Calcasieu Greys December 2021

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Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.

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See battle Details in newsletter, page 4.

(Stone's River NMP, National Park Service)

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CALCASIEU GREYS, November 2011

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Felix Grundy Winder who served

both in Co. E. 1st Special Bn. La. Inf.

and as captain in Co. K, 26th La. Inf.

Killed May 19, 1863 in the Siege of

Vicksburg, Miss. at age 23. 

Requiescecat in pace

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Lt. Col. William J. Hardee

Biography of Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee

[From The Confederate Military History]

Lieutenant-General William J. Hardee was born in Camden County, Georgia, on October 12, 1815. After receiving a military education at West Point, he entered the army with the class of 1838, as a second lieutenant of the Second cavalry, and was promoted first-lieutenant in 1839, and served in the Florida war of 1840. He was then sent to Europe by the government as a member of a military commission to study the organization of foreign armies, and in that capacity visited the military school at St. Maur, France.
       In 1844 he was promoted captain, and in 1846 crossed the Rio Grande with General Taylor. He behaved with gallantry in the Mexican war, was taken prisoner at Curricito, but exchanged, and for his valor at La Hoya was brevetted major. In 1853 his professional accomplishments caused his selection by the secretary of war, for the compilation of a system of infantry tactics, which was adopted in March 1855. In the following year "Hardee's Tactics" was introduced at West Point, where he was appointed commandant with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1861 he resigned from this commission and entered the Confederate service as colonel of cavalry on March 16th, being assigned to command at Fort Morgan, Ala. On June 17th, he was promoted to brigadier-general, in which rank he organized a brigade of Arkansas regiments, and operated in that State until called with his men across the Mississippi when he was commissioned major-general and put in command of a division of the army in Kentucky and Tennessee under Albert Sidney Johnston. He led the advance from Corinth in command of the Third army corps, and commanded the first line of attack at Shiloh, where he was wounded, but managed his command with such energy that he was promoted, major-general.
       In the following summer he was put in immediate command of the army of the Mississippi, afterward called the army of Tennessee, and during the Kentucky campaign, he commanded the left wing of Bragg's army. In the battle of Perryville, he bore a conspicuous part, and he was immediately afterward promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general. At the battle of Murfreesboro, the left-wing under his masterly leadership was successful in the fight, and he was specially commended by General Bragg "for skill, valor, and ability."
       General Hardee had now well earned the exalted rank which he held and a military reputation which was tersely expressed by his soldiers in the cognomen "Old Reliable." In 1863 he was detailed to defend Mississippi and Alabama, but returned to the command of his corps at Chattanooga, and commanded the right-wing at Missionary Ridge, where General Thomas declared he was "the most efficient general the Confederacy had on the field." The subsequent maneuver of his troops at Cassville and his masterly retreat in the echelon of divisions won the renewed admiration of his opponents. On December 2, 1863, he succeeded General Bragg in command of the army but soon turned this over to General Polk, who in turn gave place to Gen. J. E. Johnston. Under the latter and his successor, J. B. Hood, he commanded a corps of the army of Tennessee through the Atlanta campaign, taking a prominent part in the fighting at Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, and other points, and particularly at Peach Tree Creek and the battle of July 22d, where he commanded the flank movement against the Federal left wing. His corps was again engaged at Jonesboro and the last fighting of the campaign.
       In October 1864, he was assigned to command the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, with the task of collecting at Savannah forces to operate against Sherman's advance. The troops he required were no longer to be found in the South, and by one of the most masterly retreats of the war, he evaded Sherman's overwhelming force before Savannah, and withdrew to Charleston and thence to Columbia. At Averysboro, in March 1865, he punished the enemy effectively, and a few days later he led in the battle of Bentonville the last charge that was made by the Confederacy's war-worn soldiers, and his only son, sixteen years of age, was among the last to fall. In this last battle of the four years, with undiminished spirit, the general, as Johnston has described it, "with his knightly gallantry dashed over the enemy's breastworks on horseback in front of his men." It is told of General Hardee, illustrating his thoroughness as a soldier, that he was the only lieutenant-general who personally inspected the arms and accouterments of each soldier of his corps. General J. E. Johnston said of him that "he was more capable of commanding twenty thousand men in battle than any other Confederate general." General Hardee died at Wytheville, Va., on November 6, 1873, and his remains were interred at Selma, Ala., where he had resided after the war.

General and Mrs. Nathan Beford Forrest "Rest in Peace"

COLUMBIA, Tennessee – Confederate Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest was “put to rest for eternity” Saturday by the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) at the National Confederate Headquarters and Museum at Historic Elm Springs in Columbia, Tennessee.

