THE DIXON BLUE LIGHT NEWS - Lt. George E. Dixon · 26-Dec Tulak, Arthur Noel 27-Dec Kicklighter, Jacob Ryan 28-Dec Booth, Samuel Calvin, Sr. 29-Dec Benedict, Matthew HAPPY DIXIE BIRTHDAY!

Deo adjuvanti non timindin ~ With God’s help, we must not fear

The Dixon Blue Light News, 40 Christine Dr., Belleville, Illinois 62221 | 618-767-6778 | scvcamp1962.org

BLUE LIGHT NEWSDecember 2012

Civil War ChristmasBY JOHNNY JACKMAN, CSA

"My Christmas was bean soup without bread. The boys are not seeing a good deal of fun," wrote Johnny Jackman in his diary 146 years ago.

A trooper in the 9th Kentucky, Confederate Infantry, Jackman's lean Christmas was shared by thousands of other young American men in 1863.

Food supplies for the armies of the Civil War were usually limited to the basics and deprivations were common. If they filled their journals with reviews of their meals it was because these events were often the highlight of an otherwise dismal day.

In 1864, Jackman's Christmas holiday was a little brighter: fresh pork, baked sweet potatoes, hardtack.

scvcamp1962.org

THE VOICE OF THE

LT. GEORGE E. DIXON CAMP # 1962S o n s o f t h e

C o n f e d e r a t e V e t e r a n s

Christmas Dinner

THE DIXON

LEE JACKSONDINNER BALL

Make YourReservations

now!

THE DIXON BLUE LIGHT NEWS! PAGE2


NEW MEMBER

Amzy E. Hibler

Chief Financial Officer, Chevron Pipe Line Company

Amzy has served as Chief Financial Officer since August 2005 and is responsible for Finance, Accounting, Business Planning, Regulatory, Compliance and Supply Chain Management.

A native of Chicago, Illinois, Amzy graduated from the University of Texas in 1986 with a joint degree in Finance and Accounting. Amzy also holds a Master in Business Administration degree with a concentration in Marketing from the University of Houston and a Master of Science in Commercialization degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

During his career he has held increasingly senior positions in domestic and international accounting, audit, treasury, land accounting, commercial projects, accounting IT, worldwide exploration accounting & planning and corporate planning.

His ancestor is Fieldon Phelps Hibler, Pvt. Co. F, 18th TX Cav (Grandbury's TX Brigade).

JUDY STERAK

Judy had a Pacemaker installed at St. Elizebeth's in Belleville. The Dr. said

everything went well. The Heart Drs. have determined her Heart was the cause of her to fall and break her Femur last May. Keep her in your prayers.

Thanks, Joe

HECKER CAMP DINNER

Our Camp members had a wonderful time at the annual encampment dinner with our brothers from the Col. Hecker Camp #443 Good friends, good food and a good time. We had a w o n d e r f u l e v e n i n g o f fellowship with our brothers in Blue.

SHARON RED

Sharon Red is doing well following her foot surgery last month. She is up and around, and is becoming more mobile. Thanks for the thoughts and prayers.

Thanks, Gale and Sharon

FROM BETTY LAWRENCE

Betty Lawrence's father is holding his own for now. Betty thanks everyone for their thoughts and prayers for her dad and the family, and asks that they continue as he is still not out of the woods.

News from around the camp

Amzy Hibler



The members and friends of the Lt. George E. Dixon Camp # 1962, S.C.V., conducted their monthly Muster at 1830 hours on 1 November 2012 at the SWIC PSOP Center, 201 North Church Street, Belleville, IL, this being the 11th Muster of the year 2012.

CALL TO ORDER: 2 Lt Cmdr Phil Tate called the

meeting to order.

INVOCATION: Chaplain Johnny Kicklighter

provided the invocation.

PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS: The Color s were properly

displayed and presented by the Honor Guard under the leadership of the Sgt. of Arms. All in attendance recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States and the salute to the Confederate Flag.

COMMANDER'S WELCOME: 2"d Lt Cmdr Phil Tate welcomed

the Camp's members and guests.

SWEARING IN: John W. Morgan, Keysport,

Ancestor Private Alvin C. Taylor, Company E, 151h Arkansas Infantry.

Also sworn in as a Lady of the Golden Circle was Jane McKee.

