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Sons of Confederate Veterans
PO Box 5641 High Point, NC 27262
Ronald Lee Perdue, Commander
www.fraziercamp.org
1996 WINNER OF THE TAZWELL HARGROVE DISTINGUISHED CAMP AWARD
JUNE 2015
Headquarters, Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668 Near High Point
The Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668 of the North Carolina Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
Historical Honor Society would like to welcome you to join us at our next monthly meeting on
Monday, June 8th
, 2015 at 7:00 pm at the Elks Lodge 1155, 700 Old Mill Road in High Point.
Please arrive anytime after 6:00 pm to enjoy great food, fellowship and interesting history with our
guests, members, visitors and the ladies from our OCR Laura Wesson Chapter.
We are pleased to announce that a local accomplished author and historian, C. Michael Briggs, will
be visiting with us as our special guest speaker. He will present a history program from his new
book just released in April 2015 titled “Guilford Under the Stars & Bars”.
Several members stated in our last meeting they had recently purchased this interesting new book
which details all the major events during the war in Greensboro, High Point and Guilford County.
Please RSVP the Commander to let the wonderful folks of Above & Beyond Catering know how
many people to expect for supper. The Chef deserves this courtesy as he plans another great menu.
We look forward to seeing you on Monday evening. You are encouraged to invite and bring
visitors to join us as we remember our gallant ancestors, preserve the principles of our founding
fathers, study forgotten & ignored history and honor the heritage they left us. We were blessed to
have experienced the Sesquicentennial of the War for Southern Independence in our lifetimes…
2011 WINNER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION COL. LEONIDAS LaFAYETTE POLK BEST CAMP NEWSLETTER AWARD
Calendar of Events
June 6th
Living History Special Invitation
All are invited to join the Col. Charles F. Fisher Camp 813 of
Graham for a Living History of the WBTS in Alamance County &
North Carolina “The Lost Cause 1865” at The Depot in Burlington.
June 8th
Meeting
Our guest speaker will be author and historian C. Michael Briggs
and he will share a program from his new book titled “Guilford
Under the Stars & Bars”. The book details all of the major events
during the war in Greensboro, High Point and Guilford County. The
program he will focus on this local history during the war.
*Please RSVP the Commander at [email protected] for
Above & Beyond Catering to know how much to prepare for supper.
Lt. F.C. Frazier
On July 7, 1862 Felix Cicero Frazier enlisted in Halifax County, NC as a
private in the "Wilmington Horse Artillery," later designated 1st Company
A, 36th Regiment North Carolina Troops, (2nd Regiment North Carolina
Artillery). On April 30, 1863 he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant and
assigned to Company A, 10th Battalion North Carolina Heavy Artillery.
He rose to the rank of First Lieutenant in September-October of 1863.
Frazier's first involvement in the war came on December 13-14, 1862 with
his battery in battle around Kinston, NC. On December 17, 1862 at the
Battle of Goldsboro Bridge, they were successful in driving the Federals
back. After assignment to Co. A, 10th Battalion, Lieutenant Frazier was
likely among some friends he had grown up with men from Davidson,
Randolph, and Guilford Counties.
This company saw very little action from April of 1863 through December
10th when it was ordered to Fort Caswell in Brunswick County. Lt.
Frazier described the events in Clark's Histories of the Regiments. "The
battalion was at Fort Caswell some months in 1863. While there the Ad-
Vance, State blockade runner, grounded on the bar, off the fort one and a
half miles. The writer, Sergeant Harris and fifteen men were sent aboard to
keep the Federal gunboats off; a storm coming up, we were not relieved
for three days. The steamer was loaded down with stores for our North
Carolina soldiers; we did not know for some time whether we were going
to Hart's Island or 'Davy Jones' locker.' While out there a blockade-runner
passed by and entered the Cape Fear at 10 a.m. Governor Vance presented
the writer with a suit of English grey, a small fortune at the time."
There were other assignments at Forts Campbell and Anderson in
Brunswick County until November 24, 1864 when they were sent to
Georgia to reinforce Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's command in resisting
Sherman's advance on Savannah. After being moved around to various
positions around Savannah, Frazier was moved up the Central Railroad
forty-five miles towards Macon, GA. At a place called Jenks' Bridge,
Frazier and twenty-four other men were taken prisoner after an
engagement with some of Sherman's advance troops.
Frazier was held prisoner at Hilton Head, S.C. for two months along with
160 other Confederate officers on "retaliation." Frazier described this as
meaning "one pint of corn meal a day and some pickles, no meat, no fire in
the buildings, meal old and bitter, bran and bugs in it." He also stated that
"one third of the officers could not walk when moved north to Fort
Delaware." He was paroled on June 17, 1865.
A final note of tribute to him was paid by Charles S. Powell who served as
a 2nd Lieutenant and Adjutant of Co. B, 10th Battalion, N.C. Heavy
Artillery. While writing a piece for Clark's histories of the North Carolina
Regiments, he stated Felix C. Frazier was "the best gunner in the army."
On January 14, 1992 the Lt. F. C. Frazier Camp 668 of High Point, North
Carolina was officially chartered by the Sons of Confederate Veterans in
tribute to Lt. F. C. Frazier and all of those brave men who wore Grey.
