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MAY 2017
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Jay Schroeder, Cmdr.
362 Hunters Landing Dr.
Manchester, TN 37355
(m) (931)409-8192
Mike Anderson, Adjutant
87 Tanglewood Dr.
Manchester, TN 37355
(931)728-9492
Dates to Remember: May 1-2, 1863 - Battle of
Chalk Bluff, AR.
1.
2. May 4, 1864 - Battle of Day's
Gap, AL.
3. May 7, 1862 - Battle of
Eltham's Landing, VA.
May 10, 1864 - Battle of
Chester Station. May 17, 1864 - Battle of
Adairsville, GA.
May 31 - June 12, 1864 -
Battle of Cold Harbor.
The Cheatham News http://tennessee-scv.org/camp72
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham Camp # 72
Benjamin F. Cheatham
Major General, CSA
Born Oct. 20, 1820
Died Sept. 4, 1886
Be sure to attend
the annual Camp
72 picnic at 6:00
P.M. on May 27th
at Beech Grove.
May 23, 2017 - Annual Camp 72 Picnic. Beech Grove Confederate Cemetery and Park. Arrive NLT 6:00 P.M. Guest speaker is Mr. Wayne Weir from the United
Kingdom. July 18-22, 2017 - 2017 SCV National Reunion. Memphis Cook Convention Center.
Downtown Memphis. Check the SCV website for more details.
Please e-mail your suggestions for this newsletter to [email protected]
Be sure to visit our website at tennessee-scv.org/camp72/.
Commander's Comments...
Compatriots:
Well, it is May and time for our annual picnic at
Beech Grove. Our Program Officer, Richard Dix, has a special treat in store for us.
Our guest speaker is Mr. Wayne Weir, a citizen of England. His presentation is titled "Great Britain and the War Between the States." Wayne is currently visiting with
our compatriot Kenny Phillips. I am looking forward to a fresh perspective on our favorite subject.
Don't forget the covered dish you signed up to bring to the picnic. Also, I intend that we keep up the
momentum on our Confederate Museum fund drive. See you on the 27th.
Jay
MISCELLANEOUS
CIVIL WAR ODDITIES I am not in favor of
making voters of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office...I'm not in favor of Negro citizenship".
So spoke Abraham Lincoln in 1858, during one of his early political
campaigns.
* * * * * * *
The first major clash between antislavery and
proslavery forces took place at Harpers Ferry on October 6, 1859. John Brown unsuccessfully
attempted to raid the Federal arsenal there. Known as "ole
Osawatomie" Brown, he had in 1856 led the massacre at Osawatomie, Kansas, during which
several men were tortured and murdered for their alleged
proslavery activities. Brown was known to have strains of insanity running through his family.
Seventeen relatives were insane, including two of his children, six of his first cousins, and nine
members of his mother's family. The Federal officer who was instrumental in his capture at
Harpers Ferry was Colonel Robert E. Lee. The first casualty of the raid was a free black bystander
who was accidentally shot by Brown's men as he ran from the scene of the confrontation.
Witnessing the execution of John Brown on December 7, 1859 was a member of the
Richmond Militia, John Wilkes Booth.
* * * * * * *
The permanent constitution of the Confederate States of America, adopted on
March 11, 1861, abolished the African slave trade.
* * * * * * * When the war broke out, some
free Southern blacks pledged themselves to the Confederate cause partly because they were
under pressure from whites to do so. For example, the free black community of New Orleans formed
a military command known as the Native Guards. These men were "ready to take arms at a moment's
notice and fight shoulder to shoulder with other Southern citizens." They later became part
of the Confederate State Militia, working on labor battalions building fortifications and
earthworks. In the spring of 1862,
when Federal forces captured New Orleans, the Native Guards refused to leave the city with the rest of
the Confederate army. They were free at last to fight for the cause they believed in, and they
welcomed the Federal army by swearing allegiance to the Union. Later, they joined the Union army
and fought gallantly for the North the rest of the war. The South, in desperate
need of men for its dwindling army, considered the prospect of permitting the black man to
shoulder arms and fight alongside the white soldier, but before the decision could be made, the war
ended. * * * * * * *
The first official regiment of volunteers consisting of Negro soldiers was the First South
Carolina Volunteers, with Thomas Wentworth Higginson as its appointed white colonel.
