In this issue: SOUTHERN HERITAGE VOLUME 24, ISSUE 3 MARCH Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans

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1 The Third National Flag A broad, red bar gave the Third National Flag an unmistakable visual signature. It was adopted too late in the war to have much use or impact. Very few actually reached the field before Lee surrendered at Appomattox. The Third National passed Senate approval on February 6, 1865 and the House on February 27. On March 4 it became law. The vertical red bar solved the problem of being mistaken as a flag of truce. In some circles the Third National was called the Blood Stained Banner. Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans "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." Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee Commander General United Confederate Veterans New Orleans, Louisiana April 25, 1906 In this issue: -HQ Updates -News from around the SCV -Who are your Confederate Ancestors? -See what happened this month in the War for Southern Independence - War in Tennessee: Volume II - Confederate Profiles SOUTHERN HERITAGE PAGE 1

2 Bradford/Rose Headquarters Camp Website: Camp Facebook: Camp Youtube: Vaughn s Brigade Website: I want to thank everyone for a great meeting in February. I really enjoyed everyone's input. Remember our flag rally this coming Saturday starting at 12 noon starting in the parking lot next to Rose Center and then going to the museum. If you just want to meet at the museum be there by 1 pm. Also remember that the March meeting will be at 6 pm on March 25. Hope everyone has a great month and see you then. Sincerely, Roy S. Lovin Jr Camp Commander Bradford Rose Camp 1638 Commander Roy S. Lovin, Jr lovinsound@frontiernet.net SOUTHERN HERITAGE PAGE 2

3 BRADFORD/ROSE HEADQUARTERS Lt. Commander Kevin Witherell Hello Compatriots and Friends, I hope you all are doing well. This past Saturday night, February 25 was our first meeting of the 2017 year. If you could not make it, I hope to see you at the March meeting. We had many good suggestions for new fundraisers this year. If you have ideas, please don't hesitate to let us know. We will be needing to buy stick flags for graves soon. You may if you want to, make a monetary donation to the camp. There's a lot going on right now as monuments, statues, graves and even names of our Confederate heroes are being threatened. We must fight for their silenced voices. Confederate Flag Day will be this coming Saturday, March 4. I hope you can attend. I will be attending the Stephen Dill Lee Institute in Knoxville on March 3-4. If I can be of any help, please contact me (SCV related). KEEP UP THE SKEER! Kevin DEO VINDICE I hope everyone enjoyed the first camp meeting of the year, I know I did! The camp has so much potential with the energy that camp members bring to it. Lets show that energy this Saturday, March 4th, for national Confederate Flag Day. We will be meeting in front of the Rose center at 12:00 pm, then driving to the General Longstreet museum for ceremony at 1:00 pm. Bring your flags and your southern pride. 2nd Lt. Commander Jordy Barnette jbarnette1994@gmail.com God bless and God save the South SOUTHERN HERITAGE PAGE 3

4 Bradford/Rose Camp Calendar Saturday, March 4, 2017 Camp Calendar Confederate Flag Day. Camp Members are encouraged to meet at the parking lot near Rose Center at 12 noon for a convoy to the Longstreet Museum. Friday and Saturday, March 3-4, 2017 The Stephen Dill Lee Institute is pleased to announce they will be heading to Knoxville Tennessee on March 3-4, Registration is open at the following link: Saturday, March 25, 2017 Camp Meeting at the Talley-Ward Building at 6:00 pm. Hope to see everyone out there! Friday & Saturday, April 7-8, 2017 Tennessee Division Reunion. Hosted by the Cumberland Mtn. Rifles Camp in Tracy City, TN at the Plainview Community Center. Registration form is below. Thursday & Friday, May 18-19, SCV Chaplains Conference is scheduled for May 18-19, in Harrisonburg, Va. All Chaplains are encouraged to attend. Saturday, June 17, th Annual Forrest Homecoming and Southern Heritage Festival. Admission is $5 with festivities beginning at 9:00 am. Location is 4435 Pyles Road, Chapel Hill, TN Tuesday-Sunday, July 18-23, 2017 Join the SCV in Memphis, TN, July 18-23, 2017 for the SCV Reunion Gathering at the Memphis Cook Convention Center in downtown. Registration forms can be found at or you can print off the form below. SOUTHERN HERITAGE PAGE 4

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7 NEWS FROM THE FRONT: BRADFORD/ROSE CAMP Colonel William M. Bradford Colonel James G. Rose Vaughn s Brigade Lee-Jackson Supper at the General Morgan Inn Members of the Camp attended the Lee-Jackson Supper. It was a great evening of fellowship and heritage. HK was in attendance and gave another stirring rendition of I Am Their Flag and Dr. Phil Blevins gave the keynote address. SOUTHERN HERITAGE PAGE 7

