Saturday, September 29, 2012

Va Flaggers 1st Anniversary Celebration and Family Picnic

Va Flaggers 1st Anniversary Celebration and Family Picnic
Join us as we celebrate ONE YEAR of forwarding the colors, defending our Heritage and flags, honoring our Confederate ancestors, and changing hearts and minds!
Who:  ANYONE who has ever flagged with us…supported us…is considering joining us...  wants to know what we are all about… or just wants to enjoy a Confederate friendly good time on a Sunday afternoon! 
When:  Sunday, September 30  
Time:  3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Dinner served at 5:00 
Where:  At the home of Va Flagger Grayson Jennings – 7095 Old Lantern Trail, Mechanicsville, at Gaines Mill.
Bring:  Your family and friends, a chair or two, a side dish...and of course, your CONFEDERATE FLAGS are welcome!
The Va Flaggers will provide BBQ from Carter's Pigpen, drinks, live blue grass music, a look back on our first year, and a peek at what we have planned for the future! 
Please share this invitation with your family and friends, and RSVP to info@vaflaggers.com with a head count by September 22nd.  
RETURN the flags!     RESTORE the honor!

Friday, September 28, 2012

Exciting Update on the Gaines' Mill Campaign




Goal Reached at Gaines' Mill

Thank You for Your Support

Civil War Trust Reaches its Fundraising Goal for 285 Acres at Gaines' Mill

Late last year, the Civil War Trust announced an ambitious $3.2million national campaign to preserve 285 pristine acres of the Gaines' Mill battlefield — one of the most important and endangered Civil War sites anywhere. We are now able to announce that the Trust has reached its private-sector fundraising goal. We now await word on the final step in this process — the announcement of federal and state matching grants necessary to complete this exciting preservation effort.
Prior to this campaign, the National Park Service had been able to save roughly 60 acres at Gaines' Mill - a small fraction of a battlefield where Robert E. Lee achieved his first victory as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. Thanks to your generosity, we will soon be able to add this historic 285 acre tract where James Longstreet's Confederates struck the Union left to the list of saved battlefield properties. For that we are most grateful.


Let's Save Some More Battlefields!

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Sterling Price's Lieutenants

Sterling Price's Lieutenants 
$33.00

By Richard C. Peterson, James E. McGhee, Kip A. Lindberg, and Keith I. Daleen.

It has taken ten years but the ultimate reference to the Missouri State Guard has finally reached the printing stage! 500+ pages, over 1000 officers, 4000 notes and sources and it’s all indexed. Soft-cover

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Patriots of '61 – The Edenton Bell Battery


Patriots of '61 – The Edenton Bell Battery
"On the 4th of March, Lincoln was inaugurated, but those who loved the Union, and hoped for so much, perceived in his inaugural address not a straw to cling to, and he soon afterwards issued his celebrated proclamation calling upon North Carolina to furnish troops to invade her sister States, and to force them again into the Union; so on the 1st day of May a second convention was held in Edenton, and nominated Dr. Richard Dillard, senior, who was elected without opposition to the State Convention called by Governor [John W.] Ellis, which met in Raleigh on May 20, the anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, and severed our connection with the Union.
Warlike preparations at once began, the "Dixie Rebels," a six-month's volunteer company, was at once organized by Capt. James K. Marshall, he was afterwards promoted to the rank of Colonel.  John C. Badham, a Lieutenant in this company, afterwards became a Major in the 5th [North Carolina Regiment] and gave  his life for his country at Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862, at which time he held a commission of Lieut. Colonel.
The Edenton Bell Battery was recruited by Capt. Wm. Badham in the winter '61-'62, and left Edenton soon after the fall of Roanoke Island, then went to Weldon, and on to Raleigh with sixty men, there they were joined by Lieut. Nelson McClees, of Tyrell county, with twenty-two men, and by Lieut. Gaskins with about twenty men.  After drilling in Raleigh about two months, they were ordered to Camp Lee near Richmond for instruction.
As gun metal was scarce, Capt. Badham sent Lieut. Jones to Edenton to secure the church bells, and any others he might obtain, to be cast into cannon, in response to Gen. Beauregard's famous call.  He readily secured all the bells except the Baptist (several members objecting), including the town and court-house bells, the Academy bell, and the shipyard bells; these were conveyed to Suffolk across the country in a wagon, and shipped to the Tredegar Iron Works at Richmond, where they were cast into four cannon….
[The cannons were named, respectively], the "St. Paul"; the "Fanny Roulhac," for a devout and patriotic lady, a staunch member of the Methodist Church; the "Columbia"; and the "Edenton." [The first named gun was cast from the bells of St. Paul's Church, the Fanny Roulhac from the Methodist Church, the Columbia from the shipyard bells, and the Edenton from the Academy, Court-house and Hotel bells.]
As the complement of the artillery corps of Gen. Lee's army was then complete, an order was issued that all other artillery in camps should be transferred, for the time, to the infantry service;  this produced great mortification, and disappointment in the company, and Capt. Badham at once dispatched Lieut. Jones to President Jefferson Davis with the following note:
"Sir:  The guns of my company were made of the bells of my town, and have tolled to their last resting place a great many of the parents and relatives of my command, and sooner than part with these guns they had rather be taken out and shot."
Lieut. Jones had not long to wait, the reply came at once that the company would be furnished as soon as possible with both artillery-horses, and harness.  The battery was assigned to Moore's Third North Carolina Battalion. [The battery served in many engagements to include: Winchester, Culpepper Courthouse, Seven Days', Goldsboro, Kinston, Whitehall Bridge, and Bentonville.]
[Late in the war] the battery was ordered to Wilmington, and guarded the railroad bridge at Northeast, from there they went to Bald Head Island, and did guard duty on the coast until the fall of Fort Fisher [January, 1865], when they fell back on Fort Anderson; after the flank movement of the enemy, and the evacuation of Fort Anderson, the battery was located at Town Creek, where they were attacked by the enemy with considerable force, Capt. Badham sent Sergeant B.F. Hunter with one gun, the "St. Paul," to prevent them from making a flank movement while he was engaging them at Town Creek;  Hunter was supported by a detachment of South Carolina infantry who broke and ran, leaving him on the field with but a squad of men.
Hunter stood his ground fearlessly, and when the enemy arrived at the very muzzle of his gun, a Federal officer shouted to him: "If you fire that gun I will kill you!" the Confederate sergeant, with that coolness and intrepidity which hallways characterized him, replied: "Kill, and go to hell!", and then ordered his gunner, William Hassell, to fire immediately.
He was captured and would have been cut down at once, but the Federal officer ordered his men to spare his life, saying, "He's too brave a man to be killed."  About fifteen men were captured along with Sergeant Hunter and sent to prison at Point Lookout, among them Mr. A.T. Bush of this town.
The remainder of the battery fell back to Wilmington and were subsequently engaged at Cox's Bridge, finally surrendering to General Sherman at Greensboro."
Richard Dillard, "Beverly Hall," Edenton, North Carolina.
(The North Carolina Booklet, Volume V, No. 1, July 1905, pp. 30-35)

