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1 The standard Long Shall our Banner Brave The breeze - The standard of the free VOL.2. Issue Issue NO. 11 Charles demorse editor & Proprietor Grand Saline, Texas Saturday,, November 12, 2016 Sat. December 10, :00 pm 29 th Texas Cavalry SCV Camp # 2269 Page 1

2 Col. Charles DeMorse s 29 th Texas Cavalry SCV Camp # 2269 From Commander: Bobby W. Smith Sr. Upon the 129 th Anniversary, of Col. Charles DeMorse Death. Col. Charles DeMorse s 29 th Texas Cavalry Regiment Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp # 2269, paid Tribute to our Camp s Namesake on the 22 nd of October It was a beautiful sunny and cool day, as we gathered at the Clarksville Cemetery to Honor this great man. A Wreath of Yellow Roses signifying the 29 th Texas Cavalry was laid on his grave, as we prayed and gave him our praises. Tapp s was played over him as we saluted him with Sabers Drawn. I hoped with all my heart, that you would have been proud of us for remembering you. The leader of so many men who followed you, and believed in you, as you carried them into battles, who gave all to them. Many of my family members were there in Company C of the 29 th Texas Cavalry. I never knew you, but have read and studied your words, and I believe I do. Now, all that we do is for you and the Trooper s of the 29 th Texas Cavalry Regiment. AND WE WILL NEVER FOR- GET. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL, TILL WE ALL CAN MEET TOGETHER AGAIN. Thank You Deo Vindice, UÉuuç ja få à{ füa bsmith9305@aol.com Page 2

3 Commander: Bobby W. Smith Sr. Adjutant: Russell Volk Col. Charles DeMorse s 29 th Texas Cavalry Regiment SCV Camp # 2269 Col. Charles DeMorse Graveside Memorial Service 22 nd October 2016 Clarksville Cemetery, Clarksville,, Texas 10:00 am 1:00 pm Page 3

4 129 Years Ago..Obituary from the Hillsboro Reflector 3 rd November 1887 CHARLES DeMORSE DEAD Clarksville, Texas, Oct 25, This morning our people learned with regret the death of Colonel Charles DeMorse. Col. DeMorse had only been ill a few days, when he died about midnight last night. He was a native of Massachusetts, spending almost all of his life in Texas, having cast his lot among our people in 1835, when the Lone Star state was dripping its blood of heroes. He, among a volunteer party from the sister state, landed on our southern coast when he was just nineteen years of age, and on foot started immediately for the dark scenes of conflict, and was in sound of The Twin Sisters that played such an important part under Sam Houston on the immortal field of San Jacinto. Colonel DeMorse was with Houston through the remainder of the war, until Mexico acknowledged the freedom of Texas. He was also a member of the staff of Albert S. Johnson, and was a Colonel in the late, War Between the States. He edited a paper in Austin prior to 1842 when he came to Clarksville and established The Standard, indexing his sentiments, always standing by his people, pleading for an honest Democratic government. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1876 and has mingled in the front rank of polities for many years. He delighted to talk and write of the days when it tried men to oppose the tyrants of Mexico. He passed away without any pain. He knew that his time had come, and was as calm and contented as man can be. He said that he had recognized for some time that his days of usefulness were about spent, that his part in the drama of life had been played, and he hoped well and died perfectly satisfied. He was seventy two ( 72 ) years old. Page 4

5 29 th Texas Cavalry SCV Camp # 2269 Commander Joe Reynolds SCV Camp # 2270 Page 5

6 Col. DeMorse s Grave Ceremony 22 nd Oct Col. DeMorse s Grave Ceremony 22 nd Oct Page 6

7 SCV Commanders Joe Reynolds & Bobby W. Smith Sr. 29 th Texas Cavalry SCV Camp # 2269 Grave Ceremony. Page 7

8 Commander Smith Receiving Dixie Club Award. The Grave of Col. Charles DeMorse. Page 8

9 29 th Texas Cavalry SCV Camp # 2269 At Col. DeMorse s Home. 29 th Texas Cavalry SCV Camp # 2269 At Col. DeMorse s Home. Page 9

10 Graveside Memorial Service Tribute To: 1 st Lieutenant David Richard Reynolds And Private Albert Galletin Brown Concord Cemetery Omaha, Morris County, Texas October 29 th, :00 p.m. 1st Lt. David Richard Reynolds Camp #2270 Sons of Confederate Veterans P. O. Box 1861 Mount Pleasant, TX Page 10