The first Northern black regiment was the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts. Two sons of
Frederick Douglass, the prominent black lecturer and author, were the
first recruits form New York to join it.
* * * * * * *
The Congress of the United States actually purchased slaves for the purpose of setting
them free. Before that, however, many solutions to the slavery problem in America had been
proposed. Lincoln favored "compensated emancipation" and Congress passed a bill which he
signed on April 16, 1862. It directed that loyal slave owners residing in the District of Columbia
be compensated for their slaves in payments of sums not exceeding
$300 for each slave freed. The bill authorized the United States Treasury to appropriate $1 million
for this purpose. As the war progressed, the problem of what to do with
liberated slaves became a major issue. Lincoln strongly believed in the "colonizing abroad" of free
black men. In an interview with five blacks on August 14, 1862, he said:
Whether it is right or wrong I need not discuss, but this physical difference is a great dis-
advantage to us both, as I think yours suffer very greatly, many of them by living among us, while
ours suffer from your presence.
Source: Levitt, Stan, The Crackerbarrel Papers, pp. 123, 124, 125.
The Cheatham News
May 2017 p. 2
BATTLE OF SULPHUR CREEK TRESTLE
image by David Meagher
On September 23, 1864, Gen Nathan B. Forrest's Confederate cavalry, with Morton's battery of 4 guns, attacked and captured the Union fort near Sulphur Creek Trestle. The fort consisted of a square redoubt, rifle pits, two block
houses and some framed buildings. It protected a large railroad trestle about one mile east of here. After a demand for surrender was refused by Col Lathrop, the Union commander, the Confederates attacked, supported by 800 rounds of artillery fire. Over 200 Union officers and men, including Colonel Lathrop, were killed in the onslaught. After the garrison
of approximately 900 survivors surrendered, the trestle and blockhouses were destroyed.
[ From historical maker on Route 127 ]
The Cheatham News
May 2017 p. 3
HUNLEY AWARD PRESENTATION
On 17 April 2017, Camp #72 Commander Jay Schroeder presented the 2017 H. L. Hunley Award to Cadet Xavier Lowry at Coffee County Central High School. The H. L. Hunley Award is given by the Sons of Confederate Veterans to recognize deserving JROTC underclassmen chosen by instructors for having demonstrated the qualities of honor, courage,
and commitment. The award honors the courageous submariners of the H. L. Hunley, who were lost at sea.
The Cheatham News May 2017 p. 4
LOWRY FAMILY
The Cheatham News
May 2017 p. 5
A LOOK AHEAD
DATE TIME EVENT
27 JUN 17 6:00 P.M. Dinner and meeting at Oak Restaurant, Manchester. Dinner at 6:00 P.M., business meeting and program at 7:00 P.M. The July program is not yet finalized.
5 JUL 17 6:00 P.M. Dinner and meeting at Oak Restaurant, Manchester. Dinner at 6:00 P.M., business meeting and program at 7:00 P.M. The July program is not yet finalized.
18-22 JUL 17 SCV 2017 National Reunion. Memphis, TN. See SCV National Website for details.
25 JUL 17 6:00 P.M. Dinner and meeting at Oak Restaurant, Manchester. Dinner at 6:00 P.M., business meeting and program at 7:00 P.M. The July program is not yet finalized.
Starnes Brigade SCV Camp meeting dates & places
#72 – Cheatham Camp 4th Tuesday at Oak Restaurant, Manchester at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. dinner).
#152 – John Massey Camp 2nd Thursday at Fayetteville Municipal Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. #155 – J.B. Cowan 2nd Tuesday at the Gondola Restaurant, Hwy. 55, Tullahoma at 7:00 p.m. #297 – Marshall Rangers 2nd Saturday at the Marshall County Museum in Lewisburg at 2:00 p.m.
#386 – Cumberland Mountain Rifles 3rd Tuesday, Old County Building in Tracy City at 6:30 p.m. #1411 – A.P. Stewart 4th Tuesday, Western Sirloin in Decherd at 6:00 p.m. #1615 – McMinnville 3rd Tuesday, Magness Memorial Library at 7:00 p.m.
#2094 – Capt Abner S. Boone 1st Sunday Old House Hqtrs Hwy 231 N. Fayetteville in Belleville at 1:00 p.m.
When you can, please visit your brothers' camp meetings. They will be glad to see you.
