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ARMY OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI

SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS

Volume IX. Issue 3. May/June 2007

"Confederate Sister Act - The Moon Sister Spies"

The story of Ginnie and Lottie Moon is a fascinating one - two sisters who cleverly and brazenly spied for the Confederates during the Civil War - and got away with it. Daughters of a physician, Ginnie and Lottie were born in Virginia but moved to Oxford, Ohio when they were youngsters. The Moon House is an historic site in Oxford.

Younger sister Ginnie was sent to live with the Clarks after she rebelled against being a student at Oxford Female College in the 1860s. The Clark household was pro-Southern and so were Ginnie and Lottie. Judge Clark was quite active in the Knights of the Golden Circle - a Confederate underground organization of sorts. It was not unusual for couriers to visit the Clarks while carrying secret messages. On one such occasion a caller arrived with dispatches that

General Lewis A. Amristead Camp #1847, Salina -Major Thomas J. Key Camp #1920, Kansas City – Colonels Lewis & Harrison Camp #1854, Topeka – General Albert Pike Camp #1439, Wichita – South Kansas Camp #2049, Wichita – General William Steele Camp #1857, Leavenworth – Capt. William C. Quantrill Camp #1814, Lawrence.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1, Confederate Sister Act. 2, Note from Div. Cmdr. pro tempro 4. Newsletter Deadlines 4 Mine Creek after the TWBTS 6 South Kansas Camp Activities 8 State Convention Registration Form 9 A Camp Chaplain’s Message

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had to be carried to Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith in Kentucky.

Lottie volunteered to carry the message and thus began her career as a spy. She disguised herself as an old woman and headed for Lexington, Kentucky by boat.

There she was lucky enough to encounter southern Col. Thomas Scott and give him the papers for delivery to General Kirby Smith. She returned to Oxford by train and using her talent as an actress bluffed her way back with the help of a Union General. After such a success she began carrying more messages and dispatches for the South. This aroused the interest of the Canadian Confederate sympathizers who invited her to Toronto.

With forged papers making her a British subject Lottie wended her way to Washington and talked the Union officials into giving her a pass to Virginia "for her health". Some say she even met with Secretary Stanton. She delivered her messages and headed home for Ohio.

Meantime her sister Ginnie was in Memphis to be with their mother - who had moved to Tennessee after the death of Dr. Moon. Ginnie and Mrs. Moon wrapped bandages and nursed the wounded soldiers as the Yankees got closer to the cotton capitol. Ginnie began making trips back and forth with information and supplies often passing boldly through Union lines pretending to meet a beau. While in Jackson Mississippi she learned that urgent information had to be dispatched to the Knights of the Golden Circle in Ohio. She volunteered to make the trip, along with her mother, insisting they would not be suspect because they had relatives in Ohio. It was quite a risk for by now the North knew that women were being used as spies by the Confederacy as evidenced by this "propaganda cartoon".

Ginnie and her mother Cynthia made the journey to Ohio without incident and gathered the necessary papers and supplies to return to the south. By this time they were under suspicion by Union agents as they prepared to return to Memphis by boat from Cincinnati. As the boat was about to depart a Yankee Captain entered their cabin with orders to search them. Ginnie rebelled, pulled out the small Colt revolver that she was known to carry, and screamed at the officer that she was a friend of General Burnside. The officer backed down and left her alone long enough for her to literally swallow the most imporant of the dispatches she carried.

But then Ginnie and her mother were taken to an office and a housekeeper was called to search her and her clothing. According to various reports Ginnie Moon was "wearing" - "forty bottles of morphine, seven pounds of opium, and a quantity of camphor." (for medicinal purposes of the times). They were immediately put under a sort of "house arrest" in a hotel. Ginnie promptly asked to see General Burnside and her request was granted the next day.

Lottie Moon showed up in disguise and tried unsuccessfully to convince her former beau - General Burnside - to release them. Burnside saw through the disguise and promptly added Lottie to the group under arrest. However no action was ever taken against the Moon ladies even though they had traveled all over for the Confederacy. The charges were dropped although Ginnie Moon was required to report to the Yankees on a daily basis and eventually ordered out of the Union area.

