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The monthly Newsletter of the Capt. J.J. Dickison Camp 1387, 10th Brigade, Florida Division, Army of Tennessee, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Melbourne Florida

Vol. 33 No. 9 September 2014 Chartered 28 March 1981 Editor Don Young *************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************September 2014 MEETING MEMAW’s BBQ 600 East Eau Gallie Blvd. Indian Harbour Beach, Florida 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Order from menu 7:00 – 8:00 Program 8:00 – 8:45 Business Meeting. Meetings are the fourth Thursday of each month. Male descendants of men who served the Confederacy, their wives and others interested in the War For Southern Independence are invited to attend. CAMP OFFICERS CAMP STAFF Chaplain Tim Cobb 321-259-8391 Color Sgt Evan Phillips 321-961-9407 Treasurer Tom Watkins 321-254-0241 Q’termaster Marc Thornton 321-698-4550 2nd Lt. Rick Still 321-984-9967 Judge Advocate Don Lock 321-752-9276 1st Lt. Don Young 321-452-3207 PIO Larry Thornton 321-208-1765 Adjutant Rick DeBord 321-631-7258 Editor Don Young 321-452-3207 Commander Kevin Atchison 321-242-1126 Heritage Don Young 321-452-3207

Recording Sec. Miss June 321-984-9967 COMMANDERS CORNER UDC/OCR Liaison Miss Lee 321-452-3207

I would like to thank Justin Murrell for a great program on “Reconstruction". I think everyone can see how our nation is still suffering from all of the injustices that occurred during this period in the south. We will be looking forward to hearing from Justin in the future as he continues his program on the "KKK". This month we have back Larry Thornton and his continuing series on what happen to John W. Booth after the assassination of Lincoln. You will not want to miss this. I have announced Rob Murray, Marc Thornton and Rick Debord as the Nominating Committee for 2014. The committee is charged with presenting one candidate for each camp elected position in accordance with Camp Bylaws.

Our camp will be presenting a living history display at the Rifles, Rails, and History event in Tavares during 27-29 September. Everyone is encouraged to attend one of the days. More information on this event can be found on the Florida Division Website at http://www.florida-scv.org . Finally, Dues are Due. Camp Adjutant Rick DeBord has collected almost all of our member's dues. Thanks to everyone for getting their dues to Rick before final deadline. In service to the South, Kevin Atchison Commander Camp 1387 *************************************************************************** EVENTS Sep 26-28 Rifles, Rails & History at Lake Dora in Tavares 09 Oct. Camp Executive Committee Meeting 11 Oct. The Dilemma with Al Stone as RE Lee 25 Oct. Camp Meeting 15 Nov. Officers Call SE Region *************************************************************************** PROGRAM

John Wilkes Booth – Capture to … India

Compatriot Larry Thornton will return for part 2 of Booth and the Lincoln assassination. There is creditable information that Booth was not the man killed in the barn, that he escaped the manhunt and lived out his life in India. Come and hear Larry give us the details and explain what and why these events occurred.

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http://www.riflesrailsandhistory.com/ for schedules and maps.

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by Jessica Jones Mattie Clyburn Rice is the second black "Real Daughter" to be recognized by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, an organization that was once exclusively for whites. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. It's of particular importance to the United Daughters of the Confederacy, an organization for female descendants of Confederate soldiers. The group includes 23 elderly women who are the last living daughters of those who served. One of them is black. Mattie Clyburn Rice, 88, spent years searching through archives to prove her father was a black Confederate. As she leafs through a notebook filled with official-looking papers, Rice stops to read a faded photocopy with details of her father's military service. "At Hilton Head while under fire of the enemy, he carried his master out of the field of fire on his shoulder, that he performed personal service for Robert E. Lee. That was his pension record," Rice says. Rice's father, Weary Clyburn, applied for a Confederate pension in 1926, when he was about 85. Rice was 4 years old then, the daughter of a young mother and an elderly father who regaled her with stories of his time spent in South Carolina's 12th Volunteer Unit. But when Rice repeated those stories as an adult, she was accused of spreading tall tales. "Nobody believed me. Nobody. Not even the children," she says. "They are just beginning to believe, 'cause now they see it in print." Friends and family members doubted that Rice's father, who was born a slave, supported Confederates. Military leaders also didn't officially enlist blacks until the very tail end of the war. But once Rice found her father's pension application in North Carolina's state archives, Civil War groups started calling. United Daughters of the Confederacy member Gail Crosby keeps track of soldiers' daughters — officially called "Real Daughters" — for the group. Crosby says she was thrilled to invite Rice to join. "We're always so excited when we find any Real Daughter, and immediately I found a chapter in her area, let the chapter know that we had this lady," she says. Rice is the second black Real Daughter to be recognized by an organization that was once exclusively for white women. Yet some progressive historians and Civil War buffs frown at her father's story. They say the very term "black Confederate" supports the notion that the Civil War wasn't about slavery. Even so, University of North Carolina history professor Fitz Brundage says the contributions of enslaved blacks to the war effort should be recognized. "If Southern states in the early 20th century had given pensions to all the African-Americans who, as slaves, were conscripted to build trenches, work on railroads [and] do all manner of

