Adolphus Heiman, a Brief Biography Ft. Heiman, Calloway County

Vol. 1 No. 5
Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 260
April. 2008
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Adolphus Heiman, a Brief Biography
1809, Potsdam, Prussia. The son of the Superintendent of the Palace of Sans Souci, the summer residence of the
Prussian royal family, Adolphus Heiman, was born. He learned architecture and the stone cutter’s craft from his father,
while the entire family learned English. They immigrated to the United States and arrived in Nashville about 1836. He
joined in the war with Mexico, becoming one of the “original” volunteers for which Tennessee is famous. His buildings
included the Tennessee State Lunatic Asylum, a design he submitted in 1849; the building was completed in 1851. He
also designed a suspension bridge for Nashville that crossed the Cumberland.
His fondness for the Gothic Revival style was notable in his design for the
University of Nashville’s Lindsey Building, still in use and listed in the National
Register of Historic Places. He designed his own residence in Nashville and the
Tennessee State Penitentiary in 1852 and the pretentious residence of Joseph
Acklen, the Italianate “Belmont,” in Nashville. He served also in the Mexican
War and later in the Civil War as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate Army
at Forth Henry, where his duties focused upon fortifying fort Donelson and the
construction of forts Henry and Heiman. He died of illness in a Confederate
military hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 16, 1862.
Ft. Heiman, Calloway County
When Confederate Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman was sent to command Fort
Donelson on the Cumberland River and hastily constructed Fort Henry on the
east side of the Tennessee River during the winter of 1861-62, he realized
immediately that the fort was indefensible, being built on low ground that was
susceptible to flooding directly across the river from higher ground. In
January 1862 Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston ordered Tilghman to construct a
new fort - known as Fort Heiman after Col. Aldolphus Heiman of the 10th
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Adolphus Heiman as a soldier
in the Mexican War, 1846-1848.
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Tennessee who commanded the 1,100 troops at the fort - on the bluffs on the west bank (Kentucky side of the river.
The new fort remained under construction when Union Brig. Ulysses S. Grant launched his offensive against Forts
Henry and Donelson in early February 1862.
On February 4-5, 1862, Grant landed his divisions in two different locations, one on the east bank of the Tennessee
River to prevent the garrison at Fort Henry from escaping or receiving reinforcements from Fort Donelson and the other
to occupy the high ground on the Kentucky side to ensure the fall of both Forts Heiman and Henry. After gunboats
under the command of Union naval Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote began bombarding the forts, Tilghman, realizing that
Fort Heiman could not be held, recalled the 1,100 troops building the fort to cross the river and assist the nearly 2,000
soldiers defending Fort Henry. The Confederates hoped that the muddy roads would make it impossible for the Union
army to set up artillery on the partially completed Fort Heiman. On February 6, Tilghman surrendered Fort Henry after
70 minutes of bombardment, because it was surrounded by rising water and could not be supported by infantry.
Tilghman decided to withdraw all troops from Fort Henry to Fort Donelson with the exception of one battery which he
left behind to delay the Union assault and secure his retreat. After the capture of both Fort Henry and the uncompleted
Fort Heiman, the latter was occupied by troops under Brig. Gen. Lew Wallace on February 6. Thus, the surrender of
Forts Heiman and Henry enabled the Federals’ wooden gunboats to ascend the Tennessee River south to Muscle
Shoals, Alabama, and set the stage for Grant’s successful assault against Fort Donelson 11 miles to the east on the
Cumberland River on February 16.
Western Kentucky and Tennessee continued to play a vital role in military operations during the remainder of the
Civil War. For the Union, the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers were a vital supply line that had to be maintained. For
the Confederates, the area between the rivers was a sparsely defended region which cavalry raids and guerilla
operations could penetrate easily to disrupt Union communication and supply lines. Thus, Federal troops occupied
unfinished Fort Heiman until March 6, 1863, to afford Union protection to the people in the area and, perhaps more
importantly to the Union army, protect the vital supply lines that the Tennessee and Cumberalnd rivers had become.
During 1862-63, Fort Heiman was garrisioned by troops from the 5th Iowa Cavalry under the command of Col. W.
W. Lowe. Forts Heiman, Henry, and Donelson offered a haven for a growing number of refugees, most of whom were
slaves seeking safety within the Union lines. The Federals housed the freedmen, who were officially termed “contraband
of war,” employing them as laborers at the forts and in the area’s industries. At least two African-Americans are known
to have been employed at Fort Heiman.
Before evacuating the fort on March 6, 1863, as part of a general buildup of Union forces in the region, Lt. Col. M. T.
Patrick, in command of the post at Fort Heiman, was ordered to level the river face of the fort’s earthworks. Patrick
reported that the earthworks fronting the river were “very slight - the fort never having been completed by the rebels.”
Although the earthwork fortifications along the river were destroyed, largely intact outer earthworks of the fort along the
crest of the bluffs, an upper battery or redoubt, and remnants of what may have been a powder magazine remain on site.
Despite its strategic location, neither side made a sustained effort to occupy Fort Heiman once the war moved south
into Tennessee. Perhaps, the greatest Confederate military success in the Fort Heiman vicinity occurred in late October
1864 when Confederate Brig. Gen. Nathan Forrest occupied the fort with 3,500 men. On October 28, using the fort as
their base, Forrest’s cavalrymen fired upon and sank the Union steamboat Mazeppa. Two days later, the Confederates
continued their assault on Union vessels passing along the Tennessee River from Fort Heiman, firing on the Anna,
disabling the Undine, forcing the Venus to surrender, and causing the J. W. Cheeseman to be abandoned. Thereafter, the
Confederates took a Union vessel and headed up river where they engaged the Union navy. Eventually Forrest burned
all the seized ships once they had been stripped of their cargoes of food and supplies. During these encouters only one
Confederate was wounded, while 8 Union troops were killed, 11 wounded, and 43 captured, including one officer.
On November 4, Forrest launched his most successful raid during the Civil War from his base at Fort Heiman,
attacking the Union supply base at Johnsonville, Tennessee, some 30 miles to the south at the western terminus of the
Nashville and Northwestern Railroad. During the raid, Forrest’s cavalrymen destroyed 4 Union gunboats, 14 transports,
20 barges, and 26 pieces of artillery, captured 150 Union soldiers, and burned millions of dollars’ worth of stockpiled
supplies bound for Nashville and Union Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas’ army. During this encounter, Confederate losses
were two killed and nine wounded.
