The April Meeting New Book on the 10th Mississippi Infantry Adjutant Ron Stowers has informed this editor that Paulette French with present a Power Point program on the 10th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. This program is drawn from her new book on the regiment; she will have copies of the book for sale at the meeting. Everyone come and bring guests, especially new recruits! When: April 26, 5:30 pm. Where:, State St., Jackson. See you there! Sons of Confederate Veterans Jefferson Davis Camp No. 635 * Volume XLV * * PO Box 16945, Jackson, MS 39236 * * April 2016 * * Number 4* J esus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. N icodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? J esus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. T hat which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. arvel not that I M said unto thee, Ye must be born again. he wind bloweth where it listeth, and T thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. John 3:3-8 (KJV) March Meeting Report SCV MS Division Commander Louis P. Foley The speaker for the March meeting was Mississippi Division Commander Louis P. Foley who gave the camp a summary of the current on-going activities of the Division and talked about the business that would be taken up at the Division Reunion at Beauvoir, June 10-12, 2016. Dan Duggan gave his regular presentation of this day in the WBTS (March 22). A new member, Thomas D. Harris Collier, was voted in. Welcome Harris! Joe Tubb and Murry Stewart presented some music for the camp s entertainment. Greenwood Cemetery Clean-up April 23, 2016 7:00 am (or as early as you can make it after daylight) This is the annual preparation of the Confederate section of the cemetery for the Confederate Memorial Day observance. Bring lawn tools of whatever type you have. Call Peter Miazza with questions at 601-853-1889. 1
Rebel Ramblings by Robert Murphree Talk about gone with the wind! This morning I was sitting in our café at Pocahontas when I noticed the TV was on one of those channels that runs the old, old shows. Well, it was playing "Wyatt Earp" in black and white, Wyatt had just been hired to be the new sheriff in Wichita, and he walked right into a hot feud between Col. Wade and Col. Fentress. These two fellows, both of whom had the most Southern of Southern accents, were determined to kill each other despite Wyatt's best efforts. Puzzled over the cause of the fracas, Wyatt quested Col. Wade's daughter, who filled him in. She said that Col. Wade was hot because "Col. Fentress' regiment of South Carolina men did not support Daddy's regiment at Malvern Hill." Can you imagine such a segment running nowadays? Harris Collier, long time head of the legal department at Trustmark Bank and one of the most knowledgeable lawyers in banking and real estate in Mississippi, joined our camp at the March meeting. He brought with him some information on his great-grandfather, Thomas D. Harris of Rankin County, who served in the 6th Mississippi, and gave me great material for a column. T. D. Harris was born in 1833 in Tennessee and moved to the Rankin County area in 1852. He raised a company from Rankin County in 1861 which became Co. B, 6th Mississippi, becoming its lieutenant. Along came Shiloh and it appears Company B suffered heavily in the fight, so T. D. Harris assumed command. Later in the year he became regimental commissary until he was elected sheriff of Rankin County. Compatriot Collier has the original document where the Colonel of the 6th Mississippi released Harris from the army to take up the job of being the sheriff. He seems to have served in this position for several terms and lived to the ripe old age (for those times) of 69, dying in 1902. But there was one piece of information I saw in the biography of his ancestor that helps explain why Harris Collier has always been so sharp on any matter dealing with real estate. The writer stated that T. D. Harris had sold a good bit of property since the war but "still has thirty six thousand acres for sale." I have always thought the Confederate navy has gotten short shrift in the history books, with its accomplishments, given its lack of resources, not appreci- (Continued on page 3) Calendar April 24, 2016 Confederate Memorial Da y Ob s ervation, Greenwood Cemetery, Confederate Section April 26, 2016 May 24, 2016 June 10-12 Mississippi Division SCV Reunion at Beauvoir, Biloxi, MS June 28, 2016 Send changes in e-mail addresses to: csa4ever@att.net Include changes to physical (mail) addresses and telephone numbers as well. DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed by contributors to this newsletter are not necessarily the views or opinions of this editor, the Jefferson Davis Camp 635, or any member thereof. 2