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

SCV Press RELEASE: Huge Battle Flags Going up Along Georgia's Highways




Sons of Confederate VeteransSeptember 20, 2012   

  
PRESS RELEASE  

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HUGE BATTLE FLAGS GOING UP ON GEORGIA'S HIGHWAYS 
    

(ATLANTA - September 20, 2012)   As part of the continuing Sesquicentennial commemoration of the War Between the States, dozens of huge Confederate Battle Flags are going up across the state.  The "Flags Across Georgia" project is being conducted by the Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) as part of the effort to commemorate the War and to promote Southern heritage.

Within the last month, new 50 foot flag poles have been erected in both Augusta and Ringgold, both on major highways in heavily commercialized areas.  The pole in Augusta is located on Wheeler Road, a busy four lane highway just off I-20.  The flagpole in Ringgold is located on Battlefield Parkway at I-75 exit 350.  Each of the poles is located in a highly visible location and flies a large 10 x 15 foot battle flag.  Other recent additions include a flag on Ga Highway 520 and US Highway 19 in Baconton, both locations in south Georgia.

The SCV has already erected a dozen such flags across the state on major thoroughfares and has plans to increase the number over the next three years during the ongoing Sesquicentennial commemoration of the late War.  The largest flag erected so far is a Confederate Battle Flag just north of Tifton, Georgia right beside I-75; that flag is 30' x 50' atop a pole that stands 120' and was erected more than a year ago.  It has attracted a huge amount of attention, especially since it is positioned on the main route travelled by tourists heading to Florida and back from all over the country. 
Interviews and more information may be obtained by contacting the Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans online at www.GeorgiaSCV.org or by calling 1-866-SCV-IN-GA.  
END RELEASE
 
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Monday, September 24, 2012

Commander Givens' Comments on Lynyrd Skynyrds Capitulation to Disassociation with the Confederate Flag.


http://www.lynyrdskynyrd.com/board_posts/a-message-from-gary

Dear Gary, Lynyrd Skynyrd, management, `et alia',

I am the Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. We are an organization, chartered in 1896 by veterans of the War for Southern Independence for the purpose of promoting the true history and principles of the Confederate soldiers’ cause. On behalf of our 31,000 members I write you today to express our deep sadness and concern over your present stance toward our venerable banner of the South. Your use of the flag in a manner that is up lifting and not aligned with any form of hate has been a stalwart defense of the flag’s true symbolism for many years. We appreciate and applaud your past efforts on behalf of our common ancestors.

Our biggest concern comes from your statement on the 8th of September 2012 to CNN. You disclosed, "But I think through the years, you know, people like the KKK and Skinheads and people have kind of kidnapped the dixie rebel flag from the southern tradition and the heritage of the soldiers." Sir, our ancestors wrote the definition of that flag with their blood and when they furled the flag at the last battle they tucked their God-given liberty inside. The KKK and the Skinheads do not define our flag any more than the NAACP or any other hate group.

I am sure you do not agree with their hateful views of our flag, therefore I must ask you, who will stand up for the TRUTH, if not you and if not me? The answer is no one and without us the truth will be buried with the American Confederate flag. That is why we must not capitulate to their nancy demands.

Like many men in my organization, your music has been the soundtrack of my life. Your songs have helped define my own identity and Southernness. I have been a fan from the beginning. I was at the second to the last concert of the original band in Johnson City, Tennessee. All my best friends were at the Greenville, South Carolina concert a few days later. Then, our lives were changed forever—some much more than others. We have always been there for you. Your fans have not let you down. Do not let us down.

My fear is that you are living the song, WORKING FOR THE MCA and that Lynyrd Skynyrd has become the subject of a re-branding effort that hopes to make a kinder, gentler Lynyrd Skynyrd. I worked in the ad world for twenty years; re-branding’s not what we need. We need the honest and courageous Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Stay true to your people.