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Fort Heiman is closely associated with the Battle of Fort Henry, which was designated as one of the Civil War’s
384 principal battlefields by the Civil War Sites Advisiory Commission in 1993. As a result of its association with Forts
Henry and Donelson, Fort Heiman is nationally significant because of its relationship to the first great Union victory of
the Civil War. After the Confederate surrender of these three forts, the South was forced to give up southern Kentucky
and much of Middle and West Tennessee, and the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers became avenues for Union
penetration into the heartland of the Deep South. Thus, Fort Heiman, along with its sister forts, was a significant element
of a major battle that had a direct, observable impact on the Federal quest to obtain control of the principal rivers in the
western Confederacy and hence the outcome of the Vicksburg campaign, as well as a decisive battle that had a direct,
observable impact on the direction, duration, and final outcome of the Civil War.
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JOHN HUNT MORGAN
John Hunt Morgan (June 1, 1825 - September 4, 1864) was a Confederate general and
cavalry officer in the American Civil War. He led 2,460 troops in a daring raid, called Morgan’s
Raid, racing past Union lines into Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio in July 1863. This was the
farthest north any uniformed Confederate troops penetrated during the war.
Early life and career
John Hunt Morgan was born in Huntsville, Alabama, the eldest of ten children
of Calvin and Henrietta (Hunt) Morgan. He was an uncle of geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan
and a grandson of John Wesley Hunt, an early founder of Lexington, Kentucky, and one of the
first millionaires west of the Allegheny Mountains. He was also the brother-in-law of A.P. Hill
and of Basil W. Duke.
Morgan’s father lost his Huntsville home in 1831 when he was unable to pay
the property taxes following the failure of his pharmacy. The family then moved to Lexington,
where Calvin Morgan would manage one of Hunt’s sprawling farms.
The Hunt-Morgan House in Lexington, historically known as Hopemont, was built by John
Wesley Hunt in 1814.
Morgan attended Transylvania College for two years, but was suspended in June 1844 for dueling with a fraternity brother. In 1846,
Morgan joined the Freemasons, as had his father before him.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army as a cavalry private in the Mexican-American War, and saw combat at the Battle of Buena Vista.
On his return to Kentucky, he became a hemp manufacturer and eventually took over his grandfather’s
prosperous mercantile business. In 1848, he married Rebecca Gratz Bruce, 18-year-old sister of Morgan’s business partner. Morgan
raised a militia artillery company in 1852, but it was disbanded two years later.
In 1853, Morgan’s wife delivered a stillborn son. Rebecca Morgan contracted septic thrombophlebitis, an infection of a blood clot in
a vein, which eventually led to an amputation. Relations with his wife’s family suffered over different views on slavery and with her
health problems. In 1857, Morgan raised an independent infantry company
known as the “Lexington Rifles,” and spent much of his free time drilling
them.
Civil War
In 1861, Kentucky remained neutral. Morgan, like most Kentuckians
was forced to choose sides. As a pro-Southern business owner, he flew a
rebel flag over his factory, and as the commander of a militia, he was
clearly a threat to the Union. When he smuggled militia rifles out of town,
leaving empty crates for the Federals to “confiscate,” his arrest warrant
was issued. He lost his factory, and when Becky (who had been ill for
some time) died on July 21st 1861, he had nothing to live for but the new
republic.
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In September, Captain Morgan and his militia company went to Tennessee and joined the Confederate States Army. Morgan joined
the Confederacy and assumed his command in the Autumn of 1861 raising the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry
Regiment and became its colonel. He was joined by his brother-in-law, Basil Duke, and eventually by his brothers, Tom (who had
enlisted in early July, 1861), Cal, Charlton, Dick, and later on, Key. Morgan saw action at Shiloh, and even led what the Southern press
called a successful cavalry charge, but he was frustrated by his inability to operate in the guerrilla fashion that he had been accustomed
to. He was more experienced at staging lightning raids and harrassing certain targets, in particular, the L&N Railroad, a major line of
supply for the Union army occupying sections of Middle
Tennessee.
Morgan and his cavalrymen fought at the Battle of Shiloh and he soon became a symbol to secessionists in their hopes for obtaining
Kentucky for the Confederacy. A Louisiana writer, Robert D. Patrick, compared Morgan to Francis Marion and wrote that “a few
thousands of such men as his would regain us Kentucky and Tennessee.” In his first Kentucky raid, Morgan left Knoxville on July 4,
1862, with almost 900 men and in three weeks he swept through Kentucky, deep in the rear of Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell’s army. He
reported the capture of 1,200 Federal soldiers, whom he paroled, acquired several hundred
horses, and destroyed massive quantities of supplies. He unnerved Kentucky’s Union military
government and President Lincoln received so many frantic appeals for help that he
omplained that “they are having a stampede in Kentucky.” Historian Kenneth M. Noe wrote
that Morgan’s feat “in many ways surpassed J.E.B. Stuart’s celebrated ‘Ride around
McClellan’ and the Army of the Potomac the previous spring.” The success of Morgan’s raid
was one of the key reasons that the Confederate Heartland Offensive of Braxton Bragg and
Edmund Kirby Smith was launched later that fall, assuming that tens of thousands of
Kentuckians would enlist in the Confederate Army if they invaded the state.
By early 1862, Morgan had earned a reputation both in the North and South for his daring
raids and was even being compared to the famous Revolutionary War guerrilla, Francis
Marion. In February of that year, he moved his headquarters to Murfreesboro, Tennessee and
became friendly with Charles Ready, a prominent lawyer who had served as a U.S.
congressman from 1853 until 1859. After several dinners at the Ready home, Morgan became
quite smitten with one of the Readys’ daughters, Martha, who was affectionately known as
Mattie. The age difference didn’t seem to matter...he was 37 and she was 21...the two
became engaged in March, and were married the following December. The ceremony was a
storybook wedding and was performed by Leonidas Polk, an Episcopal bishop who served as
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FROM THIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TO THIS!
Think - Pancakes??????
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a Confederate general. It was, in fact, a double celebration; Morgan had been promoted to
brigadier general the day before the wedding. Ten days later, however, Morgan was back at
work, this time conducting his infamous Christmas Raid, an excursion that would divert 7,300
troops from Rosecrans’ advancing army and would close down the L&N for five
weeks.Morgan was promoted to brigadier general (his highest rank) on December 11, 1862.