ROLL CALL: Those present included: Bill

&Helen Altman, Bill & Janice Beasley, John & Marilyn Morgan, Steve Wheat, Ron Doran, Joe & Judy Starek, Walter Hall, Bill Boyd, Ralph Oelschlager, Brandon Baker, John & Jane McKee, JC Gideon, Johnny Kicklighter, Charles & Tom Sheeler, Tom Prince, Earl Armstrong, Phil Tate, Robert Hardy, Gale Red, Charles Knight.

MINUTES: The October minutes were

a p p rove d w i t h t h e f o l l o w i n g corrections:

Janice Beasley and Judy Starek discussed several Civil War events the Chester library.

In the "News from Around the Camp," Billy Altman visited Lloyd Tilghman Camp 1495. Motion made to approve by Billy Altman, 2nd by Ralph Oelschlager. Motioned carried.

FINANCIAL REPORT: We have $3853 .24 in the

checkbook. Motion was made motion to accept by Ron Doran, 2nd by Ralph Oelschlager. Motioned carried.

COMMUNICATIONS: We received an invitation from the

Hecker Camp, Commander Gary Ladd, to attend their annual dinner Nov 17 at 6 PM, Schiappa's Italian Restaurant in O'Fallon.

OLD BUSINESS: Phil Tate gave a report on the

Memorial service for William Wilson conducted at Shafter, IL on 20 Oct 2012. There were about 60 persons in attendance. Billy Altman spoke on the visit to Alpha Kappa order, University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO on 27 Oct 2012. Gale Red reported on the applications for SCV War Service Medal. Only two members have turned in applications for the medal so far. Gale Red reminded everyone of the Grand Ball to be held on 26 January 2013 at the Masonic Temple in Belleville.

NEW BUSINESS: Gale Red and Steve Wheat

reported on the honors given at the wake for Jim Benedict, Oct 31; 2012 at the Crawford Funeral Home, in Jerseyville. Six camp members partook of the event. Walter Hall reminded the veterans of the restaurants who are offering free meals to veterans on Veterans Day.

Minutes of the Dixon CampNOVEMBER 1, 2012



FORMAL PRESENTATION:

C o m p a t r i o t C h a r l e s Knight of the Sterling Price Camp in St. Louis presented a program called "Confederate Sea Raiders." He spoke at length on the creation a n d e m p l o y m e n t o f t h e Confederate Navy, the challenges of starting from scratch without adequate ship-building facilities and materials, purchasing ships and supplies from mainly England and France, and trying to break the Union blockade.

He talked about the need for ingenuity in the face of insurmountable odds. He also d i s c u s s e d t h e s u c c e s s e s o f

Confederate Sea Raiders and the far-reaching impact of their missions around the globe. His remarks were informative and interesting.

REFRESHMENTS: T h e r e f r e s h m e n t s w e r e

furnished by Billy & Helen Altman. Mark Morgan will bring drinks for December.

NEXT MEETING: Thursday, 6 December, 6:30

pm, same location.

BENEDICTION: Chaplain Johnny Kicklighter

provided the benediction.

ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 8:30

pm.

Minutes of the Dixon CampOCTOBER 4, 2012

Ron Laken, Johnny Kicklighter, Steve Wheat and Phil Tate at Jerseyville for Jim Benedict’s wake.

3-Dec Hammers, David L.

4-Dec Beasley, William H.

20-Dec Sheeler, Thomas E.

26-Dec Tulak, Arthur Noel

27-Dec Kicklighter, Jacob Ryan

28-Dec Booth, Samuel Calvin, Sr.

29-Dec Benedict, Matthew

HAPPY DIXIE BIRTHDAY!

Bill Beasly is 70 Years Young!



Minutes November 19, 2012 Squad East, George E Dixon Camp 1962

The November meeting of Squad East was called to order at 6:35 pm by Squad Commander Sgt. Marcus Pat Booth at Anthony’s Wild West Restaurant in Flora, Illinois. Chaplin Sam Booth provided the invocation. Pat Booth led the attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance and Salute to the Confederate Flag.

Roll was taken with the following members and guests present: Pat Booth, Josh Headlee, Sam Booth, Vernon DeSelmes, Robert Marley and guest, Patricia Marley, Gale Red, Walter Hall, and guest speaker, Roy Dent. Doug and Betty Lawrence of Keysport arrived later during the presentation of the program.

OLD BUSINESS: Robert Marley addressed the members thanking them for their participation in the memorial service for his Great , Great Uncle, William Wilson held October 20th, Fayette Co., IL.

