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COMMANDER’S CORNER
by Larry “Joe” Reynolds
1st Lt. Commander Rex McGee and
myself will be leaving tomorrow
night, June the 2nd, will be travelling to the Texas
Division Reunion. We plan to take our new camp
flag and post it at the opening ceremony of the
reunion. We will cast our votes on the
amendments as we were instructed to do. We will
bring back information on how the reunion went
and what took place and share it with you at our
next meeting on the 6th of June. I was really
hoping that we would have more members
attending this year, oh well, perhaps next year.
I hope that everyone can attend this month’s
meeting, we have an excellent program lined up
and I still need a couple of signatures on our
Charter from members that were absent last
month. We have had an excellent response from
our Guardian Program and now I would like for
us to focus our attention on Recruiting. I
challenge each and every one of you to invite at
least one person to our next meeting.
Another thing that I would like for all of you to
think about is purchasing a confederate uniform,
or at least part of one, and attending some of our
special programs such as Grave Memorial
Services, Parades, and Living History Events.
Another thing that I think you all would find
enjoyable is attending other camp’s meetings.
You are always welcome to attend any SCV
Camp meeting at any time.
I’m going to start asking the same question each
month – Have you asked anyone to join the
SCV this month?
UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, June 6th, 7:00 p.m.
Refreshments at 6:30 p.m.
Old Union Community Center
Hwy 67E, Mount Pleasant, Texas
Program: Red River Rebels
by Evault Boswell
He will have his books for sale and
will autograph all purchases
2016 TEXAS REUNION
June 3-5, 2016
YO Ranch Resort and Conference Center
2033 Sidney Baker (TX Hwy 16)
Kerrville, TX 78028
See http://hillcountrycamp.org/2016-texas-reunion
for full information
2016 NATIONAL REUNION
July 13th – 17th, 2016
Renaissance Dallas Richardson Hotel
900 E. Lookout Drive
Richardson, Texas
See http://scv2016.org/ for full details.
DAVIDRREYNOLDS.ORG
This month the following changes have been made
to our web site: http://www.davidrreynolds.org
I’ve updated our Guardian Page to include
the latest Confederate Hero’s graves.
I added our newest members to our
membership page.
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I’m continually working on our e-books so
that we may tell the true history about the
War of Northern aggression.
I’m still looking for biographies of your Confederate
Ancestor. Please try to come up with a short bio that
we can put on-line.
If you have any suggestions, recommendations or
comments you can send me an email to:
[email protected] and I promise to
give it my full consideration.
Confederates States National Flag, the third and
now permanent national flag. This flag is
Referred to as the Blood Stained Banner
The Proclamation of Independence! An English
Professor, wishing to remain anonymous, drafted the
Proclamation of Independence in mid-1990’s, whose
name has been lost with passing time. The document
is based upon the people’s right to determine who
shall govern over them, and what nation shall be
theirs. The Confederate States Constitution was
adopted by the Southern States, and has never been
‘constitutionally’ rescinded, which means it remains
in effect, only suppressed as a result of force. All that
is needed to reactivate this constitution, are
Confederate States National Elections, to fill the now
valid but vacant seats.
Confederate States of America
Proclamation of Independence
We the People of the Sovereign States and Territories
constituting and entitled the Confederate States of
America hereby proclaim before Almighty God and
all who may read these presents that as our
forefathers law-fully, peacefully and constitutionally
seceded from that voluntary union of States entitled
the United States of America and formed a new
nation, according to their reserved political rights,
and the unalienable rights endowed them by their
Creator, so the aforementioned States and Territories
were, are, and remain now Sovereign political
entities within a voluntary national Confederation,
conjointly constituting one independent nation
amongst the nations of this world, and styled 'The
Confederate States of America.'
We further declare that these unalienable truths are,
and in no way can be, negated or compromised by
the historic fact that the nation so founded was once
aggressively, arrogantly and illegally invaded,
overrun, occupied and subjugated by a superior
external force, and thus subjected to war crimes and
other crimes against humanity and brutally denied
rights of life, liberty and due process of law, nor by
the fact that our citizenry (when no longer able to
defend their homes or persons and denied, by that
brute force the basic human right to self-
determination and choice of manner of government)
were compelled, as States and Territories, to retract
their articles of secession and rejoin, against their
manifest will, their former and repudiated union.