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Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest

ANV Statement on Lee Memorial in Richmond

 

ANV Statement on Lee Memorial in Richmond

Office of the Commander Army of Northern Virginia, Sons of Confederate Veterans September 10th, 2021 For Immediate Release, Despite overwhelming support to keep the General Robert E. Lee memorial on Richmond, Virginia’s famed Monument Avenue standing where it has stood for more than 130 years, we have just witnessed with both anger and sadness its desecration and removal by frenzied radicals and opportunistic politicians. Their loud, unreasoned voices demanding diversity and equity disguise their hatred not just for General Lee and other symbols of the South, but for the entirety of American and Western civilization and heritage. Richmond, once the Capital of the South, is now a decaying city. It is now run by those little people who hate and despise her history. Their solution is to attempt to abolish and completely re-write that history, and so destroy any continuity and the inheritance of millions of Virginians. The insane leftists in charge have thrown all reason out the window. Along with that, the Virginia Supreme Court has tossed by the wayside the Constitution. Where else in this great nation can one sign a contract but then renege on it years later. Yet, one gets to keep the property in direct contradiction to that contract? Is Virginia the only state where legal contracts are unenforceable? Are all contracts unenforceable or just the ones that offend the current tyrants in power? This situation should remind us of another time in history when the Constitution of the United States was overthrown by tyranny. At that moment General Lee was forced to choose between his home state and an oppressive government bent on empire and on subjugating the states in the American South. It would have been easier for General Lee to lead a tyrant's army to destroy property and the rights of the people. Instead, he made the noblest of decisions when he chose to defend his beloved State of Virginia, which had reserved specifically for itself the right to secede when it originally joined the Federal union. Lee, prior to offering his services to the newly-independent Commonwealth of Virginia, had formally resigned from the United States Army. In reluctantly agreeing to serve his native state he committed no treason, rather he rose to protect the people's God-given rights and liberties granted them and otherwise affirmed by the Constitution of the United States. Much in the spirit of General Robert E. Lee's “Proclamation to the People of Maryland,” we support our brothers’ and sisters’ right to defend their history and property. Like “Marse Robert” we choose to stand for our history and for our inheritance, against the rising tide of lunacy and tyranny. Proclamation to the People of Maryland To the People of Maryland: Headquarters Army N. Virginia Near Fredericktown, 8th September, 1862 It is right that you should know the purpose that brought the Army under my command within the limits of your State, so far as that purpose concerns yourselves. The People of the Confederate States have long watched with the deepest sympathy the wrongs and outrages that have been inflicted upon the citizens of a Commonwealth, allied to the States of the South by the strongest social, political and commercial ties. They have seen with profound indignation their sister State deprived of every right, and reduced to the condition of a conquered Province. Under the pretense of supporting the Constitution, but in violation of its most valuable provisions, your citizens have been arrested and imprisoned upon no charge, and contrary to all forms of law; the faithful and manly protest against this outrage made by the venerable and illustrious Marylanders to whom in better days, no citizens appealed for right in vain, was treated with scorn and contempt; the government of your chief city has been usurped by armed strangers; your legislature has been dissolved by the unlawful arrest of its members; freedom of the press and of speech, of the Federal Executive, and citizens ordered to be tried by a military commission for what they may dare to speak. Believing that the People of Maryland possessed a spirit too lofty to submit to such a government, the people of the south have long wished to aid you in throwing off this foreign yoke, to enable you to again enjoy the inalienable rights of free men, and restore independence and sovereignty to your State. In obedience to this wish, our Army has come among you, and is prepared to assist you with the power of its arms in regaining the rights of which you have been despoiled. This, Citizens of Maryland, is our mission, so far as you are concerned. No constraint upon your free will is intended, no intimidation is allowed. Within the limits of this Army, at least, Marylanders shall once more enjoy their ancient freedom of thought and speech. We know no enemies among you, and will protect all of every opinion. It is for you to decide your destiny, freely and without constraint. This army will respect your choice whatever it may be, and while the Southern people will rejoice to welcome you to your natural position among them, they will only welcome you when you come of your own free will. R. E. Lee, General Commanding. The truth is that General Robert E. Lee's noble and unselfish record contradicts the lies of the radical left.   It is past the time for ordinary folks to support respect for all Americans of all backgrounds and to stand against those who would commit what amounts to cultural genocide against those they deem different from themselves.   Lastly, we thank President Donald Trump for his brave defense of America's greatest general, as he also condemns the desecration of the Robert E. Lee memorial at Richmond's Monument Avenue.   R. Kevin Stone Commander Army of Northern Virginia, Sons of Confederate Veterans.       “His (Robert E. Lee’s) deeds will be remembered; and when the monument we build shall have crumbled into dust, his virtues will still live, a high model for the imitation of generations yet unborn.” – President Jefferson Davis, C.S.A., Richmond Dispatch, November 4, 1870

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Major Richard W. "Dick" Dowling

He was born in Tuum, Ireland about January 1837

and when his family became impoverished by the Great

Famine, they immigrated to New Orleans. Many of his

family died in a yellow fever epidemic there, but Dowling

survived and became a bartender. He moved to Houston, 

Texas in the late 1850s and he started his own business,

a saloon, and became a successful businessman. He joined

the Confederate Army in 1861 as a first lieutenant in the

Jefferson Davis Guard, Co. F, 1st Texas Heavy Artillery.