Then call us Rebels, if you will, we glory in the name; for bending under unjust laws, and swearing faith to an unjust cause, we count as greater shame. Richmond Daily Dispatch, May 12, 1862
Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668
High Point, North Carolina
Commander- Ronald Lee Perdue
1st Lt. Commander– Larry Brandon
2nd Lt. Commander- Michael Thomas
Camp Aide de Camp - Daniel Townsend
Camp Adjutant - Todd Southard
Camp Chaplain- Rev. Dr. Herman White
Color Sergeant- Ed Hawley
Camp Historian- Phillip Dedmon
Camp Judge Advocate- Jim Gill
Camp Quartermaster- Damon Webb
Camp Surgeon - Charles C. Crowell, III, MD
Camp Treasurer- Ed Julian
Communications Officer- Michael Thomas
FROM THE COMMANDERS TENT is the official newsletter of the
Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in High
Point, North Carolina and is published monthly. Provide email address
to editor for free color online version and mailed black and white copies
available for Donations, Members, and Sponsors on request. The costs
of printing and postage are supported by tributes for $18 per year on our
“Memorials to our Confederate Ancestors page, $24 per year for
Business Advertisements and Donations which are greatly appreciated.
Please submit all correspondence, or change of address to our Com-
mander Ron Perdue at [email protected], 336 880 8243 or
mail to PO Box 5641, High Point, NC 27262. All material not clearly
identified from other sources is copyrighted by the Lt. F. C. Frazier
Camp 668 and may not be reproduced without written permission. We
reserve the right to not accept any advertisement or article we feel is
detrimental to preservation of our Southern Heritage, to the Honor of
our Ancestors, or to the Cause for Southern Independence.
Visit our camp’s website: www.fraziercamp.org, maintained by our
Webmaster Mrs. Sara Hicks, [email protected], proud member of
our Laura Wesson Chapter 5, NC Society, Order of Confederate Rose.
Visit us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lt-F-C-Frazier-
Camp-668-Sons-of-Confederate-Veterans/151159591583046 to check
out our Albums loaded with photos of our activities and events.
Our camp email address is [email protected]
Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668, High Point, North Carolina “From the Commander’s Tent” Monthly Newsletter – May 2015 Page 2
Felix Cicero Frazier was born January 15, 1838, the son of
Allen M. and Nellie Burton Frazier. He passed away on
May 8, 1916 and is buried at the old Prospect Church in
High Point, North Carolina. After his death his fellow
Confederate soldiers conducted the last rites at his burial.
10 AM: camp opens to the public • 11 AM: Walter Boyd –
Alamance County during the Spring of 1865 • 12:30 PM: Lynn Salsi
– Confederate Women • 1:30 PM: Walter Boyd – Alamance County
during Reconstruction • 2:30 PM: Bernie Thuersam – Sherman’s
March through the Carolinas • 4 PM: Camp site closes • 7 PM:
Charles Frazier’s “Cold Mountain” at the Paramount ($5 Admission)
“Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans” “To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit the vindication
of the cause for which he 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 loved and which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious and which you also cherish.”
Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee
Commander General
United Confederate Veterans
New Orleans, Louisiana
April 25, 1906
WE INVITE YOU TO A MEETING
The Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668 in High Point welcomes you to attend one of
our meetings and join us in the study of history, the remembrance of our
ancestors, honoring Confederate veterans, and the preservation of heritage.
Our camp meets on the second Monday evening of each month at the Elks
Lodge 1155 of High Point, 700 Mill Road with buffet provided by the good
folks of Above and Beyond Catering. Arrive any time after 6 pm to join us for
fellowship and supper as it is called in the tradition of the South. The buffet of
homemade items is $12.00 plus tax with coffee, tea, water. In an effort to keep
things simple and avoid interruption of the meal, fellowship and our meeting,
money for the buffet will be collected as you arrive.
The meetings of the Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp and the Laura Wesson Chapter
start around 7 pm following fellowship. Afterwards, the ladies join us again
for history shared by our special guest speakers. Our guest speakers focus on:
the culture, the heritage, and the history of our ancestors. The inspirational
and motivational programs are very interesting and promote the understanding
of the true history of the South.
The citizen-soldiers who fought for the Confederacy personified the best
qualities of America. The preservation of liberty and freedom was the
motivating factor in the South's decision to fight the Second American
Revolution. The tenacity with which Confederate soldiers fought underscored
their belief in the rights guaranteed by the Constitution. These attributes are
the underpinnings of our democratic society and represent the foundation on
which this nation was built. Today, the Sons of Confederate Veterans is
preserving the history and legacy of these heroes, so that future generations
can understand the motives that animated the Southern Cause.
Our Historical Honor Society was established in 1896 by direct heirs of the
United Confederate Veterans. The Sons of Confederate Veterans is comprised
of people just like you. We make positive contributions to society and serve
our respective communities throughout the United States. We are proud of our
Heritage and of the many contributions made to the fabric of society by our
brave ancestors. We believe that the truth in history should be seen, taught,
and understood – not removed from view, disparaged, or deliberately
manipulated by those with the goal of re-writing history.
The Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668 in High Point is in the North Carolina Division
of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and is not affiliated with any other
group, and we are a non-political organization.
The Frazier Camp 668 rejects any group whose actions demean or distort the
image of the Confederate soldier’s good name, or their reasons for fighting.
We do not support, condone, or embrace any group whose philosophy
involves racism. Neither do we accept any such persons as guests to our
meetings or as members to our organization.
Qualification for membership is a male descendant of any veteran who served
honorably in the Confederacy. Membership can be obtained through
documented genealogy of either direct or collateral family lines. The
minimum age for membership is 12. The Frazier Camp invites you to become
a part of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. If any help is needed to find a
Confederate’s military record, we will be glad to assist you.
If you do not have a Confederate ancestor, but wish to honor the values and
principles of our forebears, you are welcome to join us as a Friend of the Sons
of Confederate Veterans Historically Honor Society. We look forward to
welcoming you as a guest in our next meeting.