He received the thanks of the Confederate Congress for his raids on the supply lines of Union
Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans in December and January, most notably his victory at the
Battle of Hartsville on December 7.
Hoping to divert Union troops and resources in conjunction with the twin Confederate
operations of Vicksburg and the Battle of Gettysburg in the summer of 1863, Morgan set off
on the campaign that would become known as the Great Raid of 1863 by Confederates, or
derisively as the “Calico Raid” by Federals. Morgan crossed the Ohio River, and raided
across southern Indiana and Ohio. After many skirmishes and battles, during which he
captured and paroled thousands of Union soldiers, Morgan’s raid almost ended on July 19,
1863, at Buffington Island, Ohio, when approximately 700 of his men were captured while
trying to cross the Ohio River into West Virginia. (Intercepted by Union gunboats, less than
200 of his men succeeded in crossing.) Most of Morgan’s men captured that day spent the
rest of the war in the infamous Camp Douglas Prisoner of War camp in Chicago, which had
John Hunt Morgan Memorial in
a very high death rate. On July 26, near Salineville, Ohio, Morgan and his exhausted,
downtown Lexington, Kentucky
hungry and saddlesore soldiers were finally forced to surrender.
On November 27, Morgan and six of his officers, most notably Thomas Hines, escaped from their cells in the Ohio Penitentiary by
digging a tunnel from Hines’ cell into the inner yard and then ascending a wall with a rope made
from bunk coverlets and a bent poker iron. Morgan and three of his officers, shortly after midnight, boarded a train from the nearby
Columbus train station and arrived in Cincinnati that morning. Morgan and Hines jumped from the train before reaching the depot, and
escaped into Kentucky by hiring a skiff to take them across the Ohio River. Through the assistance of sympathizers, they eventually
made it to safety in the South. Coincidentally, the same day Morgan escaped, his wife gave birth to a daughter, who died shortly
afterwards before Morgan returned home.
General John Hunt Morgan
Though Morgan’s Raid was breathlessly followed by the Northern and Southern press and caused the Union leader-ship considerable
concern, it is now regarded as little more than a showy but ultimately futile sidelight to the war. Furthermore, it was done in direct violation of
his orders from Gen. Braxton Bragg not to cross the river. Despite the Raiders’ best efforts, Union forces had amassed nearly 110,000
Union militia in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio; dozens of U.S. Navy gunboats along the Ohio; and strong Federal cavalry forces, which doomed
the raid from the beginning. The cost of the raid to the Federals was extensive, with claims for compensation still being filed against the U.S.
government well into the early 20th century. However, the Confederacy’s irreplaceable loss of some of the finest light cavalry in American
history far outweighed the Union’s replaceable losses in equipment and supplies. When taken in together with the defeats at Vicksburg and
Gettysburg, the loss of Morgan’s cavalry brigade dealt another serious blow to Confederate morale.
After his return from Ohio, Morgan was never again trusted by General Bragg. Once he was safely back behind Confederate
lines, Morgan tried to reassemble an army to replace the one he lost in Ohio. However, things had changed. Although the Southern
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Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans:
“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.”
- Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee, Commander General,
United Confederate Veterans, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1906
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Salute to the Confederate Flag
“I Salute the Confederate Flag
with Affection, Reverence, and
Undying Devotion to the Cause
for which it Stands”
press hailed him as a hero, the Confederate command gave him a chilly welcome ... mainly because he had failed to inform them of
the plans of his ill-fated raid. Although he tried desperately, he was never to achieve the successes of his previous raids. Also, some
critics claimed that he had simply grown more cautious since his marriage to Mattie. In fact, he had promised Mattie that he would
never be captured again.
He was placed in command of Confederate forces in eastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia, but the men he was assigned
were in no way comparable to those he had lost. Nevertheless, Morgan did what he could. In the summer of 1864, Morgan was reeling
from accusations that he had been involved in the robbery of a civilian bank in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. Some of his men had been
involved in the crime, but to this day there is no evidence that Morgan knew about it beforehand. On the eve of September 4, 1864,
Morgan was still trying to clear his name and hold off an impending court martial. He was staying in the home of a friend in Greeneville,
Tennessee with his men camped near by. On the morning of the fourth, a surprise attack was mounted by the Federals through the
streets of Greeneville. Morgan, remembering his promise to Mattie, tried in vain to escape and was shot in the back by Andrew J.
Campbell, a Confederate-turned-Yankee private. He died a few minutes later on the Greeneville street. His men always believed that
he had been murdered to prevent a second escape from prison, but it seems he was
simply shot because he refused to halt.
Morgan was buried in Lexington Cemetery. The burial was shortly before the birth of his second child, another daughter.
“I want to be a cavalryman
And with John Hunt Morgan ride,
A colt revolver in my belt
A saber by my side.
I want a pair of epaulets
to match my suit of gray,
The uniform my mother made
And lettered ‘CSA’. “
For information on the Morgan’s Men Association:
http://members.tripod.com/~Morgans_Men/
Article sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hunt_Morgan
http://www.equilt.com/morgan.html
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2357
http://denniscoello.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album25
Grave of John Hunt Morgan in Lexington, Kentucky’s Lexington Cemetery.
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Future Reunions
The 2009 SCV National Reunion will be held in Hot
Springs AR and hosted by the James M. Keller Camp 648,
and the 2010 Reunion will be held in Anderson County SC
and hosted by the Manse Jolly SCV Camp 6. Montgomery
AL is the proposed site for 2011 Reunion, and the GEC will
be recommending this location to the 2008 Annual General
Reunion attendees at Concord NC in July 2008.
Sixth Annual Sam Davis Youth Camp
Co-Ed Camps: The first camp will be held form Sunday
June 29th to Saturday, July 5th at Three Mountain Retreat,
1648 FM 182 Clifton TX 76634. The deadline for applications is Monday June 23, 2008. The second camp will be
held from Sunday July 27th to Saturday August 2nd at
Magnolia State Park, Millen GA, between Waynesboro and
Millen at a beautiful historic site. The deadline for applications is Monday July 21, 2008. You may download an
application at http://www.scv.org/pdf/
2008SamDavisYouthCampApplication.pdf
Scholarships are available for deserving youth whose
parents or host SCV camp cannot afford the tuition;
however, the camper, his family or host SCV camp must
get the child to and from the camp site according to the
camp
schedule. For more info: http://www.scv.org/samdavis
UPCOMING
EVENTS for
2008
May 3 - 4 Dickson’s Old Timer’s Day
May 16 - 18 Battle of Sacremento Reenactment
JUNE 3 Grand Reopening of Beauvoir. The grand
unveiling of the newly rebuilt Beauvoir will be held on June
3, 2008, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Jefferson with
festivities
beginning at 10:00 AM CDT. Make your reservations now
as motel rooms in the Biloxi area will be scarce. You may
go to www.beauvoir.org for more information.