11 David Richard Reynolds First Lieutenant Company D, 9th Texas Infantry Samuel Bell Maxey's Brigade David Richard Reynolds, the seventh child and fourth son of Henry and Mary (Brown) Reynolds was born on October 17, 1838 in what is now known as Flat Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee. Shortly after David's birth he removed with his family to Sand Mountain in Jackson County, Alabama, where he grew to manhood. We know that David Richard was educated in public school and by September 10, 1860 He was living with a C.N. Garrett and his wife M.A. Garrett in Titus County, Texas where he listed his age as 22 and his occupation as a teacher. On October 5th 1861, shortly after the war of Northern Aggression broke out, D.R. Reynolds joined the Confederate Army at Daingerfield, then Titus County, Texas. He enlisted as a Private in Company "D", 9th Texas Infantry, Maxey's Regiment. According to letters and his journal we know that they marched from Daingerfield to Camp Rusk, in Lamar County, Texas where they were organized and trained. Shortly after the organization, measles and pneumonia broke out in the regiment. Due to the sickness and the poor quality of the water at Camp Rusk, Lamar County, Colonel Maxey had to move the 9th Texas to Camp Benjamin, in Fannin County, about 26 miles distant. On January 1, 1862, the regiment took up the line of march to Memphis. D. R.'s first battle of the war took place on Apr 6th and 7th, 1862, when the 9th Infantry was engaged in the Battle of Shiloh, TN. It was on the 10th of July 1862 that the 9th Texas Infantry found themselves without a 2nd Lieutenant, and David Richard was Page 11

12 promoted from Private to 2nd Lieutenant by the "vote" of the men in his unit. During the three years of the war, David Richard found himself moving all over the south, You can see the complete timeline of the 9th Texas Infantry here! He along with other members of the 9th Texas Infantry fought in many small scrimmages as well as the Battles of Perryville, KY, Murfreesboro, TN, Jackson, MS, Chickamauga, GA, Atlanta, GA, Allatoona, GA, Nashville, TN, and Spanish Fort, AL. David Richard Reynolds along with what remained of the 9th Texas Infantry, surrendered with the rest of Ector's Brigade at Meridian, Mississippi on May 4, and was paroled on May 11, 1865, under the command of Major James McReynolds. There were just 8 officers and 79 men-a small fraction of the 1,018 men who had served with the 9th at one time or another. I'm not sure of the date of promotion but his parole papers have him listed as a First Lieutenant. After the war David Richard returned to Cookville, Titus County, Texas, where he set upon starting a farm and family. David's first marriage was to Judith Elizabeth "Babe" Holder the daughter of John Holder. They were married on June 8, 1865 in Titus County, Texas. There were four children born to this marriage. Mary Ellen, born in October 1866 in Cookville, Titus County, Texas, who went on to marry her cousin James David Dukes; Henry Presley Reynolds born on September 20, 1869; John Arthur Reynolds who was born in either 1868 or 1869 and is buried in Oklahoma. I believe that John went on to become a Doctor; and Nancy Lundy Bell who was born in Judith Elizabeth "Babe" Holder was born on April 10, 1845 and died on February 4, She is buried in the Concord Cemetery in Morris County, Texas, next to David Richard. David Richard next married Frances Melvina "Callie" Coffman on May 13, 1879 in Cookville, Titus County, Texas. Callie was born in January of either 1861 or 1862, she died after January 27, 1917 in Pomona, California. D.R. and Callie had a total of seven children: Josephine Anna, born May 20, 1880; Dosia E., born August 1882 and married P.E. Johnson on October 5, 1902 in Morris County, Texas; William Lafayett born April 24, 1884; Ada Jerusia born on March 28, 1886 and married a Barrier; Albert Obee born on July 19, 1889; Rosa Ethel born in July 1891 and married Francis Eugene Gallagher on May 7, 1911 in El Paso and their last child Roy Richard who was born on June 12, All of these children were born in Cookville, Titus County, Texas. After the war was over, David Richard Reynolds served the town of Cookville, Texas as a teacher, a banker, a store owner, the Editor and Proprietor of the Cookville Banner Newspaper, and the Post Master of the Cookville, Post Office. I know that many of the land deeds and transfers in Titus County were witnessed by D.R., who was a Notary Public. There are also a number of land transactions that deals with "Reynolds Mortgage Company", so perhaps David Richard had his own bank for a time in Titus County. D.R. Reynolds died on October 17, 1901 on his Sixty Third Birthday. He is buried next to his first wife Babe, in the Concord Cemetery in Morris County, Texas. Page 12

