5TH Brigade Calendar of Events

​April - June 2026


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​Fifth Brigade News     --     April - June 2026

  • Sat., April 4      --    Jefferson Davis Memorial Bridge Rededication   --   10:00 am
                                      (formerly 5th Street, now a pedestrian bridge over Savannah River in Augusta)                             
                                      Sponsored by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Julie N. Hardaway, President General
                                      Originally dedicated in SC by the SC Division UDC 1931 and in GA by Chapter “A”  in 1931. 
                                      Speaker UDC Historian General Susan McCrobie of Kentucky
                                      Meet on SC side.   --   A small parking lot is available so try to carpool.   --   Bring chairs.                                                                      Use address 1056 5th Street Bridge, North Augusta, SC. 
  • Sat., April 25    --    Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Day Ceremony                                                                                                           10:00 am  --  Bluegrass music by Jubilee
                                                          11:00 am  --  Cookout provided by GA Division
                                                          11:45 am  --  Memorial Service   --   Speaker Pastor John Weaver
                                                           Followed by Cannon and Honor Guard Salute
  • Sat., June 6      --     129th Annual Georgia Division Reunion   --   7:00 am Registration
                                              Heritage Hall, Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter, Perry, GA  
  • Sat., June 27   --     McDuffie Museum’s America 250 Celebration at the Wrightsboro Pavilion                                                                      10:00 am – 2:00 pm  --  Wrightsboro Rd., Thomson, GA.  --  Cosponsored by the                                                                     Wrightsboro Foundation and Captain John Wilson Chapter, NSDAR  --  Free event featuring the                                         Skunk Brigade’s living history demonstrations and rifle/cannon firings, Literary Contest award                                       presentations, children activities and historic tour of church and graveyard.                                                                          https://mcduffiemuseum.org./                                 
  • July 15-19        --     131st SCV National Reunion, Griffin Gate Resort Center, Lexington, KY
  • Friend of SCV  --     Emma Givens is in Piedmont Hospital on the Cardiac floor with a bad heart arrythmia.  She is                                            to get a heart cath then have her heart shocked in order to get her back into a normal rate.                                              Please pray for her.                                                                                                                                                           March 27   --   Her cardiac cath was normal and her heart converted back to a normal rhythm                                          after the cardioversion.  She goes home today for further rest and recovery.                                                                                                                                                   --  your obedient servant Doc John Baxley.​

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​CAMP 91   --   THOMSON GUARDS   --   THOMSON, GA.
Contact   --   Tom Holley   --   706-466-3678
Meet 4th Tuesday (Not in April or Dec.)  --   Dine 5:30 pm Fernanda’s   --   Meet 7 pm Thomson Library
  • Sat., April 4      --  Thomson Memorial Cemetery clean-up  --  9:30 am
  • Sat., April 18    --  Speaker Rev. Dr. Paul Noe   --  Confederate Memorial Day Service, 10:30 am  --  Thomson                                               Memorial Cemetery   --  Period music by HIT (Hillbillies in Training) String Band.
  • Tues., April 28  --  No regular camp meeting
  • Tues., May 26   --  Speaker Dave Moncus of Mount Vernon   --  Many Inventions and Creations of Confederate                                           Veterans​
  • Tues., June 23   --  Speaker Phil Turner   --   Gettysburg

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​​CAMP 158   --   E. PORTER ALEXANDER   --   AUGUSTA, GA.
Contact   --   Dr. John (Doc) Baxley   --   803-295-3719
Meet 2nd Thursday (Not in July)   --   Dine 6 pm Sconyer’s BBQ   --   Meet 7 pm upstairs
  • Thurs., April 16    --   Speaker Dr. Larry Kranamaker from Opelika  --   Siege of Atlanta
  • Sat., April 18         --   Speaker Ken Temples, Poet Laureate of South Carolina  --  Confederate Memorial Day                                                      Service  --  Augusta Magnolia Cemetery - 11:00 am 
  • Sun., April 19        --   Hephzibah Memorial Day Ceremony  --  3:00 pm  --  Organized by Emma Givens.
  • Sat., May 30           --   Lee-Jackson Banquet   --   Bob's BBQ   --   Contact Doc for tickets.