heavy labor for the Confederate war cause, there should've been tens of thousands of African-Americans who received pensions," he says. But, Rice says, her father went to war willingly, though his story is complicated. He ran away with his best friend, who was white and the son of his master. Rice says no matter how historians view that narrative, she's glad she proved her father contributed to the Confederate cause. "I wanted the world to know what he did," she says. Rice says she never could have imagined joining the United Daughters of the Confederacy as a young woman growing up in the Jim Crow South. But she says times have changed: Not only is she a member, but two of her daughters are as well. History Passes Away by Rev. Dr. W. Herman White, Chaplain N C. Division SCV.

It is my sad duty to inform you that Real Daughter Mattie Clyburn Rice passed away at about 3 p m September 1 in Hospice House in High Point, N. C. Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers as they make plans for her funeral. Please post this and share among your camps so as many as possible can be informed of the loss of one of the bright stars of honoring our Confederate heritage. God Bless. *************************************************************************** The Dilemma featureing Al Stone as General Robert E. Lee

Presented by Camp 1680 Florida Cow Cavalry

This presentation will bring a first person introspective on General Robert E. Lee’s decision to leave the Union Army and fight for his home state of Virginia. Al has portrayed General Robert E. Lee in classroom settings, at award ceremonies, church gatherings, reenactments, Chautauquas, on theater stages and other special occasions. Selected to portray Gen. Lee in the documentary titled "April 1865" for the History Channel, he has been described by Civil War reenactors and historians alike as presenting the "most accurate impression of General Lee in the union today". The uniform worn by Al is an exact replica of that worn daily during the contest by General Lee. Every step has been taken to be authentic, and a visit to the Confederate museum in Richmond will testify as to the authenticity of the apparel worn, down to the hand made red Russian leather belt. It’s Al’s intent to provide you a memorable visit with the venerable Robert E. Lee, General, CSA. This may be the last time to see Al in Florida as he will be retiring as the General in 2015. Where: Tabernacle Ministries 51 Old Dixie Hwy, Vero Beach, FL 32962 When: October 11, 2014 6 : 0 0 p m . C o n t a c t : We s l e y F r a n k Rebdoctor@aol.com or 321-537-7481 ! Cost: $15.00 per person ADVANCED TICKET SALES RECOMMENDED *****************************************************************

Ole Miss and the New Bigots By Ben Jones, Chairman SCV Heritage Committee The brilliant editor H.L. Mencken had a way of being succinct that sparkled with wit. "There is no idea so stupid that you can't find a professor who will believe it," he remarked. Mencken would have a field day with the recent actions of the University of Mississippi. If you have ever wondered why academia is often the butt of ridicule and humor, you need only to read the report from Ole Miss President Dan Jones entitled, "Action Plan on Consultant Reports and Update on the Work of the Sensitivity and Respect Committee." We are told that the Extended Sensitivity and Respect Committee has decided that the new Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion will work with the Institute for Racial Diversity and the new Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement. Fellow compatriots, I am not making this up. This is not a satire, this is what the taxpayers of Mississippi are dishing out their hard-earned money to pay for. President Jones further stated, "It is my hope that the steps outlined here reflecting the hard work of University committees and our consultants will prove valuable in making us a stronger and healthier university, bringing us closer to our goal of being a warm and welcoming place for

