OurJunemeetingwilltakeplaceatJones’Lake,courtseyofLoisBrown.Themeetingwillbeginat11:00a.m.withapotlucklunch.Pleaseplantobringacovereddish.Drinksand tableware will be furnished. For directions, see theEventstabonourwebsiteorcontactLois.

Jubal Early Chapter #553Newsletter

Rocky Mount, Virginia Volume 9 - Number 5 www.jubalearlyudc.org May 2007

UpcomingEvents

June2,2:00p.m. - MassingoftheFlags RichmondJune4,9:30a.m. - ConfederateHistoryProg. LexingtonHorseCenter

ChapterNews EightmemberswerepresentattheMaymeetingoftheJubalEarlyChapterwhichwasheldattheFranklinCountyHistoricalSociety.Threeprospectivememberswerealsopresent.Paperworkfornewestprospectivemembers,LisaBradfordandMicheleChitwoodhavebeenforwaredtotheVirginiaDivisionRegistrar.Mrs.AlvieRobertsonisworkingon hers and hopes to be finished by the June meeting.

LindaAll presided over the Memorial Service for alldeceased members, specifically Mrs. Pat Early who passed awayinOctober.

A proclamation signing took place on May 15th at1:15p.m.attheFranklinCountyCourtHouse.ThoseinattendancewereMaxeneDickerson,DorisEames,LindaN.,LoisBrownandMarthaHubbard.MarthareceivedtheproclamationonbehalfoftheJubalEarlyChapter.

FrancesMurrayandLindaNezbethwereonhandatFranklinCountyHighSchoolfortheAwardsCeremonyonMay23rd.SecondVicePresident,DittySpeedpresentedournewestscholarshipwinner,KatherineLouiseHapgoodwith her check. Kay plans to attend the University ofRichmondwhereshewillmajor inchemistry inhopesofbecomingapharmacist.TheJubalEarlyChapterwilllookforwardtofollowingherprogress.

Saturday,May26th tenmembersparticipated in theVeteran’sMemorialDayceremonyinRockyMount.Theevent began in front of the Court House at 10:00 a.m.Keynote speaker was former Sen. William B. Hopkins.VirginiaDivisionPresident,Mrs.PatBrysonrepresentedtheUDCbyplacingawreathontheConfederateMonument.PastVirginiaDivisionPresident,DoloresSmithwasalsoinattendance.

AUDCMarkerDedicationfordeceasedmember,HazelHollandDavistookplaceat2:00p.m.onMay26thattheHollandFamilyCemeteryinGladeHill.Thededicationwasattendedbyapproximatelyfortyfriends,familyandChaptermembers.Twogreat-niecesparticipatedinunveilingtheUDCmarker. TheHolland familyprovided refreshmentsfollowing the ceremony and special floral arrangements wereprovidedbymember,AnnSeay.

JuneMeetingSat.,June9,2007-11:00a.m

Jones’LakeSeeyouthere!

OtherNews

TheMassingoftheFlagswilltakeplaceattheUDCMe-morialBuildinginRichmondonSaturday,June2,2007at2:00p.m.AceremonyatArlingtonCemeterywilltakeplaceonSunday,June3rdat3:00p.m.AtourbuswillleavetheMemorialBuildingat12:00noon.Thecostofthetourbusrideis$35.00whichincludesaboxlunch.Forinformationand reservations contact the Business Office in Richmond at:804-355-1636.

GraveofHazelHollandDavisfollowingUDCMarkerDedication.

Confederate Ancestor of the MonthEach month the Jubal Early Chapter of the UDC features a Confederate Ancestor. The “Ancestor of the May 2007 is William Milton Gillispie. The Jubal Early Chapter is proud to present his story.

BorninFranklinCountyinOctober1849,WilliamwastheseventhofninechildrenborntoEvanJr.andDiceyGal-lispie.ThefamilywerefarmersintheLongBranchareaofFranklinCounty.

