On Thursday January 24th, the Garland Rodes Camp held a

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Official Newsletter of the Virginia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans P-20
February 2013
On Thursday January 24th, the Garland Rodes Camp held a
banquet in honor of Lee and Jackson in Lynchburg VA. The
camp also recently elected Tim Roach as camp Commander.
Activity for the month
of December, 2012:
Bill Graham III, Commanding
Activities of the Brigade Commander:
During December the Brigade Commander presented 1861-1865 period Christmas
living history for three nights during
James Madison’s Montpelier’s Christmas
Open House. A brigade of General Lee’s
South Carolinian’s spent the winter of
1863-64 at the President’s home near
Orange.
February 2013
The Clinton Hatcher Camp #21:
December 15 - members of the camp
attended the Wreaths Across America Ceremony at Ball’s Bluff battlefield, honoring
veterans at Christmas.
Camp #21 held their annual Christmas
party at historic Stoke Farm near Aldie,
home of Col. Norbornne Berkeley of
the 8th Virginia Regiment.
The Kemper-Fry-Strother Camp #19:
During the event,
toys were collected
and donated to “Toys
For Tots”.
December 18 - the camp held their annual SCV Christmas banquet at the Madison Fire Hall. The musical group
“Evergreen Shade” presented Christmas
music.
Camp member Don
Hackenson received the T. Clinton L.
Hatcher Preservation Award for helping to
preserve the history and good name of the
Confederate Soldier.
Dinner of steamed shrimp and prime rib
was presented by Mill Valley.
First Lt. Commander Steve Price drove to
SCV HQ in Columbia Tennessee to pick
up thirteen confederate iron crosses to
continue the camp’s Arnold Grove Confederate grave restoration project to be
completed in the spring of 2013.
Three Ladies Appreciation Medals were
presented to Marlene Imlay, Beppy White,
and Linda Yurinak for all their work in
supporting the camp.
The Summers Koontz Camp #490:
December 19 — A Christmas Dinner
Meeting was held for the second year in a
row at a local gun club. All food was
cooked by camp members.
In early December camp members
marched in the Luray Annual Christmas
Parade. Uniformed members formed a
color guard, while other members carried
the camp banner. Commander Robert
Keller led the group, carrying the camp’s
SCV Flag. Camp #490 was well represented that evening.
February 2013
lowed by a Christmas dinner at the Legion Hall next to Gadsby’s Tavern.
An SCV Life Membership certificate and
pin were presented to McKim Symington.
Thanks to John and Mary Lumsden for
the poinsettia flower arrangements.
The Black Horse Camp #780:
December was quiet for the camp due to
the holidays. Some camp members attended the Christmas parties at the Clinton Hatcher Camp and the Kemper-FryStrother Camp.
R. E. Lee Camp #726:
The Frank Stringfellow Camp #822:
The camp recently completed the restoration of a painting of General Robert E.
Lee, by George Bagby Matthews.
On December 3, the R. E. Lee Camp returned the restored nineteenth century
painting to the City of Alexandria. The
painting had originally been presented to
the city on January 19, 1963, by the
camp. Verne McHargue paid tribute to
the moral character of General Lee, reciting one of the principles that Lee passed
down: “Do your duties in all things. You
cannot do more; you should never wish to
do less.”
December 15 - the Frank Stringfellow
Camp #522 held the monthly meeting.
The John S. Mosby Camp #1237:
During December the camp held the annual Mosby Birthday Commemoration
Dinner, with forty-five people attending.
Eric Buckland was the speaker.
Camp #1237 also held the regular monthly meeting where planning was started for
various spring activities.
The Turner Ashby Camp #1567:
City Councilman Frank Fannon impressed upon the group the importance of
our history as we move forward in the
years ahead. The rededication was fol-
Held their annual Christmas banquet on
December 2. The speaker was Robert
Hodge, noted historian and re-enactor.
One new member was inducted at the
banquet: Charles E. Strother, Jr.
The Strasburg Guards Camp #1587:
Met at the Strasburg
Community Center
on December 12,
with thirty-one members and guests attending. The speaker
was Nick Racey who
spoke on the Rev.
Charles Minnegard
and his association
with the Confederacy
during and after the
war.
February 2013
Also during December, five compatriots
cleaned the Confederate section of the
Massanutten Community Cemetery (aka
“Holly Circle”) in Woodstock.
Stuart Joseph Didawick submitted an
application for membership based on his
great, great grandfather, David T. Neff’s
service in Co. H, First Tennessee Cavalry
(Carter’s).
Captain Jack Adams Camp #1951:
Camp 1951 held the monthly meeting on
December 17, with the annual Christmas
celebration.
Compatriots and guests brought holiday
desserts and snacks for a social hour after the meal and during the brief business meeting.
Santa Claus visited, as did chorus members from Stonewall Jackson High
School.
