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| Stonewall Jackson & Robert E. Lee at Chancellorsville, their greatest triumph. |
Lee-Jackson
Banquet 2014
Captain
James W. Bryan Camp 1390 will hold its premier celebration of Confederate
Heritage with its annual Lee-Jackson Banquet in honor of generals Robert E. Lee
and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson – and our own Confederate ancestors –
beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, January 18, at Pat’s of Henderson Restaurant at
1500 Siebarth Drive, Lake Charles.
We will have
live Southern traditional music played by violist Susan Jones in the prelude
before the banquet 6:15-6:45 p.m. The banquet program, beginning at 7 p.m.,
will include tributes Lee and Jackson, and General Stephen Dill Lee’s “Charge
to the Sons of Confederate Veterans.” Ted
Brode, commander of the Louisiana Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, will
be our guest speaker. Also in the course of the evening we’ll also have
installation of new 2014 officers and our candlelight tribute to our own
individual Confederate ancestors.
The menu
for the meal this year includes a seafood platter, at no extra cost, and our
appetizer, popcorn catfish/shrimp. The
cost will be the same as last year, $30 per person. Please send your check,
payable to Sons of Confederate Veterans, to Camp Adjutant Luke Dartez, 908
Henning Road, Sulphur, La. 70665-7673. The complete menu is above. Please have your check to Luke by Jan. 13 so he can give an accurate
count to Pat’s.
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| La. Div. Cmdr. Ted Brode. |
No
gun show table in January
Compatriots,
Due to circumstances beyond our control, Bryan Camp will not be
working our table at the gun show in January. We will, however have the
table at the April gun show. I’m not sure of the dates at this time, but
please keep it in mind. We can always use extra help at these
events. Wishing you all a healthy, prosperous, and Blessed new year, I
remain...
Your humble servant,
Luke Dartez, Adjutant
Captain James W. Bryan Camp 1390
Sons of Confederate Veterans
150th Anniversary
Events Coming Up
This year, 2014, corresponds to the year 1864 150 years ago
and we’ll have two major
Sesquicentennial events this coming April – The Battle of Mansfield and
the Battle of Pleasant Hill.
The schedule for the Battle of Mansfield 150th
Anniversary event has not been released yet, but it will be held on the weekend
of April 26 & 27. The web site for the event is at http://mansfield150.com/index.html.
The schedule for the 150th Anniversary the Battle
of Pleasant Hill is as follows:
Friday: School Day /
Enactment
Please call 318-796-2777 to
schedule a tour of the re-enactor's camp and for demonstrations for your class.
School Day begins at 10:00 AM.
Event: School Day
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Event: School Day
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Saturday: Breakfast /
Parade / Re-enactments / Ball
Event: Breakfast
will be announced by the named signed in. IfTime: 6:00 - 10:00 AM
Place: American Legion Hall
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Event: Parade
The parade line up will be first come first serve upon arrival. You must arrive at Pleasant Hill High School no later than 10 am and sign in to receive your line up number. Each parade entry will be announced by the named signed in. If you would like a description read about your parade entry please bring it with you.
Time: 10:00 AM
Place: Downtown Pleasant Hill
For more information contact Joy Deweese 318-471-3510
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Event: Battle Re-enactment (in town)
Time: 11:00 AM/Following the parade
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Event: Main Re-enactment
Time: 2:00 PM
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Event: Period Ball and Court Presentation
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: American Legion Hall
Period dress suggested.
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Event: Evening Re-enactment
Time: 8:30 PM
The parade line up will be first come first serve upon arrival. You must arrive at Pleasant Hill High School no later than 10 am and sign in to receive your line up number. Each parade entry will be announced by the named signed in. If you would like a description read about your parade entry please bring it with you.
Time: 10:00 AM
Place: Downtown Pleasant Hill
For more information contact Joy Deweese 318-471-3510
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Event: Battle Re-enactment (in town)
Time: 11:00 AM/Following the parade
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Event: Main Re-enactment
Time: 2:00 PM
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Event: Period Ball and Court Presentation
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: American Legion Hall
Period dress suggested.
