"First at Bethel, farthest to the front at Gettysburg and Chickamauga, last at Appomattox"

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1 Sons of Confederate Veterans Durham, North Carolina October 2016 Published in Occupied North Carolina Winner of the Colonel Leonidas LaFayette Polk Award for the best Camp newsletter in the North Carolina Division in 2007, 2008, 2012 and runner up "First at Bethel, farthest to the front at Gettysburg and Chickamauga, last at Appomattox" Commander: Douglas W. Nash, Jr. Lt. Commander: William G. O Quinn Adjutant/Treasurer: Thomas M. Beach Chaplain: David T. Patterson Parliamentarian: Stewart Dunaway Newsletter Editor: Richard F. Pickett Color Sergeant: John T. Flora, Jr Social Media/Advertising Officer: Matthew McGuigan Public Affairs/Education Officer: William G. O Quinn Genealogist: John T. Nash Member-at-Large: John T. Flora, Jr. Historian: David T. Patterson Communications Officer: John T. Nash H.L. Hunley Award Coordinator: Mark A. Hall Webmaster: Greg Parrott

2 Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans: cherish." "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 Lt. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee, Commander General, United Confederate Veterans, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1906 Our Next Meeting: Our November meeting will be held on Tuesday the 1st at Pomodoro Italian Kitchen, 1811 Hillandale Road, Durham beginning at 6:00 PM. Remember to arrive early so you can place your supper order. Commander s Comments: Compatriots, Deo Vendice! Flag Pledge and Salutes: Pledge to the US Flag I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands; one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Salute to the Confederate Flag I salute the Confederate Flag with affection, reverence, and undying devotion to the Cause for which it stands. Salute to the North Carolina Flag I salute the Flag of North Carolina and pledge to the Old North State, love loyalty, and faith. Minutes of October 4, 2016 Camp Meeting: 1. Please turn off your cell phones or place them on vibrate. If you should receive a call, please leave the room. 2. The meeting will please come to order. 3. Invocation/blessing Chaplain Patterson. 4. Flag pledge and salutes. 5. Reading of the Charge Commander a. To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit 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 he loved and which made him glorious and which you also cherish. Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee, Commander General, United Confederate 2

3 Veterans, New Orleans, Louisiana, Introduction of visitors: None 7. Introduction of guest speaker Lt. Commander O Quinn. 8. Program Lt. Commander O Quinn shared a vast array of old Civil War books he has collected over the years. He treated the Camp by reading several poems and passages from some of his favorite books. 9. The Roll was called by Adjutant Thomas Beach reporting 12 of 33 members present thereby establishing a quorum. [One-half of the active members-in-good-standing of the Camp shall constitute a quorum. An active member-in-good-standing shall be defined as a member who has attended at least three (3) of the last six (6) regular Camp meetings]. 10. Financial report - Adjutant First Order of Business: Upon the motion of David Patterson and second of John Flora the August and September meeting minutes were approved as submitted. Second Order of Business: Camp advertising idea Matthew McGuigan. Another Camp has come up with a novel idea that if we see someone flying an older and tattered Confederate flag the Camp should consider replacing it with a new flag and acknowledge to the homeowner that we appreciate their expression of Southern heritage. The Camp was in favor of this idea. Third Order of Business: SECU Family House supper is scheduled for Saturday, November 12 th. Volunteers are needed. Cooks John & Doug Nash Plate prep Tom & Basha Beach Bread prep John Flora Salad prep James Ray and girlfriend Cindy Waiters William O Quinn, Gerald Belton and Greg Parrott Fourth Order of Business: Greg Parrott, who is also the Division webmaster, has volunteered to assume the duties as Camp webmaster with Matthew McGuigan as his assistant. Fifth Order of Business: Discussed National Confederate Museum at Historic Elm Springs, Columbia, TN and possible donation. Ground breaking ceremony October 15. Sixth Order of Business: Life Membership logo ball caps. $15.00 each come in Navy blue, khaki or grey. Seventh Order of Business: Announcements. Jay Stobbs shared some insights into his campaign for public office. Eighth Order of Business: 3

