August 2021 Dispatch

Next Meeting

Tuesday, August 24

• Topic  --  Confederate Tales of the Georgia Flatwoods
• Speaker  --  Hu Daughtry                                                                              --   Hu is a retired pharmacist, the Georgia Division SCV genealogist and the Commander of the Dixie Guards, Camp 1942.  Hu and his wife, Susan, manage timber property.  He will present his newest book, Confederate Tales of the Georgia Flatwoods.  His previous work is Confederate Tales of Chandler and Connected Counties.  The books are $30 each.  Hu is a wonderfully engaging speaker.

• 5:30 pm  --  Dinner at Habenero's Mexican Restaurant in Harlem

• 7:00 pm  --  Meeting at Oliver Hardy Museum in Harlem

• All visitors are welcome; bring one.  Directions found in "About Us."

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Announcements

1. Thank you to everyone that helped with the July 31st Thomson Confederate Cemetery cleanup.  In conjunction with our camp’s recent efforts, the Thomson Memorial Cemetery Board of Directors has commissioned overall tree removal and maintenance work.  With only a few more cleanup sessions, the cemetery will be in better shape than it has been in years, probably decades.  Ready for Memorial Day!
2. Please pray for our most senior member, Durham Milburn and Compatriot David Moore’s wife, Myrna.
3. Check out the Relic of the Month, under Local History:  thomsonguardscamp91gascv.com.

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Important Dates in CSA History

August 5, 1864     --   Battle of Mobile Bay
August 9, 1862     --   Battle of Cedar Mountain
August 10, 1861   --   Battle of Wilson’s Creek
August 21, 1821   --   General William Barksdale born
August 28, 1861   --   Fort Hatteras falls
August 29, 1862   --   Second Battle of Manassas

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IN MEMORIAM

           It is with great regret I must announce that our Georgia Confederate Editor, Compatriot and Brother Al Perry passed away on Friday, August 6, peacefully in his sleep from complications with double pneumonia.                         Georgia Division Commander Tim Pilgrim

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OUR HEROES

            “It was an army that emerged out of thin air.  Underfed, underpaid, poorly shod, clothes in tatters, fought 4 years and bled their enemy dry while defending their homes, churches, schools, farms, families and communities from an invading force that outnumbered them in men and material.  They froze in the winter and roasted in the summer heat.  Ate dust on marches of 20 miles a day for days, many without shoes. When the north started recruiting foreigners, they fought on against the mercenaries. Afterwards they rebuilt their country with no help and sent their sons and grandsons to fight for their former enemies.  Admire?  The word isn’t adequate.  Honor!  Emulate! Respect!  Praise!  In the course of human history, no men did more with less, against greater odds, for as long, as these brave men”.
                First Lieutenant, J. K. McBride