every person, every day, regardless of race, religion, preference, country of origin, ability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or gender expression." In my opinion, this is an as astounding a demonstration of politically correct, "feel-good", unadulterated hogwash as has ever been uttered by a man on the public payroll. And having spent four years in the United States Congress, I have heard some world-class hogwash in my day. President Jones, sounding a lot like Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, has listed every possible group that might be sensitive to not being "included" in this unlimited "diversity", even one I've never heard of: "gender expression." Well, whatever that means, I figure it is o.k. if one expresses their gender at Ole Miss. There is one very large group that is not included, however. It is those of us whose ancestors fought for the Confederacy during the War Between the States. There are over 70 million of us, but it is as if we do not exist, or have deep feelings toward our forefathers. In fact, without a straightforward explanation, the famous Oxford street named Confederate Drive is being renamed by these academics in the name of "inclusion". That intentional insult puts the lie to any pretense of "inclusion" or of respect or of diversity on the part of the University of Mississippi. The Confederacy existed. Thousands of young Mississippians died for it. That conflict has been the crucible event of American history. Everything before led up to it. Everything after has been influenced by it. The entire student body of the University of Mississippi enlisted in the Confederate Army and those young men suffered 100% casualties. That war is an historical reality and we do not flinch from that reality and its consequences. Those men and their descendants built the University and kept it going through good times and bad, and through the social changes of the past 150 years. That street was named for those brave young students. The University, in its narrow-minded rush to be politically correct, has banished that little bit of respect by renaming Confederate Drive. In their sanctimonious zeal, they have demeaned the honor and reputation of our ancestors. In the last fifty years or so we have witnessed a truly remarkable revolution in race relations in the South. Where once there was Jim Crow and strict segregation, there is now a multi-cultural society that has the fastest growing economy in the United States. Men and women of good hearts have come together in brotherhood and cooperation to enjoy racial relations that are an exemplar for other regions. This "bridge-building" has been built on an acceptance of the past and the promise of a shared future, not the divisive finger-pointing of the academics and the politicians. These politically correct crusaders are practicing a new kind of bigotry. It is a movement that demonizes the Confederacy and lays the sins of America entirely upon the South. If they continue to have their way, they would eradicate every vestige of our cultural history. They ask for respect but give none. Once again, we must make our voices heard in every way possible. We must demand the respect that our families deserve. We are the last line of defense for the dignity that our ancestors earned.

*************************************************************************** George Washington Custis Lee At Washington Lee University by Grayson Jennings VA Flaggers

Burials at Lee Chapel: George Washington Custis Lee, Henry Lee III, Mary Anna Custis Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert E. Lee, Jr., Traveller Horse http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/burials-at-lee-chapel-source-wikipedia/1116562248?ean=9781156343753 Desecrating the LEE Chapel by removing the Confederate Battle flags placed there in 1930 dishonored ALL Confederate veterans, especially the hundreds with direct connections to the university, including Gen. George Washington Custis Lee, whose birthday was marked this week. Born September 16, 1832, he served 26 years as the 9th President of Washington and Lee University, following the death of his father in 1870. "Custis Lee" as he was called by his family, is also buried in the family crypt below the Chapel. Upon his death, on Feb. 18, 1913, University trustees resolved that "his administration witnessed periods of depression in the affairs of the University calculated to make the stoutest heart lose courage; yet at no time did he lose confidence in the work to which he put his hand." http://www.wlu.edu/presidents-office/about-the-presidents-office/history-and-governance/past-presidents/george-washington-custis-lee Just over 100 years after his death, the university saw fit to capitulate to the demands of 6 agitators, rather than defend the honor and sacred memory of Custis Lee, his father, and hundreds of other Confederate Veterans. LEXINGTON FLAGGING REPORT The Va Flaggers traveled to Lexington for three days of Flagging Washington & Lee University last weekend. It was VMI's homecoming and the streets and sidewalks were packed with students, parent, and alumni, almost all of whom offered their enthusiastic support.

While the weather offered some challenges, our Flaggers were determined, and they had the chance to talk with many citizens, students and tourists about the desecration of the LEE Chapel by university officials. On this trip, we were told by Chapel docents that they know, for a fact, that Robert E. Lee specifically did not want Confederate flags at his funeral. When asked for documentation of this claim, none was provided. The gentle lady simply said that "that was what they have been told to tell visitors who inquire about the missing flags.

It is certainly sad, but not unexpected, that these types of statements are being fabricated to try and "explain away" the desecration of the Chapel. Follow our blog: http://vaflaggers.blogspot.com/

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