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9 NEWS FROM THE FRONT: VAUGHN S BRIGADE To All Attendees of our Lee- Jackson Banquet, I want to thank everyone who attended the Lee- Jackson Banquet, Saturday Last. We were blessed with good weather, good food, a wonderful facility, and a tremendous speaker. I hope the evening was enjoyable and profitable for all of you. I can never tire of seeing "OUR FLAGS" proudly displayed. The Color Guard is an integral part of these ceremonies and are appreciated, by all. Dr. Blevins never fails to bring a timely and thought provoking message. He excelled, this year. He's a gifted and knowledgeable Southern Patriot. My thanks to John Byington, Rick Morrell, HK Edgerton, The Color Guard, and to Chaplain Tom Musselman, for their participation in this event. All are appreciated. My sincere thanks and appreciation to ALL of you, who attended. I hope you enjoyed the evening. Sincerely, Billie Joe Holley PS: For those of you interested, the Keynote Speaker video of Dr. Blevins outstanding message and assorted pictures have been uploaded to the Brigade Website. I would urge all of you to listen to what Dr. Blevins has to say about "The Cause of The Conflict". NEWS FROM THE FRONT: TENNESSEE DIVISION Message from Memphis Brigade, SCV The city of Memphis is appealing the decision of the Tennessee Historical Commission's decision to adhere to their criteria. The THC decided against granting the city a waiver to remove the Forrest statue on the basis that any item /object on the National Register of Historic Places is exempt from the waiver process. Yet the city is attempting to bully the commission and force then to reverse their decision. They were denied before, but refuse to obey the rules. The Citizens of Tennessee will not stand for this scandalous tyranny! Tennessee Divison Reunion 2017 The Tennessee Division SCV Reunion will be hosted by the Cumberland Mountain Rifles Camp in Tracy City, TN at the Plainview Community Center, April 7-8, Special rates are available at local hotels for those who plan on attending. SOUTHERN HERITAGE PAGE 9

10 SOUTHERN HERITAGE VOLUME 24, ISSUE 3 MARCH 2017 NEWS FROM THE FRONT: SCV HEADQUARTERS Confederate Flag Day March 4th, 2017 National Event The SCV will be celebrating the 2nd annual Confederate Flag Day, which is in the SCV Standing Orders as March 4. Last year was a huge success. Let us strive to make it bigger and better his year! Each member is encouraged to fly a Confederate Flag on March 4, The logic behind this date is that March 4, 1861 is when First National Flag (Stars and Bars) was hoisted over the Confederate Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama Confederate Veteran and on March 4, 1865 President Jefferson Davis signed a bill into law creating the Third National Flag. SOUTHERN HERITAGE PAGE 1 0

11 ALERT: Heritage Violation SOUTHERN HERITAGE PAGE 11

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13 THIS MONTH IN THE WAR FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE HISTORY March 6-8 March 5 March 2 March 2 Battle of Pea Ridge Battle of Fort McAllister Battle of Walkerton Battle of Waynesboro Arkansas Georgia Virginia Virginia March 8-9 Battle of Hampton Roads Virginia March 14 Battle of New Bern North Carolina March 23 First Battle of Kernstown Virginia March 23- April 26 Battle of Fort Macon North Carolina March Battle of Glorieta Pass New Mexico Territory March 5 Battle of Thompson s Station Tennessee March Battle of Fort Anderson North Carolina March 17 Battle of Kelly s Ford Virginia March 20 Battle of Vaught s Hill Tennessee March 25 Battle of Brentwood Tennessee March Battle of Fort De Russy Louisiana March 25 Battle of Paducah Kentucky March 6 Battle of Natural Bridge Florida March 7-10 Battle of Wyse Fork North Carolina March 10 Battle of Monroe s Crossroads North Carolina March 16 Battle of Averasborough North Carolina March Battle of Bentonville North Carolina March 30- April 20 Battle of Washington North Carolina March 25 Battle of Stedman Virginia March 27- April 8 Battle of Spanish Fort Alabama March 29 Battle of Lewis s Farm Virginia March 31 Battle of Oak Road Virginia March 31 Battle of Dinwiddie Court House Virginia SOUTHERN HERITAGE PAGE 13