ALL LADIES WELCOME
The Laura Wesson Chapter 5 in High Point welcomes you to attend one of our
meetings and join us in our goals to support the Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668. We
meet during the men’s meeting following the buffet. Afterwards, we join the
men for history from the guest speaker.
The goal of the Order of Confederate Rose is to support your Confederate
Heritage and the activities of the Sons of Confederate Veterans on a local,
state, and national level. The OCR assists the SCV by providing additional
communications, promoting educational programs, organizing social
functions, and supporting the activities of their associated camp. This unique
organization allows each Chapter the freedom to support the individual needs
of their SCV camp and their communities.
The Order of Confederate Rose was named in honor of Heroine Rose O’Neal
Greenhow, a 40-year old widow and mother of four when the war broke out.
Rose O’Neal Greenhow ran an elaborate spy ring from her home on 16th Street
in Washington, D.C. during the war. “To this end I employed very capacity in
which God has endowed me”, she wrote.
Rose kept almost daily contact with General PGT Beauregard. On the morning
of July 10, he received a coded message: McDowell has certainly been ordered
to advance on the 16th signed by R.O.G. The General now had the information
he needed for a victory at Manassas. The U.S. War Department grew
suspicious of Rose and she was arrested, spent 5 months in prison with her 8-
year-old daughter. She was finally paroled and exiled South.
President Davis asked Rose to travel to Europe to campaign for support of the
Confederacy. She wrote a book in conjunction with the royalists during her
visit. She returned home laden with gold for the Confederacy, but she drowned
off the coast of Wilmington. She was buried with full military honors with a
Confederate flag draped over her coffin. She was buried at the Oakdale
Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The Laura Wesson Chapter 5 in High Point is part of the North Carolina
Society in the Order of Confederate Rose. Our Chapter was named in honor of
Heroine Laura Wesson who was travelling with her father from Virginia to
Charleston when they stopped in High Point in 1865. She volunteered to stay
in the “pest house” and was the only nurse caring for the soldiers suffering
from a smallpox epidemic. Laura Wesson would eventually succumb to
smallpox and died on May 7th 1865 at the early age of twenty. She was buried
in Oakwood Cemetery and it was said her grave was marked with a stick with
a note on it stating: “Fed the hungry, clothed the naked, nursed the sick and
wounded”. There is one marker “In Memory of Laura Wesson 1845-1865” at
the foot of the Confederate Monument in the cemetery where we have our
annual Confederate Memorial Day service. In 1936 she was honored by her
body being moved to a memorial circle at the entrance of the cemetery and
another marker was dedicated by the Laura Wesson Chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy in 1936.
Membership does not require a Confederate ancestor or relative in the Sons of
Confederate Veterans – The only requirement to join the OCR is a desire to
support our Confederate Heritage. The OCR does not compete with the United
Daughters of the Confederacy or other genealogical organizations.
Please contact Chapter President Janice Horne at 336 434 2237 for more
details or you may contact North Carolina Society President Laura Stallard at
[email protected] or 336 993 8330.
Confederate Memorial Day Service on May 10, 2011 – Mayor Becky Smothers placed these Roses on
the Marker of Heroine Laura Wesson in Oakwood Cemetery in High Point, North Carolina. Mayor
Smothers shared during her Proclamation that when she was a child growing up there was a tradition
of all the ladies in town along with the children decorating the graves of Confederate Veterans.
Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668, High Point, North Carolina “From the Commander’s Tent” Monthly Newsletter – June 2015 Page 3
LAURA ANN WESSON
This portrait, painted by T. Emile
Dodamead in 1936, is based upon
a period photograph. Courtesy of
the High Point Historical Society.
Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668, High Point, North Carolina “From the Commander’s Tent” Monthly Newsletter – June 2015 Page 4
From the Commander’s Tent
We are proud to report that the Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668 and the ladies of
our Laura Wesson Chapter 5 experienced a memorable month of May as we
observe the final year of the Sesquicentennial of the War Between the States.
The month started on the first weekend with our annual observance of
Confederate Memorial Day on Sunday, May 3rd at Oakwood Cemetery. We
did not schedule our annual memorial service on our usual date of May 10th,
the official date that Confederate Memorial Day is observed in North
Carolina, because Mother’s Day was on the same date this year.
Final Resting Place of 50 Confederate Soldiers in Oakwood Cemetery
As always, there was something special about experiencing a tribute to our
Confederate ancestors and veterans in the midst of their final resting place.
The hallowed grounds of this historic cemetery has Confederate Veterans,
Union Veterans and citizens who experienced the hardships of the War for
Southern Independence. The spot in front of the monument in the photo above
where we have our annual service is the location of one of the grave markers
of Heroine Laura Wesson and the graves of fifty Confederate soldiers from
different Southern States who died at the Wayside Hospital in High Point.
The Barbee Hotel was converted into a Wayside Hospital on Sep 1st of 1863
to treat sick and wounded soldiers. There were 5,795 soldiers registered as
patients from 1863 to 1865, but only 50 soldiers were known to have died at
the hospital and these gravestones are where they were buried in the cemetery.
This year we also observed the 150th Anniversary of the early death of a
Heroine, Laura Wesson, with a tribute to her from keynote speaker Lynn Salsi
of our Laura Wesson Chapter 5, Order of the Confederate Rose.