NEW BUSINESS: Squad Commander Sgt. Marcus Booth informed the membership recruiting efforts are underway locally to increase the Squad East’s membership. Gale Red then appealed to the members present to get their reservations made for the Annual Lee/Jackson Ball to be held at the Masonic Temple in Belleville. The date and time are

January 26, 2013 at 6 pm. The street address is 225 E. “A” Street. Anyone planning on attending needs to get their information and money to Adjutant Red as soon as possible. Our December 17th 2012 meeting will be similar to last year in that members and wives will meet for a Holiday meal and camaraderie with no formal program to be presented. To n i g h t ’ s P r o g r a m : Presented by Roy Dent, A t t o r n e y a t L a w f r o m Charleston, Illinois. The topic was Civil Liberties In Times Of War: The Suspension of the Writ Of Habeas Corpus during the Civil War.

During the course of the meeting Mr. Dent informed the members present of the origin of the Writ of Habeas Corpus. How the rights of the citizenry were affected on both sides of the Conflict by their own governments. Mr. Dent discussed the legalities or the lack of, in some instances which occurred during the Civil War involving the Writ. While it was a presentation of historic facts, the program was also thought provoking of how it could and does apply to American citizens today. The meeting was closed at 8:40 with a prayer delivered by Chaplin Sam Booth.

Mr. Dent discussed the legalities or the

lack of, in some instances which

occurred during the Civil War involving

the Writ. While it was a presentation of historic facts, the program was also

thought provoking of how it could and does

apply to American citizens today

Minutes of Squad EastNOVEMBER 19, 2012

Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus

THE BLUE LIGHT NEWS! PAGE6


Compatriots –

The end of the second year of the War Between the States found both sides still battling back and forth. Despite the onset of winter, the operations ranged far and wide with a number of arguably “minor” clashes leavened by two of the biggest fights of the war. One of the latter took place about mid-month, with the other initiating on New Years Eve.

However, the month also held a decidedly political tone. On 1 December, President Abraham Lincoln proposed three amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America. The first would grant freedom for all slaves on the continent on a gradual basis, with full freedom not taking place until 1900 (!). The second proposed amendment would guarantee the postwar freedom of all slaves set free during the conflict, while the third guaranteed US government payment for the transportation of former slaves back to Africa or some other location of their choice (“consensual colonization”). The president had no way of knowing the Congressional battle over his proposed amendments would run nearly two years.

On the 6th, the President authorized the hanging of 39 Santee in Minnesota, a result of the violent mid-year uprising of several Sioux bands against reservation life, driven by famine and poor treatment by government officials. The “Dakota War” cost several hundred Indian and settler lives - including 500 settlers alone in the town of New Ulm, Minnesota - before Union and militia troops under the command of Maj Gen John Pope put down the uprising. Over 1000 Sioux were taken into captivity with the 300 sentenced to death by hanging; 38 were actually hung in Mankato the day after Christmas, marking the single largest mass execution in US history. Within the year, the government forced the relocation of all remaining Sioux to reservations in Nebraska and the Dakotas.

As for the confrontations between Confederate and Union forces, Southern cavalry commanders Col John Hunt Morgan and Maj Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest did their part to maintain confusion among northern forces in the western and central parts of the Confederacy.

Early in the month Col Morgan - under the direct orders of Army of

Tennessee commanding general Braxton Bragg - took his 1300 troopers and headed north towards Nashville to disrupt Maj Gen William Rosecrans’ Army of the Cumberland. On 7

December, Morgan’s men fell on the Union 39th Brigade, Col Absalom Moore, at Hartsville, TN. Taken completely by surprise, the northerners sustained 58 casualties; Morgan captured over 1800 as well as a heavily loaded supply train. Shortly afterwards Morgan received a promotion to brigadier general in recognition of his feat; the president himself, Jefferson Davis, presented Morgan with his promotion during a visit in the vicinity of Murfreesboro. The month ended with Morgan’s command on the prowl again, this time in Kentucky.