JUNE 6-8 Jefferson Davis Celebration in Fairview KY
The Bethel Baptist Church in Fairview KY will be the site
of the Kentucky Division Reunion the weekend of June 6
to 8, 2008 with numerous activities all weekend as
thousands of Southerners come to the area to pay their
respects to President Davis on the occasion of the 200th
anniversary of his birth. Please go to this link,
http://www.kentucky.gov/Newsroom/parks/
jeffdavis200.htm for more detail about the events planned
for Saturday and Sunday. Motel rooms will again be
scarce, so make your reservations now.
JUNE 21 Nathan Bedford Forrest Boyhood
Homecoming
The annual fund raising celebration will be held all day on
Saturday June 21, 2008 at the Forrest Boyhood Home near
Chapel Hill TN. Please come to this event to see the progress on the restoration of this unique early 1830s
structure, join the fun, and help support the efforts to raise
additional funds to speed up the restoration work. The
day’s events will include infantry, cavalry & artillery
demon-strations, historical speakers, special live period music,
food & much, much more. Donation items for this year’s
silent auction are much needed. Please contact Bryan Sharp
at GHQ to donate. 1-800-380-1896 ext. 201 or
[email protected]. A map & schedule of the day’s events
will be posted at http://elmspringscsa.com soon.
JULY 16-19 Concord Reunion
The 113th SCV annual general reunion/convention will be
held in Concord NC from July 16 - 19, 2008 and hosted by
the Captain Jonas Cook SCV Camp 888. Their website is
http://www.jonascookcamp.com for registration & hotel
info including a schedule of events.
AUGUST 16 2nd Ladies’ Day at Elmsprings.
Sallie Sizemore Ladies Auxillary will be hosting this event.
Kathy Williams will be the instructor of the Ladies
Academy, and a men’s event may also be in the works.
More information will be availabe soon. Watch the “The
Rail” for updates.
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This has been created to keep the lines of communication
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Congrats to Compatriot Steve Settle of the Fort Donelson
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Tyranny in Tennessee
-The most infamous order, which has yet fallen from the pen of an Federal officer, has been issued by tacit consent
in Middle Tennessee. The order reads simply to the effect that there shall be no further cultivation of the soil in that
section. All farming implements are to be seized, all farmers found in a field are to be arrested and all crops destroyed. It
is not enough to insult the weak and the old; it is not enough to degrade the true and loyal; it is not enough to light a
march of invasion with the burning homes of the defenceless; nor is it, in the eyes of these desperate men, enough to fill
their pockets, whilst they glut their revenge with the wages of personal corruption. A deeper-blacker-more damning sin
than these, lies yet before them-the disturbance of the soil which God has bidden to grow. Next to the invasion of the
churchyard, no crimes has yet equalled this. We speak advisedly. Our information is obtained from a source neither to
be doubted nor questioned. The Federals are doing this-have done it and are doing it. Plowmen have been torn from
their share, and even women are prohibited from sowing grain.
Savannah [Georgia] Republican, March 5, 1863.
http://www.uttyler.edu/vbetts/savannah_republican_1863.htm
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Tennessee First in Nation With Sesquicentennial License Plate for Preservation
A special license plate commemorating the upcoming 150th anniversary of the American Civil War and Tennessee’s
important role in this key event in the nation’s history is now available for pre-order.
In announcing the license plate, Tennessee Civil War Preservation Association (TCWPA) President and State
Representative Steve McDaniel said “We hope this new plate will help promote Tennessee as the site of more than
1600 battles during this tragic war and the need today to preserve this hallowed ground.”
Proceeds will go to TCWPA for preservation of Tennessee’s endangered Civil War battlefields. The new license
plate will be the first Sesquicentennial license plate in the nation.
As soon as 1000 license plates are “preordered,” they will be produced and vehicles across Tennessee will
display a license plate “that not only honors the sacrifices of American Soldiers wearing both blue and gray, but helps
preserve the hallowed ground where they so gallantly fought.” said Col. James W. Danley, US Army (Retired), and
TCWPA’s Vice President.
To order your Civil War Sesquicentennial license plate, please visit TCWPA’s website:
http://www.tcwpa.org/license_plate for an order form
and additional information; or contact TCWPA by email at [email protected]; or write to
TCWPA, P.O. Box 148535, Nashville, TN 37214.
TCWPA is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of Tennessee’s Civil War battlefield
sites. For more information, please call 615-414-6641 or send email to [email protected].
http://civilwarinteractive.com/NewsPRTNtagSesqui022708.htm
A PHOTO OF THE TCWPA PLATE CAN BE SEEN ON PAGE 15
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HORSE TALE HELPS RECALL FORREST’S BATTLE
By JILL CECIL WIERSMA . Staff Writer . March 6, 2008
THOMPSON’S STATION - Roderick gazes again across the countryside where he once rushed to be with his master
on the battlefield.
Mayor Leon Heron unveiled a bronze statue of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s loyal horse at Roderick Place
Wednesday, honoring the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Thompson’s Station. Attending were local officials,
Thompson’s Station aldermen, county commissioners and Franklin Mayor John Schroer. Other invited guests took
special note of the history they learned at the dedication from author and historian Eric Jacobson, of Historic Carton
Plantation.
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“We just finished our unit on the Civil War and I just thought it was a great opportunity for the kids to see some of
our history right here,” Oak View Elementary Principal Denise Goodwin said of the 12 fifth-graders who attended with
her. The students were randomly selected for the field trip by a drawing.
“They’re going to grow up and remember what this is and know all about it,” Goodwin said. She added that the
children took pictures and shot video to create presentations they can soon share soon with other grades.
“I was amazed because I never get drawn for anything,” Elizabeth Brackins said. “I want to know what kind of
horse he was, where he died and that kind of thing.”
Bradley Noelting likes to ride horses and said he was curious to learn more about Roderick.