Please fell free to contact me if I may help. I wish you the very best and remain,

Respectfully yours,

Michael Givens
Commander-in-Chief
Sons of Confederate Veterans
scv.org
michaelgivens.com


TOOLBOX // 09.22.2012 11:03:39 AM

I've known Skynyrd , the past and present members for over 27 years. Gary,Dale, Rickey, and Johnny are very close friends of mine. I consider them family. I know of their love for God,our troops, Southern heritage and for our great nation. I've held Gary and Dale's daughters in my arms as babies and watched them grow up into beautiful ladies and moms. I've been there for the band thru the good times and the bad. I've been around the world with them. I've sat at their dinner table and broke bread with them. I know how hard it was for them to make that decision on the confederate flag. Because of a few bad people and groups in this country a lot of us have to suffer. The band is not denouncing the flag, they're denouncing the scum that uses it as a symbol of hate and control thru fear. Lynyrd Skynyrd is a true American band and are proud of their Southern heritage. Do you think for one minute that they would denounce their Southern roots?? Your wrong. Just listen to their music. It's all about the South, family,country, the good and bad times and fish'n. Most of us have grown up with Skynyrd music in our homes, cars, schools and bars. Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of the few things that has held true in this world. I ask you to be there for them as they've been there for you thru thick and thin for over 30 years! For the people that wish harm or death to Gary, may God have mercy on you .You'll have to go thru me first!!! I stand with Skynyrd!!! TOOLBOX

MicGivens // 09.22.2012 11:27:03 AM

@TOOLBOX: Sir, I have nothing but respect for you and understand your stance. Our problem is not that Lynyrd Skynyrd, with their recent statement, is denouncing the hateful rhetoric of those that misuse the flag, as we join them in that, but their capitulation to the demands of those who want Southern Heritage buried.

It is a wonderful thing that you know the band personally and can vouch for their devotion to God and Country. I do not doubt a word. Let's be clear, Lynyrd Skynyrd giving up the flag to the "kidnappers" is capitulation and marks a sad day for the ongoing defense of a culture constantly under attack. I thank Lynyrd Skynyrd for all they have done in the past and wish them peace and happiness.

God bless.


TOOLBOX // 09.22.2012 11:55:37 AM

@MicGivens: Sir, Thank You for understanding my stance but, I have to ask you a simple question. You say that you thank them for all they've done in the past but, are you there for them now and in the future? TOOLBOX

MicGivens // 09.22.2012 01:21:46 PM

@TOOLBOX: Hi Toolbox. I am deeply saddened by this turn of direction. I love the music, always have and always will. But this is a blow. Tuesday's Gone is one of the best songs every written/recorded. The same can be said of so many songs by these incredibly talented men. But I know the truth of the Confederate Soldier, I've studied him and his cause for a very long time. Lynyrd Skynyrd was always a sort of support for the truth of the CSA merely by presenting our colours respectfully. Now, I will continue to listen to my favorite music but with a different and lesser respect. This pains me to no end. Contact me. I'd be pleased to discuss this further.






The petition for the Forrest Monument

Selma Alabama
Compatriots I received this email today and many of you may have too that signed the petition for the Forrest Monument.
Since Malika started her petition on Change.org, over 300,000 people have joined the call to stop construction of a new monument to one of the first leaders of the Ku Klux Klan in Selma, Alabama. Journalists from The New York Times, NBC, and dozens of other news outlets have covered the story. And town residents have literally laid on the ground around the monument to prevent a new foundation from being poured.
This Tuesday, Selma's city council will meet and may make a final decision on whether to take the monument down from public property -- and Malika will lead a march with supporters of her campaign and deliver petition signatures to town officials. Will you join her?
Here are the details for the event:
WHEN: Tuesday, September 25 2:30pm-5pm
WHERE: The march starts at the base of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, and ends at City Hall.
In an interview this week, Malika described why the monument to Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first Grand Wizard of the KKK, has sparked such an outcry in Selma: "They're celebrating his philosophy... They're celebrating what he has done in terms of keeping black people 'in their place.'"
Partners including Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Rainbow/PUSH will be joining Malika for the march and delivery -- and Malika says getting as many people as possible to help deliver the petition to Selma's city council will be critical to winning this campaign, because Selma's city council president is currently a supporter of keeping the monument.
Click here to RSVP on Facebook for the march this Tuesday to deliver more than 300,000 signatures to demand the removal of a monument celebrating a KKK leader.
http://www.facebook.com/events/447500335301095/?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10981&alert_id=BUDznJjrJE_FcjZiiuOQX
(Note that you do not need to RSVP in order to attend!)
Thanks, and I hope you'll join us on Tuesday.
- William and the Change.org team
Yours in Dixie!
Mike Williams
Alabama Division Adjutant
Alabama Division Webmaster
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Email: Gwilli5413@knology.net or aladivadjutant@gmail.com
Montgomery, Al.

150th Anniversary of the Battle of Blue Mills


Subject: 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Blue Mills

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I was searching for some information and ran across this video of us from last year at the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Blue Mills. Its a good one and I think you will like it. I had no idea this was being put togrther...maybe you have seen it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGqn-8SnPso


Trooper Bob Capps
 


Sunday, September 23, 2012

Urgent SCV Telegraph- Defend the Forrest Statue




   Sons of Confederate Veterans
                                 SCV  Telegraph
 
Gentlemen:

You have probably seen the recent petition on Change.Org concerning the Forrest monument. Now it is our turn --

http://www.change.org/petitions/selma-al-city-council-continue-work-on-the-forrest-monument-use-it-as-an-educational-opportunity


The other one got about 320k signatures. We MUST top that. How soon can we do it? Please distribute the above link to our friends and Compatriots, far and wide.