William,attheageof14,wastooyoungtojointhearmywhenthewarbeganin1861.Hewould,however,enlistinCo.B,36thVirginiaInfantryon14October1864whereheservedunderGeneralJubalEarly.CompanyB(2nd)-Nicknamedthe“BOONERANGERS”;wasorganizedon1June1861,foroneyearservice:AcceptedintoConfederateStates service on July 1,1861. This company was first known aspartofthe2ndKnanwhaInfantryRegt.Re-organizedonMay26,1862fromcompanyD(1st). The 36thVirginia Infantry had over 2,300 men thatservedinherranksbetween1861-1865. Theytookover50%casualties.Onehundredmendiedasresultofbattle.One hundred, fifty men died from disease, another 625 men werecaptured.Ofthosemencaptured,85ofthemdiedinFederalprisons.About250menwereseverallywounded.SeveralhundredsoldiersweretransferredtootherregimentswhentheregimentwasreorganizedinAugustof1861andagaininMay1862.

William’s unit was sent toWaynesboro,Virginia inMarch1865.On2March,GeneralGeorgeA.CusterledtheUnionCavalryforcesandattackedtheremnantsofGeneralEarly’sarmy.Thesoutherntroopsbrokeupandscattered.Earlyandhisstaffmanagedtoescape.However,morethan1,000Southernsoldiersweretakenprisoners.William,notquite17,wasoneofthem.TheSouthernprisonersandtheirsupplywagonsweretakendowntheShenandoahValleyandintoDelawarewherehewasheldasaPOWuntilhisreleaseon20June1865.FortDelawarewasknownasthe“Ander-sonvilleoftheNorth.”WilliamwalkedfromDelawaretoFranklinCountyanditissaidheneverlefttheareaagain.- See history of Ft. Delaware on page 3.

The 36th Virginia Infantry has disbanded onApril12,1865inChristainsburg,VirginiaafterhearingnewsofGeneralLee’ssurrenderatAppomattox,Virginia.Before

themenseparatedandheadedforhome,theyweregivenareviewoftheirfouryearsofservice,recallingtheirvictoriesandrememberingthosewhowerenolongerwiththem.* Attheageof23,Williammarriedon24August1871toMaryAnnPraterwhowas21yearsofage.ShewastheoldestchildofRichardandSarah(Hale)Prater.Theywouldhaveninechildrenandweremarried57years.

William was a tenant farmer in the Endicott area ofFranklinCountyandaregisteredvoter.HeandhisfamilyweremembersoftheUnionBaptistChurchnexttotheSmithriver.

William died in 1928, five months after Mary Ann. Their graves are marked with fieldstones in the Knowles Cemetery nearFerrum.