14 Who are your brave Confederate Ancestors? Member Name: Thomas Rivenbark Relationship to Confederate Ancestor: Great Grandfather Confederate Ancestor s Name: Robert Rivenbark Rank, Company and Regiment/Unit: Corporal, Co. K North Carolina 3rd Infantry How did your Ancestor end the War? Discharged Died in 1897 and buried at Riley s Creek Church Brief History: Robert Rivenbark resided in New Hanover County, NC where he enlisted at the age of 20 on June 1, 1861 for the war. Mustered in as private, he was wounded in Sharpsburg, Maryland Sept 17, He returned to duty Jan He was wounded again in Chancellorsville, VA on May He returned to duty in Sept 1863 and was wounded again in battle of Wilderness May 5, 1864 where he lost his left arm and was promoted to Corporal. SOUTHERN HERITAGE PAGE 14

15 Other Confederate Ancestors: Robert Rivenbark s brother, Washington L Rivenbark was also in the same infantry. Cousins and Uncles: William T. Rivenbark, same infantry William W. Rivenbark, 20th regiment NC Infantry Samuel Rivenbark, Bass Co., NC C. Rivenbark & G. Rivenbark both in 3rd Battalion Junior Reserves Charles W Rivenbark, 1st regiment NC Infantry John W Rivenbark, 1st Regiment NC Infantry John Rivenbark, 8th Regiment NC Infactry Matthew J. Rivenbark, 1st Regiment NC Artillery John N. Rivenbark, 1st Regiment NC Artillery Owen J. Rivenbark, 2nd regiment NC Artillery James T. Rivenbark, 30th Regiment NC Infantry Teachy Rivenbark, 30th Regiment NC Infantry William Rivenbark, 30th Regiment NC Infantry Benjamin R. Rivenbark, 51st Regiment NC Infantry Henry D. Rivenbark, James Rivenbark, James M. Rivenbark, A.G. Rivenbark, AJ Rivenbark, Thomas E. Rivenbark, all in 91st Regiment NC Infantry SOUTHERN HERITAGE PAGE 15

16 Tell us about your Confederate Ancestors by filling out this form! Bring your form to the Camp Meetings or submit to the Editor through . SOUTHERN HERITAGE PAGE 16

17 WAR IN TENNESSEE: VOLUME II March 1862: The Aftermath of Fort Donelson Tennessee early 1862 saw an invasion from the Yankee Army and the subsequent defeats of the Confederacy at Ft. Henry and Ft. Donelson, but the invasion had been taking place earlier in 1861 in Nashville politically. Initially Tennesseans showed little enthusiasm for breaking away from a nation whose struggles it had shared for so long. Governor Isham G. Harris convened an emergency session of the Tennessee General Assembly in January During his speech before the legislative body on January 7, he described the secession of the Southern states as a crisis caused by "actual and threatened aggressions of the Northern States... upon the well-defined constitutions rights of the Southern citizen." He also expressed alarm at the growth of the "purely sectional" Republican Party, which he stated was bound together by the "uncompromising hostility to the rights and institutions of the fifteen Southern states. In February 1861, 54 percent of the state's voters voted against sending delegates to a secession convention, defeating the proposal for a State Convention by a vote of 69,675 to 57,798. If a State Convention had been held, it would have been very heavily pro-union. 88,803 votes were cast for Unionist candidates and 22,749 votes were cast for Secession candidates. That was before the attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, which was followed by Lincoln's April 15 call for 75,000 volunteers to put the seceded states back into line, public sentiment turned dramatically against the Union. Governor Isham Harris began military mobilization, submitted an ordinance of secession to the General Assembly, and made direct overtures to the Confederate government. In June 8, 1861 referendum, East Tennessee held firm against separation, while West Tennessee returned an equally heavy majority in favor. The deciding vote came in Middle Tennessee, which went from 51 percent against secession in February to 88 percent in favor in June. Having ratified by popular vote its connection with the fledgling Confederacy, Tennessee became the last state to formally declare its withdrawal from the Union. At this time on June 28, Tennessee also became one of the first states to call upon Free Black Men to join the Confederate Army in protection of their homes. By 1862 the Union planned the Two Rivers Offensive. Control of the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers was important in gaining control of Tennessee during the age of steamboats. Tennessee relied on northbound riverboats to receive staple commodities from the Cumberland and Tennessee valleys. The idea of using the rivers to breach the Confederate defense line in the West was well known by the end of 1861; Union gunboats had been scanning Confederate fort-building on the twin rivers for months before the campaign.ulysses S. Grant and the United States Navy captured control of the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers in February 1862 by capturing Ft. Henry and Ft. Donelson. After the fall of the two forts, Gov. Harris moved the Tennessee Capital to Memphis on February , because of Union forces in the Nashville and Clarksville area. Tennessee was quickly falling into the hands of the invaders and on February 22, General Grant declared martial law in West Tennessee, while Lincoln appointed Andrew Johnson as military governor. Confederates abandoned their position in Nashville a couple days later and on February 25, the invading Yankee army had taken control of Nashville. This leads us to March 3, 1862 when Andrew Johnson arrived in Nashville to assume duties as military governor of the Lincoln administration. Unrest would follow for the rest of the month of March, with a siege at Island Number 10 and lead us to April with a huge clash at Pittsburg Landing, better known as the Battle of Shiloh. SOUTHERN HERITAGE PAGE 17

