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        • Watson, W. M.
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        • Arrington, G. W.
        • Benton, N. E.
        • Boyd, R. J.
        • Hardy, O.
        • Holley, W. J.
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      • Cheatham, T. A.
      • Clapp, H. H.
      • Crawley, W. J.
      • Hatcher, R.
      • Hollenshead, C. R.
      • Hoss, W. A.
      • Hundley, W. B.
      • McCorkle, H.
      • McCorkle, J.
      • Morris, E. P.
      • Pottle, E. H.
      • Singley, J. L.
      • Skeen, Jessee
      • Slaughter, W. M.
      • Stephenson, A. C.
      • Williams, T. C.
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December 2022 Dispatch

12/10/2022

 
          Christmas is our very special time of year.  As a Christian in a God-based nation, like our ancestors, we celebrate the birth and life of our Lord Jesus Christ.  The Lord died on the cross to free us of sin and provided the guarantee of everlasting life.  Enjoy the feel of His Presence; Embrace His Love for you.  Have a blessed and Merry Christmas!
NO MEETING IN DECEMBER
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
1.  Please continue to pray for our compatriots Bob Gibson, Durham Milburn, Woody Woodard and Phil Turner.
2.  Camp 91 received a Christmas Card from Ken “Sarge” Arvin, LT. Commander South, GA Division, SCV.  The post script reads, “I would like to take a moment and thank all the men of the Thomson Guards, Camp 91 for your hard work in 2022.  May you each have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.” 
3.  Attend the January 24, 2023, camp meeting to learn about Confederate submarines. 
4.  Robert E. Lee birthday celebration in Jeff Davis Park, Fitzgerald, GA.  
  • BBQ lunch & speaker - Saturday, January 14, 2023.
5.  Vice-President CSA, Alexander H. Stephens State Park & Museum
  • Georgia has one of the greatest Confederate treasures right here in our area. A.H. Stephens State Park & Museum is in Crawfordville (exit 154 from I 20). They have 1,177 acres, 3 lakes, 4 cottages, horse back riding, bicycles, RV & tent camp sites.  
  • You can go to www.gastateparks.com/ah-stephens  for information. Go to EVENTS for all the special activities coming up. The Rangers are wonderful and so helpful. There is a beautiful life size statue of A.H. Stephens in front of his home, Liberty Hall. 
  • Come out to see Christmas light displays every Friday, Saturday and Sunday starting November 25, 2022 and ending December 25, 2022. Tour our 10 acre event field and see displays have been setup up by a host of site partners, volunteers and area businesses. There will also be refreshments, a movie, and weather permitting a campfire. $0 plus $5 parking. 706-456-2602.  See page 4.​
6.   Thank you, Mr. Watson   --   One of the camp’s greatest blessings this year has been our relationship with Mr. Kermit Watson of Maggie Valley, NC.  Not only has he challenged us financially and matched some of our giving to the legal defense fund but he has also given me incredible personal support.  Thank you Mr. Watson for sharing your resources and your personal experiences.  You are the perfect Southern Gentlemen!
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Lee-Jackson Banquets 
Both on Saturday,
January 21, 2023
7.  Lee-Jackson Banquet  
  • Bobby’s BBQ, Highway 1, Clearwater, South Carolina     
  • The speaker is Martin O’Toole, Georgia Division attorney and spokesperson.  
8.  Lee-Jackson Banquet   --   Hosted by the Millen, GA camp
  • Last June at the Reunion in Macon a bunch of us, from different Camps were talking about the fact that with the decline in membership at many Camps nobody is having a Lee-Jackson Banquet  like the times of old.  We are blessed at our Camp and the idea of having a multi camp Banquet was born.
  • On January 21st, 2023, we are hosting a Lee-Jackson Banquet at 6:00 PM at the old Dolens BBQ restaurant located on the Hwy 21 By-Pass near Hwy 25.  This will be a Family event. The meal will be catered, the entertainment  will be provided by Jennifer Mansell and Kay Mansell.  Our own Camp Historian, Steve Rathbun will be the Speaker.​
  • The caterer needs an accurate head count by the first of January.  So, we decided at our last Camp meeting that we will sell tickets.  Our cost per plate is $20.00. We will sell each ticket for $20.00. Ticket sales will end December 31 and there will be no tickets sold at the door.
  • Tickets may be purchased by sending a check to:   Buckhead-Ft. Lawton Brigade,                             1718 Hiltonia Rd., Millen, Georgia 30442
  • I will then mail back to you the tickets.  Please bring the tickets with you to the Banquet. 
  • I will then mail back to you the tickets.  Please bring the tickets with you to the Banquet. 
We hope to have an event to remember.
Please come and join us as we 