The story of Laura Ann Wesson is interesting but sad. She was traveling
with her father from Virginia to Charleston when they stopped in High Point
in 1865. She volunteered to stay in the “pest house” and was the only nurse
caring for the soldiers suffering from a smallpox epidemic. Laura Wesson
would come down with smallpox while doing as many women in the South,
all she could do for the cause, by caring for these men despite the fact she was
exposing herself to this contagious disease. She would pass away on May 7th
1865 at the early age of twenty and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
The original marker was said to be a stick with a note on it “She rest in the
last coffin and grave for the hospital at this place. She fed the hungry, clothed
the naked, nursed the sick and wounded, aided by her father.” Our Order of
Confederate Rose Chapter is named in honor of Laura Ann Wesson.
We sincerely appreciate Mrs. Lynn Salsi for her research on Laura Wesson
in preparation of her speech in our observance of Confederate Memorial Day
and tribute to this heroic lady who made the ultimate sacrifice 150 years ago.
She has also shared a guest column in this edition from her inspirational
message at this year’s observance of Confederate Memorial Day. We are still
excited about the overwhelming support from guests from the community and
representatives from SCV Camps in Asheboro, Graham, Greensboro, Lexing-
ton, Reidsville and Winston-Salem; the Military Order of Stars & Bars, Order
of Confederate Rose and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
It was an honor to welcome everyone on the behalf of our members and the
ladies from our OCR chapter. The Invocation was provided Rev. Dr. Herman
White, Chaplain of the Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp, North Carolina Division and
the Army of Northern Virginia in the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Damon
Webb representing the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Military Order
of Stars & Bars served as Honorary Color Sergeant by posting the Colours.
Our camp’s historian, Compatriot Phillip Dedmon, presented the Charge to
the Sons of Confederate Veterans in the opening ceremonies.
I had the distinct privilege of reading the Mayor’s Proclamation from the
City of High Point Mayor William S. Bencini, Jr. proclaiming May 10, 2015
as Confederate Memorial Day in the City of High Point, North Carolina. We
sincerely appreciate our new mayor keeping this tradition of several years.
There was an excellent presentation on the history and significance of this
special day also known as “Decoration Day” with a tribute to Laura Wesson
by Keynote Speaker Lynn Salsi. We had a special guest, Teresa Roane, who
made a trip all the way from Richmond, Virginia to be with us. She shared an
inspirational message with very meaningful words about how it is our duty to
honor our rich heritage and preserve the truth in our history.
Renee Honeycutt dressed in tribute to the grieving widows of the South had
the honor of Reading the Names of all the Confederate Veterans buried in the
midst of our service at Oakwood Cemetery. We commend the dedicated years
she has committed to our Confederate ancestors as a member of the Laura
Wesson Chapter and Black Rose Society of the Order of Confederate Rose
and the Guilford Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
This year we had another tribute in our service by the laying of flowers on
the graves of Confederate soldiers. This is an old Southern tradition when the
women and children would lay flowers in the observance of what was known
as “Decoration Day” which is also observed as Confederate Memorial Day.
Janice Horne, President of our Laura Wesson Chapter, laid flowers on the 50
graves of the Confederate soldiers who died at the Wayside Hospital during
the “Reading of the Names” ceremony. It was an inspirational experience.
The grave of Laura Ann Wesson was moved
to a traffic circle at the entrance of the ceme-
tery from Montlieu Avenue by the Laura
Wesson Chapter of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy erected this marker in 1936.
IN MEMORY OF LAURA WESSON
Marker at the Confederate Monument
Laying of the Flowers Tradition
“Laying of the Wreaths” would follow as
Renee Honeycutt, Teresa Roane and Janice
Horne honored this Southern tradition of the
ladies of the Order of Confederate Rose and
the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Chaplain White shared a Benediction and
Commander Perdue shared a few words in a
Tribute to our Confederate Ancestors which
was followed by everyone singing “Dixie”.
Then the unique smell of black powder
filled the air as the Confederate Memorial
Honor Guard representing Sons of Confed-
erate Veterans performed a military tribute
by the firing of three volleys with muskets.
There was a “Tribute to their Memory Walk” to honor the Confederate
soldiers to follow a tradition of the past in our service this year. There is a
stone marker to the entrance of the path lined by trees leading to the graves
which has the inscription – “50 Confederate Buried 100 Feet South of Here”.
If the neighborhood wasn’t awake yet, they were now, as the Confederate
Memorial Cannon Crew representing the Military Order of Stars & Bars
made some noise in tribute to our ancestors by firing three military volleys.
Words cannot describe our appreciation to everyone in attendance for their
support to our observance of Confederate Memorial Day this year. We would
like to thank the members from other SCV camps, ladies from OCR & UDC,
all the family, friends, guests and visitors from the community for joining us.
As we observed Confederate Memorial Day this year it made me reflect on
what our ancestors were experiencing in May of 1865. There were soldiers
returning home, several with missing limbs, but so many never made it home.
There is a soldier’s grave in Oakwood marked “Unknown, Mississippi” and
I couldn’t help but think of the father, mother, brother, sister, wife or children
of him and all the others who never made it home. Their families probably
died not ever knowing whatever happened to their loved ones.
In my tribute to our ancestors during the service I stated we hear the word
“Diversity” every day but of course that only means if it is not Christian or
Confederate. In the world we live in we hear of the attacks on Christians and
many being murdered in other countries just because of their faith. It makes
me think of how Christianity, which our ancestors dedicated their lives to, has
been attacked for thousands of years. In the past 150 years after our ancestors
fought to preserve the Constitution and the principles of our founding fathers,
anything Confederate related has been under attack. Today we hear of both,
Christianity and the Confederacy, being a target every day in the news.