Chorus members and the wait staff at
Denny’s Restaurant were invited to partake of the holiday treats.
Clinton Hatcher Camp #21 Annual Christmas
Party at Stoke Farm near Aldie. Commander
Rick Turner is in the center with unidentified
festive guests.
February 2013
Above: Kemper-Fry-Strother Camp
#19 “Evening Shade” performs period Christmas music at the December 18 Christmas Banquet.
Turner Ashby Camp #1567 Christmas
Banquet December 2, 2012. Chaplain Williams and Commander Clarke inducting
Charles E. Strother, Jr. into the camp.
Turner Ashby Camp #1567 Christmas Banquet December 2, 2012. Commander Clarke (left) and banquet
peaker Robert Lee Hodge.
February 2013
4.
The Battle Cry of Freedom
(Confederate Version)
5.
Bonny Blue Flag
6.
The Irish Brigade
7.
The South Shall Rise Again
8.
Rose of Alabamy
9.
March of the Southern Men
10. Mr. Confederate Man
11. Oh Suzanna
12. National Anthem of the CSA
13. Stonewall Jackson’s Way
14. Confederate Anthem
Blackhorse Camp #780 Commander Dave Goetz
attending the ClintonHatcher Camp Christmas
Party Dec. 16, at Stoke Estate near Aldie, Virginia
CONFEDERATE SONGS
(click in link to listen)
15. The Yellow Rose of Texas
16. Wearing of the Grey
17. I am a Rebel Soldier
18. I Wish I was in Dixie Land
1.
Johnny Reb
19. The Old Reconstructed
2.
I’m a Good Ol’ Rebel
20. Battle of Pea Ridge
3.
To Arms in Dixie
Major Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Camp
#1805
Ted Crockett
Commanding
The Major Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Camp concluded another year with the swearing in
of a new slate of officers at the December
meeting. Thanks to both outgoing and incoming officers with a special tip of the
hat to outgoing Commander, Michael
Virts for his leadership the past two
years.
Our camp is continuing to grow as we are
approaching the 30-member mark.
Several members participated in Fredericksburg Sesquicentennial events,
proudly representing our Southern Heritage, our camp and the SCV.
As we enter 2013, our camp looks forward to another great year of service
working with our 5th Brigade Compatriots.
Thanks and blessings,
Rob Crum
Commander Fitzhugh Lee Camp #1805
February 2013
Matthew Fontaine Maury Camp #1722
The SCV Matthew Fontaine Maury Camp
1722 “stay in the trenches.” We attend all
events that we are invited to, as well as
those we are not invited. We engage in
countless events providing an Honor
Guard at a moments notice.
Commander Crockett, you bear witness of
this at, “Cedar Mountain.” I was the bugler. I cannot tell you of how many services we participated in this past year.
This is something we do as our duty and
respect for our Confederate dead. The
price was paid 150 years ago and this is
the least we as descendants can do, honor them!
This past Christmas our camp placed
wreaths along the Southern Cross of
Honor at the confederate cemetery in
Fredericksburg, Virginia, where the
remains of our Confederate dead lay.
We placed battle flags at the confederate
cemetery in Fredericksburg and
Gordonsville for Memorial Day services.
We held four Memorial services, one at
Gordonsville, one at Spotsylvania, and
three at the Confederate Cemetery.
I was able to pressure the city into allowing a granite/bronze monument
placed onto City property at Charlotte
Street where Matthew Fontaine Maury’s
home site was torn down. I could go on
and on, these are acts of service off the
top of my head.
Anniversary Medals were designed and
made remembering the Battle of Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville.
February 2013
I finished a 7-year project finding and
correcting spellings of 179 soldiers found
along the West Wall at the confederate
cemetery along with their war records.
We are an active camp. Members in our
camp who deserve to be recognized for
above and beyond the call of duty are as
follows:
Chris Ezelle was the designer of the
Anniversary Medals. He also is part of
the Honor Guard and a man that I am
proud to be in the trenches fighting the
battles of our cause.

Carlton Tomlin in my opinion is the
most loyal member in our camp! He is
part of the Honor Guard and is at every
event. He does everything asked of him
without question. He was responsible for
buying half of the wreaths out of is pocket at Christmas and headed up the service to lay them in place. When it came
time to retrieve the wreaths, Carl took it
upon himself to gather them and did so
by himself. This is the type of guy he is.

Have a great Southern Day!
Roy Perry
1st Lt. Commander
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Camp #1722
TOP: Fredericksburg
BOTTOM: Chancellorsville
Pvt. N. B. Ponton Camp #2179
At this time our camp is setting its agenda for the coming year in preparation
for participating in various event.
We collected 18 bags of trash as we performed our Adopt-A-Highway cleanup
detail this past Sunday January 13th.
We have a cemetery clean up scheduled
prior to our next camp meeting on
January 27th.
