CALCASIEU GREYS, August 2020

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 A well-equipped young Confederate (Tintype repro.)

CALCASIEU GREYS July 2020

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                        THE SOUTH'S DEFENDER MEMORIAL MONUMENT

                        Lake Charles, Louisiana. This close up shows the youthful

                        the appearance of the Confederate color bearer. 

                                      (Photo by M.D. Jones)

CALCASIEU GREYS June 2020

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1st Lt. George Wilkins Kendall, Company K, 8th Alabama Cavalry (Hatch's). Born in 1846, he was living with his parents in Mobile in 1860. He enlisted in 1864, by which point the South was in dire need of manpower. This unit fought at Lafayette on 24 June 1864, Ten Islands on 14 August 1864 and at Mobile from 17 March to 12 April 1865, and finally surrendered at Gainesville, Alabama, on 4 May 1865. (Image, 9th Plate Tintype, M.D. Jones Collection, Family Info, Ancestry.Com)

CALCASIEU GREYS, May 2020

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Private William Kniep, Creuzbaur's Battery, 5th Texas Light Artillery
Killed in action at the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, La. May 6, 1864

CALCASIEU GREYS, April 2020

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1st Lt. Charles Welhausen, Creuzbauer's Battery,
5th Texas Field Artillery, CSA.

CALCASIEU GREYS March 2020

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Highlights in the March 2020 Calcasieu Greys newsletter:
* Next Meeting--6-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2020, Joe's Pizza & Pasta, 1601 Ruth St., Sulphur, La.
* Information on the Louisiana SCV Reunion in May in Natchitoches.
* More information on the May 23 reburial Gen. Forrest and his wife, and dedication of the new SCV National Confederate Museum, both at Elm Springs, Columbia, Tenn.
* Confederate Heritage News, including protest against SCV, Marine Corps purging Confederate symbols, and the Army resisting.
* SCV national flag day drive to Alexandria, La.
* Upcoming events at Forts Randolph & Buhlow SHS, Mansfield SHS and Port Hudson SHS.

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Brig. Gen. Camille de Polignac, French prince and 

"Lafayette of the South" (Mansfield State Historic Site, La.)

CALCASIEU GREYS, February 2020

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This is one of the original Confederate battle flags created by the Cary sisters and cousins who made them for the top generals in the Confederate Army. This is the one made for General P.G.T. Beauregard, which is now at the Louisiana State Museum in Baton Roouge. (Photo by Mike Jones)