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Thursday, March 6, 2025

CALCASIEU GREYS, March 2025, newsletter of Captain James W. Bryan Camp 1390, Sons of Confederate Veterans

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CONFEDERATE IMAGE OF THE MONTH

March is Confederate Flag Month because it is
the month in which the First National Confederate
flag was adopted in 1861 by the Confederate Congress. It
was nicknamed the "Stars and Bars." In March 1865 the Third 
National Confederate flag was adopted by the Confederate Congress. 
In between was the Second National Flag which was nicknamed the
"Stainless Banner," which draped to the coffin of Lt. Gen Thomas
J. "Stonewall" Jackson at his 1863 funeral in Lexington, Va. Pictured
above is the battle Flag of the Army of Tennessee, noted for being
rectangular in shape. The Army of Northern Virginia battle flag was
similar in style but was shaped in a square. There were many other
types of battle flags, as well as naval flags.


Sunday, February 9, 2025

CALCASIEU GREYS, February 2025, Captain James W. Bryan Camp 1390, SCV

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Pvt. Hardin West, Co. H,
Miles Legion, La. Vols.
(32nd Louisiana Infantry Regiment)
Voohies Guards, Orleans Parish.
He was to be reported sick for 4 days
at the Port Hudson Hospital, endured
the whole siege and was surrendered
and paroled with the rest of the garrison.
Later, he was reported to have been killed
at the Battle of Yellow Bayou, La. May 18, 1864.
(Hill Memorial Library, LSU)



Sunday, January 12, 2025

Captain James W. Bryan Camp 1390, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Lake Charles, Louisiana

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Pvt. John Jones holding his Enfield
Rifle with a bayonet on his waistbelt.
This image is a CDV (colorized) that 
has an Alabama provenance. The name
Jones is too common to determine what unit 
he was in. His dark cadet grey uniform is similar 
in style to those of the Tait & Co. of Limerick, 
Ireland that were imported in large numbers
through the blockade in the mid to late
war period. (M.D. Jones Collection)


Wednesday, December 4, 2024

CALCASIEU GREYS December 2024, The Newsletter of Capt. J.W. Bryan Camp 1390, SCV

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Confederate Image of the Month

 

Major Richard W. "Dick" Dowling Monument in Hermann Park,
Houston, Texas, taken before it was so shamefully removed by
Houston city officials and put in storage.
(Photo by M.D. Jones)


Thursday, November 7, 2024

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Calcasieu Greys October 2024/ Captain James W. Bryan Camp 1390, Sons of Confederate Veterans

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Captain William Duncan
Company F, 11th Bn. Tex. Vols.
(Sam Houston Regional Library & Research Center)


Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Calcasieu Greys September 2024, Newletter of Capt. J.W. Bryan Camp 1390, Lake Charles, La.

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CONFEDERATE IMAGE OF THE MONTH

Monument Honoring Lt. Richard W.
"Dick" Dowling, Hero of the Battle of
Sabine Pass, Texas, Sept. 8, 1863. The
Houston, Texas monument was removed
by the city government and is in storage.
(Photo by M.D. Jones)