Newsletter Oct 2013 - Coffee County Rangers

RUCKER RANGERS
Newsletter
Published Monthly
October 2013
Gen. Edmond Winchester Rucker
Chapter 2534
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Enterprise, Alabama
NEXT MEETING:
Coffee County Rangers Camp #911
12th Ala. Inf. Regt., Co D
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Enterprise, Alabama
NEXT MEETING:
Thurs., October 10, 2013, 4:30 pm
First United Methodist Church Gathering Room
Thursday, October 10, 7:00 pm
First United Methodist Church Gathering Room
Program: “The Girls of Arlington”
(Cathy Odom)
Refreshments: Laura D. Rowell and Laura F. Rowell
Refreshments and Drinks: Daniel Larson
Program: Business Meeting
UPCOMING EVENTS
October
October 5 - 43rd Annual Claybank Jamboree Arts & Crafts Festival, starting at 9:00 am in the
Ozark Town Square. The SCV will participate with an information table.
October 7 – Troy Civil War Forum, Troy Public Library on Walnut Street, at 6:30 pm. Georgia
Fleming will present the program “They Also Served: Ethnic Minorities in the Confederate States
Army.” All are invited to attend, there is no admission fee.
October 19-20 – 13th Annual Re-enactment of the Battle of Newton, John Hutto Park, Newton.
Gates open at 9:00 am both days. Admission is free. Living history, live music, and battle reenactments both days. There will be a Ladies Tea on Saturday and a Church Service on Sunday.
October 26 – Cole Family Cemetery Cleaning, coordinated by Willie Wilburn Walker. If you can
help with this cleaning, contact Georgia at 347-0017 or [email protected].
November 7 – Veterans Day Parade, Downtown Enterprise. The theme this year is the Gulf War.
We will participate in the parade with a float.
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OFFICERS
SCV
UDC
President
Vice President
2nd Vice President
Secretary
Pat Richter
Holly Muller
Donna Clark
Georgia Fleming
Commander
1st Lt. Commander
2nd Lt. Commander
Adjutant
Joe E. Clark, Jr.
Mack Lott
Daniel Larson
James E. Edberg
VISIT OUR WEBSITES
http://www.coffeecountyrangers.org/
http://www.flemingmultimedia.com/UDC/E W Rucker 2534.html
Camp 911 has a page on Facebook - Click on “Ask to Join Group”
http://www.facebook.com/groups/SCVCampEnterprise/
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS &
ANNIVERSARIES
October 3-4, 1862
Second Battle of Corinth, Mississippi
October 5, 1864
Battle of Allatoona Pass,
Bartow County, Georgia
October 7, 1861
CSA signs alignment treaty with the
Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Braves
Flag was flown in honor of the occasion.
October 12, 1870
Death of General Robert E. Lee.
Lexington, Virginia
October 19, 1864
Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia
October 19, 1864
CSS Shenandoah officials received into
the Confederate Navy.
October 19, 1864
Confederate raid on St. Albans, Vermont.
October 23, 1828
Birthday of
Brigadier General Turner Ashby
Fauquier County, Virginia
October 29, 1877
Death of Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest
Memphis, Tennessee.
Presentation of Flag Conservation Contribution
September 25, 2013
Montgomery, Alabama
(L-R: ADAH Director Steve Murray, Chief Curator Bob Bradley, Shirley Edberg, Donna Clark)
Alabama Division President Donna Clark and Treasurer Shirley Edberg presented the
Division donation to the flag conservation program of the Alabama Department of Archives and
History in Montgomery. The Division sponsored the conservation of the flag of the 57th Alabama
Infantry this year. Conserved flags from the ADAH collection will be displayed in the new
Alabama Voices gallery when it opens next year.
More about the ADAH flag conservation program can be read at the ADAH website,
http://www.archives.alabama.gov/. A catalogue of the flags that are part of the ADAH’s
Alabama Civil War Period Flag Collection, along with digital images of the flags, can be found
at http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/flags/.
Grave Marker and Iron Cross Dedication Ceremony &
Memorial Service for John C. Calhoun, Co F, 3rd Alabama Infantry
September 29, 2013
Elba, Alabama
UDC Chapter members and relatives of John C. Calhoun gathered at Woodland Grove
Baptist Church Cemetery, County Road 239, Elba, for a Grave Marker and Iron Cross
Dedication. Chapter President Pat Richter conducted the ceremony. A biography of Calhoun
was
Dedication. Chapter President Pat Richter conducted the ceremony. A biography of Calhoun
was given by great-great-granddaughter Mrs. Helen Moore of Anderson, South Carolina. Mrs.