“I know he was something great in the Civil war,” he said. “I’d like to find out what the horse did that was so
important.”
Heron and Jacobson explained the history and some of the grand lore about Roderick.
On March 5, 1863, Forrest led his troops to cut off Union troops under the command of Gen. John Coburn coming
down from Franklin. Roderick, wounded by three gunshots, was led away from the battle by Forrest’s 17-year-old son,
William. The horse bolted away to return to Forrest and was killed after being shot for a fourth time.
Jacobson described Roderick as a Chestnut gelding said to be Forrest’s favorite horse. He supposedly followed
Forrest around like a faithful dog. The historian noted that Roderick’s story is an example of the long-standing bond
between man and horse, particularly in battle.
“As a man not stirred by much, I think it says a great deal that Forrest knelt down, overcome with grief, to say
goodbye to his beloved Roderick,” Jacobson said. “Then he remounted and went bank into the thick of the fight and
splintered what was left of the Federal left flank.”
Coburn surrendered more than a thousand troops and Roderick was buried that night on the property now
owned by Heron and his wife, Cynthia.
Roderick Place is an 80-acre mixed-use development that will include dining, a day spa and pool, retreat, wellness
center and an outpatient surgery center in addition to approximately 134 homes and a 60-room country inn. It will also
include a retail village and an amphitheater.
Heron also announced the creation of the Roderick Award of Courage, which will be presented each March 5,
starting next year, to an individual who, similar to Roderick, displays courage in the face of adversity.
Jacobson thanked Heron for keeping history a vital part of the land’s use. He noted it was a fitting memorial to the
land’s namesake.
“I can say without absolutely any doubt that if there were more people like Leon Heron, much more of our American
history would be preserved, not built upon. We may all live for our future, but all of us are products of our past.”
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080306/COUNTY090101/803060345/1352/RSS0609
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Famous horses of Confederate Officers
Horse * Officer
* Notes
Ajax * Robert E. Lee * secondary
Black Bess * John Hunt Morgan
Brown Roan * Robert E. Lee * secondary
Bucephalus * Sterling Price
Captain * Wade Hampton
Dixie * Edward Porter Alexander
Dixie * Patrick R. Cleburne * horse killed at Battle of Perryville
Fire-Eater * Albert Sidney Johnston
Firefly * Robert E. Rodes
Fleeter * Belle Boyd
Fleetfoot * Walter H. Taylor
Highlander * Nathan Bedford Forrest * secondary
Jeff Davis * John Bell Hood
Jinny * Isaac R. Trimble
King Philip * Nathan Bedford Forrest * favorite
Little Sorrel (also Old Sorrel) * Stonewall Jackson *
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Jackson was riding Little Sorrel when fatally wounded
at Chancellorsville
Lucy Long * Robert E. Lee
Milroy * John B. Gordon * horse captured from General
Robert Milroy at Second Winchester
My Maryland * J.E.B. Stuart * secondary
Nellie Gray * Fitzhugh Lee * horse killed at Battle of
Opequon
Pocohontas * George H. Steuart
Red Pepper * Patrick R. Cleburne * 3 wounds including
artillery fragment to neck at Franklin
Richmond * Robert E. Lee
Rifle * Richard S. Ewell
Roderick * Nathan Bedford Forrest * secondary
Traveller * Robert E. Lee * favorite; buried with Lee at
Lee Chapel
Virginia * J.E.B. Stuart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
List_of_horses_of_the_American_Civil_War
DESTROYING THE TOWN OF PALMYRA, TENNESSEE
On 3 April 1863, at Palmyra, Tennessee, while in convoy, St. Clair was fired on by Confederate batteries and
disabled when accurate shots crippled her machinery. She was safely towed away by Fairplay and later repaired at
Cairo, Illinois. The following day, her sister gunboats returned to Palmyra and burned the town in retaliation. The
Springfield accompanied gunboats Lexington, Brilliant, Robb, and Silver Lake on an expedition up the Tennessee River
to destroy Palmyra in retaliation for the attack by a Confederate battery there the day before which damaged Union
gunboat St. Clair and Army transports Eclipse and Luminary. Still under the command of Lt. Comdr. LeRoy Fitch,
Silver Lake, Lexington, Brilliant, Robb, and Springfield destroyed the city of Palmyra, Tennessee, on 3 April 1863 in
retaliation for Confederate guerrilla forces firing upon a Union convoy.
Sack of Palmyra, Tennessee, by U.S.N.
SMITHLAND [KY], April 3, 1863
Just received telegram from Captain Hurd. Was engaged at Palmyra. Mr. Foutty badly wounded. Rebels in force
there with battery. His machinery slightly disabled. I leave in ten minutes for Palmyra with all the boats. Will whip them
out. I have no time to complete my written report; will send it soon as possible.
Please hurry up our other boats. We need them now. Plenty fun in other river [sic], as I understand no troops to be
convoyed Tennessee just now. I believe General Rosecrans has concluded not to send any.
LeRoy Fitch,
SMITHLAND [KY], April 6, 1863
Captain Fitch [and] I found the enemy in force at Palmyra last evening. Foutty is seriously wounded. My machinery
is crippled. Come up with the Lexington as soon as possible.
J.S. Hurd
LeRoy Fitch
SMITHLAND [KY], [April] 6, 1863
Have returned from Harpeth Shoals; river all clear just now. Enemy left Palmyra for Beatstown [Betsy Town] [sic]
Landing; got their batteries in position, heard of our approach, and left in haste for Charlotte. Found a few stragglers in
Palymyra; killed two or three; burned the town; not a house left; a very bad hole; best to get rid of it and teach the
rebels a lesson. Landed a Beatstown [Betsy Town] [sic] with infantry and cavalry from Clarksville; pursued the rebels 6
mile back; it was not prudent to follow them farther. Sent the fleet o-n up to Nashville under convoy of Brilliant, Robb,
and Silver Lake. Remained at Beatstown [Betsy Town] [sic] Landing with gunboats Lexington, Springfield, and o-ne
transport till infantry returned near 10 p.m.....
LeRoy Fitch, Lieutenant-Commander
Navy OR, Ser. 1, Vol. 24, pp. 74-75.
USS Silver Lake
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CLARKSVILLE, April 4, 1863—12 m.
Brig.-Gen. GARFIELD, Chief of Staff:
....Report of cannon in direction of Palmyra is now heard. Think the gunboats are coming up. ....