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Event: Evening Re-enactment
Time: 8:30 PM
Sunday: Breakfast / Church
/ Re-enactment
Sunday: Breakfast / Church
/ Re-enactment
Event: Breakfast
Time: 6:00 - 10:00 AM
Place: American Legion Hall
Event: Open Camp Activities
Time: 10:00 AM to Noon
Event: Church Services (open to all)
Time: 10:00 AM
Event: Mail Call
Time: After Church
Event: Battle Re-enactment at Pleasant Hill
Time: 2:00 PM
Time: 6:00 - 10:00 AM
Place: American Legion Hall
Event: Open Camp Activities
Time: 10:00 AM to Noon
Event: Church Services (open to all)
Time: 10:00 AM
Event: Mail Call
Time: After Church
Event: Battle Re-enactment at Pleasant Hill
Time: 2:00 PM
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| Brig. Gen Alfred Mouton Killed in Action at the Battle of Mansfield. SOUTHERN CONFDEDERATE HERO! |
HERITAGE
ALERT
ORANGE, Texas –
Opposition was expressed to the Confederate Memorial Plaza being constructed
alongside I-10 in Orange at a Dec. 31, 2013 Orange City Council meeting.
The memorial is being sponsored by
the Sons of Confederate Veterans and many individual donors. Captain J.W. Bryan
Camp 1390 enthusiastically supports the project.
SCV owns the parcel of land and has
obtained all necessary permits, complied with all requirements and is
completely funding the project through private donations.
Marshall Davis, spokesman for the
Texas Division, SCV, recently told the Beaumont Enterprise that the completion
date it unknown because it is being built as funding allows. While the City of
Orange government entity has expressed objections it did grant the permits for
construction.
Some residents have expressed
disapproval while others are highly supportive.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans
has made it very clear that the only reason for the memorial is to honor our
Confederate ancestors and educate the public about the true history of
Confederate flags and the cause of limited, constitution government for which they
fought. The Sons of Confederate Veterans insists it isn’t trying to the stir
the pot and in fact say the memorial will attract people to the region.
Nothing
at the recent city council meeting appears to have hampered the project.
The Confederate Cause/The Cause of the South
by La. Div. Commander Ted Brode
1.
Independence:
The ideal that small nations should go free as expressed in
the Declaration of Independence.
2. Federalism and
Constitutional Government:
The rule of Law. Liberty is preserved when limited
governments honestly follow written constitutions for the benefit of all
citizens equally.
3. Government by the consent of the Governed:
A Just government originates with those governed and is not
imposed or maintained by force of arms.
4. Opposition
to state sponsored terrorism:
Every war crime committed by Hitler in Europe was committed
here in the south by Lincoln - including biological warfare, "ethnic
cleansing", and genocide. Total War - the modern concept of terrorizing
unarmed civilians and the wonton destruction of private property originated
with the leadership of the North (not Al Quida). True Southerners have
always opposed such calculated brutality. (From La. Div. SCV web site)
War For
Southern Independence
Timeline in
Louisiana
1864
January 16 – General Richard Taylor, commander of the Army
of Western Louisiana, sent Colonel William G. Vincent and the 4th
Louisiana Cavalry to Washington, La. to
seize cotton that had been hoarded by speculators to sell to the enemy in New
Orleans.
January 26 – General Henry Watkins Allen inaugurated
Governor of Louisiana at the Caddo Parish Courthouse in Shreveport.
January 28 – General Taylor sent General St. John Liddell
into North Louisiana to collect horses and mules for the army.
February 1 – General Richard Taylor sent General Polignac
and his brigade to Vidalia to seize horses and mules. Polignac sent a
detachment of 500 cavalry to attack Vidalia. The 2nd U.S.