After the Battle of Sabine Pass, he was promoted to major and

spent the rest of the war as a recruiter. After the war, he resumed his

business career and expanded into other enterprises, including

oil exploration. He tragically died in the Houston yellow fever

epidemic after personally nursing other victims. He is buried in St.

Vincent's Catholic Cemetery in Houston. The cowardly Houston

city government removed his statue in Herman Park in 2020 and

put it in storage.

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Brig. Gen. Francis T. Nicholls born

Aug. 20,1834 in Donaldsonville, La., an 1855 graduate
of West Point, served in 3rd U.S. Artillery, resigned, and became
  a lawyer in Louisiana. Joined the Confederate
Army in 1861, served as a colonel of the 8th La. Inf.,
lost his left leg at the 1st Battle of Winchester, Va.
promoted to brigadier general, lost his left arm at the
Battle of Chancellorsville, Va. After the war, he served
two terms as the governor of Louisiana and as chief justice
of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He was married to
Caroline Zilpha Guion and had 7 children. He died
January 4, 1912, near. Thibodaux, La. and is buried at 
St. John Episcopal Cemetery in Thibodaux, La.

MOUTON STATUE BEING MOVED!

Greetings Gentlemen!

As many of you may know, the United Daughters of the Confederacy Mouton Chapter in Lafayette has signed off on an agreement with the City of Lafayette to have the statue of the Acadian General, Alfred Mouton, removed from its current location. Because the UDC is the primary party in all of this, I cannot provide details as to how the UDC reached this decision after such a long, hard fight to save it, but I don't doubt it was a very difficult decision to make. I am certain that the Mouton Chapter and its attorney, Elbert Guillory, who is working pro bono, will put out a statement soon as they do want to share what happened behind the scenes.

The UDC was given 45 days to remove the statue which will be financed with $25,000 from the City. Out of concern that someone might further damage it more than has already been done, the UDC has chosen to remove it to a safe and undisclosed location. At this time, cranes are already on scene to make the move. Attention will now go into finding a new and safe location where General Mouton can be appreciated and honored. Additionally, the UDC will also seek to have repairs made to the statue that was chiseled in various locations by criminal vandals several month ago.  

I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you, as well as the Camps, who donated to the Mouton Chapter in this fight. Should I become privy to any additional information, I will be sure to pass it on. Until then, I remain,

Your Obedient Servant,

George Gremillion

Commander

Louisiana Division-SCV

LOUISIANA DIVISION FALL ASSEMBLY NEWS

 Gentlemen,

 The Louisiana Division’s 2021 Fall Assembly will be held Saturday, October 9th, at Fort Randolph State Park located @ 135 Riverfront St. in Pineville. We will have a start time of 9:00 a.m with a lunch break from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. An agenda will be forthcoming. Any input as to what to include on said agenda please let me know. The day will start with a DEC meeting.  Contact info is gdg4scv@yahoo.com / (337) 351-5746.

George D. Gremillion

Louisiana Division Commander

Confederate Heritage News-April 6, 2021-160th Anniversary of WFSI

 

April 6, 2021 Announcement # 5 160th Anniversary of the War for Southern Independence