Nathan Bedford Forrest

The end of the second year of the War Between the States

COMMANDER’S DISPATCH ~ BY COMMANDER MARK MORGAN

THE BLUE LIGHT NEWS! PAGE7


While all of this was going on, the South’s political and military commanders mulled over plans to blunt and hopefully defeat Maj Gen U.S. Grant’s expected attempt on Vicksburg. Forrest and his men launched their first raid into Tennessee on 11 December, once again with the intent of disrupting Grant’s supplies and lines of communication. On the 17th, Forrest’s cavalrymen overwhelmed a Union cavalry detachment at Lexington, TN, followed by the capture of the important rail junction of Trenton, TN, on the 20th. Unfortunately, the month ended poorly for Forrest’s command; on 31 January at Parker’s Crossroads, east of Jackson, two converging Union columns nearly pinned the Southerners. The Confederate commander was in the middle of negotiating the surrender of one Yankee brigade, commanded by Col Cyrus Dunham, when a second brigade of Ohioans under Col John Fuller fell upon Forrest’s rear, capturing most of his artillery and 300 men. Forrest issued his famous “Charge them both ways!” order and fought his way out to a crossing of the Tennessee River.

In and around Confederate disruptions in the rear and the requisite dispatching of infantry and cavalry in pursuit of Morgan and Forrest, General Grant continued his preparations for an overland assault on Vicksburg. On the 18th he reorganized the Army of Tennessee into four corps - XIII, XV, XVI and XVII - commanded by Maj Gen (and Illinois politician) John

McLernand, Maj Gen William T. Sherman, Maj Gen Stephen Hurlbut and Maj Gen James McPherson respectively. Two days later, Maj Gen Earl van Dorn staged his wildly successful raid on Grant’s supply base in Holly Springs, MS, forcing Grant to reconsider moving overland towards Vicksburg (note: Van Dorn’s attack took place on 20 December, not 13 November; my apology for getting the date wrong in last month’s Blue Light).

Right about the time of the Holly Springs fracas, Grant decided to send the XV Corps under Sherman to Vicksburg via the Mississippi River. Sherman’s corps landed at Chickasaw Bayou on the north side of Vicksburg on the 26th and the next day attempted his own overland invasion of the Confederate fortress…moving through muck and mud for an assault UP a bluff, into well entrenched and armed Southerners. Notably, one of the CSA division commanders Sherman faced in the battle was Brig Gen Stephen Dill Lee. Bogged down, beaten and generally unhappy with the circumstances (although he complemented his men’s spirit), General Sherman pulled his corps out of the Bayou on 2 January. Sherman later reported to his superiors, “I reached Vicksburg at the time appointed, landed, assaulted and failed.”

Continue reading in the Expanded Edition...

Forrest issued his famous “Charge them both ways!”

order and fought his way out to a

crossing of the Tennessee River.


Parkers Crossroads



While all of the above took place “out west,” an event took place mid-month in the eastern theater which dominated the attention of the two nations. In early December, the Army of the Potomac under Maj Gen Ambrose Burnside arrived on the Rappahanock River opposite Fredericksburg, Virginia (the first units started showing up in the vicinity in mid-November). Having only recently relieved George McClellan, Burnside had started moving troops south towards Fredericksburg in mid-November. General Robert E. Lee easily determined what was coming - a crossing of the river, followed by an immediate move on Richmond - and, starting with the arrival of Longstreet’s Corps in mid-November, heavily entrenched and fortified Marye’s Heights to the south of town.

On 11 December, Army of the Potomac engineers started building pontoon bridges across the Rappahanock while under fire from a brigade of Mississippians under William Barksdale; the engineers paid a stiff price but managed to get the bridges across, although in the process Burnside’s artillery devastated Fredericksburg. On the 12th the Union army started moving over by bridge and boat and quickly occupied the

town, again under heavy fire; the occupation of the city marked one of the rare circumstances of house-to-house fighting in the War Between the States, as the Mississippians only gave ground grudgingly.

On the 12th, Burnside’s forces started moving toward Prospect Hill and Marye’s Heights. Longstreet’s Corps shifted to the north to cover five miles of front, while “Stonewall” Jackson’s infantry and artillery took positions to the south. In front of them, along Telegraph Road, a Georgia brigade commanded by Brig Gen Thomas R.R. Cobb watched for the advancing Yankees.