WM. P. BOONE, Cmdg. Post.
NASHVILLE, April 4, 1863.
Brig. Gen. JAMES A. GARFIELD, Chief of Staff:
The boats fired into at the Iron Pike Shoals were fired at by two 6-pounders and about 200 rounds of musketry, 60 yards
distance.
ROBT. B. MITCHELL, Brig.-Gen.
OR, Ser. I, Vol. 23, pt. II, p. 208.
Robert B. Mitchell
Excerpt from the November 25, 1863 Report or LCDR LeRoy Fitch regarding
operations in the Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennessee rivers, August 23, 1862-October
21, 1863, relative to the sack of Palmyra, April 6, 1863:
As soon as I reached Smithland and had coaled, I received a dispatch from
Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Hurd, saying the fleet under convoy had been attacked
by batteries at Palmyra, and that his vessel, the St. Clair, was disabled.
I got underway immediately and move dup. arriving at Palmyra the afternoon of
the 6th of April.
I landed opposite and sent a detach-ment on shore, in charge of Acting Master
[James] Fitzpatrick, with orders to burn every house in the place, and not to allow the
men under his command to remove or pillage a single article.
The order was carried out fully.
Just after the boats landed several stragglers broke out of their concealments and
ran; he fired o-n them, killing one and wounding another.
I was opposed to the wanton destruction of property, but in
this instance I deemed it justifiable, for it was one of the worst
secession places on the river, and unarmed transports had been
fired into from door and windows of the houses.
I would here remark that the summary manner in which the
people of Palmyra were dealt with had a very good effect, for I
do not think there has been a steamer molested on the river
since.
The [rebel] battery at Palmyra was withdrawn on my
approach, and moved up to Harpeth Shoals, so I followed on up
after it,
USS St. Clair
taking with me cavalry and infantry from Clarksville, to get in the
enemy’s rear, if possible; but, again the battery; was removed, this
time to the interior where it remained.
Navy OR, Ser. I, Vol. 23, pp. 316-317.
USS Lexington
http://southernhistory.net/
index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1395
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DID YOU KNOW?
LeRoy Fitch, born 1 October 1835 in Logansport, Ind., was a member of the Naval Academy class of 1856, and
served with great distinction in the Civil War and afterward. Commanding Moose in the Mississippi Squadron, he pursued
General J. H. Morgan, CSA, the famed raider, for 500 miles up the Ohio River, frustrating Morgan’s attempts to cross the
river and retire to Confederate territory. Leroy Fitch was in the United States Navy for many years. In 1840 he was an
officer aboard the United States war ship that was appointed to escort the remains of Napolean Bonaparte from the Island
of St. Helena back to Paris for permanent sepulture. When at St. Helena he secured a sprout of a willow tree that stood at
the head of Napolean’s grave on that island and brought it home with him and planted it on the Fitch lot where it grew into a
large tree. Unfortunately, this interesting historical artifact has been lost. The tree has been gone for quite some time, no one
knows for sure how long. Commander Fitch died in Logansport, Ind., 13 April 1875.
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Report of Lieutenant-Commander Fitch, U. S. Navy regarding the Cumberland River MARCH 17, 1863.
from the B. R. Jennings collection
The Cumberland averages in width about 600 feet inside of the trees. During low stages of water boats have great
difficulty in getting above Harpeth Shoals, about 160 miles from the mouth and 35 miles below Nashville.
Above Nashville the river becomes very narrow in making the turns and frequently boats get very much broken up.
In making the trip to Carthage boats frequently are compelled to lower their smokestacks, and then suffer much from
having their upper works much broken up by the branches of trees. Everything above Nashville seems quiet, and as
gunboats can accomplish little or nothing above, the wear and tear does not warrant the keeping of two there, unless in
cases of necessity; besides, when the Cumberland commences to fall the water recedes so fast that there is great danger
in being caught.
At low water the river is not navigable for boats drawing over 15 inches, that being the average depth on Harpeth
Shoals. The river banks are generally very thickly wooded with heavy hills overlooking the banks. Palmyra, between
Donelson and Clarksville, and Beatstown [Betsy Town] Landing at Harpeth Shoals, are the most noted guerrilla haunts.
I have burned and destroyed all the stores or houses near the shoals frequented by guerrillas. The Cumberland
frequently rises and falls with such rapidity that a difference of from 8 to 12 feet in twenty-four hours is of no uncommon
occurrence.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
LEROY FITCH,
Lieutenant-Commander.
Acting Rear-Admiral DAVID D. PORTER,
Commanding Mississippi Squadron.
http://www.tnyesterday.com/yesterday_decatur/2ndTNMI/river.html
READ RELATED STORY ON PAGE 10
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THE ORIGIN OF THE WAR HORSE
by Lisa Campbell, Publications Director
The sculpture of the war-weary Civil War horse in the courtyard of the National
Sporting Library had its origin in the mind of Paul Mellon.
In 1994, he received The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville,
June 10-27, 1863 by Robert F. O’Neill Jr., for his 87th birthday. O’Neill had
conducted an enormous amount of research through books and newspapers of the
period, letters and diaries of the participants that vividly brings those 17 days to life.
Reading of battles and bloodshed of
human and horse right in this community had a profound effect on Mellon.
“Mr. Mellon wanted to do something for those horses and certainly a lot of them
died right here in this area,” says Peter Winants, NSL director emeritus. “He stopped
by the Library one day and he was telling us he had just read that book. He thought a
lot of this Library and the idea for the memorial came up in casual conversation.”
While thousands of monuments have been erected to honor soldiers of the Civil
War, none existed to pay tribute to equine efforts and losses. To right this omission,
Mellon envisioned an extraordinary bronze sculpture to honor all Civil War horses
and mules, both Union and Confederate. To make his vision reality, he sought out the best hands and minds to render a
true form.
“Mr. Mellon’s assistant contacted me to find a definitive number of horses and mules killed in the war, and they anted
to make the equipment as accurate as possible,” says O’Neill, a writer and recently retired policeman who was introduced to the three battlefields by Leesburg Civil War historian John Devine. “She wanted to know not just about the
leather gear, but what soldiers were allowed to carry.”
The Library sent to Mellon numerous photocopies of saddles, bridles and other cavalry equipment from books in the
NSL’s collection. And they sent photocopies of horses from equestrian art books, including one by Frederick Remington
titled “The American Tommy Atkins in a Montana Snowstorm.”