4 Donation drawing. Tonight s book, donated by Greg Parrott, is Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier by Leon Louis who was that soldier. 11. Meeting Adjourned. 12. Benediction Chaplain Patterson. 13. Singing of Dixie. Recent Events: Upcoming Events: SECU Supper Night. We will be providing supper for the residents of State Employee s Credit Union Family House on Saturday, November 12, 2016 Did They Eat/Drink/Use That? Food for Thought: The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert it s self, though it may be at another time and in another form. - President Jefferson Davis, C.S.A. Confederate Railroads: A mile of Southern railroad required a large investment in iron, local products and labor. The labor came mostly from slaves hired from local plantations. Frequently, plantation owners along the proposed line of a railroad would pay for shares of ownership in the new railroad with the labor of their slaves on the line near the plantation. The local products were ballast material sand, gravel, crushed rock and wood. The wood was required for bridge, water tank, and station construction and for ties. The new railroad made do with whichever ballast material and wood it could obtain in the area. The iron was the difficult part of building the railroad. Rail was usually purchased from England and produced in Wales. The cost, including shipping, was about the same as Northern produced rail, but English rail had a reputation for lasting longer. Rail produced in the South was almost non-existent. Chairs and spikes were frequently Southern. Here are the numbers for one mile of track (both rails), made as cheaply as possible, consistent with accepted engineering practices: T-rail T-rail Chairs 3,500 yards of 62#/yard rail for the main line 60 yards of 50#/yard rail for 1/5th of a 480ft station siding (1 siding per 5 miles) # cast iron (1 per length of rail) A&P was established as "Gilman & Company" in 1859, and began selling bags of whole bean coffee on their own. Their coffee, however, was not given a true official name at that time, being sometimes called "Eight O'Clock Breakfast Coffee" at the start. Despite selling off the brand in 2003, A&P would continue to sell Eight O'Clock Coffee in its family of stores until the supermarkets closed in late Eight O'Clock is also sold in other supermarkets across the country. Spikes Total iron Ties Culverts Bridges Ballast Station Water tank 4,700 1# iron (2 per tie) 234,500 pounds / 117 tons 2,350 1 per 2.25 feet 1 per 5 miles 1 per 10 miles, very rough average varied, but always as little as possible in the initial construction 1 per 5 to 10 miles 1 per 15 miles, or more if the terrain required it 4

5 Confederate Manufacturers: On April 22, 1861, the state of North Carolina seized the Fayetteville Arsenal which was U.S. property. Governor Elis of N.C. offered the arms stored at the arsenal to President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy. There were 32,678 muskets and 3,685 rifles confiscated. The captures rifle machinery at Harper s Ferry in April 1861 was shipped to Fayetteville Armory by June, At first the armory fabricated captured gun parts from Harper s Ferry and converted flintlock arms to percussion. By the spring of 1862 the armory was in full production. The early production rifles, marked 1861 and 1862, were made from captured Harper s Ferry parts. The lock plate was made for the Maynard tape priming primer, but not milled, and its shape was similar to the humpback Richmond lock. The second production type lock plate is less humpbacked, dated 1862, and made form Harper s Ferry parts. The standard type has a lock plate without the humpback profile and is similar to the U.S. Model 1861 musket. Also it has characteristics "S" hammer. The total production of the Fayetteville Armory was over 10,000 rifles. The brass mounted rifle was marked on the lock "Fayetteville, N.C." above the eagle and "CSA" under the eagle. The locks were dated 1862, 1863, and The brass butt plate was stamped "CSA". The barrel breech was marked "VP" with an eagle head motif and the date. This is identical to the Harper s Ferry barrel markings. The early rifles made in 1861 and 1862 used the saber bayonet with a lug on the barrel and after 1862 the socket bayonet was used to save material. The Fayetteville rifle was a well-made arm. It was.58 caliber with a 33" barrel and 49" in total length. The rifle was made with brass bands, butt plate, trigger guard, and force-end cap. The stock was marked "JB" which stands for James Burton, the Fayetteville inspector. Fayetteville also assembled a few hundred Model 1855 pistolcarbines from the captured parts from Harper s Ferry. The obsolete single-shot- pistol-carbines with attachable shoulder stock were produced because of the tremendous need for arms by the South. These arms are very rare. In March of 1865, the Fayetteville Armory machinery was shipped to Chatham Country to avoid Sherman s troops. However, within two months the Yankees found the machinery and transferred it to Raleigh." Confederate Kinfolk Corner: Alfred Manley Parrish, third great grandfather of William O Quinn enlisted in Orange County on February 4, 1863, for the war. Present or accounted for until transferred to Company E, 13th Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery on November 4, Present or accounted for through February Appears on roll of men paroled at Greensboro on April 27, Alfred was born 5 SEP 1827 and died 21 JUN He is buried at O'Kelly's Chapel in Chatham County, NC. He first married Dicey Harward, daughter of Britain Harward and Mildred Barbee. They had one son in 1853, William Haywood Parrish. Dicey died 9 days after the birth of their son. Next, he married, Frances Pope, daughter of Josiah Pope and Lucy Kennon. (Frances, third great grandaunt of Dick Pickett, is the younger sister of Erasmus Pope, who served in the 3rd Battalion Senior Reserves NC, Captain Isaac Laws' Company, Reserve Force in Orange County.) Frances and Alfred had five children. Their son Thomas Alfred Parrish is the second great grandfather of William O Qiunn. 5

6 Following are a drawing, a floor plan and a digital rendering of the National Confederate Museum to be built at Historic Elm Springs, Columbia, TN. 6

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