General Burnside issued his attack orders early on the 13th and the bluecoats started fighting their way up the heights in miserable, foggy weather. Maj Gen Edwin Sumner, commander of Burnside’s Right Grand Division, followed his commander’s orders to the letter and initially sent in a single division of 4500 men up Prospect Hill, Pennsylvanians under the command of Maj Gen George G. Meade. They quickly came under artillery fire from Maj John Pelham’s two-gun battery, followed by slashing fire by Jackson’s artillery. After initially taking cover, the men rallied under Meade, fixed

bayonets and charged up the hill, colliding with a brigade from South Carolina and killing its commander, Brig Gen Maxcy Gregg. Jackson ordered in reinforcements and the exhausted Northerners were forced back; one Union soldier later wrote, “The action was close-handed and men fell like leaves in autumn. It seems miraculous that any of us escaped at all.”

Burnside then ordered Sumner to throw his entire grand division at Marye’s Heights and its stone wall. Accurate cannon and rifle fire from the Confederate positions decimated the attackers, who were forced back. Burnside and Sumner kept ordering in division; each, in turn was decimated, sustaining over 3000 casualties in only an hour. Not a single Yankee reached the stone wall on Marye’s Heights.

The Union attacks continued into the night; all failed. In the span of one day’s battle, the Army of the Potomac sustained 12,600 killed, wounded or missing, the majority of them falling in the attack on the stone wall. US Army senior losses included a Pennsylvania brigade commander, Brig Gen Conrad Feger Jackson, as well as Left Grand Division Chief of Cavalry Brig Gen George Bayard.




A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME AND MY WIFE.

As you know we live in The Netherlands and we (try to) do some re-enactment, actually it is more a kind of dressing up as a Confederate soldier on weekends. It is more living history than re-enacting.

In The Netherlands there are Western Weekends where cowboy and Civil War re-enactors meet. Most of the times this is arranged in a weekend with a (Black Powder) shooting contest. As there are not too many people doing American 19th century re-enactment or LARP, you can see trappers from the early part but also cowboys from the latter part of the 19th century.

My wife runs a Sutler store on those weekends. We provide the hobbyists with items for the 19th century era.All kinds of items from the smallest button to complete Civil War outfits.We dress like shopkeepers from that time and I have outfits for a ‘cowboy’, shopkeeper, Mexican farmer, Civil War soldier.(Confederate Private) My sympathy lies with the Confederacy and I try to ‘be’ an Eastern Tennessee soldier. I figured out some historical information and came out to be a member of the 19th Tenn Co B.

There happens to be a re-enactment group doing that too.

I have contacted them to get more correct historical (uniform) data, but somehow they seem to be a bit reluctant to give that or assist me. So I am working on that.At the weekends where we set up as Sutlers (“Daisy’s Store”) most of the time I am talking to and with people who are interested to know more about the Civil War and I try to learn from them.

This seems to be about the same what you describe as what the SCV is doing. On a much smaller scale though.I love talking about the Civil War and learning about it.

When the Civil War interest began to grow in me in the 80’s we started to visit Civil War museums, battlefields etc.(Some times my wife would carefully say to me: We have visited 2 or 3 battlefields/museums today, maybe we can see something else tomorrow???)I loved to visit those places and talk to rangers, re-enactors etc and I learned a lot.

Well, you know more about me/us now. Regards, Hans Hendriksen

“My sympathy lies with the

Confederacy and I try to ‘be’ an Eastern Tennessee

soldier.”

Hans HendriksenKNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

Hans Hendriksen



I would like to recommend another book from The Confederate Reprint Co. " A Southside View of Slavery" was written in 1854 by Nehemiah Adams, who was a New England, Boston, clergyman, who prior to his book, had been involved with other New England ministers in activities opposing slavery. Rev. Adams writes that he spent three months in several Southern states for health reasons, and he then based his writings about his eye-witness experience with slavery.

`He admits that he was not looking forward to the trip because he was sure that his heart would be broken by seeing the entire black population "cowed down" in "forced servitude". Rev. Adams expected to see slavery in this horrible manner because " our books , s e r mons, l ec ture s , and newspaper articles all tell us how the Southern blacks are badly abused"

Rev. Adams gives us numerous accounts of what he actually saw. To his surprise, he saw slaves laughing, and actually enjoying life. As a minister he writes much about the Christian values of the slaves, and their education and freedoms extended to them by the Southern society. Rev Adams writes of his surprises he witnesses in regard to the work conditions of the slaves. He speaks of the liberties given to the slaves, often allowed to work for

themselves, earning money which they can keep for their own use. He notes comparisons not just of working conditions, but of housing, clothing, religious convictions, poverty, and general happiness with the New England working class back in his home area.