honor Generals Lee and Jackson.                
Adjutant James E Saxon
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WBTS Dates in December
  • December 17, 1860- The first state Secession Convention meets in Columbia, South Carolina.
  • December 20, 1860- South Carolina secedes from the United States.
  • December 11-15, 1862- The Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, under General Lee, wins a lopsided victory over the US Army of the Potomac, under General Ambrose Burnside, after Federal forces conducted a risky river crossing in an attempt to win a victory on Confederate soil before the release of Emancipation Proclamation
  • December 24, 1862- Jefferson Davis writes an order declaring US General Benjamin Butler to be an outlaw for his treatment of the civilians of New Orleans. Included in this proclamation is a statement that Lincoln's upcoming Emancipation Proclamation is designed to "excite servile war" and that any black US soldiers or their white officers are to be sent to the individual states instead of being treated as prisoners of war.
  • December 31-January 3, 1863- Battle of Stones River, Tennessee. Fought between the US Army of the Cumberland under General William Rosecrans and the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Braxton Bragg, the costly Federal victory frees middle Tennessee from Confederate control and boosts Northern morale.
  • December 8, 1863- Lincoln Issues his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, which would pardon those who participated in the "existing rebellion" if they take an oath to the United States.
  • December 8, 1863- Lincoln Issues his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, which would pardon those who participated in the "existing rebellion" if they take an oath to the United States.
  • December 10, 1864- Harassed only by scattered Georgia militia, Sherman's Army of Georgia arrives at Savannah, Georgia, completing the famous March to the Sea. At Savannah, his troops will take Fort McAllister and force Confederate defenders to evacuate the city.
  • December 15-16, 1864- The Battle of Nashville, Tennessee. The Confederate Army under John Bell Hood is thoroughly defeated and the threat to Tennessee ends.
 Source: Civil War Timeline - Gettysburg National Military Park
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens
(February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was and American politician who served as the vice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, and later as the 50th governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death in 1883. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state of Georgia in the United States House of Representatives before and after the Civil War prior to becoming governor.
           Stephens attended Franklin College and established a legal practice in his home town of Crawfordville, Georgia. After serving in both houses of the Georgia General Assembly, he won election to Congress, taking his seat in 1843. He became a leading Southern Whig and strongly opposed the Mexican–American War. After the war, Stephens was a prominent supporter of the Compromise of 1850 and helped draft the Georgia Platform, which opposed secession. A proponent of the expansion of slavery into the territories, Stephens also helped pass the Kansas–Nebraska Act. As the Whig Party collapsed in the 1850s, Stephens eventually joined the Democratic Party and worked with President James Buchanan to admit Kansas as a state under the pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution (which was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in a referendum in that state).
          Stephens declined to seek re-election in 1858, but continued to publicly advocate against secession. After Georgia and other Southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America, Stephens was elected as the Confederate Vice President. Stephens's Cornerstone Speech of March 1861 defended slavery. In the course of the war, he became increasingly critical of President Jefferson Davis's policies, especially Confederate conscription and the suspension of habeas corpus.[2]In February 1865, he was one of the commissioners who met with Abraham Lincoln at the abortive Hampton Roads Conference to discuss peace terms.
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After the war, Stephens was imprisoned until October 1865. The following year, the Georgia legislature elected Stephens to the United States Senate, but the Senate declined to seat him due to his role in the Civil War. He won election to the House of Representatives in 1873 and held that office until 1882, when he resigned from Congress to become governor of Georgia. Stephens served as governor until his death in March 1883.                                                                              Source: wikipedia 
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          Camp 91, Thomson Guards staffed a recruitment booth at the Warrenton Sportsman’s Festival on November 12.  We collected $90 for the GA Division Legal Defense Fund, we collected 20 names of potential new members and we put forth a great public image.  It was a very good day.   Each potential new member from each of the three festivals is being sent the camp monthly Dispatch and a personal letter of invitation to dinner and a meeting.   
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          At the November meeting, the Thomson Guards, Camp 91, Georgia Division recognized four members who recently joined the National Guardian Program.  These men pledged to care long term for the gravesite of at least one Confederate Veteran.  Nothing is more important than this in meeting our Charge.  
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          At the November meeting Camp 91 welcomed two new members to the Sons of Confederate Veterans.  We look forward to having these men in the Thomson Guards. Welcome!
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*** Confederate Monument Cleaning ***
Please see the Community Activities