It makes you know our ancestors were right. Otherwise there would not be
so many trying to destroy our heritage, the truth of why our ancestors fought,
because it stands in the way of their goal of transforming America.
We have observed the Sesquicentennial of the 2nd War for Independence
and honored our ancestors who fought to try to protect the Liberty their
fathers had fought and won just eighty some years earlier. The South was
right in 1861 because America was right in 1776. We are blessed to have our
heritage knowing they stood for what was right though unsuccessful which is
why we have the world we live in today. It is obvious our children and
grandchildren will not grow up in the same America we once knew.
How did we get here? It started 150 years ago when the intent of the fore-
fathers was changed forever after the war. Our country grows farther from the
founding principles of the intent of government in our lives and further away
from God with the passing of each generation. It is any wonder why we
experience the problems we have all around us today.
It is 150 years later, now what? As descendants it is our duty to live the
values our ancestors gave us, commit our faith in God, emulate their virtues,
perpetuate their principles and preserve their history for our children, grand-
children and future generations. We must never let these values be forgotten.
There are many challenges in life trying to balance family, work and other
obligations, but we must instill these values in our future generations. Now
more than ever we need to be aware of the agenda of those who wish to
destroy the foundation of our nation’s Constitution, freedom, independence,
liberty, principles and rights for which our forefathers fought and died. Then
there are the relentless attacks on the truth of our Confederate heritage,
monuments and symbols which are under attack everyday. Why these
attacks? May I share the following from Paster John Weaver in his
presentation entitled – Truth about the Confederate Battle Flag.
In our May meeting a few days after our annual Confederate Memorial Day
observance, the theme of our program was on this same subject. We would
like to thank Ronnie Smith Roach for visiting with us again and sharing his
new program entitled “Your Legacy, What Will You Do With It?”
This was an excellent program the day following the official observance of
Confederate Memorial Day in North Carolina which was an inspiration to all.
It was not a prepared program. It was a presentation straight from the heart
on the heritage that was left to us and what we must do with it.
We would like to thank Compatriot Roach for his words of inspiration but
more importantly for living these words. We appreciate all he does which is
an example for all of us. He has served for several years as adjutant of his
camp which is the hardest job in the Sons of Confederate Veterans that it is
often not recognized by members. He has served the North Carolina Division
as the Chief of Staff for several years. He is currently serving his first term as
the Executive Councilman of the Army of Northern Virginia.
It is exciting to report that the newest member of our Aide de Camp is a
descendant of one of the soldiers buried at Oakwood Cemetery. A few days
after having our Confederate Memorial Day observance at Oakwood Ceme-
tery, I received a pleasant surprise in the mail from New York.
Mr. Royce H. Burns sent a donation to join the Confederate Infantry of our
Aide de Camp in honor of his great grandfather Zimri Addison Burns who
served as a Private in Co. H, 67th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry.
We are pleased to report we enjoyed excellent food, fellowship and history
with several guests and visitors in our May meeting..
Look forward to seeing you on Monday evening as we welcome Michael
Briggs and he will be sharing local history during the war from his new book
titled “Guilford Under the Stars & Bars” that you do not want to miss.
Until next time, as always, I remain in dedicated service with you, in the
Guardianship of their Memory…
Ronald Lee Perdue, Commander
THE MEMORY WALK
Stone Marker to Memory Walk
with a Southern Cross of Honor at
entrance with inscription:
50 CONFEDERATE
BURIED 100 FEET
SOUTH OF HERE
The Memory Walk view from the
50 graves on the right between the trees of memory for the soldiers
who died at the Wayside Hospital
“All that the South has ever desired was that the Union as established
by our forefathers should be preserved and that the government as
originally organized should be administered in purity and truth.”
– General Robert E. Lee
“If we are allowed to keep our symbols, we might one day begin to
inquire into the origin and meaning of those symbols. And in so doing,
begin to question the myths and the propaganda of the political
correctness that’s in our country today and as we see the truth, we
might actually stand for the principles for which our forefathers stood.
In order to keep a people enslaved and content in the present, you must
destroy their past. A people, who have no past, will have no future. The
attacks today are against the truth. We need to study our history, our
heritage and come back to our Christian roots.
Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668, High Point, North Carolina “From the Commander’s Tent” Monthly Newsletter – June 2015 Page 4
Will your legacy be that
you dedicated your life to
our Charge? Will you be
remembered for committing
the vindication of the cause
for which they fought, de-
fending the good name of
the Confederate soldier,
guarding their history, emu-
lating their virtues, perpe-
tuating those principles they
loved that you loved also,
and cherishing those ideals
which made them glorious?
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The Great Seal of the Confederacy
The Great Seal of the Confederate States of
America was adopted by the Confederate
Congress February 22, 1862. The Meaning of
the Symbols is Clear- an Equestrain Statue of
George Washington Surrounded with a
Wreath Composed of the Principal
Agricultural Products of the Confederacy –
Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar Cane, Corn, Wheat
and Rice. The Confederate States of
America, 22 February, 1862, with the
following Motto "Deo Vindice" (God Favor our Cause)
I salute the North Carolina Flag and
pledge to the Old North State
love, loyalty, and faith…
I salute the Confederate Flag
with affection, reverence, and undying
devotion to cause for which it stands...
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Rev. Dr. W. Herman White, Pastor
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SPECIAL MESSAGE
FROM THE PAST
TO ALL OF US
Sirs,
You have no reason to be ashamed of your Confederate dead; see to it they have no reason to be ashamed of you.