18 CONFEDERATE PROFILES Alexander P. Stewart Affiliation: Confederacy Rank: General Alexander P. Stewart, educator and Confederate general, was born in Rogersville on October 2, Stewart graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in Three years later, he resigned his commission to become an educator. From that time until the beginning of the Civil War, he taught mathematics and natural and experimental philosophy at Cumberland University at Lebanon and at the University of Nashville. the end of the war. He surrendered and was paroled with General Joseph E. Johnston's army at Greensboro, North Carolina, in May Stewart fought in all the major battles of the Army of Tennessee--Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, the Atlanta Campaign, Franklin, Nashville, and the Carolina Campaign. Stewart's brigade performed quite well at Stones River, aiding in pushing General Negley's division out of the cedar glade and capturing twelve artillery pieces. At Chickamauga, Stewart's division was part of General Longstreet's command that broke through the Union army put it to rout. In the disastrous battle of Nashville, Stewart's men stood up under overwhelming odds but finally retreated with the rest of General John Bell Hood's command. After the war, Stewart resumed his professorship at Cumberland University. He engaged in business in St. Louis from 1870 to 1874 before becoming chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1874 to After resigning his chancellorship, Stewart was appointed a commissioner of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. He served in this capacity until his death in Biloxi, Mississippi, on August 30, Stewart is buried in St. Louis, Missouri. Initially, Stewart opposed secession, but when Tennessee seceded he offered his services to the Confederacy. His first months in Confederate service were devoted to organizing camps to instruct new recruits. After commanding the heavy artillery and water batteries at Belmont, Missouri, he was appointed brigadier general on November 8, He was assigned a brigade command under General Leonidas Polk. In 1863 he was promoted to major general and in June 1864 to lieutenant general; he succeeded to the command of the corps following Polk's death. Stewart led his corps until SOUTHERN HERITAGE PAGE 18

19 SOUTHERN HERITAGE VOLUME 24, ISSUE 3 MARCH 2017 THE EDITOR S THOUGHTS Compatriots, A happy and blessed March to everyone! I hope that February treated you well! It was great to see everyone out at the Brigade Lee/ Jackson Supper and to finally get back to a Camp meeting! If you didn t get to attend the LeeJackson Supper, you sure missed a great one! It was so good to meet and talk with other Compatriots from around East Tennessee and celebrate the legacies of such great men in Lee and Jackson. I have found such great camaraderie in the SCV since joining! It seems to be that no matter what event you attend, you always meet some of the best, down to earth people! I have had the pleasure to be part of several great organizations, but with the SCV it seems that you can t go wrong with the people. I would be remiss if I didn t mention the wonderful ladies of the UDC as well! The folks in these two organizations just make you feel like you ve known them forever, even if you ve just met them. As the scriptures say, Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. We are all united in a common cause and that cause draws us together to form bonds which cannot be broken. It s just been such a blessing to meet everyone! I mean who knew I would find kin when I joined the Camp? Beyond finding relatives, I have found great friends and I cherish those everyday. I truly hope that we can all come together in 2017 and make it a banner year for the Confederate soldier and his Cause. There is much work to be done, but I know we can do it! On a final note, I have enjoyed putting together the Confederate ancestors section so much the past couple months! It is so interesting getting to know other members ancestors. It was so interesting knowing that Kevin and myself had ancestors who were at Camp Chase. This month I looked up the records of Thomas s ancestor Robert, who lost his arm in battle. It was so awesome seeing the written account of his journey in the war! I just want to say thank you to all those who have contributed and hope more of you will contribute in the future. Your Servant to the Cause, Joshua F. Cameron Deo Vindice & May God Save the South Editor JOSHUA F. CAMERON bosshogg9929@gmail.com Phone: Address: 1090 Rocktown Road Talbott, TN Google Drive Link for Past Issues of Newsletter: drive.google.com/drive/folders/0b_caogsuqxlvtmvxblzloul1rmm?usp=sharing SOUTHERN HERITAGE PAGE 1 9