We hereby declare that all such pretended acts,
having been performed without the mandate or
consent of the governed, and outside the duly ratified
Confederate States Constitution, were, are, and
forever shall be null and void, and so the dates of
Secession of the several States and Territories (each
acting in its Sovereign capacity) continue in
unbroken validity from the said dates, as shall the
dates of Secession of any such further States of the
American union as may, at any time, choose to
resume their sovereign status among the nations of
the world.
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And we declare before God Almighty, and call the
peoples of the world to witness, our belief that, as
men are created equal under Him, so are nations
sovereign and equal in His sight, and as no man has
the right to oppress another, so no nation may
oppress another nation, enter their lands by force, or
force their political will or culture upon another
people, by means direct or indirect.
Upon these just and unbreakable grounds we
confidently pray the Grace and Divine Providence of
Almighty God, that our cause may be vindicated and
our right to self-determination again openly
acknowledged before Him.
Signatures
Our Charge…
"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we
will commit the vindication of the cause for
which we fought. To your strength will be
given the defense of the Confederate soldier's
good name, the guardianship of his history, the
emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of
those principles which he loved and which you
love also, and those ideals which made him
glorious and which you also cherish."
Remember, it is your duty to see that the true
history of the South is presented to future
generations!
Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee, Commander General,
United Confederate Veterans,
New Orleans, Louisiana April 25, 1906
WILLIAM STARNES WELLBORN
PRIVATE,
COMPANY G, RUSSELL’S
BATTALION, PARTISAN RANGERS
William enlisted for Confederate service on
September 7, 1862 at Larkinsville, Alabama, by
Capt. Henry F. Smith. He enlisted as a Private,
Captain Smith's Company G, Russell's Battalion of
Partisan Rangers on Muster-In Roll of September 22,
1862 at camp near Taylor's Store, Tennessee.
Valuation of horse: $175.00, Horse Equipments:
$20.00. He is on the roll of March 1st to April 30,
1863; November 1 to December 31, 1863. His age on
muster-in roll is given as 23, but he was 36.
According to family stories, William also joined the
Union Army to give false information, serving as
scout and spy. It was William who Ulysses S. Grant
was speaking of when he said that if it would not
have been for one particular spy, that supplied us
with false information, this war would have ended
six months ago.
Six Alabama Cavalry companies which had been
serving as a battalion under Alfred A. Russell joined
with four companies from the Third Tennessee
Cavalry and became Russell's Regiment. Russell
operated under General Forrest in the Tennessee
Valley, continually active in the winter of 1862-63
raiding Union lines, destroying provisions and
communications.
Soon after the unit was formed it was assigned to the
Army of Tennessee. It served in that Army until early
in 1865. Then it joined the Department of Alabama,
Mississippi, and East Louisiana, for the remainder of
the war.
The Fourth (Russell's) Alabama Cavalry took part in
more than one hundred and ten various type
engagements during its career. The first engagement
was at Spring Creek, Tennessee on December 19,
1862. The last engagement before surrender was
April 2, 1865 at Selma, Alabama. W.S. Wilbern,
Corporal, appears on the Roll of Prisoners of War of
Co. B, Fourth Regiment Alabama Cavalry who
surrendered May 4th to Major General E.R.S. Canby,
U.S.A., paroled May 14th at Gainesville, Alabama;
residence, Coffeetown, Jackson County, Alabama.
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Russell's Alabama Cavalry had a skirmish at Mill
Creek, Tennessee on January 8, 1863. They had
already had ten skirmishes in Tennessee since the
first on December 19, 1862. This is a copy of a letter
from William Starnes Wellborn to his wife,
Elizabeth (Reynolds) Wellborn on the day after the
skirmish.
State of Tennessee
Jiles County
January the 9th, 1863
Dear Companion,
It is with pleasure that I one time more have been
blest with the privildge of riting you a few lines to let
you no that I am in reasionable health at this time.
hoping that those few lines may pass in haste and find
you all in good health. I have nothing vary interesting
to rite to you. I am now at Pulaski as a hospitle
detailed to wate on the sick. We came here yesterday.
