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1 The Monthly Rebel Banner The newsletter of Sons of Confederate Veterans Murfreesboro Camp # SCV Camp of the Year Sesquicentennial of The Cause for Southern Independence Volume 16 No. 9 October 2017 THIS MONTH IN OLD DIXIELAND! Compatriots, Thanks to everyone that was able to help with the Sam Davis Home Heritage days event, it is important to have members that can give school demonstrations. We will have reenactors at the annual Ghost Tours, if you are interested in participating it would be appreciated. We had a great win at the Tennessee Historical Commission meeting in Athens Tennessee. They denied Memphis s petition for a waiver to move the Forrest monument. This is far from over, and the petition from MTSU to rename Forrest hall will be heard at some point. The next THC meeting will be on Friday February 16th in Nashville, more details will be in an upcoming newsletter. At our past Officer meeting we have decided to go to a bi-monthly newsletter, our dues do not cover the postage per member per year and it will make it easier as far as the work and time that is put into it. It takes several hours per month to write, print and process this newsletter. There will be a protest in Murfreesboro on October 28th, the best advice is do not be anywhere close to this! If you have a suggestion for a speaker, please contact 1st Lieutenant Commander James Forbes at: jforbesjr@comcast.net. Also, if you have an article that you would like to write for this newsletter, it to: jasonboshers@charter.net I would like to challenge each of you to recruit one new member this next year, give an SCV membership to a family member for a gift. However you do it, bring someone into the SCV! Keep on Recruiting! Hooray for Dixie, Ole Confed Sam Davis Home Ghost Tours. The Sam Davis home will have it s annual Ghost tours on October and 27-28, 7pm until 10pm each night. We will have reenactors doing a skirmish as part of the hayride, come out for a night of fun. Cannonsburg Heritage days. We will have a table set up at the annual Cannonsburg Village Heritage days on Saturday October 28th from 9 am until 4pm. Reenactors are welcomed to attend, bring all of your gear or stop by and help recruit a new member. Sam Davis a Hero Remembered! Sam Davis a Hero Remembered will be held from November 18-25th at the Sam Davis home on Smyrna. This week commemorates the dates from when Sam was captured until his execution. On Saturday November 18th there will be a day of special events with a historical talk, living history and a Ghost walk that tells the story of Sam Davis. Sunday November 19th, there will be a memorial service at the grave site of Sam Davis.

2 Murfreesboro Camp #33 Officers Camp Commander Mike Puckett st Lieutenant Commander James Forbes, Jr nd Lieutenant Commander Peyton Hall rd Lieutenant Commander Caleb Stephens Lieutenant Commander Emeritus Ted Stovall Judge Advocate Greg Tucker Adjutant James G. Patterson Newsletter Editor Jason Boshers Webmaster Robert Lee Woolfolk Chaplain Dr. Steve Murphree Surgeon Richard Hunter Cemetery Committee Chairman Jason Boshers Monument Committee Chairman Brian Corley Education Committee Chairman James G. Patterson Color Sergeant Kurt Huskey Sergeant at Arms Paul Judd Historian Bruce Gibson Visit us online at: or Like us on Facebook Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp #33 Camp Meetings Murfreesboro Camp #33 is a descendant Camp the Joseph Palmer Bivouac No. 10 UCV, which was chartered on September The meetings are on the fourth Tuesday on the month (except for December which is on the second Tuesday) at 7:00 PM at the Heritage Center located at 225 W College St, Murfreesboro, TN. Our Next Meeting will be October 24th Our speaker for the October Camp Meeting will be National Chief of Heritage Operations Carl Jones Salute to the Confederate Flag I salute the Confederate flag with affection, reverence, and undying devotion, to the Cause for which it stands. Edward Ward Carmack's Pledge To The South "The SOUTH is a land that has known sorrows; it is a land that has broken the ashen crust and moistened it with tears; a land scarred and riven by the plowshare of war and billowed with the graves of her dead; but a land of legend, a land of song, a land of hallowed and heroic memories. "To that land every drop of my blood, every fiber of my being, every pulsation of my heart, is consecrated forever. I was born of her womb; I was nurtured at her breast; and when my last hour shall come, I pray GOD that I may be pillowed upon her bosom and rocked to sleep within her tender and encircling arms."