Ginnie returned to Memphis after the war and Lottie headed back home to subsequently become a journalist. Restless Ginnie moved around the country and ended up in Hollywood where she had bit parts in two movies - "The Spanish Dancer" and "Robin Hood" in the 1920s. From there she

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headed east to New York and held court in Greenwich Village until her death at age 81.

The Moon sisters fervor for their beloved Confederacy led them into danger and

adventure - and they were quite successful as spies.

NOTE FROM DIVISION COMMANDER pro tempro My Fellow Compatriots, There has been quite a bit of controversy within the Division as to the use and showing of flags. As it is true that the Battle Flag is the symbol and recognized emblem of the sons of confederate Veterans. All flags of the Confederacy can be and should be displayed proudly. The first official flag of the Confederacy, called the "Stars and Bars," was flown from March 5, 1861 to May 26, 1863. One of the first acts of the Provisional Confederate Congress was to create the Committee on the Flag and Seal, chaired by William Porcher Miles of South Carolina. The committee asked the public to submit thoughts and ideas on the topic and was, as historian John M. Coski puts it, "overwhelmed by requests not to abandon the "old flag" of the United States. Miles had already designed a flag that would later become the Confederate battle flag, and he favored his flag over the "Stars and Bars" proposal. But given the popular support for a flag similar to the U.S. flag ("the Stars and Stripes"), the Stars and Bars design was approved by the committee. When war broke out, the Stars and Bars caused confusion on the battlefield because of its similarity to the U.S. flag of the Union Army. Eventually, a total of thirteen stars would be shown on the flag. Its first public appearance was outside the Ben Johnson House in Bardstown, Kentucky. The second national flag of the Confederacy, called the "Stainless Banner," was put into service on May 1, 1863. It was designed to replace the first national flag, which had been confused with the U.S. flag in battle. However, this flag also caused confusion when the battlefield was windless and the white field often concealed the first quarter, causing the flag to be mistaken for the white flag, indicating ceasefire. The flag is sometimes referred to as the "Stonewall Jackson Flag" because of its inaugural use covering Stonewall Jackson's coffin at his funeral. In the South, the nickname "Stainless" was held to refer to "the unspotted virtue and honor of Southerners and their fight for independence from the tyranny and aggression of northern states." The flags actually made by the Richmond Clothing Depot used the 1.5:1 ratio adopted for the naval ensign rather than the official 2:1 ratio. [1] The flag had thirteen stars, one for each of the eleven Confederate states and one each for Missouri and Kentucky. This is the third official flag, adopted March 4, 1865, very shortly before the fall of the Confederacy. The red vertical stripe was added to dispel confusion with the flag of surrender when the flag was not unfurled. It was sometimes called the blood-stained or blood-dipped banner. The official dimensions of the union also were altered, but according to the Flags of the Confederacy website, most, if not all, actually produced during the war continued to use the square union of the 1863 flag. The Flag Act of 1865 describes the flag in the following language: "The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the flag of the Confederate States shall be as follows: The width two-thirds of its length, with the union (now used as the battle flag) to be in width three-fifths of the width of the flag, and so proportioned as to leave the length of the field on the side of the union twice the width of the field below it; to have the ground red and a broad blue saltire thereon, bordered with white and emblazoned with mullets or five pointed stars, corresponding in number to that of the Confederate States; the field to be white, except the outer half from the union to be a red bar extending the width of the flag.” The few examples of the Third National Flag actually made prior to the end of the war were modifications of the 1863 ensign with a red bar added.

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Now onto a more pressing matter. In the years of 1861 to 1865, the Union flag had a total of 34 to 36 stars depending on the year. Several of those stars representing states that had joined the confederacy. Does this flag have a place in or at our meetings? NO! However the Flag of the United States of America as we know it today, is not the same flag as that time, nor does it represent the Union forces during that time. It is however the Flag of our present country of which each and every member of this Division lives, works, trades, and calls home. We would dare say that each member of this Division was born in the same Country this flag represents. By having this flag present at our meetings and such we are not dishonoring our ancestors in any way, nor are we stating that we support or agree with anything the Union forces under Lincoln’s presidency stood for. What we are showing is that we are Americans. Members of the greatest nation in the world, and damn proud of it. Your Humble Servant, Denver L Erickson. Div. Cmdr. Commander pro temp