Robert Lewis Dadney Chaplain for Stonewall Jackson
Army of Northern Virginia
Confederate States of America
Tribute to Your
Confederate Ancestor
Space NOW Available
In Honor of My Confederate Ancestor
Great Grandfather
Private William Burton
“Burt” Joyner
CO. C 43rd REGIMENT, N.C. TROOPS
One of only nine standing at Appomattox out of
140 in his regiment at the beginning of the War
James Joyner
In Honor of Great-Great Grandfather
David h. lambeth
PRIVATE, CO. K, 27th
NC INFANTRY
He was wounded 14 October 1863 and captured on
21 October 1863 At Bristow Station, Virginia; his
left arm amputated while a prisoner of war and he
was transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland; and
exchanged on 27 April 1864.
Keith Frederick Lambeth
Tribute to Your
Confederate Ancestor
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Tribute to Your
Confederate Ancestor
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“Every man should endeavor to understand the
meaning of subjugation before it is too late… It means
the history of this heroic struggle will be written by
the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern
schoolteachers; will learn from Northern school books
their version of the war; will be impressed by the
influences of history and education to regard our
gallant dead as traitors, and our maimed veterans as
fit objects for derision… It is merely the pretense to
establish sectional superiority and a more centralized
form of government, and to deprive us of our rights
and liberties.” – Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne, Jan 1864
In Memory of Past Commander
Jack Perdue
In Honor of our 2nd Great-Grandfather
Jehu Jackson Perdue
Co. C, 45th
Madison Greys, NC Troops
Confederate States of America
Ronald Lee Perdue
In the Memory and Honor of our Confederate Ancestor
Private Louis Straughn
Confederate Veteran - Prisoner of War
Survived Point Lookout Prison in Maryland
The Dedmon Family
Tribute to Your
Confederate Ancestor
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Yet, “preferred to continue fighting, preferring death to capture”
George Benton Marshall
5th
Virginia Cavalry, Payne's Brigade
Wounded November 1864, Hope Mills, VA
In Awe & Loving Memory, great grand nephew
Graham Benton Patterson, Jr.
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Confederate Ancestor
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In Honor of My Grandfather
Pvt. DAVID EDWARD WHITE
CO. G, 21st REGIMENT, N.C. TROOPS
Wounded and captured on 25 May 1862 in Win-
chester, VA Prisoner of War at Fort McHenry,
MD. Captured at Fisher’s Hill, VA on 22 Sep 1864.
Prisoner of War at Point Lookout, MD.
Rev. Dr. W. Herman White
North Carolina Troops
First at Bethel
Farthest at Gettysburg & Chickamauga
Last at Appomattox
1861 - 1865
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In Honor of My Great Grandfather
zimri Addison burns
CO. H, 67th
REGIMENT
NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS
Final Resting Place in Oakwood Cemetery
High Point, North Carolina
Royce H. Burns Pine Bush, New York
In Honor of our Confederate Ancestor
Eli Crowell, MD
2nd
Lieutenant – J.C. Speck’s Company
57th REGIMENT, NC TROOPS
Charles C. Crowell III, MD Great, Great Grandson
Charles C. Crowell IV Great, Great, Great Grandson
In Honor of Those Brave Men Who Went Before Me, In Praise of their Sacrifice, to Preserve their Freedom, their beloved state, Virginia and the Confederacy
Patrick Henry Marshall
2nd
Va. Cavalry, Co. “K”
Albemarle Light Horse Brigade
Captured in February 1864 by Col. George Custer,
Interred at Ft. Delaware, Md., Escaped Oct 1864
In Awe & Loving Memory, great grandson
Graham Benton Patterson, Jr.
Memorials to our Confederate Ancestors
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Confederate Ancestor
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Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668, High Point, North Carolina “From the Commander’s Tent” Monthly Newsletter – June 2015 Page 8
Posting of the Colours – Damon Webb, Honorary Color Sergeant
Reading of Proclamation from High Point Mayor William S. Bencini, Jr.
Keynote Speaker – Lynn Salsi, OCR Laura Wesson Chapter 5
Confederate Memorial Day Service
150th Anniversary Tribute to Laura Ann Wesson
Oakwood Cemetery
May 3rd 2015
High Point, North Carolina
WELCOME
Ronald Lee Perdue, Commander Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668, Sons of Confederate Veterans
INVOCATION
Rev. Dr. W. Herman White, Chaplain Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668, Sons of Confederate Veterans
POSTING OF THE COLOURS
Damon Webb, Honorary Color Sergeant Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668, Sons of Confederate Veterans
SALUTE TO OUR COLOURS
CHARGE TO THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
Phillip Dedmon, Camp Historian Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668, Sons of Confederate Veterans
MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION City of High Point
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Lynn Salsi Laura Wesson Chapter 5, Order of Confederate Rose
SPECIAL MESSAGE
Teresa Roane General Headquarters, United Daughters of the Confederacy
READING OF THE NAMES
Renee Honeycutt – Widow of the South OCR Laura Wesson Chapter 5 & UDC Guilford Chapter 301
LAYING OF THE FLOWERS
Janice Horne – Widow of the South OCR Laura Wesson Chapter 5 & UDC Guilford Chapter 301
LAYING OF THE WREATHS
Order of Confederate Rose & United Daughters of the Confederacy
BENEDICTION
Rev. Dr. W. Herman White, Chaplain Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668, Sons of Confederate Veterans
TRIBUTE TO OUR ANCESTORS
Ronald Lee Perdue, Commander Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668, Sons of Confederate Veterans
SINGING OF “DIXIE”
FIRING OF MUSKETS SALUTE
Confederate Memorial Honour Guard Sons of Confederate Veterans
TRIBUTE TO THEIR MEMORY WALK
FIRING OF THE CANNON SALUTE
Confederate Memorial Cannon Crew Military Order of Stars & Bars
Invocation – Rev. Dr. W. Herman White
Welcome – Ronald Lee Perdue
,
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Keynote Speaker Address
The Reading of Names – Confederate Soldiers Buried in Oakwood Cemetery
The Laying of the Flowers – Confederate Sodiers in Oakwood Cemetery
Laying of the Wreath of North Carolina Society, Order of Confederate Rose – Renee Honeycutt
The Laying of the Wreath in Tribute to Honoring Confederates of Color – Teresa Roane
Introduction of Special Guest
Special Message – Teresa Roane, United Daughters of the Confederacy
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Mr. Wesson also took trains throughout the war with confidence. When rail travel
became difficult because of the war, Wesson contacted President Jefferson Davis. On April 20, 1864, he secured special rail passports because of their relationship
allowing him to travel throughout the Confederate States “when and where he chose.”