Mississippi (Colored) Heavy Artillery was sent from Natchez to reinforce the
Vidalia garrison. U.S. Navy gunboats prevented the Confederate attack.
Feb. 13 – Harrison’s Louisiana Cavalry attacked the U.S.
Colored Troops occupying Waterproof. A
U.S. Navy gunboat drove back the Confederate troops with seven killed and four
prisoners. The U.S. Colored Troops lost five killed, six wounded and several
missing.
February 19 – Governor Allen signed a contract with Edward
Jacobs of Shreveport to bring $200,000 cotton cards and $200,000 worth of
medicine into Confederate lines from Shreveport.
February 25 – Federal General N.P. Banks agrees to cooperate
with General William T. Sherman to capture Shreveport.
March 1 – Sherman travels to New
Orleans and agrees to give Banks 10,000 troops for his Red River Campaign.
March 4 – Louisiana’s first
Federal occupation governor, Michael Hahn, inaugurated in New Orleans.
March 5 – Confederate General Tom
Green Ordered to move from Texas to Alexandria, Louisiana with his cavalry
division.
March 10 – Federal General A. J.
Smith steams from Vicksburg with portions of the 16th and 17th Army Corps
to the Red River.
March 15 – Confederate General
J.B. Magruder orders Col.
Xavier DeBray’s 26th
Texas Cavalry to proceed from Texas to Alexandria. (To Be Continued in the Feb.
CG’s issue).
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| Louisiana Republic Flag |
Battle
of Kock’s Plantation
Following the surrender of Port Hudson,
two Union divisions were shifted to Donaldsonville by transports, to move
inland and pacify the interior. They marched up Bayou Lafourche, a division on
each bank. Confederate Brig. Gen. Tom Green posted a brigade on the east side
of the bayou and placed his second brigade on the other side. As the Union
forces advanced, skirmishing occurred on July 11 and 12, 1863. On the morning
of the 13th, a foraging detachment set out along both banks of the bayou. Upon
reaching Kock’s Plantation (Saint Emma Plantation) they met Rebel skirmishers
that forced them back. Then, the Confederates flung their might against the
Union troops which kept retiring although they tried to make stands at various
points. The Union troops eventually fell back to the protection of the guns in
Fort Butler at Donaldsonville, about six miles from Kock’s Plantation. A much
smaller Rebel force had routed the Yankees. The expedition failed, leaving the
Confederates in control of the interior. (National Park Service)
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| Brig. Gen. Evander Law (Confederate Veteran Magaznie)
BE
A MUSEUM FOUNDER
The truth about the South's struggle
to form a new nation is under attack as never before. The National Battlefield
Parks have been taken over by the “it's all about slavery” provocateurs.
Museums have changed their collections and interpretations to present what they
call the cultural history of the War for Southern Independence. In reality this
new perspective is nothing more than South bashing. The forces of political
correctness have gone into high gear. They attempt to ban any and all things
Confederate through their ideological fascism. Even what was once a highly
respected museum now claims proudly they are not a museum for the Confederacy,
merely about it. There needs to be at least one place where the people of the
South and others can go to learn an accurate account of why so many struggled
so long in their attempt to reassert government by the consent of the governed
in America! The General Executive Council of the Sons of Confederate
Veterans made the commitment in October of 2008 to start the process to
erect a new building that will have two purposes. One of the uses of this new
building will be to give us office space and return Elm Springs to its original
grandeur. However the main function is to house The Confederate Museum. We are
planning a museum that will tell the truth about what motivated the Southern
people to struggle for many years to form a new nation. At the SCV
Reunion in July of 2009 the GEC set up a building fund for this purpose. One of
the goals is to provide an accurate portrayal of the common Confederate
soldier, something that is currently absent in most museums and in the media. You
are invited to make your stand for the future by contributing to this fund.
Send checks to: Sons
of Confederate Veterans
c/o TCM Building
Fund
P.O. Box 59
Columbia, TN
38402
Or you can call
1-800-MY-DIXIE to pay by credit card.
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