The Cheatham News
May 2017 p. 6
MAY 2017
`
Jay Schroeder, Cmdr.
362 Hunters Landing Dr.
Manchester, TN 37355
(m) (931)409-8192
Mike Anderson, Adjutant
87 Tanglewood Dr.
Manchester, TN 37355
(931)728-9492
Dates to Remember: May 1-2, 1863 - Battle of
Chalk Bluff, AR.
1.
2. May 4, 1864 - Battle of Day's
Gap, AL.
3. May 7, 1862 - Battle of
Eltham's Landing, VA.
May 10, 1864 - Battle of
Chester Station. May 17, 1864 - Battle of
Adairsville, GA.
May 31 - June 12, 1864 -
Battle of Cold Harbor.
The Cheatham News http://tennessee-scv.org/camp72
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham Camp # 72
Benjamin F. Cheatham
Major General, CSA
Born Oct. 20, 1820
Died Sept. 4, 1886
Be sure to attend
the annual Camp
72 picnic at 6:00
P.M. on May 27th
at Beech Grove.
May 23, 2017 - Annual Camp 72 Picnic. Beech Grove Confederate Cemetery and Park. Arrive NLT 6:00 P.M. Guest speaker is Mr. Wayne Weir from the United
Kingdom. July 18-22, 2017 - 2017 SCV National Reunion. Memphis Cook Convention Center.
Downtown Memphis. Check the SCV website for more details.
Please e-mail your suggestions for this newsletter to [email protected]
Be sure to visit our website at tennessee-scv.org/camp72/.
Commander's Comments...
Compatriots:
Well, it is May and time for our annual picnic at
Beech Grove. Our Program Officer, Richard Dix, has a special treat in store for us.
Our guest speaker is Mr. Wayne Weir, a citizen of England. His presentation is titled "Great Britain and the War Between the States." Wayne is currently visiting with
our compatriot Kenny Phillips. I am looking forward to a fresh perspective on our favorite subject.
Don't forget the covered dish you signed up to bring to the picnic. Also, I intend that we keep up the
momentum on our Confederate Museum fund drive. See you on the 27th.
Jay
MISCELLANEOUS
CIVIL WAR ODDITIES I am not in favor of
making voters of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office...I'm not in favor of Negro citizenship".
So spoke Abraham Lincoln in 1858, during one of his early political
campaigns.
* * * * * * *
The first major clash between antislavery and
proslavery forces took place at Harpers Ferry on October 6, 1859. John Brown unsuccessfully
attempted to raid the Federal arsenal there. Known as "ole
Osawatomie" Brown, he had in 1856 led the massacre at Osawatomie, Kansas, during which
several men were tortured and murdered for their alleged
proslavery activities. Brown was known to have strains of insanity running through his family.
Seventeen relatives were insane, including two of his children, six of his first cousins, and nine
members of his mother's family. The Federal officer who was instrumental in his capture at
Harpers Ferry was Colonel Robert E. Lee. The first casualty of the raid was a free black bystander
who was accidentally shot by Brown's men as he ran from the scene of the confrontation.
Witnessing the execution of John Brown on December 7, 1859 was a member of the
Richmond Militia, John Wilkes Booth.
* * * * * * *
The permanent constitution of the Confederate States of America, adopted on
March 11, 1861, abolished the African slave trade.
* * * * * * * When the war broke out, some
free Southern blacks pledged themselves to the Confederate cause partly because they were
under pressure from whites to do so. For example, the free black community of New Orleans formed
a military command known as the Native Guards. These men were "ready to take arms at a moment's
notice and fight shoulder to shoulder with other Southern citizens." They later became part
of the Confederate State Militia, working on labor battalions building fortifications and
earthworks. In the spring of 1862,
when Federal forces captured New Orleans, the Native Guards refused to leave the city with the rest of
the Confederate army. They were free at last to fight for the cause they believed in, and they
welcomed the Federal army by swearing allegiance to the Union. Later, they joined the Union army
and fought gallantly for the North the rest of the war. The South, in desperate
need of men for its dwindling army, considered the prospect of permitting the black man to
shoulder arms and fight alongside the white soldier, but before the decision could be made, the war
ended. * * * * * * *
The first official regiment of volunteers consisting of Negro soldiers was the First South
Carolina Volunteers, with Thomas Wentworth Higginson as its appointed white colonel.