The month of April of each year is designated as Confederate History and Heritage Month throughout the South and shall be set aside to honor, remember, and revere the history of those who served in in the military forces and all those millions of its citizens of various races and ethnic groups and religions who contributed in sundry and myriad ways to the cause which the Confederate soldier fought for and held so dear.       From its founding on February 4, 1861, in Montgomery, Alabama, until the Confederate ship CSS Shenandoah sailed into Liverpool Harbor and surrendered to British authorities on November 6, 1865, a four-year struggle was fought to secure the independence of the Confederate States of America.       This April 12, 2021, marks the 160th Anniversary of the War for Southern Independence with the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. As Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, I encourage you to observe this noble time in our history, when men and women of the South stood courageously for liberty even in the face of insurmountable odds. Not a Civil War fought to take over the United States as it is called in history books today, this was war in which Southerners fought to defend their homes and families against an aggressive invasion by federal troops.       The South peacefully seceded, just like our founding fathers did in 1776 with England, and all we wanted was to be left alone to govern ourselves. But the North and Abraham Lincoln would not allow the South to peacefully leave because of the taxes and tariffs the South paid. So, the South fought for her liberty, and fought valiantly. It was a war to which we remain connected by the unbreakable bond of our heritage to our Confederate Veteran forefathers, let us never forget them.      Over the next four years, various 160th Anniversary reenactments, memorial services, and a host of living history presentations in schools, parks, and cemeteries will be held all across the Confederation. I also encourage officials and departments of state, county, and municipal governments, boards of education, elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, businesses, and all citizens to participate in programs, displays, and activities that commemorate and honor our shared history and cultural inheritance during this time of observance over the next four years.       This is a tremendous opportunity for teachers, students, and families to get out and learn more about our Southern culture and its rich heritage. So much is portrayed by Hollywood and the “Cancel Culture” movement today presenting the South as evil; when, in reality, the South was the most peaceful, rural, and Christian part of America before the war and Reconstruction destroyed the pastoral way of life here. We see various municipalities across the Confederation give in and remove our memorials, change school names, and streets because of “wokeness”. Therefore, I ask every Camp, Brigade, and Division, starting this month of April to take advantage of this opportunity to celebrate the positive things about our Southern heritage and culture, as well as to learn from the political dangers that once led to a deep division in America over the role of the federal government in people’s individual lives.”      Starting at 4:30 AM on April 12, let us remember when General P.G.T. Beauregard was forced to give the order to open fire on Fort Sumter to prevent a “Yankee” invasion after he received a report that the federal garrison would be resupplied and reinforced by orders of Abraham Lincoln on that day, a blatant act of aggression upon the sovereignty of the southern people. Let us remember those actions of the federal government that led to a four-year struggle for the South to defend hearth and home from Northern aggression and the loss of live on both sides that numbered over 750,000 men and how it affected those after that conflict that resonates still today throughout the South.      Therefore, I ask all of our Compatriots, both sons and daughters of the South, to proudly display our flag on April 12th thru the 13th in remembrance of those two days of bombardment at Fort Sumter and the struggle that led our ancestors to fight to preserve their culture and heritage for future generations. I also ask that you participate in observances this month and over the next four years that would remember, respect, and revere the sacrifices as well as educating the general population about the truth that our ancestors fought and died for during those four years of conflict.      Thank you for all you do to perpetuate the memory of our Confederate ancestors and the true cause they fought for during that time.   Deo Vindice, Larry McCluney, Jr. Commander-in-Chief Sons of Confederate Veterans

Confederate Heritage News for April 5, 2021.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One of the outside experts charged with helping rename military sites currently honoring Confederate leaders on Sunday blasted the Confederate flag as a symbol of “treason” and said America should stop venerating individuals who “fought against this country to support and create a slave society.”

[Editor's note: I disagree on every point made in this one-side article. Confederate leaders were no more traitors than were the leaders of the American Revolution. If secession was treason, then what does that make the the American patriots of 1776 who seceded from the British Empire? The cause of the Confederacy  was independence, not slavery. For the real reason the South legally and constitutionally seceded, see Dr. Donald Livingston's speech on "The Reason the South Seceded" at youtube.]

ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland General Assembly voted on Monday to say goodbye to “Maryland, My Maryland,” the state song that has been criticized for racist and controversial language. Some Mid-Shore lawmakers think the song should stay.

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Charlottesville can remove two statues of Confederate generals, which civil rights activists say paid homage to America's history of slavery and racism.

FORREST FUNERAL FUND REMINDER, March 24, 2021.

 

The Tiger Courier Official Email List of the Louisiana Division - Sons of Confederate Veterans. Keeping you informed!

Important Information that you should know about the Division, the Confederation and your Heritage!

----REMINDER---- Forrest Funeral Fund Compatriots, As I am sure you are aware, there is a plan in the works for the re-internment of General and Mrs. Forrest at Elm Springs. Some needed steps are finally starting to happen and we hope to have the ceremony this fall. You are also probably aware that this ceremony is not budgeted and requires multiple fundraising resources to cover costs. Here is one of those ideas which I hope you will all adopt. Throughout Southern history, when a family member passes the rest of the family will meet to pool their resources together to cover the expense of the funeral. I feel confident that we consider the General and his wife to be a part of our family. Our most frequent family gatherings are our monthly camp meetings. I am asking us all to have a donation jar (or hat, etc.) for the Forrest Funeral Fund at your April camp meeting. Please announce to your camps in advance of the meeting that this will be happening so they can prepare to bring their donation. Then send your camp's donation to HQ marked for the Forrest Funeral Fund. As many camps as we have, I believe this could be a significant addition to the fundraising for this once in a life time event. Deo Vindice Chuck McMichael 71st Commander in Chief