CAMP TALK
April 2019
The Monthly Newsletter of Camp 1387
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CAMP STAFF
Judge Advocate Don Lock 321-752-9276 Camptalk Editor Steve Smith 321-631-7562
Webmaster Tom Watkins 321-254-0241 Q’termaster Marc Thornton 321-698-4550
Heritage Don Young 321-452-3207 Color Sgt. Rob Murray 321-269-7747
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Camp Email Address: camp1387@gmail.com
Active Link to the Camp 1387 Web site: https://captjjdickison.wixsite.com/camp-1387
Active Link to the Florida Division Website: https://www.flscv.org/index.php
Active Link to the Sons of Confederate Website: http://www.scv.org/new/
COMMANDER’S CORNER
It was good to see those of you who were able to attend the March Meeting!! I
Please consider attending the Florida Division Reunion in
Ocala, Florida, June 7th- 9th 2019
and the 123rd SCV National Reunion, Mobile, Alabama July 10th - 13th 2019. More
information: https://www.scvsemmes.org/2019-scv-reunion.html
I would like to give a shout out to a site MilitaryHistoryOnline.com. It is a site that
lets individuals with Confederate (OR ANY OTHER) soldiers put them into their Company
and /Regiments. It also allows for a bio of the soldier to be posted and contact
information.
I hope to see everyone at our next camp meeting on April 25, 2019.
In Service to The South,
Tom Watkins
Commander Camp 1387
7. May 23, 2019 – The fourth Thursday of each month
a. Next Camp 1387 Monthly Meeting and Camp Anniversary
b. Eat @ 6 PM, Meeting @ 7 PM, Program @ 8 PM.
8. Jul 10 – 13, 2019 – 124
th
SCV Reunion in Mobile, Alabama
a. Raphael Semmes Camp 11 Hosting, Mobile, Alabama
b. Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel (Downtown Mobile)
c. Wednesday, Jul 10 – registration and check-in.
i. Evening Shrimp boil – Battleship U.S.S. Alabama
ii. Space is limited; register early to participate
d. Sunday, Jul 14 – Checkout and head home
e. See Confederate Veteran Magazine for registration Forms
and additional info or go to http://www.scv.org/new/
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PROGRAM
The April program will be: “John Gordon Brown – The Civilian
General”. The presentation regarding this man discusses his
civilian life leading up to the war and his joining the
Confederate Army. Despite his lack of military experience or
military training, he rose to the rank of Major General and
became one of General Lee’s most trusted Generals
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SCV Pledge to the Flag of the Confederate States of America
I salute the Confederate flag
with affection, reverence, and undying devotion
to the Cause for which it stands.
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Former Confederate General Stephen Dill Lee’s Commission to the SCV
To You, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vindication of the Cause for which
we fought; to your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier’s good
name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of
those principles he loved and which made him glorious and which you also cherish.
Remember it is your duty to see that the true history of the South is presented to future
generations.
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Notable Quote:
“This was the war – a brutal war of conquest and occupation against the
will of millions of Americans. Was the reason for this the righteous desire
to free the slaves? Not hardly.”
“The Southern understanding of the [Federal] Constitution has never been
refuted. It was simply crushed.”
Lies My Teacher Told Me
by Clyde N. Wilson. ©2016.
Shotwell Publishing LLC, Columbia, S.C.
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It Happened During April 1863:
With eyes on Vicksburg, Grant crosses the Mississippi River (west to east)
and lands at Bruinsburg, MS – 4/30/1863
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Good Reference Reading Book for this Month:
1. Why Lincoln Chose War and how he ran his war; By Spencer Gantt.
©2011. ASIN: B0079Q0F62
2. Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Fort Pillow; by Lochlainn
Seabrook. ©2015
3. Washington’s KKK: The Union League During Southern Reconstruction, by
John Chodes; ©2016, Shotwell Publishing, ISBN-13:978-0692718179; ISBN0692718176.
If you have read any good “Southern point of view” books and feel that others in
our camp would benefit from reading them, please submit them to
Current events concerning Confederacy News: (from the Dixie Heritage Newsletter email dated 4/12/2019): STILL IN THE NEWS
Ocala Mayor Kent Guinn has told the Washington Post that while he is "no Civil War
scholar," that the war "was about more than just slavery."
He also told the Post that the prospect of memorializing the Confederacy was "a no-win
situation." He said he endorsed the measure after local members of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy lobbied for it. If he decided against signing the order, he
said, his constituents who cherish their Confederate heritage would have been upset
with him, too.
"That's the problem with our country, we worry about offending people too much," Guinn
said. "I haven't done anything wrong by doing this proclamation and I stand by it."
He has signed similar declarations in years past, and, so too, have Commissioners in
Marion County, where Ocala is located. The state of Florida also considers Confederate
Since the Commission's decision to keep the monument, two new faces have appeared
on the Commission. Mayor Tracy Upchurch replaced Nancy Shaver, who resigned in
February after a stroke, and Commissioner John Valdes joined the board in December.
The "Rev." Ron Rawls, of St. Paul AME Church in St. Augustine has held ongoing
protests of the decisions of the City and University to maintain St. Augustine's historic
monuments. Rawls, who was not on the agenda but arranged to speak to the
Commission on Monday, said Tuesday that, "Last night was just to check the pulse of
the leadership of St. Augustine to see if the hearts are still as hardened to preserving
the legacy of their ancestors, or if they're developing a softer heart to look at the
humanity of other citizens."
Because of the "positive" response from Commissioner Nancy, "Rev." Rawls has
already renewed his harassment of officials at the University of Florida.
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