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​CAMP 207   --   B/G JOHN C. CARTER   --   WAYNESBORO, GA.
Contact   --   Tim Lively   --   706-551-2045
Meets Last Monday   --   Meet 6 pm   --   Burke County Library

  • Sun., April 19        --    Speaker Neil Dickey   --   Confederate Memorial Day Service,  Waynesboro Confederate                                                 Memorial Cemetery   --  3 pm
  • Mon., July 27         --    Speaker David Moncus   --  Camp quarterly meeting

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​CAMP 549   --   BLACK CREEK VOLUNTEERS   --   SYLVANIA, GA.
Contact   --   Adam Bazemore  --   912-978-1526
Meets Quarterly 2nd Tuesday   --   Dine 6pm Walls Diner   --   Meet 7 pm
  • Tues., April 14   --  Speaker 5th Brig. Commander Tom Holley   --   Annual Confederate Memorial Day Service,                                          Confederate Monument in Screven County Memorial Cemetery   --  6:00 pm   
                                             There will be a Roll Call of our Confederate Dead, musket salute, and Taps.
                                              Bring a chair and finger foods for refreshments afterwards.
  • Sat., April 18      --  Old Sylvania Cemetery Cleanup  --  8:30 am  --  There’s a big limb still down from the hurricane                                    on a Confederate grave on the left.  We also may have some headstone repairs/cleaning. 
  •  Tues., May 12   --  Speaker TBD  --  Camp meeting 
  • Sat., May 16       --   Enecks Cemetery Cleanup  --  8:30 am  --  Pryor Rd. --  Weed eat, pickup limbs, clean                                                         headstones.

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CAMP 941   --   OGEECHEE RIFLES   --   STATESBORO, GA.
Contact   --   Buddy Mock   --   678-936-2172
Meet 3rd Thursday   --   Dine 5:30pm Ole Times Country Buffet   --   Meet 6 pm
 
We are waiting to hear from stone mason as to finish and install headstones.
We will have a flag swap on our pole in Stillson.  Date TBD.

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​CAMP 1914   --   M/G AMBROSE RAMSON WRIGHT   --   EVANS, GA.
Contact   --   Dean Seigler   --   706-836-3805
Meet 4th Thursday   --   Dine 6 pm American Legion Post 192   --   Meet 7 pm

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​CAMP 1942   --   DIXIE GUARDS   --   METTER, GA.
Contact  --  Hu Daughtry   --   912-687-6153
Meet 1st Thursday   --   Dine 6 pm Bevrick’s Restaurant   --   Meet 7 pm
  • Thurs., April 3          --  Speaker Steve Burke         --  Camp meeting
  • Thurs., May 1           --  Speaker Bubba Webster   --  Camp meeting​
  • Thurs., June  5          --  Speaker Steve Rathbun    --  Camp meeting

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​CAMP 2102   --   BUCKHEAD - FT. LAWTON BRIGADE   --   MILLEN, GA.
Contact   --   Dale Thompson   --   912-682-9855
Meet 3rd Tuesday   --   Dine and Meet 6 pm at Honey Specialties, 650 Millen By-Pass
  • Tues., April 21       --  Speaker TBD  --  Camp meeting
  • Sat., April 25          --  Camp Historian Steve Rathbun receiving United Daughters of the  Confederacy War Service                                          Medal 10:00 AM, Burke County, Waynesboro, GA.
  • Sun., April 26         --  Camp Confederate Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony, 7:00 AM,  
                                                 Confederate Veterans Monument, Jenkins County Courthouse Square, Millen, GA.
  • Tues., May 19        --  Speaker TBD  --  Camp meeting
  • Thurs., June 4         --  Speaker Camp Historian Steve Rathbun (Subject TBD) at the Metter Camp's
                                                  monthly meeting, 6:00 PM, Bevricks Char House Grille, Metter, GA.
  • Sat., June 6              --  Four Camp Delegates attending the 129th Annual Georgia Division Reunion,
                                                  7:00 am Registration, Heritage Hall, Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter, Perry, GA.
  • Tues., June 16         --  Speaker TBD  --  Camp meeting

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