Mellon turned his idea over to sculptor Tessa Pullan of Rutland, England. In 1993, she had produced a three-quarter
life-size bronze of Sea Hero, Mellon’s 1993 Kentucky Derby winner. This sculpture still stands at Mellon’s Rokeby Farm.
An outstanding contemporary sculptor, Pullan was apprenticed to artist John Skeaping, R.A. (1901-1980) for three
years in the early 1970s. Sally Mitchell writes of Skeaping in The Dictionary of British Sporting Artists (1985): “One of
the leading artists of the 20th century, he produced powerful bronzes and wood sculptures.”
Mellon was well acquainted with Skeaping who had produced commissioned works for him. “John Skeaping once told
Mr. Mellon that Tessa was better than he ever hoped to be,” recalls a Mellon associate. When Skeaping died, all of the
work he had yet to complete went to Pullan.
Pullan’s work is publicly displayed in the collections of London’s National Portrait Gallery, the National Horse
Museum in Newmarket and at the Yale Center for British Sporting Art in Connecticut.
To help Pullan see his vision of the Civil War horse, Mellon consulted many sources to ensure that the overall design
was absolutely authentic. “He supplied the photographs which were of a horse used for battle reenactments. He also sent
a couple of photocopies of prints or paintings to give me an idea of what he was after. One was a horse in a snow storm,
which is the one I based the sculpture on,” says Pullan.
Mellon’s assistant Beverly Carter says, “Mr. Mellon wanted the horse’s stance to look exhausted, like he had no food.
You’ll notice there’s no sword. The scabbard is empty to show the horse had lost its rider in a cavalry battle. And he’s
standing with his back hoof bent, because Mr. Mellon said horses stand that way when they are tired. “
Carter set an appointment with Steve Taylor, a Civil War reenactor with the 4th Virginia Cavalry. She relates the day
she and Mellon traveled to Taylor’s farm in Fauquier County: “Steve had his horse saddled and we took over 200 photographs from every angle possible.”
“I was very excited about it,” says Taylor. “I contacted several friends and some equipment was loaned to me for the
project. The hardest part to figure out was how to make the horse look Union or Confederate. The difference is that
Northern and Southern soldiers used Federal gear, but generally Northern soldiers used all Northern gear. The horse as
outfitted came as close as we could get for a horse that may have been outfitted as Northern or Southern. The saddle for
example is a McClellan, used by Northern soldiers but captured or copied and used by Southern soldiers. All gear used
for the project is original from the Civil War period.”
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From the “horse in a snow storm” and photos of Taylor’s horse, Pullan produced a maquette, a small model of the
intended work, which was cast in bronze and shown to a specialist in Civil War accoutrements who approved it.
“Mr. Mellon was constantly in touch with comments and ideas about how the sculpture should proceed. He felt that my
horse looked too well fed and clean. I contacted the R.S.P.C.A. and they provided me with cruelty photographs which
were horrendous, but they helped give the effect of a horse whose rider was slain and was dying of exhaustion after a
long battle,” she says.
After spending two months to produce the maquette, Pullan then worked for six months to complete the threequarter-size model. Once the final bronze was cast, a dark patina was applied to protect the finish.
The Civil War horse at the Library was the first to be cast in bronze,” says Pullan. “It was this cast that was shown at
the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.”
Following the show, the horse was shipped directly to Mellon’s home in Upperville. Andrew Baxter, of Bronze et al
Fine Art Conservation in Richmond, first met Mellon when he was hired to repatinate the sculpture of Sea Hero by Pullan.
And he was asked to return to Rokeby to repatinate the Civil War horse because the original finish had deteriorated.
“Mr. Mellon’s first idea for the patina was a dark bay like Sea Hero,” says Baxter. He had just finished removing the
old patina with a technique similar to sand blasting using glass beads when Mellon drove up for a look. The horse stood in
the garden in his bare golden bronze skin, “Mr. Mellon declared, ‘That’s the finish I want!’” recalls Baxter.
For the inscription on the base, Mellon’s staff contacted Civil War historian Nick Nichols. “I have been collecting
primary data on the cavalry of the Civil War for over 30 years,” says Nichols. “I have amassed data relating to equine
mortality from dozens and dozens of primary sources, including regimental returns, contemporary correspondence (official
and unofficial) and reports, purchasing statistics, data gathered from various equine infirmaries operated by both the
Federal and Confederate authorities and more. It is my considered opinion that a reasonable estimate of the equine
mortality rate, not including wounded equines, during the Civil War fall between 1,350,000 and 1,500,000. I’m glad that
some visitors find this astronomical number unsettling; it certainly should be.”
Dwight Young, of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, combed through the Library of Congress to gather
information to confirm the statistic.
With the Library’s Civil War horse completed in 1997, the bronze waited in the Mellon garden at Rokeby until the new
building was completed for the NSL. In the meantime, Mellon commissioned a second copy for the U.S. Cavalry Museum
in Ft. Riley, Kansas. That horse carries the dark patina.
“The horse at Ft. Riley was the second copy from the same mold as the one for the Library,” says Pullan.
Mellon also wanted a third to be placed at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond. When he visited the site, “He
decided that the horse was too small for the outside of the Historical Society,” says Pullan. A company in England
enlarged the mold to full size for the third and so far final bronze.
“The Civil War horse has become the most visited landmark in this area,” says NSL President Kenneth Tomlinson.
“What a legacy to the spirit of Paul Mellon and the horses he chose to honor.”
For more info: The National Sporting Library / 102 The Plains Road / P.O. Box 1335 / Middleburg, Virginia 20118-1335
Tel. (540) 687-6542
http://www.nsl.org/warhorse.htm
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Randy Bishop to Speak at the July 12th Meeting of Camp 260
Due to our regularly scheduled July meeting falling on the 4th of July weekend & the fact that many folks have family
reunions or trips planned for that time, it has been decided to move our July meeting to the next weekend on Saturday July
12th at noon. Bro. Bishop currently serves as the Adjutant of the Col. W. P. Rogers Camp #321 in Corinth, MS and has
authored two excellent books so far. Randy will have books on hand to purchase & we appreciate him making the trip
from Mississippi to come visit with us. Please support this presentation by spreading the word & bringing a friend
so we make his trip worthwhile. Anyone wishing to bring food items are encouraged to do so as always.