Therefore, even in wartime, his children were not strangers to traveling.
William Wesson remembered his young daughter Laura as being the best-natured,
most patient, and sweetest girl he ever knew, and recalled her sweet voice. He said,
“She always sang Ben Bolt and Katy’s Secret at the piano in a tone which was ominous and in a way I never heard anyone sing before.”
After burying Laura among the Confederate dead in Oakwood Cemetery, on May
23, 1865 he wrote Laura’s oldest sister who married Henry Jervey. He wrote: “Was
sick for six days. Unconscious for the last May 7th. Said Eugene called her but she must go. Tell him she was faithful to the last, gave a package of letters and pictures to
give him. There is also one for Mother.”
Even though the railroad was demolished between North Carolina and Charleston, William Wesson continued his journey. No one knows how his daughter Mary might
have returned home to her mother. However Wesson wrote in his memoir that he
arrived in Newberry, South Carolina on May 27, 1865 after walking 40 miles through the ruins of Sherman’s raid. He claimed his share of a cotton harvest and arranged its
sale in Augusta, Georgia. He took the profit in gold and traveled to Charleston, where
he dispersed the money to ladies who, after being bombarded for months, lost everything. William Wesson had great respect for women who gave their all to
support the cause. He noted that all of his daughters, each and every one, made
themselves useful in some way during the war. He mentioned Mary and Laura in a
letter, along with the women’s group he knew in Charleston and said, “Not a single
instance among these women is that of selfishness which is so degrading and
common with many men in times of war.”
We must also note that the United Daughters of the Confederacy formed a chapter
in 1926 in the City of High Point to honor of Laura Wesson. In 1938 after raising the
funds to have her reinterred to the front entrance of the cemetery, they marked her grave with a granite stone. No one knows why William Wesson did not return to take
care of her grave. He noted that South Carolina was so decimated from war he rarely
returned. He spent the year after the war helping widows and orphans and then traveled through Europe for several years.
Memorial Day began when Confederate women wished to honor their husbands,
fathers, brothers, and neighbors for their service. There are several versions about
how memorializing became a yearly observance. The Ladies Memorial Association of Columbus, Georgia led by Lizzie Rutherford Ellis was formed from the Ladies Aid
Society. In 1866 the group passed a resolution to set aside one day each year to
memorialize Confederate Veterans for their honorable service. Mrs. Ellis invited every Ladies Aid Society in the South to join in the observance.
In the meantime, Miss Nora Fontaine Maury Davidson ran a school for young
women in Petersburg, Virginia. On June 9, 1865 she took students to Blandford Cemetery and decorated the graves of Confederate soldiers. She wished to instill in
her students the ideals of patriotism and the devotion to duty.
In 1867 and 1868 Union General John A. Logan’s wife observed the students in
the graveyard and told her husband about the event. This led to Logan recommending a Federal Memorial Day. Mrs. Logan noted how her husband said that it was not too
late to follow the example of the people of the South in perpetuating the memory of
their friends who died for the cause. By 1901 the Ladies Memorial Association in Petersburg transformed the Episcopal Church in Blandford Cemetery into a memorial
to honor the 30,000 soldiers buried in there.
Today we follow this tradition to honor the memory of those men and women who served, including women like Laura Wesson who gave their lives to care for those
who were sick or wounded. We must remember those who supported their family,
friends and the soldiers far from home. We also remember so many died without ever seeing their loved ones again. The Brunswick County Virginia Historical Society
notes that Laura Wesson was a martyr of the Confederate cause.
In closing I’d like to share lyrics from a song written by Nella Sweet of New Orleans in 1867. Some writers also claim that “Decoration Day” now known as
Confederate Memorial Day to many was inspired by her song “Kneel Where Our
Loves Are Sleeping.” It was dedicated to the Ladies of the South who are decorating the graves of the Confederate dead. The lyrics include:
Dear ones loved in days gone by,
They fell like brave men,
True as steel,
And pour’d their blood like rain,
We feel we owe them all we have,
and can but kneel and weep again.
Thank you for this opportunity to share this special day with you in the final year
of the 150th Anniversary of the War of Southern Independence. Thank you for being
here to remember our Confederate ancestors. We must never forget the Heritage they left us and honor our duty as descendants to preserve their legacy to us.
Lynn Salsi
Laura Wesson Chapter 5
Order of the Confederate Rose
Remembering Laura Wesson Confederate Memorial Day Observance on May 3, 2015
Oakwood Cemetery in High Point, North Carolina
Laura Ann Wesson, the daughter of William Hill Wesson and Margaret Ann Palmer Wesson is known as a Confederate heroine. She was only twenty years old
when she died on May 7, 1865 after contracting smallpox while nursing Confederate
soldiers ill with the same virus in High Point. Laura was a native of Brunswick County Virginia, her birthplace in 1845; however, she spent most of her life in
Portrait painted by T. Emile Dodamead
in 1936 based upon a period photo.
