5th Brigade Calendar of Events
​January - March 2026


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Fifth Brigade News     
  • Donald Mallard, Lt. Commander, Black Creek Volunteers Camp 549 Sylvania, GA has passed after a long illness.  He was a good friend who will be greatly missed.  As someone said, he never had a bad word to say about anybody.  He loved his country, and loved history.  He was a charter member of the Black Creek Vols SCV Camp, and we would not be here without him. Please remember his family in your thoughts and prayers.  
  • Compatriot Tom McCauley recently had a heart attack; please keep him and his family in your prayers.  He is from the E. Porter Alexander Camp 158 in Augusta.
  • Jan. 17      --  Robert E. Lee birthday celebration, Jeff Davis Park, Irwinville, GA   --   10:00 am
    • GA Division Executive Council meeting afterwards.

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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 Depot
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  • Jan. 27            - Speaker Julie Hardaway   --   I Am Proud to Be a Southerner 
                                         (President General, United Daughters of the Confederacy)
  • Feb. 24            - Speaker Nancy Holt   --   North Carolina Ancestor and His Letters Home
  • March 14 (Sat.)   -  Thomson Memorial Cemetery  --  Camp cleanup of little things and meal; more info                                       to come.               
  • March 24         - Speaker Dan Reece    --   Six Confederate Generals of Edgefield County, South                                             Carolina (Commander Berry Benson camp, N.A., S.C.)
  •  April 18 (Sat.)  - Speaker Rev. Dr. Paul Noe   --   Confederate Memorial Day  --  10:30 am
                                        Thomson Memorial Cemetery
  • TBD  --  1st restoration work of Cavalryman Private Perry, CSA, wilderness gravesite off Three                                   Points Road
  • New Membership Applications for Carter Anderson and Benji Cranford.

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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
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  • Dec. 11              -  Speaker Robert Eubanks   --   Southern Churches during the War
  • Dec. 14 (Sun.)   -  Wreaths Across America  --  Augusta’s Magnolia Cemetery                                                                                Confederate Dead Section   --   1:45 p.m.
  • Jan. 8                  - Speaker Reverend Dr. Paul  Noe
  • Jan. 24 - Annual Lee-Jackson Banquet   --   Speaker Julie Hardaway, UDC President General
    • Bobby's BBQ on Jefferson Davis Highway across from Ford dealership in Aiken County.
    • All CSRA Compatriots and guests are invited.
    • 6:00 pm   --   Tickets are 20 dollars per person. 
    • Call Lt. Commander Doc John Baxley for reservations at 803-295-3719.
  • Feb. 12              - Speaker Dane Coffman  
  • March 12          - Speaker Mathew Locke   --   Castle Pickney in Charleston, S.C. Harbor
  • April 16             -  Speaker Dr. Larry Kranamaker   --   Battle of Atlanta
  • April 18 (Sat.)   - Speaker TBD    --   Confederate Memorial Day  

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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
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  • Jan. 26    /    Feb. 23    /     March 30

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CAMP 549   --   BLACK CREEK VOLUNTEERS   --   SYLVANIA, GA
Contact   --   Adam Bazemore  --   912-978-1526
Meets 2nd Tuesday   --   Dine 6pm Walls Diner   --   Meet 7 pm
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  • Officers for 2026:
    • Commander          --  Jake Thompson
    • Lt. Commander    --  Adam Bazemore
    • Adjutant                --  Don Bazemore
    • Chaplain                --  Kenny Mallard
    • Color Seargeant   -- Duncan Arthur
 
  • Jan. 13    /    Feb. 10    /    March 10

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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
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  • Officers for 2026:
    • Commander                --    Buddy Mock
    • 1st Lt. Commander    --    Dennis Wiggins
    • Adjutant/Treasurer    --   Paul Harmon
    • Chaplain                       --  Mike Sorrell
    • Other offices will be filled over the next few months.
  • Jan. 15        --  Speaker Bubba Webster
  •   Feb. 19      --  Speaker Steve Rathbun
  •  ​March 19   --  Speaker Dennis Wiggins 
  • Through a ‘Chance’ game, the camp raised $900 that will continue the funding of “Flags Over Bullock” (County).  Congratulations!
    • New Confederate flag raised at Hwy. 80 and 119, SE Bullock County.  Thank you to the Olliff family for providing the location.

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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
 
  • Jan. 22   --   New Officers
  • Feb. 26    /    March 26

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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

  • Jan. 1       --   No Meeting
  • Feb. 5       --   Speaker Derwood Tootle
  • March 5   --   Speaker Bubba Webster

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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
 Officers for 2026:
    • Commander                 -Dale Thompson
    • 1st Lt. Commander      -Neil Dickey
    • 2nd Lt. Commander   -Dale Wiggins
    • Adjutant                       -James Saxon
    • Chaplain                       -Tommy Lane
    • Judge Advocate           -Mike Scott
    • Quartermaster             -Neil Dickey
    • Treasurer                      -James Saxon
    • Historian                       -Steve Rathbun
    • Sergeant-at-Arms        -Ben Graham
    • Color Sergeant             -Brian Baxley
  • Jan. 20   -  No Speaker / Finalize 2026 Lee-Jackson Banquet Planning
  • Jan. 24 (Sat.)  -  Annual Lee-Jackson Banquet   --   Speaker Mike Listenby, prominent retired
                                   attorney from Swainsboro known for his public service and historical
                                   presentations.  Speaker topic TBD.
                                   Millen Community House, 517 East Cleveland Ave., Millen, GA  --  6:00 pm
  • Feb. 17     --  Speaker TBD
  • March 17  --  Speaker TBD

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