About the Book
Tennessee has over 2900 recorded sites from the Civil War; 1000 of these were locations of military actions of varying
sizes. Today many of these sites are threatened by or lost to commercial or residential development. In this book a
chronological overview of more than twenty of the major battles in the state is conducted using first hand documents and
established sources. Maps and over 100 photographs enhance the text to give the reader a comprehensive understanding
of the significance of these battles and the current preservation efforts of Tennessee’s battlefields from the War
Between the States.
About the Author
Randy Bishop is a long-time student of the American Civil War and a collector of Civil War relics. Bishop has taught at
Middleton High School for sixteen years in Middleton, Tennessee where he and his famly reside. He holds graduate
degrees from the University of Memphis in Education and History. Randy and his wife Sharon, a teacher as well, have
two sons, Jay and Ben, and enjoy traveling. A member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Civil War Preservation
Trust, and First Baptist Church, where he and his wife teach Sunday School, Bishop has published articles related to
family vacation destinations and the War Between the States. In addition, he has been glad to serve his community as
President of the local elementary and high school P.T.O. groups and of the library board. His first book, The Tennessee
Brigade, was published in 2005.
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Jefferson Davis’ 200th Commemoration Will Be June 7-8
FAIRVIEW, Ky. (March 7, 2008) – Jefferson Davis State Historic Site will commemorate the 200th birthday of the
Confederate president with an array of activities on Saturday, June 7, and Sunday, June 8.
The annual event will include living history camps, period demonstrations and vendors, special guest speakers, Davis
family members, book signings, period music and many other educational events.
Born on this site on June 3, 1808, Davis served as a military and political leader not only during the Civil War, but also
as a West Point graduate, Mexican War hero, Mississippi congressman and senator, and secretary of war during the
Franklin Pierce administration. The Jefferson Davis 200th Birthday Commemoration is an event designed to interpret
the role and impact this Kentuckian made on the nation’s history. The mission of the Kentucky State Parks is to, in part,
preserve and interpret the Commonwealth’s significant natural, historical, and cultural heritage.
The 351-foot monument to Davis constructed on this site marks Davis’ birthplace and rests on a foundation of solid
Kentucky limestone. The site’s visitor’s center features exhibits detailing Davis’ political life before and after the Civil
War, and offers Kentucky handicrafts, souvenirs, books and Civil War memorabilia.
Here is a schedule of events at Fairview:
Saturday, June 7, 2008
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9:00 a.m. Opening Ceremonies - by Park Manager Mark Doss and Bertram Hayes-Davis.
Monument Tours: Tours every one-half hour beginning at 9:00 a.m. with break from 12 – 1 p.m.
Last tour goes up at 8 pm.
9:30 a.m. Period Music by Saxton’s Cornett Band.
10:00 a.m. Varina Davis’ Memories – by Joan Howard.
10:30 a.m. Lunch Basket Auction for “the Cause”.
11:00 a.m. TBA
Noon: Emilie Todd Helm – by Betsy Smith.
1:00 p.m. Artillery Demonstrations – by Byrnes KY Battery.
1:30 p.m. “The Image of Jefferson Davis” – Book Signing by Ron Bryant.
2:00 p.m. Miss Confederacy Event – (ages 2-24) – Wee, Little & Jr. Miss - $10 advance and $20 after May 31.
Miss and Ms. - $15 advance and $30 after May 31. Call park for more information.
3:00 p.m. The Life of Jefferson Davis – by William C. Davis.
3:45 p.m. “Jefferson Davis Biography” – Book Signing by William C. Davis.
4:00 p.m. Musical Instruments of the Civil War – by Saxton’s Cornett Band.
7:30 p.m. Reenactor Ball – Music by Saxton’s Cornett Band.
8:30 p.m. Night Firing Program – by Byrnes Kentucky Battery.
9:00 p.m. Reenactor Ball continues.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
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10:15 a.m. Period Music by Saxton’s Cornett Band.
11:00 a.m. Worship Service – Bethel Baptist Church.
Noon “A Distant Light” – Book Signing by Judge Bill Cunningham.
12:30 p.m. Period Music by Saxton’s Cornett Band.
1:30 p.m. “Then & Now” – Book Signing by local historian William Turner.
2:00 p.m. Artillery Demonstrations and Cannon Firing – by Byrnes KY Battery.
2:15 p.m. Birthday Commemoration.
3:00 p.m. Period Music by Saxton’s Cornett Band.
The Jefferson Davis State Historic Site is located on Highway 68E in Fairview, about 10 miles east of Hopkinsville. Park
facilities include two picnic shelters near restrooms and a playground. Call Park Manager Mark Doss at 270-889-6100 for
more information. Registration information for vendors and participants may be found on the Kentucky State Parks
website, www.parks.ky.gov.
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At 351 feet tall, it is the largest [un-reinforced] concrete obelisk in the world, and the fifth tallest monument in the United
States.
Estimated Driving Time: 1 hour 19 minutes
Estimated Distance: 58.43 miles
***~ATTENTION~***
Our camp is thinking about taking a field trip to the festivities in Fairview,
KY in place of the regularly scheduled June 7th Saturday meeting. We will
discuss this at the Old Timer’s Day Confederate Encampment at the back
entrance of the Dickson County Fairgrounds in the Living History section on
Saturday May 3rd where we will conduct our regular May meeting at noon.
We will proceed accordingly depending on the support for the idea present
at this meeting. More info to come as it is made available or call Cmdr.
Sharp at 1-800-380-1896 ext. 201 M-F 8am-5pm or email
[email protected].
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Old Spencer Mill was the site of our first Spring Cotillion. We hope this
was the first of many. A “Good Time” was had by all. More photographs
from the Sallie Sizemore Ladies Auxiliary Spring Cotillion have been
posted. You can view them on the Sallie Sizemore Ladies Auxiliary
page within Camp 260. http://www.scvcamp260.org If anyone has
photographs from the Cotillion, just send them to us and we’ll be
happy to post them on the page also. DJ & Judi
Tennessee State Representative David Shepard presented
Whitney Qualls with a resolution acknowledging her reign as
Jr. Miss Wheelchair Tennessee 2008
along with other accomplishments.
To read forementioned resolution, please visit
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HJR1005.pdf.
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The Third Annual Dickson County
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008
Old Spencer Mill
399 Old Spencer Mill Road
Burns, Tennessee
Social starts at 5:00 pm
Grand March at 6:30 pm
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