13 Commander Larry Joe Reynolds 1 st Lieutenant David Richard Reynolds SCV Camp # Red Diamond Honor Guard, SCV Camp # 2193, Texarkana, Texas. Col. Charles DeMorse s 29 th Texas Cavalry SCV Camp # Page 13

14 The Grave of 1 st Lieutenant David Richard Reynolds. Angela Marie Reynolds Gibbs. 3 rd Grt Grand-daughter of, 1 st Lieutenant David Richard Reynolds, Reads Biography. Page 14

15 Wreath Laying Ceremony. 5th Brigade, LONE STAR COLOR GUARD Page 15

16 Commander Bobby W. Smith Sr. of Col. Charles DeMorse s 29 th Texas Cavalry SCV Camp #2269, Reading; The Flag My Grandpaw Knew by Ronnie Hatfield. Amazing Grace Dr. George English Red Diamond Camp # Page 16

17 The Flag My Grandpa Knew by Ronnie Hatfield I remember now, each morning, he d rise before us all, and I d hear his muffled footsteps, as he padded down the hall. The many years he d labored, had left his body bent and gray but Grandpa has a reason, for getting up each day. A well-worn box sat on a shelf, beside his rocking chair, I don t know where it came from, seems it always had been there. Inside the box, a tattered cloth, of crimson, blue, and white, and he d gaze at it each morning, with tears that dimmed his sight. On special days, he raised it still, on the pole outside our door, and he d tell us kids, in reverent tones that tattered cloth stood for. The red reminds me of the Wheatfield, where Pickett s men were slain, when seven thousand good men fell, amidst the bloodied grain. The blue, I guess, brings back to mind, the loneliness and cold, of a Shenandoah winter, a thousand miles from home. And the pure white stars, well they re generals, for Jackson, Stuart, and Bee, and that big one in the middle there, is for Robert Edward Lee! Each bullet hole is a battle won, each tear is a comrade lost, each stain is for a wounded friend, who paid the final cost. Ol Grandpa must have loved that flag, he stayed near it every day, and so Grandpa took it with him, when he finally passed away. And if there s a flagpole up in heaven, there s no tear in Grandpa s eye, cause I know he s back in uniform, and his beloved flag flies high! Page 17

18 Upcoming SCV Events A Southern Style Wedding Col. Charles De Morse s 29 th Texas Cavalry SCV Camp # 2269 From: 11/25/ :00 a.m. To: 11/25/2016 0:00 a.m. Location: Alba, Texas. Description: A Southern Style wedding is to take place For Camp Compatriots Marshall Neagle, and Vickie Clark, Further details will be dispatched as soon as possible. See Calender of Events on Web-Site for further information. A Victorian Christmas From: 12/08/2016 4:00 p.m. To: 12/208/2016 8:00 p.m. Location: Tyler, Texas. Description: A Victorian Christmas Embrace the Christmas spirit at the eighth annual Victorian Christmas at the Goodman Museum open house. Christmas Belles will greet you as you enter the mansion. Meet the Goodman family and friends, wonderfully portrayed by re-enactors in period clothing. Page 18

19 Annual Upcoming Events June, Texas Division Reunion Will be in, Fort Worth,, texas When information is posted, I will send it out. July 18-22, 2017 National SCV Reunion Memphis, Tennessee Memphis Cook Convention Center Downtown When information is posted, I will send it out. Page 19

20 To become a member PLEASE CONTACT: COMMANDER: BOBBY WAYNE SMITH SR ADJUTANT: RUSSELL VOLK Guardian Program and Medal The Texas Division has instituted a special program to honor the memory of our Confederate Ancestors and to help ensure the preservation of their final resting places. Any Texas Division camp member in good standing, who has demonstrated his willingness to serve in this special capacity, and who is at least fourteen years of age, and has tended a Confederate soldier's grave for two years prior, may become a FULL GUARDIAN. All compatriots are encouraged to participate in this most worthwhile program to honor our ancestors and protect their final resting places. Guardians shall care for and protect the grave of a Confederate Veteran, ensuring that the site is kept clean and well maintained year round. He shall be responsible that the grave has an appropriate marker designating it as the resting place of a Confederate Veteran. He shall personally visit the grave a minimum of three times a year, to include Confederate Memorial Day, or at least one week prior, when he shall place either a wreath or small Confederate Flag, or both, on the grave. Individuals who wish to become a GUARDIAN must complete the Guardian Application form and submit it to the Chairman of the Guardian Review Committee. There is an application fee of $10.00 to cover the cost of the GUARDIAN pin and certificate. For more information about the program and how to apply, Contact: Commander Bobby W. Smith Sr. Page 20