Chaplain s Dispatch Dear Friends and Compatriots: THE HOPELESS In March 1865, the Confederate Governor of Florida, seeing that the cause had been lost, took his own life. Others all over the south felt a hopeless life! In Roman 8 we see in verse 16 to wait patiently ; in verse 26 spirit helps us in our weakness, interceding for us and in verse 38 nothing can separate us from the love of God! Visit the camp web site at: http://www.scvcamp635.org (Continued from page 2) ated. From the start the Confederate navy's efforts were marked with ingenuity and initiative. In 1861 Secretary Stephen Mallory said that "inequality of numbers may be compensated by invulnerability. Thus not only does economy, but naval success, dictate the wisdom of fighting with iron against wood." He was ahead of his time; too bad the South did not have the capacity to put his theory into practice. Sincerely, Rev. Glenn D. Shows Chaplain RECOLLECTIONS OF THE BATTLE OF SHILOH Here was to be a display of courage and chivalry unsurpassed in the annals of war. Now an occasional boom, boom, of the big guns, began to echo up and down the valley of the Tennessee as Hardee's batteries seemingly in chorus with those of the enemy in reply, began to open on Grant's battalions now hurriedly forming, having recovered from their surprise caused by the sudden and unexpected attack of Hardee's advanced lines. Stirred by the highest ambition of our youthful hearts on toward the front rapidly and steadily, now in column of fours, moved the Kentucky Brigade. Passing down a little narrow valley just to the left and on the higher ground, we passed that gallant little band of Kentuckians known as Morgan's Squadron at the head of which, seated on "Black Bess" the real (not the mythical "Black Bess" that some of you fellows sometimes talk so loudly about and never saw), but the real Black Bess - was that grandest specimen of a Kentucky soldier, save one - the immortal Breckinridge - Captain John H. Morgan. The Kentucky Brigade was proud to find itself in such noble, such royal company, though for a passing moment only. Oh, how it thrilled our hearts as these Kentucky boys, Morgan's men, greeted us by waving their hats, cheering and singing their famous battle song; "Cheer, boys, cheer; we'll march away to battle; Cheer, boys, cheer, for our sweethearts and our wives; Cheer, boys, cheer; we'll nobly do our duty, And give to Kentucky our arms, our hearts, our lives." Source: Reminiscences of a Soldier of the Orphan Brigade, by Lot D. Young, 1918. Link to free e-book: http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/ young/young.html Taken from the Facebook page of Defending the Heritage General Albert Sidney Johnston Commander, Confederate Forces at Shiloh 3
More Commentary on the Union Soldiers Lack of Honor in Waging War "They steal, rob, enter houses, take many things they want before the eyes of the master and mistress of the house...even what they do not want they destroy...actually reducing people to the point of starvation, and then insulting them by telling them that they will sell them what they want if they take the oath of allegiance. I did not know that any people could be so brutal." Cadmus Wilcox describing Yankee depredations in a letter to his sister, April 21, 1863. From the Facebook page of Defending the Heritage. JEFF DAVIS IN PRISON "It must be remembered that during the past year Mr. Davis has lain a silent prisoner in one of our strongest forts, unable to reply by so much as a word to the myriad assaults which have been made both on his private character and public course....seven-eighths of the Northern journals have been industriously engaged in manufacturing public sentiment to his injury. His self-control was the feature of his character, knowing that his temper had been high and proud, which most struck me during my attendance. Mr. Davis is remarkable for the kindliness of his nature and fidelity to friends. Of none of God s creatures does he seem to wish or speak unkindly; Be just even to your enemies, is not only one of the noblest, but wisest maxims which antiquity has left us; and there is another like unto it: It is lawful, even from your enemies, to learn wisdom. " PRISON LIFE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS Lt. Colonel John J Craven, MD 1866 From a Facebook post by the Southern Historical Society. 4
Commander s Column Trivia Question: This month s question asks: On October 5, 1863, Major Amos McLemore, who had been sent on special assignment by Gen. Braxton Bragg, was assassinated at the home of Amos Deason in Ellisville, MS. Who is presumed to have been his killer? March s question asked: Everyone is aware that the Confederacy had a submarine called the Hunley which suffered misfortune of its maiden voyage. The Yankees had one too, but with a somewhat less formal name. What was it called and how did it fare as a weapon of war? The answer: The Yankees sub was called the Alligator and it was deemed useless as a tool of war. Commander Jackson has no column this month Confederate Memorial Day April 24, 2016 Jefferson Davis Camp 635, SCV in conjunction with the W.D. Holder Chapter, UDC will observe Confederate Memorial Day with a ceremony at the Confederate Section of Greenwood Cemetery in Jackson on April 24, 2016. Decoration of the graves: 1:30 pm. Memorial Ceremony: 2:00 pm. Guest Speaker: Louis P. Foley, Commander, Mississippi Division SCV. Inclement weather alternative site: War Memorial Bldg. WHO MAKES THE BEST SOLDIER? When General Lee was asked, What race of people make the best soldiers?, he responded: The Scots that came to this country by way of Ireland. They have all the dash of the Irish in taking up a position, and all the stubbornness of the Scots in holding it. Jefferson Davis Camp #635 Sons of Confederate Veterans PO Box 16945 Jackson, MS 39236-6945 COPYRIGHT NOTICE In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted material published herein is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who are interested in receiving the provided information for non-profit research and educational purpose only. Reference: http:www.law.cornell.eduuscode/17/107.shtml 5