Gene Hogan
Chief of Heritage Defense
Sons of Confederate Veterans
(866) 681 - 7314 


Sons of Confederate Veterans | PO Box 59 | Columbia | TN | 38402

SCV Telegraph- Honored Law Officer killed


   Sons of Confederate Veterans
                                 SCV  Telegraph
   

Compatriots, 
Last night, Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever was killed in a one vehicle rollover accident near Williams, in northwest Arizona. He had been there to attend the funeral of his mother. Sheriff Dever was the 2012 recipient of the SCV's Hoover Law & Order award . The Arizona Division and Camp 1710 will send an appropriate memorial to the funeral.
Curt Tipton
Adjutant, Arizona Division SCV
Adjutant, Confederate Secret Service Camp 1710 SCV
Fort Huachuca, Arizona

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Antietam 150: New App, New Map, 360, and More


Civil War Trust

150th Anniversary

Commemorating Antietam on its 150th

Few battles can match the Battle of Antietam for its strategic significance to the American Civil War. Not only did this battle end Robert E. Lee's invasion of Maryland in 1862, but the battle became America's single bloodiest day of combat. Abraham Lincoln also claimed this battle as a victory and subsequently issued his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation - a document that would change the very nature of the war. We hope that all Americans will use this anniversary as a time to learn more about the Battle of Antietam and its significance to our American history.
Our home base for all of our Antietam content can always be found at civilwar.org/antietam
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Antietam Battle App

The Antietam Battle App

The Civil War Trust is proud to announce the release of our new Antietam Battle App. This free GPS-enabled touring application will help guide you to all the great historical spots on the Antietam battlefield. Access our virtual signs, historian videos, primary source audio accounts, and detailed reference material. Our new Field Glasses AR viewer will also help you find key landmarks on the battlefield.
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Antietam Animated Map

The Antietam Animated Map

Check out our brand new Antietam Animated Map. This rich presentation will help the viewer to better understand the strategic challenges facing both North and South during the 1862 Maryland Campaign. Watch the attacks at the Cornfield, West Woods, Sunken Road, and Burnside's Bridge unfold before your eyes in vivid detail. Our "Explore" mode will allow you to click on various battlefield points of interest as well.
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Antietam 360

Antietam 360

Second only to a battlefield visit itself, our Antietam 360 offering will help you to see the battlefield through beautiful panoramic images. On each panorama is a wealth of clickable points of interest and historian videos that will help you to better understand the historic landscape at Antietam. Wander the battlefield digitally - all the panoramas are linked together so that you can travel from the North Woods through the Cornfield and Sunken Road to the final attacks near the town of Sharpsburg itself.
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Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation

Despite being a battlefield draw, Abraham Lincoln seized upon the Union victory at Antietam as the opportunity to finally deliver his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. This important document fundamentally changed the nature of the Civil War and would bring about the enlistment of African-American soldiers in the Union army. Learn more about the Emancipation Proclamation in our new and expanded Emancipation Proclamation page. Historian videos, history articles, lesson plans, images, quizzes, recommended books, and other primary source material is all just a click away.
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Saturday, September 22, 2012

A Record of Triumph Unsurpassed in Warfare



A Record of Triumph Unsurpassed in Warfare
 
 
Just before 5AM on Saturday, 30 July 1864, the enemy triggered explosives in a tunnel under Southern lines at Petersburg, burying 278 Confederate soldiers in the upheaval.  General Robert E. Lee later recognized General William Mahone’s three counter-attacking brigades at the Crater: “All who charged from that vale crowned themselves heroes.”  
 
Bernhard Thuersam, Chairman
North Carolina War Between the States Sesquicentennial Commission
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A Record of Triumph Unsurpassed in Warfare:
 
Dead Bodies Several Layers Deep:
 
“On Monday morning a truce was granted, and the Federals sent out details to bury their dead between the lines. They dig a long ditch and placed the bodies crosswise, several layers up, and then refilled it. After they had finished burying their dead and were moving off, General Mahone noticed that they left the dirt piled up high enough for breastworks on the slope of the hill, midway between the two lines of battle.
 
He quickly discovered the danger of this, as it would have afforded shelter for another assaulting column, He stopped the burial detail and made them level the ground, as the found it.  General Pendleton, Chief of Artillery of General Lee’s army, was standing near, and paid a high compliment to Mahone’s foresight.
 
The Last Act of a Great Battle:
 
This was the last act in this celebrated battle – a battle won by the charge of three small brigades of Virginia, Georgia and Alabama troops, numbering less than 2,000 muskets, with the aid of the artillery, which rendered effective service to the charging columns, over an army of 70,000 men behind breast-works, which surrendered to this small force of nineteen flags.
 
General B.R. Johnson, who commanded the lines which were broken by the explosion and upheaval of the Crater, in his report of the battle said: “To the able commander and gallant officers and men of Mahone’s Division, to whom we are mainly indebted for the restoration of our lines, I offer my acknowledgments for their great service.”
 
Secretary of War James A. Seddon said: “Let appropriate acknowledgement be made to the gallant general and his brave troops. Let the names of the captors (of the flags) be noted on the roll of honor and published.”
 
Nowhere in the history of war were greater odds driven out of fortifications and defeated. The charge of three brigades of Mahone’s Division is a record of triumph unsurpassed in warfare.”
 
(Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume XXV, R.A. Brock, editor, Southern Historical Society, 1897, page 90)
 

Friday, September 21, 2012

Patriots of '61 – Brigadier-General George Burgwyn Anderson of Orange County

Patriots of '61 – Brigadier-General George Burgwyn Anderson of Orange County
Colonel George Burgwyn Anderson:
Born near Hillsboro on 12 April 1831, the oldest son of William E. Anderson, Esq., and wife, Eliza Burgwyn.  George attained high honors and distinction at the University of North Carolina and was appointed to West Point at age seventeen, graduating ninth in a class of forty-one in 1852.  In his memorial address of May 11, 1885, Hon. Alfred Moore Waddell of Wilmington said of George Anderson:
"I am here to-day, in compliance with your invitation, to attempt to pay a tribute to the memory of as noble a gentleman, as knightly a soldier, as true a man, and as devoted a son of North Carolina as any who lived.  Truth and manliness were his distinguishing characteristics, and to them in whomsoever found he was ever ready to do reverence.
When George Anderson became an officer….he buckled on that sword….[and] with fervent love and that inexorable sense of honor and duty which was the all-controlling motive of his life, he turned to North Carolina and reverently laid it at her feet.  It was an offer [by Governor John W. Ellis] gladly accepted, and he was immediately commissioned Colonel of the Fourth Regiment.
The battle of Seven Pines was a bloody baptism for Colonel Anderson's regiment; indeed, it was almost unparalleled in its terrible destructiveness to that command, for of the twenty-seven officers fit for duty all except one were either killed or wounded, and of the five-hundred and twenty men in the ranks, eighty-six were killed and three hundred and seventy-six were wounded, leaving only fifty-eight out of the five-hundred and twenty unhurt – a record which is the best evidence of the perfect discipline and splendid courage exhibited by that glorious regiment in its first hard fight with the enemy.
During this engagement Colonel Anderson seized the flag of the Twenty-seventh Georgia and dashed forward holding it aloft.  Before their resistless sweep the stubborn foe reeled and fled, and the colors which Anderson bore were planted on their breastworks. Such men were worthy of being commanded by the bravest of the brave, and the cordial thanks and commendation of a division commander, who was not given to laudation of any one, caused the immediate recognition of Colonel Anderson's merits by the President, who, being on the field, at once promoted him, and his well-won commission of Brigadier-General was forwarded and received by him on the 9th day of June, 1862.
The brigade assigned to him were all North Carolinians, being composed of the Second, Fourth, Fourteenth and Thirtieth Regiments – as fine a body of troops as ever trod the perilous edge of battle, and one with afterwards achieved as brilliant a reputation as the most brilliant in the Army of Northern Virginia.  Then came the Seven Days' struggle around Richmond, in each of which the brigade took an active part and the young brigadier won new laurels as a most gallant and efficient officer."
At the battle of Sharpsburg and during his brigade's assault on the enemy's center Anderson received a wound in the foot which would prove fatal.  He was taken to Virginia -- with his brother and aide de camp, Captain Walker Anderson, who was also wounded at Sharpsburg and killed at the Wilderness -- to Raleigh, arriving in the latter part of September.
"His wound was a most painful one, and he suffered great agony for two weeks….Finally amputation was decided upon, but it was too late. He sunk under the operation, and on the morning of October 16, 1862, in the thirty-second year of his age, his brave soul bid farewell to earth.  A very large assemblage of the citizens of Raleigh gathered to give expression to their grief and to testify their respect for his memory; his mortal remains were born to your beautiful cemetery and tenderly and reverently laid beneath the sod where his monument now stands.
[He] died, while the banner of the Confederacy still floated triumphant in every breeze. He never saw that banner lowered to the foe, and his proud spirit was spared the humiliation to which his surviving comrades were afterwards subjected.  The government for which he fought and died was long since numbered with the dead empires, and the one against which he bore arms has, with its vast powers constantly centralizing in the hands of an all-absorbing national legislature, become the richest and most powerful on the earth.
If true manliness and an exalted sense of duty; if the strictest integrity, and the most scrupulous regard of the rights of others; if a chivalric sentiment towards woman, and a delicate sense of personal honor; if a commanding presence and cheerful spirit; if dauntless courage and gentle manners; if a brilliant intellect and extensive knowledge; and finally, if patriotic service, ending in painful wounds, heroic suffering and death – if all these combined constitute a theme worthy of commemoration by orator or poet, then the duty assigned me to-day might well have been entrusted to the most gifted of men, and the people of North Carolina would have a juster estimate of the life and services of George Burgwyn Anderson." 
(Source: Southern Historical Society Papers, XIV, Rev. J. William Jones, editor, January to December 1886,  excerpts, pp. 391-397)
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

True Tales - The Civil War In Missouri

True Tales - The Civil War In Missouri
$14.95

By Carolyn M. Bartels

It’s taken ten years, but, the ultimate reference to the Missouri State Guard has finally reached the printing stage! 500+ pages, over 1000 officers, 4000 notes and sources and it’s all indexed for ease in referencing •• Soft- cover.

http://www.burntdistrictpress.com/?p=647

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Oxford in the Civil War (MS): Battle for a Vanquished Land

Oxford in the Civil War (MS): Battle for a Vanquished Land
By Stephen Enzweiler
List Price:  $19.99
SHNV/SWR Price:  $14.39 
http://astore.amazon.com/souhernewvie-20/detail/1596293187

Reviewed by Greg Stewart 

Oxford in the Civil War: Battle for a Vanquished Land is a unique view of Oxford and Ole Miss just as the land there was first settled by Europeans and during the War Years.  The author, Stephen Enzweiler, tells the story of the conflict through the lives of the people living there, an effective departure from simply describing battles, strategies, and troop movements in the area.