I attended the Lee-Jackson Day ceremony this past Saturday January 19th.
Commander Dorsey and the Stonewall
Brigade Camp #1296 did a good job and
I believe the large gathering of confederates enjoyed the ceremony.
Several wreaths were placed on Thomas
Jonathan ‘Stonewall’ Jackson’s gravesite
by various organizations. While a plane
towed a banner overhead chiding the
city with, “Shame on Lexington – Honor
Lee & Jackson.”
1st Lt. Commander Kelly Barrows was
the guest speaker at the ceremony in
the Lee Chapel and he made a moving
speech about the character of General
Robert Edward Lee. CiC Barrows told us
that we should use General Lee as an inspiration in our daily lives.
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Commander Brandon Dorsey Stonewall
Brigade Camp #1296
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The parade through the city getting underway
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I also attended the Maury - Lee - Jackson ceremony conducted by the Kirkwood Otey UDC
Chapter in the Old City Cemetery Chapel in Lynchburg this past Sunday January 20th.
Sunday night, I attended the annual Lee-Jackson celebration with the 19th Virginia Infantry
Camp #1493 at the Michie Tavern in Charlottesville.
Their guest speaker was Bill Young who did a great job speaking in first person as George W.
Finley.
George was a Lieutenant in the 56th Virginia Infantry and he was one of the few Southerners
who got over the wall at Cemetery Ridge. He was captured and spent the next two years in six
Federal prisons. He vowed that if he survived the war he would become a minister. He eventually returned home and became the pastor of Tinkling
Springs Presbyterian Church in Fishersville, Virginia.
The food a the Tavern was great as was the company of the members of Camp #1493 making
it a most enjoyable evening for my wife and I.
Respectfully submitted,
Ted Crockett
5th Brigade Commanding
Tinkling
Springs
Presbyterian
Church
Commander
at
Large
Southwest Virginia Museum Announces 2012
Festival of Trees Winners
Aaron Davis, Chief Ranger/Interpreter,
Southwest Virginia Museum
The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical
State Park would like to congratulate the
winners of the 17th Annual Festival of
Trees. Winners were selected based on
votes received from Festival of Trees attendees from November 11th to December 30th, 2012.
Winners
7th Place: "A Confederate Christmas" Sons of Confederate Veterans of Norton &
Wise County, VA
Volunteers around the Southwest Virginia
region decorated holiday trees, mantels,
doorways, and banisters throughout the
Southwest Virginia Museum, sharing their
talents and holiday spirit with all who visited the site. This year, 80 trees showcased the community's creativity, creating
a truly beautiful collection of displays.
The Festival of Trees is held annually at
the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical
State Park. For more information about
February 2013
the festival, or to request a space in next
year's festival, please call the Museum at
276-523-1322.
Congratulations to Commander Lars
Dorton and the Gen. Henry A. Wise Camp
# 1756 for representing the SCV in such
an Honorable way.
Ron Graves
Commanding
February 2013
I also placed a wreath for our camp, Charlotte
County Grays.
Past Commander Johnny Anderson placed a wreath
for his camp, A.P. Hill Camp #167.
Commander’s report:
Only one camp report:
Jan. 6, attended the DEC meeting in Gordansville.
Charlotte County Grays Camp #1964 reports that at
their last meeting, Jan 15, Commander Ellis was
their speaker. They wish to thank the Commander
for his program.
Jan. 10, attended the Armistead-Hill-Goode Camp
#749 monthly meeting, in Chase City.
Jan. 12, attended the Kirkwood Otey, UDC monthly meeting in Lynchburg. Heard Mr. John Quarstein speak. As always, he did a fine job.
Jan. 14, attended H.A. Carrington Chapter of UDC
monthly meeting answered questions they had.
Jan. 15, attended Charlotte County Grays monthly
meeting. Commander Everette Ellis, 2nd Brigade was
our speaker. He spoke on bringing President Davis
body to Richmond to be reburied at Hollywood.
Jan. 18 attended the Lee-Jackson Day Observance,
held in The Old House of Delegates Chamber, Virginia State Capitol. Commander Jim Lilliard was the
guest speaker, and did a great job. The whole program, as always, was very well done.
I would like to thank Archivist Edwin Ray for his
reading of General Order #9, which I feel it was the
best reading I have heard.
Jan 19, members responded to Lexington for the
annual Lee-Jackson program. Compatriot Jason
Foster and his son Cole, placed a wreath at General
Jackson’s grave. Then they and Lt. Commander
Stanley Foster marched in the parade, with Jason
and Stanley carrying the camp’s banner and Cole
carrying a small battle flag.
I understand other 7th Brigade camps were in Lexington, hopefully they will make a report before the
next news letter.
February 2013
February 2013
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On Thursday January 24th, the Garland Rodes Camp held a

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