The first Northern black regiment was the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts. Two sons of
Frederick Douglass, the prominent black lecturer and author, were the
first recruits form New York to join it.
* * * * * * *
The Congress of the United States actually purchased slaves for the purpose of setting
them free. Before that, however, many solutions to the slavery problem in America had been
proposed. Lincoln favored "compensated emancipation" and Congress passed a bill which he
signed on April 16, 1862. It directed that loyal slave owners residing in the District of Columbia
be compensated for their slaves in payments of sums not exceeding
$300 for each slave freed. The bill authorized the United States Treasury to appropriate $1 million
for this purpose. As the war progressed, the problem of what to do with
liberated slaves became a major issue. Lincoln strongly believed in the "colonizing abroad" of free
black men. in an interview with five blacks on August 14, 1862, he said:
Whether it is right or wrong I need not discuss, but this physical difference is a great dis-
advantage to us both, as I think yours suffer very greatly, many of them by living among us, while
ours suffer from your presence.
Source: Levitt, Stan, The Crackerbarrel Papers, pp. 123, 124, 125.
The Cheatham News
May 2017 p. 2
BATTLE OF SULPHUR CREEK TRESTLE
On September 23,1864, Gen N.B. Forrest's Confederate cavalry, with Morton's battery of four guns, attacked and captured the Union fort near here. The fort consisted of a square redoubt, rifle pits, two block houses and some framed
buildings. It protected a large railroad trestle about one mile east of here. After a demand for surrender was refused by Colonel Lathrop, the union commander, the Confederates attacked, supported by 800 rounds of artillery fire. Over 200 Union officers and men, including Col Lathrop, were killed in the onslaught. After the garrison of approximately 900
survivors surrendered, the trestle and blockhouses were destroyed
The Cheatham News May 2017 p. 3
HUNLEY AWARD PRESENTATION
On 17 April 2017, Camp #72 Commander Jay Schroeder presented the 2017 H. L. Hunley Award to Cadet Xavier Lowry at Coffee County Central High School. The H. L. Hunley Award is given by the Sons of Confederate Veterans to recognize deserving JROTC underclassmen chosen by instructors for having demonstrated the qualities of honor, courage,
and commitment. The award honors the courageous submariners of the H. L. Hunley, who were lost at sea.
The Cheatham News May 2017 p. 4
LOWRY FAMILY
The Cheatham News
May 2017 p. 5
A LOOK AHEAD
DATE TIME EVENT
27 JUN 17 6:00 P.M. Dinner and meeting at Oak Restaurant, Manchester. Dinner at 6:00 P.M., business meeting and program at 7:00 P.M. The July program is not yet finalized.
5 JUL 17 6:00 P.M. Dinner and meeting at Oak Restaurant, Manchester. Dinner at 6:00 P.M., business meeting and program at 7:00 P.M. The July program is not yet finalized.
18-22 JUL 17 SCV 2017 National Reunion. Memphis, TN. See SCV National Website for details.
25 JUL 17 6:00 P.M. Dinner and meeting at Oak Restaurant, Manchester. Dinner at 6:00 P.M., business meeting and program at 7:00 P.M. The July program is not yet finalized.
Starnes Brigade SCV Camp meeting dates & places
#72 – Cheatham Camp 4th Tuesday at Oak Restaurant, Manchester at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. dinner).
#152 – John Massey Camp 2nd Thursday at Fayetteville Municipal Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. #155 – J.B. Cowan 2nd Tuesday at the Gondola Restaurant, Hwy. 55, Tullahoma at 7:00 p.m. #297 – Marshall Rangers 2nd Saturday at the Marshall County Museum in Lewisburg at 2:00 p.m.
#386 – Cumberland Mountain Rifles 3rd Tuesday, Old County Building in Tracy City at 6:30 p.m. #1411 – A.P. Stewart 4th Tuesday, Western Sirloin in Decherd at 6:00 p.m. #1615 – McMinnville 3rd Tuesday, Magness Memorial Library at 7:00 p.m.
#2094 – Capt Abner S. Boone 1st Sunday Old House Hqtrs Hwy 231 N. Fayetteville in Belleville at 1:00 p.m.
When you can, please visit your brothers' camp meetings. They will be glad to see you.
The Cheatham News
May 2017 p. 6
