PRESS RELEASE

Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham, Camp 72

Sons of Confederate Veterans, Manchester, TN

REMEMBER CAMP 72 MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS ON 4TH TUESDAY EACH

#72 - Cheatham Camp 4th Tuesday at Oak Restaurant, Manchester 6:00 p.m.

#152 – John Massey Camp 2nd Thursday at City Admin. Bldg East side Square 7:00 p.m.

#155 - J.B. Cowan 2nd Tuesday at Harton House, So.. Jackson Tullahoma 7;00 p.m.

#297 – Marshall Rangers 3rd Thursday , Old Hardison School in Lewisburg

#368 – Riley B. Roberts 3rd Tuesday, Tracy City Dairy Delight 6:00 p.m.

#1411 - A.P. Stewart 2nd Tuesday, Looking for new place Winchester at 6:00 p.m.

#1620 – S.A. Cunningham 2nd Thursday, Farm Bureau in Shelbyville 6:00 p.m.

#2094 – Capt Abner Boone 1st Sunday 1pm at Old House Hdqs Hwy 231 N. Fayetteville in Belleville

REMEMBER CAMP 72 MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS ON 4^TH TUESDAY EACH MONTH

Commanders Corner

Compatriots,

The 2010 Tennessee Division Reunion will be hosted by our camp at the convention center in Manchester. SGM Larry Williams has been selected to chair the reunion committee. He will need the help of all our members. Let's make this the best Div Reunion ever.

Jerry Smith from the Blockade Runner has always been an ardent supporter of the SCV. He is now supporting our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. For $20, he will send a "care package" to a troop in the war zone. If you have ever been stationed 10,000 miles from home, you know how much a package means. Please consider sending one to support our troops.

YOS,

Commander Brent Lokey

23 June 2009 Regular 72 Dinner Meeting at Oak Restaurant, Manchester, dinner 6:00 p.m., business meeting and program 7:00 p.m.  Program will be Alan Corry, presenting a program of the Soldier's Chaplain, Henry Hogan of the 24^th Tennessee Infantry. Company K was made up of men from Manchester, while 2^nd Company C was made up of men from Hillsboro.

Many camp members have ancestors that were in the 24^th.

28 July 2009 Regular 72 Dinner Meeting at Oak Restaurant, Manchester, dinner 6:00 p.m., business meeting and program 7:00 p.m.  Program will be

Dr. Michael Bradley giving a presentation on "The Religious Character of Nathan Bedford Forrest."

25 August 2009 Regular 72 Dinner Meeting at Oak Restaurant, Manchester, dinner 6:00 p.m., business meeting and program 7:00 p.m. Program will be

Joy Nolan, Commander of the Tracy City camp, giving a presentation on his new book, "What Happened to the Southern Way?" 

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Please be advised that the Tennessee Division has implemented a new Membership Renewal System.  Around July 1, you will receive a mailing from the Division.  This will have a summary of the dues you need to pay, as well as other contributions you might want to make.  Please use this form to return your dues payments, even if you give them to me in person.  If you suspect errors or have questions, you can email me at manchesterrebel@charter.net or call 931-728-9492.  If you are receiving your newsletter via regular mail, please voluntarily add $5 to help cover the postage costs.  You can add this amount on the form line "Other".  If you are getting your newsletter via email, you do not have to add the additional amount.  Texas and South Carolina have implemented this new system with good success, and I'm sure us Tennessee boys can do as well.

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A beautiful Confederate Memorial Day Event was held 2 June 2009 at the Tullahoma Confederate Cemetery.  The program was for the dedication of 25 Confederate Markers for newly discovered names buried there.  Thanks to Dr. Bradley, O. B. Wilkinson, Brother Hill, Winstead's Battery, and Kirby-Smith UDC for a fine program on a beautiful June evening.  We also acknowledge with grateful appreciation the contributions of the Coffee County inmates who placed the markers.

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Would the person who picked up the cordless microphone at the Beech Grove Picnic please return it to O. B. Wilkinson.

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Please give a warm welcome to our new members,  Jason Casteel, Jon Longwith, Elmer Huff and John Roberts.  Glad to have you aboard.

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Mark your calendars for the dedication of the Texas Monument at the Tullahoma Confederate Cemetery on June 27^th @ 10 A. M.  Please see attached invitation.