The story begins with the arrival of the 1st wave of pioneer citizens that come  mostly from the Carolinas:  the Thompson, Pegues, and Isom families.  They founded Oxford.  The second group arrived as the Cotton Boom of the 1940's and 1850's was in full tilt.  They include LQC Lamar, E.A.P Barnhard, Augustus Longstreet, and Dr. Henry Branham.  Finally, the last arrivals to Oxford, just before the War, were the students at the University , most of whom never made it back after the War.  None of the University Greys did, the storied unit mustered on campus at the start of the War.  One of them, Jeremiah Gage, purposefully stained his last letter home to his mother with blood from his mortal wound received just before the fateful charge of the Greys at Gettysburg. 

Enzweiler's skillful use of contemporary letters and correspondence is buttressed by his use of later documentation gathered by the WPA.  Former slaves from that time were interviewed (some being the same slaves owned by the masters that wrote or received the earlier letters).  Their recollections matched the owners and citizens description of an epic story of turbulent change and personal sacrifice.

The personal approach to the true story of the real people who lived through the times is a must read for any friend of Oxford, Ole Miss and history.

Oxford in the Civil War: Battle for a Vanquished Land is a unique view of Oxford and Ole Miss just as the land there was first settled by Europeans and during the War Years.  The author, Stephen Enzweiler, tells the story of the conflict through the lives of the people living there, an effective departure from simply describing battles, strategies, and troop movements in the area.

The story begins with the arrival of the 1st wave of pioneer citizens that come  mostly from the Carolinas:  the Thompson, Pegues, and Isom families.  They founded Oxford.  The second group arrived as the Cotton Boom of the 1940's and 1850's was in full tilt.  They include LQC Lamar, E.A.P Barnhard, Augustus Longstreet, and Dr. Henry Branham.  Finally, the last arrivals to Oxford, just before the War, were the students at the University , most of whom never made it back after the War.  None of the University Greys did, the storied unit mustered on campus at the start of the War.  One of them, Jeremiah Gage, purposefully stained his last letter home to his mother with blood from his mortal wound received just before the fateful charge of the Greys at Gettysburg. 

Enzweiler's skillful use of contemporary letters and correspondence is buttressed by his use of later documentation gathered by the WPA.  Former slaves from that time were interviewed (some being the same slaves owned by the masters that wrote or received the earlier letters).  Their recollections matched the owners and citizens description of an epic story of turbulent change and personal sacrifice.

The personal approach to the true story of the real people who lived through the times is a must read for any friend of Oxford, Ole Miss and history.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Lee, Last of the Cavaliers -- The Restoration of Arlington Mansion


Lee, Last of the Cavaliers
In a postwar letter to British Lord Acton, Robert E. Lee noted that the South would have desired "any honorable compromise to the fratricidal war which has taken place," but that now the South had no choice but to submit to the results of the war.  Being an optimist despite the desolation around him, he concluded the letter with "I trust that the Constitution may undergo no change, but that it may be handed down to succeeding generations in the form we have received it from our forefathers."
Bernhard Thuersam, Chairman
North Carolina War Between the States Sesquicentennial Commission
www.ncwbts150.com
"The Official Website of the North Carolina WBTS Sesquicentennial"
Lee, Last of the Cavaliers:
"People who are ignorant of history sometimes ask: "Was not Lee ungrateful to the United States that had educated him at West Point?"  The truth is, there might never have been any West Point but for Virginia, for Washington planned it, and Jefferson carried out his idea of a great military academy; while the Lees, as the colonial leaders in Virginia, had served the country as burgesses, governors and military leaders, and signers of the Declaration, so that when Robert E. Lee was appointed a cadet at West Point through the influence of Gen. Andrew Jackson, it was in due recognition of what American owed the Lees, liquidating a debt of patriotism.
At the Academy, Lee's high sense of duty made his course so honorable that he graduated without ever receiving a single demerit; and later, in the war with Mexico, fully repaid by his service all his obligations to his Alma Mater.   He also served as Superintendent of West Point, where the dignity of his life added prestige to the institution and forever blessed the memory of those who, as pupils and professors, were associated with him.  West Point today cherishes his name.
In 1902, when West Point celebrated the centenary of its usefulness, there was full recognition given to the Confederate roster, which numbered nearly one hundred and fifty distinguished generals, among whom were many Virginians – such as Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jeb Stuart, Custis Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, Joseph R. Anderson, Joseph E. Johnston, Jubal A. Early, George E. Pickett, Richard S. Ewell, Ambrose Powell Hill – each of whom received special eulogy.
In the toast on Alumni Day to the "Confederate Veteran," the orator said: "How shall I speak to you of the great Lee, whom it was an education to know?  Never elated and never depressed, but always calm in reliance upon his troops and upon himself, whose soldiers relied upon him and loved him unto death!..."
When the twilight began to gather for the great silence, General Lee met his end as he had lived, Christ's faithful soldier and servant to life's end. His last act was to lift his hand in benediction, as he sought to ask a blessing for the evening meal; then, stricken, he sank into his chair.  The long years of usefulness, the heavy strain of responsibility, the great life work, were ended.  The chastening touch of time had melted his strength into a tender glory that blended with a radiant splendor like a sunset on the Alps.
The force of his example was the beacon light of the ruined South. Here he was even more splendid in defeat than he had ever been in battle; and he fell like a soldier on a shield that knew no stain, surrendering his soul to his Captain, Christ, under whose colors he had fought ever since the days back at Christ Church, Alexandria, when he joined the Church militant. In Christ Church, Alexandria, at prayer, he decided the momentous question of resigning from the Union Army; and there to-day, are two modest marble tablets – the one to George Washington, vestryman; the other to Robert E. Lee, the Christian, whose chivalry made him the last of the Cavaliers."
(The Restoration of Arlington Mansion, Mrs. William Lyne, Confederate Veteran, May, 1929, pp. 184-187)