Our commder is gone to Columbia. I have bin down
nearly to Padduco on an expedition and we have had
hard times. You may be sure we was acros the river
in the swamps three weeks and old Forrest fought the
yankees twelve times and he whiped them. They had
histed the white flag and at that moment was
reinforsed by four thousand more and we had to
leave in a hurry. I rode my litle hors to death in that
expidition. I have rode a hundred miles without
stoping or feeding him and I swaped him off for a
good hors and have to pay ninty dollars to boot and I
have ruined his back. I would be glad to see you all
once more. You have no idea how bad I want to bee
there. I want you to kiss the children for me and tell
them that I think I will get to come home and see
them, tho I can't tell when. I want you to write to me
and tell me how you are getting along and how you
have done with your affairs and who is attending to
your business. I want you to have your corn hauled
home and take cear of it and not weist it.
turn over
Tell farther that I would be glad to see him and if he
can't come to see me and I can't get to come home I
would be glad he would right to me and let me no
how the times is, what the people is all doing back
there. Tell your farther I have not forgotten him. Tel
the girls to rite to me. Tell Martha Wellborn that
James is well. There is a good deal of sickness in
camps. James B. Hillin is here very low with fevor,
William Vaught is very low with consumption,
Jessee Boyd is sick with a brest complaint but is
going about. Gesse Wellborn with one finger shot.
Wallis McFarlin is here with his feet frozen. That is
a list of the disable men of our company. Tell Mary
Davis that Gilbert is well. Tell all of my friends to
rite to me.
Elizabeth I want you to wright to me as soon as you
get this letter, and direct your letter to Pulaski
Tennessee, Russell's Regiment in cear of Capt. H.F.
Smith, and if I have left here it will follow me. Give
my respects or all inquiring friends and tell tem to
rite to me. I have but little time to rite and they have
plenty of time-- so I must Birng my lines to a close.
So nothing more, only I will Remain your
affectionate husband untill death farewell.
William S. Wellborn to
Elizabeth Wellborn
It is told that William Starnes was very sick after
returning from the Civil War, he developed Jaundice
during the war, and that he never got better. He died
on June 28, 1867 and is buried in the Boyd Cemetery
in Langston, Jackson County, Alabama.
"So teach us to number our days, that we may
apply our hearts unto wisdom."
Psalm 90:12
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As Chaplain, I've been very excited to see our camp
get involved in the Guardian program, and I'm very
proud of the hard work our Commander and 1st Lt.
Commander have put forth to get us started. It is my
hope that each compatriot will make the decision to
participate in the program so that we will be able to
achieve our goal of having a guardian for every
Confederate soldier's grave in Titus and surrounding
counties.
Personally speaking, I have chosen to apply for
guardianship over several graves of soldiers who
fought in the same company as my ancestors, 3
brothers from Daingerfield, TX. Only one of them
came home from the War.
One brother died of wounds received at the Battle of
Iuka, MS and the other died of disease in a camp
hospital. The exact locations of their graves is
unknown except to the Lord. Since I can't look after
the graves of my ancestors who gave their lives in
service, I feel it is appropriate for me to look after the
graves of men who probably knew them and stood
near them in battle.
I often think about my ancestors and the courage it
took to shoulder arms and face enemy fire. Our
nation has been built and preserved with such
courage. When we visit the graves of those gallant
men who have given service, and even their lives in
service, we know that their lives made a difference,
whether they died as young men on the field of battle
or as old men who returned home to live long lives.
Whatever the number of days a veteran has, at the
end of his days he knows that he spent a good number
of them for a good cause.
Someone has said that on a tombstone is found a date
of birth and a date of death, but what is more
important is how we spend the "dash" between the
two dates. It is good for us to remember that the days
of our own lives are numbered. Let us invest our
time wisely, in service to our God and our Country,
using the wisdom and abilities He has given us to
make a difference in the world around us. Our
families, churches, communities, and our nation need
us to make a difference, and with God's help, we will.
Michael Mars
Chaplain
SICKNESS & DISTRESS
4 May - A Get Well Card was sent to Mr. Sheaffer,
the Father-in-Law of Chaplain Michael Mars.
17 May – A Get Well Card was sent to Compatriot
Randy Brock.
“It is stated in books and papers that Southern
children read and study that all the blood shedding
and destruction of property of that conflict was
because the South rebelled without cause against the
best government the world ever saw; that although
Southern soldiers were heroes in the field, skillfully
massed and led, they and their leaders were rebels
and traitors who fought to overthrow the Union, and
to preserve human slavery, and that their defeat was
necessary for free government and the welfare of the
human family. As a Confederate soldier and as a
citizen of Virginia, I deny the charge, and denounce
it as a calumny. We were not rebels; we did not fight
to perpetuate human slavery, but for our rights and
privileges under a government established over us by
our fathers and in defense of our homes.”