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Winstead's Battery Schedule is very busy.  Our boys with the cannons will be at Brice's Crossroads June 14, at Chapel Hill on June 20 for the Forrest Boyhood Home Fundraiser, at Tullahoma on June 27 for the Texas Monument Dedication, and at Marshall County on June 28 for the Jones Greer dedication (black Confederate that rode with Forrest) at

2:00 p.m.  Please support these worth efforts.

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Please note that I have a fresh supply of bookmarks and "I am Their Flag" recitations.  I will have these at our next meeting.  The bookmarks are $1, and the recitations are $10.

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If you are going to the national reunion in Hot Springs, please see me.  You will have to have an official credential form in order to vote and represent Camp 72.

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_The Governor to the President of the United States._

State of South Carolina, Executive Office,

Headquarters, Charleston, _January 11, 1861_.

Sir: At the time of the separation of the State of South Carolina from

the United States, Fort Sumter was, and still is, in the possession of

troops of the United States, under the command of Major Anderson. I

regard that possession as not consistent with the dignity or safety of

the State of South Carolina; and I have this day addressed to Major

Anderson a communication to obtain from him the possession of that fort, by the authorities of this State. The reply of Major Anderson informs me that he has no authority to do what I required, but he desires a reference of the demand to the President of the United States.

Under the circumstances now existing, and which need no comment by me, I have determined to send to you the Hon. I. W. Hayne, the Attorney-General of the State of South Carolina, and have instructed him

to demand the delivery of Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, to

the constituted authorities of the State of South Carolina.

The demand I have made of Major Anderson, and which I now make of you,

is suggested because of my earnest desire to avoid the bloodshed which a persistence in your attempt to retain the possession of that fort will cause, and which will be unavailing to secure you that possession, but induce a calamity most deeply to be deplored.

If consequences so unhappy shall ensue, I will secure for this State, inthe demand which I now make, the satisfaction of having exhausted every attempt to avoid it.

In relation to the public property of the United States within Fort

Sumter, the Hon. I. W. Hayne, who will hand you this communication, is

authorized to give you the pledge of the State that the valuation of

such property will be accounted for, by this State, upon the adjustment

of its relations with the United States, of which it was a part.

F. W. PICKENS.

 REMEMBER CAMP 72 MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS ON 4^TH TUESDAY EACH MONTH

Commanders Corner

At our October meeting we honored all of our veterans in Camp 72: 

Name                    Branch                   Time Period

Brent Lokey           Air Force                1959-84

Jerry Spurlin           Army          

Larry Williams        Army                     1967-95

David Wier             Army          

Dale Phipps            Air Force, NG         1971-75, 1976-78

Glenn King             Army Air Force       WW II

Harold Winstead                                 WW II

O. B. Wilkinson                                   WW II

Dave Peterson                                   

Jerry Ewell             Navy                     1953-57

Kenny Phillips         Army, NG, Res.      28 years

John Crosslin        

Larry Newton         M C Res., Navy Res.1995-97, 1980-86

Wayne Ison

John Greeter

Don Tucker                                         Korean period

Wayne Bradshaw   NG

Wayne Bryan         Army                     Viet Nam

James Austin         Army                     Viet Nam 1969-70

Donnie Farrar         Marines                 1981-83

L. M. Hinsley          Navy                     WW II 6/41--10/45

Gentlemen, thank you for your service to our country.  Please advise of any omissions.  Commander Lokey gave a heartfelt speech to us, which was repeated to the 12 families in Bedford County who lost loved ones in the Viet Nam War.  If you would like an electronic copy, please email me at manchesterrebel@charter.net  and I will be happy to forward you a copy.

 If you would like to receive your newsletter via email, please send me your email address at manchesterrebel@charter.net.  This will do 3 positive things.  You will get the newsletter sooner, in color, and save the camp mailing costs.

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CONFEDERATE FORCES VETERANS

Public Law 85-425:

“Sec. 410. The Administrator shall pay to each person who served in the military or naval forces of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War a monthly pension in the same amounts and subject to the same conditions as would have been applicable to such person under the laws in effect on December 31, 1957, as if his service in such forces had been service in the military or naval forces of the United States.”

Approved May 23, 1958 –

SOURCE: US Statutes at Large

Volume 72, Part 1, Page 133-134.

By Federal act of Congress (May 23, 1958) all Confederate veterans are recognized as Unites States Military Veterans, and deserve all the rights and honors pertinent to such service.

**Confederate veterans are therefore not only recognized as United States citizens, but fully as Federally-recognized members of the United States military (with Veteran’s status). **   Thanks to Wayne Bradshaw and Charles Callaway for the following pictures.