William M. Gallispie

William Milton Gallispie

Fort Delaware

Oftenreferredtoas“TheAndersonvilleoftheNorth,”Ft.DelawarewasthemostdreadedUnionprisonduringtheWarBetweentheStates,withthehighestdeathrateofanyUnionprison. Fort Delaware is situated on a small and partly artificial island, locally known as “Pea Patch” in the middle of the Delaware RiverjustabouttheentranceofDelawareBay.Ittakesupoversixacreswith23foothighgraniteandbrickwallsfrom7to30feetthick.Over25millionbrickswereusedtobuildthefortandinteriorbuildings.Itwasenteredbyadrawbridgeovera30footwidemoat.It’sconstructionwascompletedin1859. Folkloresuggeststhataboatcarryingpeaswasgroundedonitssoftshores,whichresembledmoreofaswampycollectionofgrassthananysolidland,andsoontheresproutedthecropfromwhichitderivesitsname.Unheededbymosttravellers,andvirtuallyinvisibleonmapsofthetime,PeaPatchwashithertounhinderedbyhumanprogresswithonlyoneexception.NewJerseyresident Dr. Henry Gale had used Pea Patch as a private hunting and fishing preserve for years before the war of 1812 broke out. In1813theUnitedStatesmilitaryapproachedGalewitha$30,000offerfortheIslandbutherefused.ThemilitaryappealedtotheDelawareStateLegislature,whichcededtheislandtothemonMay27,1813.Galereceivednothing. The first prisoners of war to enter Ft. Delaware were from the Battle of Kernstown in 1862 and most of the 1863 prisoners werefromtheBattleofGettysburg.NotonlydiditholdConfederateprisoners,butitwasalsohometoacollectionofpoliti-cal prisoners - people in the North who were arrested and held without benefit of trial, or even having specific charges brought againstthem.Manyofthesepoliticalprisonerswerejudges,businessmen,clergymen,doctorsandeditors-andmostwerenoteveninformedastowhytheywerebeingheld.Theyweresimplytoldthatitwas“forthegoodofthecountry.” AppointedbyEdwinStanton,thecommandantofFortDelawarewasaHungarianrefugee,Brig.Gen.AlbinF.Schoepf,nicknamed“GeneralTerror”.Hehadbeenasocialistwhohadbeenactiveinthe1848socialistrevolutioninEurope.TreatmentofprisonersfarsurpassedthatofAndersonvilleinpersonalvindictiveness.Oneprisonerwrote:“Yesterdaywewereshovedout,robbedofourclothesandblankets...somemorningswegetonlythreecrackers,nomeat;andevenwhenafewdelicaciesaresenttousfromhome,theypilferandtakethemfromus.” Themarshylocation,inclementweather,brutaltreatment,andovercrowdedconditionsatFortDelawareallcombinedtomaketheConfederateinmatesmiserable.Itwasthestarvationdiet,however,thatimposedthegreatesthardshipandledtothemostdeaths.InretaliationforsufferingenduredbyUnionprisonersinSoutherncamps,theU.S.governmentreducedtherationsof the Rebel prisoners. The men stared out across the river to fertile fields of grain and corn, yet they sat starving. “The bacon was rusty and slimy”, one inmate remembered about his rations, “the soup was slop... filled with white worms a halfinchlong...Itwasastandardjokethatthesoupwastooweaktodrownthericewormsandpeabugs,whichhowevercametotheirendbystarvation.”AGeorgiaprivatewrote,“Ourrationsconsistedofone-fourthofahalf-poundloafofbread,twiceaday.Ourmeatconsistedofaverysmall,thinsliceofsaltporkoffreshbeef,whichmadeaboutonegoodmouthful,withoneIrishpotatooccasionally...IwassonearlystarvedIwasreducedfrom140to80pounds.” Thedrinkingwaterprovidedtheprisonerswasbarelypotable.Itcontained“solidinchesoftadpolesandwigglerswhichwasourmorningdraughtinlieuofteaorcoffee”,rememberedaninmate.Forbathingandwashingtheirraggedclothes,theprisonershadaccessonlytodrainageditchesthatcrossedtheisland. Malnutritionandunhealthfulconditionsresultedinepidemics.Thehospitalfacilitiesweretotallyinadequatetodealwiththecampsickness.Oneprisonerrecalledthat“physicians,incontractservice,havegonedailyintothehospitals,saturatedwithliquor;andwithoutlookingatthetongueorfeelingthepulse,havetantalizedthepoorsuffererswiththeprescription,‘Oh,youmusteat!’andwithoutfurnishingthemwitheithermedicineormeat,haveleftthemtodie.” Alarmedatprisonconditions,agroupofFortDelawareneighborsorganizedapicnictoraisefundstobuyvegetablesfortheprisoners.AsquadofUnionsoldiersdescendedonthepicnic,arrestedallthemales,andjailedthematFortMcHenry.Ap-proximately2700ConfederatesoldiersdiedwhilebeingheldcaptiveatFt.Delaware. ThelastprisonerwasF.R.Lubbock,governorofTexas,releasedin1866.Mostcouldhavebeenreleasedearlier,buttheyrefusedtosigntheoathofallegiancetotheUnion. TodayitisaStateParkopentothepublicwithlivinghistorytoursonweekendsandholidaysbetweenAprilandSeptem-ber.

~ Activities in May ~

May 12th - Linda All conducts the Memorial Ser-vice for deceased members at the May meeting.

May 15th - L to R: Lois Brown, Maxene, Linda N., Martha, Charles Wagner, Doris Eames, Abby Guil-liams and Marie Beckett from the DAR receive the

proclamation.

May 23rd - Linda N., Frances, Ditty, Katherine and Cliff Hapgood at the scholarship awards at

Franklin County High School.

Chapter Members with Va. Div. Pres. Pat Bryson & Past Va. Div. Pres. Dolores Smith at the Confederate Monument in Rocky Mount on Veteran’s Memorial

Day..

Commander Barbour of the Fincastle Rifles Camp of the SCV after placing a wreath at the Jubal

Early mounment.

Chapter Members and family members at the UDC Grave Marker Ceremony for Hazel Davis.

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