Colonel Richard Henry Lee, C.S.A.
GUARDIAN NEWS By 1Lt Cdr Rex McGee
We currently have eight Guardians caring for 19
cemeteries with over one hundred and ten graves.
This past month we had to remove one of our graves
from the Liberty Hill Cemetery since it turned out to
be a “Yankee” soldier rather than a Confederate
soldier. The grave was listed on a Titus County
Confederate veterans list and we “assumed” the list
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was correct since it was done by another Southern
Heritage Organization. We learned lesson #1 from
that assumption. Lesson #2 occurred when we found
the grave and the marker was totally different than
what we were used to seeing. We even stood in front
of the marker and remarked about how different it
was from other “Confederate” markers. Both lessons
have taught us that we need to look further and be
aware that Union Soldiers of the Civil War era are
buried in this area. We decided to replace the
Confederate flag with a U.S. flag and replace his flag
each time we replace the flags for the Confederate
soldiers. We feel that Confederate soldiers are
“American” soldiers who fought for what they
believed; therefore, Union soldiers should be shown
appropriate respect as they fought for what they
believed. This brings up an interesting question of
why do we not find more marked Union soldier Civil
War graves in this area? This is an unusual
phenomenon since most Confederate graves were
interred after 1900 and this appears to be an area
where many northerners migrated to during that era.
Why don’t we find more marked Union soldier’s
graves?
This month Chaplin Mars has agreed to be
responsible for graves in the Barrett Cemetery, the
Marshall Springs Cemetery, Long Cemetery, and
several graves in the large Masonic Cemetery in Mt.
Pleasant. The Masonic Cemetery is a huge cemetery
with around 35 or more listed confederate graves. I
am contacting the City of Mt. Pleasant who is
responsible for the cemetery to determine if the they
have a map or key to burial sites so that it does not
require as much walking and looking. This gives
Chaplain Mars five cemeteries he has agreed to
“adopt”, fully or in part as in the case with the
Masonic Cemetery. I think Chaplain Mars deserves
a “special thanks” for his activities in this area and
for the outstanding Chaplains Letter found in this
newsletter related to his reasons for being a
Guardian.
Dennis Gunn has requested several graves out of
Titus County for Confederate veterans that are
relatives of his. We will be locating and getting these
approved during the month of June, 2016.
Nearly all of our cemeteries are very well maintained
and after the initial location of the grave site, posting
a flag, and completing the paper work these graves
requires only a minimal investment of time to
properly care for them.
The month of May is used for Decoration Day in
many cemeteries. This means the cemeteries are
cleaned up and sometimes old flags removed and
thrown away or simply taken up. Please check your
cemeteries to insure all your graves have an
appropriate flag on the Confederate soldier’s grave.
The Confederate Graves Dedication Program goes
hand in hand with the Guardian Program. Both
programs are an excellent way of showing respect
and honoring our Confederate Soldiers. This month
ILT David Richard Reynolds Sons of Confederate
Veterans Camp # 2270 has been involved with one
grave dedication. A second dedication was
scheduled, but it was cancelled due to the possibility
of inclement weather.
CSA CEMETERY MEMORIAL SERVICE
Saturday, May 13, 2016 at Sardis Cemetery in
Hughes Springs, Texas. This memorial service
honored thirteen Confederate heroes. Each
Confederate hero had a family member or close
family friend to read the soldier’s biography.
The ladies of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy presented a marker dedication program
and the Order of the Confederate Rose performed the
Black Rose Ceremony. These two groups were
accompanied by a lovely flower girl, Mattie Landry.
The family members were asked to stand by the
grave of their Confederate Hero while these activities
were taking place.
Archie Hass “Otter” of the Cherokee Nation and an
SCV member played “Amazing Grace” and “Taps”
on the Cherokee Flute. The Lone Star Color Guard,
under the able direction of Lone Star Color Guard
Sergeant George Linton presented the Colors as well
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as firing a rifle salute to the Confederate heroes and
then retiring the Colors.
This was a most impressive program that was
attended by one hundred and fifteen plus individuals.
A meal was served after the event at a local Church.
Special thanks go to Joyce Fountain for
coordinating this extremely successful event.