He takes note of the Southern laws and customs in fair treatment and c a r e o f t h e s l ave s , a n d h o w mistreatment of slaves by an owner does not go unpunished, and owners are obligated to give life long care to slaves, even after age or health no longer allows them to work. Rev Adams is especially struck by how blacks and whites socialize together, worshiping in the same churches, working and playing together in day to day interactions, which he admits would not be accepted in the more "segregated" north.

But, after these many pleasant surprises, Rev. Adams writes that he came to see the most evils of slavery, so he thought, when he witnessed slave sales. He speaks of seeing an infant, one year old girl, being sold, without her mother !! Then, a 14 yr. old girl being sold from her mother. I don't want to give you all the details, you need to read the book about these actual accounts of Southern slave sales.

I w i l l mention that in the case of the infant, it was because her mother had been owned by a man in Connecticut [ yes, if you read history, you learn that few nor ther n s ta te s ended s l aver y immediately, instead giving their slave owners several years to sell their slaves].

This Yankee slave owner had sold his female slave to a Southerner, and he then laid claim to the child because her mother had been pregnant at the time her sale. The Southern County by law was obligated to hold the sale. The Southern owner of the mom and the Southern community, including the

A Southside View of Slavery BY DOUG LAWRENCE

A Southside View of Slavery



county Sheriff made sure that the child was reunited with her mother.

Rev Adams notes that most of the slave sales he witnessed, the communities worked to make sure that slave families were not separated, and in many cases, the slaves themselves were able to help decide where they were to go. Remember, this book was written by a northern minister who was an eye witness to Southern slavery in the 1850's.

He admits that he never changes his mind that slavery is wrong. He also notes that the most common expression he heard about slavery in the South was that it is " a great curse" and he realizes that ending slavery is not as simple as he had thought while sitting in his Boston church.

One last note, Rev Adams mentions the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which was fiction written by an author with very little first hand knowledge of slavery. I find it interesting that Uncle Tom's Cabin, even today, is so well known, and even accepted as fact, and Rev Adams book, written by an anti-slavery New England minister based on his first hand experience, has been so rarely read. Again, political correctness and agenda based emotions seems to have trumped actual facts and truths.

Deo Vindice,Doug Lawrence

Again, political correctness and agenda based

emotions seems to have trumped actual

facts and truths.

A Southside View of Slavery BY DOUG LAWRENCE

Nehemiah Adams

Lee JacksonDinner BallMake your

Reservations now!

Reservation Form for SCV Lee/Jackson Grand Ball, January 26, 2013Make check payable to: Lt. George E. Dixon Camp #1962Due: January 12, 2013 (no extensions or refunds after this date)Name (please print): _________________________________________________________Name (please print): _________________________________________________________Address (please print): _______________________________________________________Cell/Phone Number: _______________________________________________________Number Attending: _______ @ $30.00/person. Payment for $____________ enclosed.

Please mail reservation form/payment to: Adjutant Gale Red5 Hunters Pt

O'Fallon IL 62269-3133

THE DIXON BLUE LIGHT NEWS

Contacts

Mark MorganCommander

[email protected]

Gale RedAdjutant

[email protected]

John FultonAssistant Adjutant

[email protected]

Johnny Kicklighter Web Master

[email protected]

THE VOICE OF THELT. GEORGE E. DIXON CAMP # 1962S o n s o f t h eC o n f e d e r a t e V e t e r a n s

Lt. George E. Dixon

OUR NEXT MEETING, DECEMBER 6, 2012

The monthly meeting of the Lt. George E. Dixon Camp #1962, SCV will be held at 6:30 pm on Thursday

evening December 6, 2012. The meeting will be held at the SWIC Senior Citizen Center on the corner of East B and North Church Streets, in Belleville. Parking is available immediately across the street from the building. The

building is located at 201 North Church, just three blocks east of North Illinois on East B. To get to the

auditorium where we will have the meeting, ask the gentleman at the desk what room we are in. If you have any questions, call Gale Red for directions at 618-622-8949.

Our guest speaker will be Mark Morgan, December 1862

mailto:[email protected]








Documents

THE DIXON BLUE LIGHT NEWS - Lt. George E. Dixon · 26-Dec Tulak, Arthur Noel 27-Dec Kicklighter, Jacob Ryan 28-Dec Booth, Samuel Calvin, Sr. 29-Dec Benedict, Matthew HAPPY DIXIE BIRTHDAY!