3 Welcome To Our Newest Member Brian Cochran Brian is joining on his 4x Great Uncle Private Robert Silas Cochran, Co. B, 5th Alabama Cavalry Regiment. Bret Hawkins Bret joining on his Great Grandfather, 2nd Lieutenant William White Massey Co. E, 35th Regiment (5th Infantry) 1st Mountain Rifles. We welcome both of these gentlemen to the SCV. Important!!! Dues are now late!! Everyone received a dues notice in August, the new grace period was changed to September 1st which has now passed. We have had an outstanding number of renewals with the new dats, however there are about 25 members that have not paid their dues. If you have not, please send in your dues as soon as possible. SCV 33 Race truck! The Nashville Speedway race season is over! Our Camp # 33 driver Joshua Stephens, had a good season especially since it was his first year on the big track. He finished the year 7th in points, he will go at it again next year. Thanks to everyone that was able to work on the truck and came out to support the truck. Boogety, Boogety, Boogety let s go racin! SCV Camp No. 33 polo shirts We are going to be taking orders for SCV Camp #33 logo polo shirts, there is a minimum order of 24 shirts. Since these are going to be custom, we will not be ordering extras. The price will be as follows: Shirt with embroider: $27.00, XXL add $1.50, XXXL add $2.50, name on opposite side add $7.00, pocket shirt add $2.00. If you order a pocket shirt, the logo will be above the pocket so keep that in mind as it will be somewhat higher than the ones without a pocket. The shirts will be grey with the logo on the left, Murfreesboro above and Camp No. 33 below the logo. If you order the shirt with your name on it, it will be on the right. Amazon Smile fundraising program. Most everyone uses Amazon to order stuff online these days, you can help to raise money for the SCV Tennessee Division by registering with the Amazon Smile program. You will still log in as usual with your existing password and Amazon will donate.5% of your eligible purchase to the Tennessee Division. Go to: smile.amazon.com and select; Sons of Confederate Veterans- Tennessee Division Camp #33 Member businesses. This is a new section of our monthly newsletter. If you want your business included all of the details, to: mboroscv33@aol.com Smotherman s Antiques 316 N. Front Street, Murfreesboro TN Buying and selling antique furniture, auto, motorcycles, guns & military memorabilia randysmotherman@mail.com

4 Calendar of Events! October 4 th 1863, General Joe Wheeler attacks Fortress Rosecrans 6 th Sam Davis birthday 9 th Columbus day 28 th, Harvest festival, Cannonsburg village 28 th, 1 st Turkey shoot 20, 21 & 27, 28 Sam Davis Home Haunted hayrides 31 st Halloween November 1 st, 1825 General Joseph Palmer birthday 11 th Veterans Day 24 th Thanksgiving th Sam Davis event, a Hero Remembered 27 th Winstead Hill march, Franklin TN December 2 nd, last Turkey shoot 17 th 1864, General Forrest Battle of the Cedars 13 th, 1862 Confederate President Jefferson Davis visits Murfreesboro 14 th, 1862 Confederate General John Hunt Morgan/ Mattie Ready wedding Smyrna Christmas parade Eagleville Christmas parade Murfreesboro Christmas parade 21 st First day of winter 25 th Christmas day 31 st Battle of Murfreesboro memorial service 31 st 1862, Battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River) begins January nd 1863, Battle of Murfreesboro ends The Charge To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit the vindication of the cause for which we 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." Remember, it is your duty to see that the true history of the South is presented to future generations. Lt. Gen. S.D. Lee Commander in Chief UCV at the 1906 Reunion, New Orleans Louisiana The Sesquicentennial might be over, but the battle rages on. Do you have any Rebel left in you or are you going to be Reconstructed?

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6 The Monthly Rebel Banner Newsletter of Sons of Confederate Veterans Murfreesboro Camp # 33 P.O. Box 1915 Murfreesboro, TN May God Save Dixie!!!!!!! To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit the vindication of the cause for which we 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." Remember, it is your duty to see that the true history of the South is presented to future generations. The Charge given by Lt. Gen. S.D. Lee Commander in Chief UCV at the 1906 Reunion, New Orleans Louisiana