If you have any questions regarding the Guardian
Program or wish to participate in these efforts, please
contact me at 903/577-3233. I will be happy to assist
you in getting started,
Again, I’ll leave you with the question that Phil
Davis, Upshur Patriots CDR and Chairman of both
the National and Texas Division Guardian Program
always asks,
“Are you a Guardian? If not, why not?”
CONFEDERATE HOLIDAYS
3 June - This day in 1808 President Jefferson Davis
was born in Fairview, Kentucky. This date is
Confederate Memorial Day for Kentucky, Louisiana
and Tennessee.
Twenty Second
Infantry Regiment
Colonel Richard B. Hubbard
The 22nd Infantry Regiment was organized on
March 10, 1862 in Polk County, Texas. The men that
volunteered for service in the 22nd Infantry were
from Livingston, Mason, Quitman, Palestine and
Tyler, Texas. Field officers were Colonel Richard B.
Hubbard, Lieutenant Colonel John J. Canon,
Lieutenant Colonel Elias E. Lott, and Major
Benjamin F. Parkes. The 22nd Texas Infantry was
attached to the 1st Brigade, commanded by Colonel
Overton Young, 1st Brigade, Walker’s Texas
Division, Trans - Mississippi Department. The
regiment saw action in Arkansas and Louisiana
including the battle at Young's Point on June 7, 1863.
Young's Point served as a vital supply depot for the
Union army. As the Texans advanced across the
fields, they saw Federal reinforcements arrive by
transports supported by gunboats. Confederate
efforts at Young's Point ended in failure. In March
1864, the 22nd Texas Infantry participated in the
operations against the advance of the Federal Army,
under General Banks, from Franklin, Louisiana. The
22nd Infantry also participated in the battles at
Natchitoches, Louisiana on March 31, 1864 and
Wilson's Farm, Louisiana on April 7, 1864. On April
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8, 1864, arriving near Mansfield, General Walker
formed his division in line of battle and awaited the
advance of the enemy. They participated in the
Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana on April 9, 1864
against 35,000 Federal soldiers. The Confederate
force was under 16,000. The Texans captured 21
pieces of artillery, over 3,000 prisoners and more
than 200 wagons. The Confederate loss was severe
with over 2,000 killed and wounded. The regiment
participated in operations against Gen. Steele from
Little Rock to Camden, Arkansas. The 22nd Infantry
participated in engagements at Marks' Mills,
Arkansas on April 15, 1864. At this engagement
there were about 300 Confederate casualties,
including kills, wounds, and MIAs, compared to the
1,500 Union losses. The men of the 22nd Texas
Infantry fought bravely at the Battle of Jenkins Ferry,
Arkansas on April 30, 1864. A private in Walker's
Texas Division stated, “An incessant roar of
musketry prevailed for about six hours. During this
time the tide of battle ebbed and flowed, now
advancing then retreating, but at no time did the
ground fought over vary more than about 250 yards.
Owing to the dense fog and dense clouds of smoke
which hung in the thick woods, many times opposing
lines could only be discovered by the flash of their
muskets. Had we received reinforcements we could
have destroyed the entire train and perhaps have
captured the entire army. The Federal troops fought
well and were handled in a masterly manner.” The
dead were buried by Confederate forces. One
member of Walker's Texas Division stated, "Soon
after the battle ended, a detail of men were employed
in burying the dead. Armed with shovel, pickaxe, and
spade, they proceeded along the battleground to
complete this mournful task, which the enemy was
unable to accomplish. The ground was thickly strewn
with the ghastly and mangled forms. The effluvium
from the swollen, festering forms was too horrible
for human endurance. No conception of the
imagination, no power of human language, could do
justice to such a horrible scene." The regiment
marched to Shreveport, Louisiana and then to
Hempstead, Texas. The 22nd Texas Infantry
disbanded before General Kirby Smith and General
John Magruder surrendered the Trans-Mississippi
forces on June 2, 1865 at Galveston, Texas.