Monday, September 17, 2012

10 Year Anniversary March Across Dixie Preliminary Schedule

10 Year Anniversary March Across Dixie Preliminary Schedule
 
 
Preliminary 10 Year Anniversary March Across Dixie Schedule to Biltmore Village
 
October 15, 2012 ---- Leave Vance Memorial Downtown Asheville ---- March to Biltmore Village; begin 10 mile march to Old Hendersonville County Courthouse
 
October 16, 2012 ---- Start 10 miles from Dixie Outpost on Hwy. 25 ---- March to DixieOutpost Travelers Rest, S.C. (10 miles)
 
October 17, 2012 ---- Start 10 miles from Dixie Lumber Company Hwy 183 --- March to Dixie Lumber Company Easley, S.C. (10 miles)
 
October 18, 2012 ---- Start 10 miles from Confederate monument in Walhalla, S.C --- March to Confederate monument Walahalla, S.C. (10 miles)
 
October 19, 2012 ---- Start 10 miles from downtown Clemson, S.C. ----- March to Clemson, S.C. (10 miles)
 
October 22, 2012 ---- Start 10 miles from Toccoa, Ga. City Hall ---- March 10 miles to Toccoa City Hall   (10 miles)
 
October 23, 2012 ---- Start 10 miles from Cummings, Ga Hwy 9 ---- March 10 miles to City Hall Cummings, Ga. (10
 
October 24, 2012 ---- Start 10 miles from Roswell, Ga ----- March 10 miles to Roswell Home Place (10 miles)
 
October 25, 2012 ---- Start 10 miles from 10 miles from Atlanta, Ga --- March 10 miles to Atlanta Capitol Confederate monument.  
                                                                                                                   
October 26, 2012 ---- Start 10 miles from Railroad Depot Fairburn, Ga --- March 10 miles to Railroad Depot Fairburn, Ga.
 
October 29, 2012 ---- Start 10 miles from La Grange, Ga. --- March 10 miles to La Grange, Ga. (10 miles)
 
October 30, 2012 ---- Start 10 miles from Opelika, Alabama --- March 10 miles to Opelika (10 miles) Hold Press Conference in Auburn, Alabama
 
October 31, 2012 ---- Start 10 miles from Tuskegee, Alabama --- March 10 miles to Booker T. Washington Church (10 miles) Press interview
 

Cobwebs in your attic

Cobwebs in your attic
Mr McLeod;
In regards to your comments, specifically the following:
"If someone gets pissed off because a flag used by a country — the Confederacy — that wanted to keep people in slavery on public property offends them, then take it down and celebrate your heritage elsewhere. In this country no one can take away your heritage, and losing this battle is not the start down a slippery slope that will lead to that happening."
You do know the cemetery in Mexic o City that contains the graves of American soldiers who fought in the wars against Mexico pisses off the Mexicans. Moreso because of the US Flag that flies over the graves of American Veterans.
We should just tear down our flag and dig up the graves so Mexicans can sleep easier at night, right? 
You do know the huge Muslum population in France is pissed off at the US Flag that flies over the American soldiers in Normandy. They are really pissed off cause they are just Americans - the Infidels, and that US Flag really pisses them off.
Reckon we just allow the Muslums to tear down the flag and pave over the graves so they can chant to Allah a little less loudly? right?
I understand progressive means to spit on American Veterans, and yes, Confederate soldiers are American Veterans. How cool was it to harrass Viet Nam Veterans? To spit on them and call them baby killers? Well the Confederate Veterans have taken their place in our society's mentality.
Traitors, Nazis, Terrorists... Others like to just say "it pisses off other people" 
This whole sad affair was the doing of Lawyer Bob Clark. He was just SO offended. He had to repeatedly return to the little granite marker for Confederate Veterans to get his daily dose of "pissed off"  He even managed to get 19 others in all of North Carolina to sign his petition of hate and discrimination. He too is a progressive! Keeping that fix of 'pissed off' replaced his regular life routine for almost 2 years. Addicted to being a hater of American Veterans.
I bet you were signer #2 on his petition!
If you and Lawyer Bob would just stop with the hate and social engineering, life would return to normal real quick. Perhaps Lawyer Bob is losing clients and needs his shot of 15 fame moments? Perhaps your career in the media is slipping and you need a Cause Celebre? A sure way to write another 5 columns for job security!
I will pray for your soul
Thanks and God Bless
Billy Bearden
Carrollton Ga

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Kate: The Journal of a Confederate Nurse


Kate: The Journal of a Confederate Nurse
By Kate Cumming, Richard Barksdale Harwell
List Price:  $21.95
SHNV/SWR Price: $14.93
http://astore.amazon.com/souhernewvie-20/detail/080712267X

A view of the War told from a different kind of battlefield. With no prior medical experience, Kate Cumming volunteered to become a nurse at the outbreak of the Civil War. Working in Confederate hospitals and units throughout the South, Cumming witnessed the ravages of war on a daily basis. When she found the time, she chronicled her experiences in her journal. A riveting account of war, Kate: The Journal of a Confederate Nurse also presents a rare first-hand look at the medical practices, lifestyles, politics, and attitudes of the late 19th century.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