Moore is a member of Emmala Reed Miller Chapter 2694 in Anderson.
Members of SCV Coffee County Rangers Camp 911 and the 15th Alabama Re-enactors
posted the colors and conducted a canteen salute and a gun salute.
L-R: Georgia Fleming, Shirley Edberg, Laura D. Rowell, Helen Moore, Pat Richter,
Bethne Walden, Cathy Odom, Donna Clark, and Gwen Kolkman.
Claybank Jamboree Arts & Crafts Festival
October 5, 2013
Ozark, Alabama
Downtown Ozark was the setting for the 43rd Annual Claybank Jamboree Arts & Crafts Festival.
Members of SCV Camp 911 were on hand to distribute literature about the organization.
The information
table was manned
by (L-R): Morgan
Oglesby, Brian
Fleming, and
Mack Lott.
Confederate Trivia
by Georgia Fleming
1. At Cedar Creek, Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early launched a surprise attack against the
encamped army of what Union general?
2. Senate Joint Resolution 23 posthumously restored the citizenship of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
It was signed by the President of the United States, who said, “General Lee's character
has been an example to succeeding generations, making the restoration of his citizenship
an event in which every American can take pride.” Who was the President?
3. Stonewall Jackson, in his report on the engagement in which this officer was killed, said
of him: “As a partisan officer I never knew his superior; his daring was proverbial; his
powers of endurance almost incredible; his tone of character heroic, and his sagacity
almost intuitive in divining the purposes and movements of the enemy.” Who was he?
4. Who led the raid on St. Albans, Vermont (the northernmost action of the war)?
5. What famous line, from an intercepted signal at Allatoona Pass, has been attributed to
Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman?
6. This Confederate Lieutenant General was victorious in the first day of fighting at Cedar
Creek, but his decision to halt the attack allowed Union forces time to regroup and led
ultimately to a major Union victory – who was he?
7. In the October 1861 agreement by which the Cherokee Nation agreed to supply ten
companies of mounted men to the Confederate Army, who signed on behalf of the
Cherokee?
8. Who was “The Black Knight of the Confederacy”?
9. General Beauregard used Quaker Guns as part of the ruse to cover his withdrawal from
Corinth, Mississippi, in 1862. What are Quaker Guns?
10. Who was the Union commander at Cedar Creek, who rode from Winchester to the battle
site to personally reorganize and rally his forces?
“To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans we will commit 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
which he loves and which you love also, and those ideals which made
him glorious and which you also cherish.”
Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee
Commander General
United Confederate Veterans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Important Reminders
Ladies, the Benevolence Committee is asking that we bring canned
goods this month.
We are also collecting COUPONS! Overseas military members can
use expired coupons up to six months past their expiration date.
Help us support our military families by bringing your coupons to the
next meeting. Make sure they’re manufacturer’s coupons and not “in
store only.”
TRIVIA ANSWERS
Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan; (2) Gerald Ford; (3) Brig. Gen. Turner Ashby; (4) Lt. Bennett H.
Young; (5) “Hold the fort.” (Sherman denied the story himself); (6) Lt. Gen. Jubal Early; (7)
Principal Chief John Ross; (8) Brig. Gen. Turner Ashby; (9) Logs, usually painted, set up to
imitate cannon and confuse the enemy as to presence and/or strength; (10) Gen. Philip Sheridan.
MEMBERSHIP REPORT
Gen. Edmond Winchester Rucker 2534
38 members
Coffee County Rangers Camp 911
44 members, 4 Cadets
Rucker’s Belles and Beaux 968
Children of the Confederacy
19 members
FLEMING MULTIMEDIA
122 S. Main St., Enterprise, AL 36330
334-347-0017
Computer Sales & Service
Brian Fleming, Owner
To place an advertisement, greeting or memorial in the newsletter, contact Brian or
Georgia Fleming at 347-0017or e-mail Georgia [email protected] or Brian [email protected].
Don’t forget our plans to erect a monument in honor of Coffee County soldiers who
served the Confederacy. Bring your donation to the Coffee County Confederate
Monument Fund to the next meeting, or contact one of the officers. Working together,
we can make the monument a reality.