. For this reason, we will be including chapters extent for the society to evolve and survive. Think about from this book in this and the following issues of the what your genealogical passion is, and the board will try Grigsby Gazette. to get behind it. The more we each contribute our tal- ents, the more the society will benefit. Genealogist not As each chapter is published in this newsletter, I will required. Anyone with a passion or interest in their fam- be listing the genealogical data that can be found in it ily history can apply. and subsequent paths to follow to determine the accu- Some have a dream of a Grigsby museum one day, per- racy and the follow-up investigations to make. I will be haps developed from an early Grigsby home place, using it as a teaching tool for those who wish to learn where our family's history can be preserved for future how to better evaluate books and articles that are (Continued on page 19) found during research of a specific person. The find- ing of a book about an individual does not happen very often as most of you know. The finding of a book that can be considered a primary source, as this auto- Message From The Southwest biography is, is even more of a rarity and provides Chapter President: many opportunities for all of us to learn and grow in our research abilities. Greetings cousins, I have tried to keep the reprint of The Smoked Yank Another rather cold winter has come and gone here in as close to the original as possible. Northern Virginia. We are certainly looking forward to spring and then the reunion in Branson on June 19. Janis and TL have a great program planned. Donna and I visited Branson last summer; the first time we had been there since our high school trips quite a few years ago. It has certainly changed. We had a very enjoyable time then and we always enjoy the NGFS SW Chapter reunions. There have been quite a few email exchanges regarding informal group meetings at Branson. We have discussed such activities as helping Matt with cataloging docu- ments. Tom has talked about interviewing our members to obtain stories regarding Grigsby’s to enhance the in- formation in our genealogy records. We have also dis- cussed forums for members who may just not know where to start in their particular genealogy interest. The above picture is of the officers of the 3rd Volun- The NGFS and the NGFS SW chapter are talented, teer Cavalry Regiment and shows Colonel Melvin knowledgeable, interesting, and just plain fun-to-be-with Grigsby in the middle seat. This picture was found, folk. So, I hope to see you all in Branson, Missouri this along with a reprint of an article dated May 29, 1898 summer. that was published in the Worthington Herald from Worthington, Minnesota. The link for this reprint is Stan Grigsby http://www.spanamwar.com/Southdakotacav.htm . Grigsby Gazette 2 The Smoked Yank Revised Edition By Melvin Grigsby Late Colonel 3d U.S. Vol. Cav., known as Grigsby’s Cowboys (Spanish American War) Inscription of NGFS copy: James Dorwin Tyler Compliments of the Author, Melvin Grigsby Copyright, 1888, by Melvin Grigsby Grigsby Gazette 3 Dedication. To the Real Chivalry of the South, the old “Aunties” and “Uncles” and Valorous Young Men, who so generously and bravely, at the risk of Cruel Punishment and sometimes of Life, Fed and Warmed and Hid and Guided Escaped Union Prisoners, As a Token of Gratitude this Little Volume is Tenderly Dedicated By the Author. Grigsby Gazette 4 PUBLISHER’S NOTICE. Not long ago the publisher of this book and several others met in the office of Mr. Grigsby. The subject of our conver- sation was the reviving interest in war stories and reminiscences, evidenced by the prominence given to that class of literature by all the leading magazines of the day. Incidentally, Mr. Grigsby remarked that he had, in manuscript, a book written several years ago, narrating, what his sons called, his “Adventures in the War,” which he designed, some- time, to have published in pamphlet form for distribution among his relatives and friends. Having previously heard that his experiences as a soldier were of an unusually varied and interesting charac- ter, my curiosity was aroused, and, yielding to my solicitations, Mr. Grigsby finally permitted me to see his manuscript. A careful reading convinced me that were it published in book form it would meet with a favorable reception, not only by the relatives and personal friends of the author, but also by thousands of veterans and sons of veterans, by all, in fact, who take an interest in the stirring incidents of our civil war. Frankly believing this, I persuaded Mr. Grigsby to have the book published under the title of the “Smoked Yank,” and agreed to be responsible for the success of the enterprise.
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