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COMMANDER’S POST 
A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN’S VIRTUES

          Among the elements listed in the “Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans” is “the emulation of his virtues”.  Emulation is to match.  A virtue is a trait or quality that is deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being.  Virtures are the basis for being a Southern Gentleman.  However, often, the more one repeats a slogan like “The Charge” the more stale it becomes and one loses sight of its significance. 
          We are a country founded on Christianity.  Like our ancestors, as children, many of us were raised in the church and the Lord, through His Holy Word in the Bible, shared virtues with us; we don’t have to guess what is correct behavior.  And, even for those who did not grow up in the church, old Southern society dictated certain behavioral norms.  
          What are His virtues?  The list includes:  honesty, integrity, respect, honor, kindness, helpfulness, charm, charity, politeness, love, faith, loyalty, perseverance, stewardship, appreciation, etc.  We love and honor our Confederate ancestors for these qualities. 
          So, the next time you recite, “The Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans”, slow down and think of your own behavior.  Are you emulating (matching) those virtues (qualities) that made him glorious and that we all cherish?  Are you, as a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Southern Gentleman that others wish to emulate?  
     Respectfully submitted: Tom Holley

“In all my perplexities and distresses,
the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.”
                                - General Robert E. Lee

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MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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  • Our Heroes
    • Introduction to Our Heroes
    • Camp Members' Confederate Ancestors
    • Cross of Honor
    • Analysis of Local Companies
    • Thomson Guards >
      • Thomson Guards Biographies >
        • Binion, J. T.
        • Blanchard, J. H.
        • Blanchard, Jeremiah
        • Cleveland, T. P.
        • Hatcher, A. H.
        • Johnston, W.
        • Jordan, J.
        • Lassiter, R. A.
        • Morris, S. D.
        • Reeves, S. G.
        • Stone, N. W.
        • Stovall, J. T.
        • Wilson, W. T.
        • Worrill, I. G.
    • Hamilton Rangers >
      • Hamilton Rangers Biographies >
        • Baker, B. C.
        • Fullbright, G. L.
        • Lassiter, T. C.
        • Magahee, W. H.
        • Watson, W. M.
    • Ramsey Volunteers >
      • Ramsey Volunteers Biographies >
        • Arrington, G. W.
        • Benton, N. E.
        • Boyd, R. J.
        • Hardy, O.
        • Holley, W. J.
    • Miscellaneous Biographies >
      • Cheatham, T. A.
      • Clapp, H. H.
      • Crawley, W. J.
      • Hatcher, R.
      • Hollenshead, C. R.
      • Hoss, W. A.
      • Hundley, W. B.
      • McCorkle, H.
      • McCorkle, J.
      • Morris, E. P.
      • Pottle, E. H.
      • Singley, J. L.
      • Skeen, Jessee
      • Slaughter, W. M.
      • Stephenson, A. C.
      • Williams, T. C.
  • Local History
    • Map of McDuffie Co. 1870
    • Relic of the Month
    • Jimmy Carter Family in Wrightsboro
    • Thaddeus Collins
    • Clary USMC Crate
    • Nancy Hart
    • Thomas Carr
    • Revolutionary War Patriots
  • Community
    • Confederate Memorials
    • Activities
    • Confederate Cemetery
    • Cemetery Status Reports
    • Cemetery Brochure
    • UDC Cemetery Records
  • Editorials
    • Tom Holley >
      • Slavery, the Left & Truth
      • What Did We Expect?
      • Nine Ways to Communism
      • Media's Influence...Lies
      • 1984 by George Orwell
      • Buchanan to Obama, 2013
      • Letter to SCV Members
      • Removing Monuments, etc.
      • Reparations
    • Lewis Smith >
      • Flags as Terror Symbols
      • GA Voting Laws 2021
      • Emperor's New Clothes
      • Police...Violence
      • "Good German"
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