SCV Telegraph- Leadership workshop Richmond,Va



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SCV National Leadership Workshop
As we approach the challenging years of the Sesquicentennial, leadership training has become even more important to the defense of our Southern heritage. In an effort to insure that our members better understand the challenges of leadership roles and to aid our leaders in acquiring the knowledge to better perform their duties, the SCV has scheduled an Autumn National Leadership Workshop.
This year's event will be held November 3, 2012 at the Confederate Memorial Chapel at 2900 Grove Ave, Richmond, VA 23255. It will be hosted by the Lee-Jackson Camp 1 and the J.E.B. Stuart Camp 1343. A tentative schedule for the day is posted below along with registration and lodging information.
Please note that this event will include relevant presentations and individual workshops for more specialized training for Commanders and Adjutants; however, ALL members are invited to attend! Bring a cushion.
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8:00 - 8:10 Welcome & SCV Protocol Cmdr. Ed Willis, Camp 1
8:10 - 8:25 Introductions & Overview Lt. CIC Charles Kelly Barrow
8:25 - 9:10 Commanders & Command CIC R. Michael Givens
9:10 - 9:20 BREAK
9:20 - 10:05 Adjutants & Administration AIC Stephen Lee Ritchie
10:05 - 10:15 BREAK
10:15 - 11:00 Recruiting & Retention Lt. CIC Charles Kelly Barrow
11:00 - 11:45 Vision 2016 Past Chief of HD Tom Hiter, Ph.D
11:45 - 12:45 DINNER
12:45 - 1:30 Re-recruiting Delinquent Members ANV Field Rep. Jack Marlar
1:30 - 1:40 BREAK
1:40 - 2:10 Camp Operations & Success Lt. CIC Charles Kelly Barrow
2:10 - 2:20 BREAK
2:20 - 3:05 Commander's & Adjutant's Workshops CIC, Lt. CIC & AIC
3:05 Concluding Remarks & Discussion Lt. CIC Charles Kelly Barrow
Benediction
Registration, which includes dinner, is only $12 each and will be handled through our General Headquarters at Elm Springs. After the 27th, registration will be $6 with no meal. You may mail a reservation with a check or call 1 (800) 380-1896 ext 209 (Cindy) or email accounting@scv.org with credit card information (MC, VISA or AMEX).
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Please choose one of the following sandwiches for Dinner:
Smoked Turkey & Provolone Cheese, Chicken Salad Croissant, Chicken Salad Wrap
Comfort Inn Conference Centre Midtown Clarion Hotel Richmond Central
3200 West Broad Street 3207 N. Boulevard
Richmond, Va 23230 Richmond, Va 23230
(804) 359-4061 (804) 359-9441
Registration Sheet
Name________________________ Address____________________________________________
_____________________________ Email address_______________________________________
Camp number_________________ Check enclosed ( ) or
Credit Card (MC, VISA, or AMEX) Number __________________________ Expires _________


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Friday, September 14, 2012

Va Flaggers 1st Anniversary Celebration Family Picnic

Va Flaggers 1st Anniversary Celebration Family Picnic
Sunday, September 30, 2012
3:00pm until 8:00pm in EDT
7095 Old Lantern Trl
Mechanicsville, VA 23111
September 5th marks the one year anniversary of the official start of the Va Flaggers! We would like to celebrate an amazing year of tremendous growth, success, trials, honors, and victories by inviting ALL who have ever flagged with us... ever flagged anywhere... ever supported us in any way... ever wanted to flag...or just want to come and see what we are all about... to join us for a picnic at the home of Virginia Flagger Grayson Jennings, on the edge of the Gaines Mill Battlefield. We will gather at 3:00, eat at 5:00 and wrap up at 8:00 p.m.
The Va Flaggers will provide the main dish and beverages. We ask attendees to bring a side dish or dessert, if able. We will have live music, lots of photos, memories, and information to share...and a look back on an amazing, incredible first year for the Va Flaggers.
RSVP here or email info@vaflaggers.com

Come as you are...just come...and bring your flag! :)

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Faces of the Confederacy: An Album of Southern Soldiers and Their Stories


Faces of the Confederacy: An Album of Southern Soldiers and Their Stories
By Ronald S. Codington
List Price:  $31.95
SHNV/SWR Price:  $23.32 
http://astore.amazon.com/souhernewvie-20/detail/0801890195

The history of the Civil War (sic) is the stories of its soldiers," writes Ronald S. Codington in the preface to Faces of the Confederacy. This book tells the stories of seventy-seven Southern soldiers -- young farm boys, wealthy plantation owners, intellectual elites, uneducated poor -- who posed for photographic portraits, carts de visited, to leave with family, friends, and sweethearts before going off to war. Codington, a passionate collector of Civil War--era photography, conducted a monumental search for these previously unpublished portrait cards, then unearthed the personal stories of their subjects, putting a human face on a war rife with inhuman atrocities.

The Civil War took the lives of 22 of every 100 men who served. Codington follows the exhausted survivors as they return home to occupied cities and towns, ravaged farmlands, a destabilized economy, and a social order in the midst of upheaval. This book is a haunting and moving tribute to those brave men.

Jo Shelby's Iron Brigade

Jo Shelby's Iron Brigade

$29.95

By Deryl P. Sellmeyer.

The toughest, most accomplished cavalry brigade west of the Mississippi River was Gen. Jo Shelby’s Iron Brigade. This factual, fully documented account traces the Confederate units history from it’s origin through the end of the Civil War. Free from romanticized exaggerations, this work is the most reliable historical source on the subject. Every march, camp, and battle that could be identified from source material is recorded in this story of leadership, brotherhood, and the American West. Deryl P. Sellmeyer spent two decades researching the true story of this illustrious military unit his great-great- grandfather served in as a private.331 pages plus 51 pages of notes, photos, and index. Hard-cover.

http://www.burntdistrictpress.com/?p=479