Courtesy: High Point Historical Society
soldiers ill with the same virus in High Point.
Laura was a native of Brunswick County
Virginia, her birthplace in 1845; however, she spent most of her life in Portsmouth,
Virginia. It is likely that the family lived in
North Carolina after Portsmouth was captured by Union troops, as Mr. Wesson
owned property and mercantile stores there.
Laura has been called the Florence
Nightingale of the Confederacy even though her nursing services were brief. She arrived
in High Point with her father and sister,
Mary, sometime in early February 1865 to stay at the Barbee Hotel before resuming
their train trip to Wainsboro, Sumter, SC, and
Charleston where her father would conduct
business. In his memoir Mr. Wesson
indicates he was on a trip to check his many
investments. Even though he had many friends and interests in the Charleston area,
he was aware the city was under bom
he was aware the city was under bombardment.
It is known that Laura often traveled with her father and sister. William Wesson was known as a well-connected, highly social Virginian of wealth with excellent
professional contacts. In a document prepared by Wesson in 1862, he stated that he
was a Carolinian and a Virginian. On the same document Laura and her sister were listed as refugees from Portsmouth, Virginia.
Mr. Wesson also traveled between New Orleans and Baltimore. Prior to the war he
had connections in Padua, Italy and England. Aside from mercantile businesses in
North Carolina and Virginia, he invested in the labor of others. He financed a number of land-owners at the beginning of planting seasons and was paid with a percentage
of crops at harvest. He had knowledge of shipping cotton to textile markets, and his
memoir indicates he did vast business with cotton producers. He believed in supporting multiple farmers as a way of spreading his risks in case of poor harvests.
During their stay in Charleston during the winter of 1862, while Wesson
recuperated from a throat ailment, Laura and Mary spent time with a group of 44 women who dedicated themselves to the Confederate cause. The ladies donated three
two-bushel baskets of Bibles, knitted 53 pairs of socks, and raised an undisclosed
amount of money to equip soldiers. A letter indicated that William Wesson also donated $1,000 for soldiers, widows, and orphans. Laura and her sister, being young
women with a purpose, also helped get up a subscription for the relief of delayed and
passing soldiers at Kingsville, South Carolina.
Among William Wesson’s contacts in Charleston was Eugene Jervey, known as a prosperous merchant from an excellent family. He had a close relationship with the
Wesson family as his brother Dr. Henry Jervey of Charleston was living in Powhatan
County, Virginia and was married to Laura’s oldest sister. In Charleston, Laura became engaged to Eugene. Her father referred to him as Laura’s beau.
Although Laura is mostly known for her nursing service for a few months, she
represents thousands of women who stepped up to serve Confederate soldiers as nurses and hospital workers. These women will also remain nameless. Laura and her
sister volunteered to assist with hospital patients while waiting for their trip to
resume. On September 1, 1863 a section of the Barbee Hotel was converted into a Wayside Hospital. There were over 5,000 soldiers treated there by the end of the war.
This does not include the men who were taken there after the Battle of Bentonville.
Therefore, when the Wesson’s arrived in 1865 there were few rooms for guests, and smallpox had broken out. The virus is highly contagious and can be passed
through saliva passing in the air through talking. Those with smallpox were moved to
another building—a pest hospital, sometimes called a pest-house.
We don’t know anything about her daily activity or how she helped assist the ill and wounded. But we do know about the state of medicine in 1865 when there was
no way to ease the soldiers’ pains. A cure for smallpox was to cook ground wheat,
mixing it with milk to form a gruel and having the patient drink it.
Smallpox forms blisters on the skin, and anyone attending patients would have
known they were in a life and death situation. No one knows why Laura put her life
in danger or why her father allowed her to do so. He once stated that Laura had never been ill a day in her life. Maybe he thought of her as a young woman with a strong
constitution. Or maybe Laura, herself, felt immortal. The fact remains that she chose
to work with the sickest soldiers in a place where deaths were a daily occurrence.
Many historians wonder why and how the Wesson’s were in High Point at such a dangerous time in the war, especially with General Sherman on the move and
Columbia having just been burned to the ground. Additionally, Stoneman’s Raiders were known to be in the area, something that William Wesson noted in his memoir.
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Laying of the Wreath Laura Wesson Chapter 5 Order of Confederate Rose & United Daughters of the Confederacy Benediction by Chaplain Rev. Dr. Herman White
Firing of Muskets Salute from the Confederate Memorial Honour Guard representing the Sons of Confederate Veterans
Message from the Commander
Tribute to our Confederate Ancestors
Tribute to their Memory Walk
Firing of Cannon Salute from the Confederate Memorial Cannon Crew representing the Military Order of Stars & Bars
Confederate Memorial Day Observance on May 3rd
2015 at Oakwood Cemetery in High Point, North Carolina
“Ne Obliviscaris…” Lest We Forget
The Lt. F.C. Frazier Camp 668 wishes to welcome you to join us as a
proud member in our Aide de Camp – which supports our efforts in the
North Carolina Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans Historical Honor
Society. This program has been successful in providing us opportunities to
support good causes we would not have been able to accomplish without
the support from our esteemed members and sponsors of Aide de Camp.
This program gives you the opportunity to honor the branch of service of
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Thank you all for your support to Aide de Camp
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