The Col. Richard B. Hubbard Chapter
Military Order of Stars and Bars
We are looking for new members. Of you have an ancestor who
was an officer or served in the
Confederate Government, contact
Dennis Brand [email protected]
about membership
BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES
& OTHER IMPORTANT DATES
June 15th - Rodney Glen Love
June 19th - Larry Joe Reynolds
June 19th - Danny Kid Tillery
June 20th - Darline Fountain
June 23rd - Billie Love
June 24th - Henry Francis King, III
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BATTLES FOUGHT DURING THE
MONTH OF June
Siege of Port Hudson - Port Hudson Louisiana
26 May - 9 July 1863 - General Franklin Gardner
verses General Nathaniel P. Banks. Casualties: 7200
Confederate, 3600 Union!
Battle of Seven Pines - Seven Pines Virginia
31 May - 1 June 1862 - General Joseph E. Johnston
verses General George B. McClellan. Casualties:
6134 Confederate, 5031 Union!
Battle of Cold Harbor - Cold Harbor Virginia
1-3 June 1864 - General Robert E. Lee verses
General Ulysses S. Grant. Casualties: {Unknown}
Confederate, 12,000 Union!
Battle of Philippi - Philippi Western Virginia
3 June 1861 - General Robert S. Garnett verses
General George B. McClellan. Casualties: 15
Confederate, 2 Union!
Battle of Cross Keys - Cross Keys Virginia
8 June 1862 - General Richard S. Ewell verses
General John C. Fremont. Casualties: 288
Confederate, 584 Union!
Battle of Port Republic - Port Republic Virginia
9 June 1862 - General Thomas J. "Stonewall"
Jackson verses General John C. Fremont. Casualties:
800 Confederate, 1018 Union!
Battle of Brandy Station - Brandy Station
Virginia
9 June 1863 - General James "J.E.B." Stuart verses
General Alfred Pleasonton. Casualties: 523
Confederate, 936 Union!
Second Battle of Winchester - Winchester
Virginia
14-15 June 1863 - General Richard S. Ewell verses
General Robert H. Milroy. Casualties: 269
Confederate, 4443 Union!
First Assault on Petersburg - Petersburg Virginia
15-18 June 1864 - General Robert E. Lee verses
General Ulysses S. Grant. Casualties: {Unknown}
Confederate, 8150 Union!
Siege of Petersburg - Petersburg Virginia
19 June 1864 - 2 April 1865 - General Robert E. Lee
verses General Ulysses S. Grant. Casualties: 28,000
Confederate, 42,000 Union!
Battle of Mechanicsville - Mechanicsville Virginia
26 June 1862 - General Robert E. Lee verses General
Fitz-John Porter. Casualties: 1484 Confederate, 361
Union!
Battle of Gaines' Mill - Gaines' Mill Virginia
27 June 1862 - General Robert E. Lee verses General
Fitz-John Porter. Casualties: 8751 Confederate, 6837
Union!
Battle of Kennesaw - Kennesaw Georgia
27 June 1864 - General Joseph E. Johnston verses
General William T. Sherman. Casualties: 442
Confederates, 2051 Union!
Battle of Savage's Station - Savage's Station
Virginia
29 June 1862 - General Robert E. Lee verses General
George B. McClellan. Casualties: 626 Confederate,
1590 Union!
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Battle of Hanover - Hanover Pennsylvania
30 June 1863 - General James "J.E.B." Stuart verses
General E.J. Farnsworth. Casualties: 117
Confederate, 215 Union!
“As for the South, it is enough to say that perhaps
eighty per cent. of her armies were neither slave-
holders, nor had the remotest interest in the
institution. No other proof, however, is needed than
the undeniable fact that at any period of the war from
its beginning to near its close the South could have
saved slavery by simply laying down its arms and
returning to the Union.”
Major General John B. Gordon, from his book,
Causes of the Civil War.
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Larry “Joe” Reynolds
1007 Stone Shore Street
Mount Pleasant, TX 75455-7487
(903) 717-8608
Opinions expressed by individual writers are their own and do
not necessarily reflect official positions of the
1st Lt. David Richard Reynolds Camp #2270.
Letters and articles may be submitted to:
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Mount Pleasant, Texas
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Larry “Joe” Reynolds
(903) 717-8608
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Alvin “Rex” McGee
(903) 577-3233
2Lt. Commander
Robert Eugene Jones
(903) 573-5349
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Vacant
Sergeant-at-Arms
Kenneth Roy Phillips, Jr.
(903) 575-8200
Chaplain
John “Michael” Mars
(903) 379-3321
Quartermaster
O. M. Adams
(903) 577-2627
Web Master / Newsletter Editor Joe Reynolds
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