A l t ho u g h M i n e C r e e k w a s o n e o f a se r i e s o f b a t t l e s i n a f a i l e d r e g i o n a l c a m pa i g n , m a n y o f t he pa r t i c i pa n t s b u i l t o n t he i r w a r t i m e a c t i v i t i e s i n t he l a t e r y e a r s o f t he t he i r l i f e . P r i v a t e D u n l a v y a n d S e r g e a n t Y o u n g b o t h r e c e i v e d t he C o n g r e ssi o n a l M e da l o f H o n o r f o r t he i r e f f o r t s. P e r ha ps t he m o st v i si b l e c a r e e r w a s t ha t o f B e n t e e n . I n 1 8 7 6 , he b e c a m e f a m o u s ( o r i n f a m o u s) a s t he c o m m a n de r o f

t he su r v i v i n g po r t i o n o f Ge n e r a l Ge o r g e A r m st r o n g C u st e r ' s i l l -f a t e d 7 t h C a v a l r y a t t he B a t t l e o f L i t t l e B i g ho r n . A l f r e d P l e a so n t o n n e v e r r e g a i n e d hi s r e pu t a t i o n a s a c a v a l r y l e a de r b u t di d ha v e t he ho n o r o f ha v i n g a n e w c o m m u n i t y i n L i n n C o u n t y n a m e d a f t e r hi m . T he n a m e o f t he c o m m u n i t y , ho w e v e r , r e c e i v e d a di f f e r e n t spe l l i n g : P l e a sa n t o n . A f t e r t he w a r , m a n y o f t he o f f i c e r s r e t u r n e d t o t he r e g i o n . M i sso u r i a n s J o hn C l a r k a n d J o hn M a r m a du k e w e n t o n t o se r v e t ha t st a t e a s c o n g r e ssm a n a n d g o v e r n o r , r e spe c t i v e l y . S he l b y a l so r e t u r n e d t o M i sso u r i a f t e r t he w a r . A f t e r a b r i e f a t t e m pt t o e st a b l i sh a c o l o n y f o r f o r m e r

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C o n f e de r a t e s i n M e x i c o , P r i c e r e t u r n e d t o S t . L o u i s w he r e he di e d i n 1 8 6 7 .

M e a n w hi l e i n K a n sa s, w a r g a v e w a y t o t he m o r e pr e ssi n g n e e ds o f de v e l o pi n g a g r i c u l t u r e i n t he pr a i r i e st a t e . T he f a r m st e a ds t ha t P r i c e c r o sse d r e t u r n e d t o a g r i c u l t u r a l u se . S e v e r a l f a m i l i e s a ppl i e d t o t he F e de r a l Go v e r n m e n t ' s P r i c e R a i d C o m m i ssi o n f o r c o m pe n sa t i o n o n da m a g e s i n c u r r e d du r i n g t he 1 8 6 4 r a i d. B y t he 1 8 7 0 s, t he t r a c k s o f t he M i sso u r i R i v e r , F o r t S c o t t , a n d Gu l f R a i l r o a d r e pl a c e d t he o l d M i l i t a r y R o a d a s t he m a i n r o u t e a l o n g t he K a n sa s-M i sso u r i b o r de r . I n 1 9 2 3 , t he O l d M i l i t a r y R o a d b e c a m e U . S . H i g hw a y 6 9 .

I n t he y e a r s t ha t f o l l o w e d, r e l i c s o f P r i c e ' s r a i d a n d t he b a t t l e o f M i n e C r e e k o c c a si o n a l l y su r f a c e d. S o m e t i m e s a pl o w u n c o v e r e d a b o n e o r sk u l l f r o m o n e o f t he v i c t i m s. R e u n i o n s t o o k pl a c e a s w e l l . T he 2 0 t h a n n i v e r sa r y i n 1 8 8 4 , f o r e x a m pl e , i n c l u de d a l a r g e pa v i l i o n w he r e P l e a so n t o n , B e n t e e n , P hi l i ps a n d o t he r su r v i v i n g U n i o n o f f i c e r s r e c o u n t e d t he i r e v e n t s. B y t he T u r n o f t he C e n t u r y , a l o c a l c ha pt e r o f t he Gr a n d A r m y o f t he R e pu b l i c ho st e d a n n u a l e n c a m pm e n t s o n t he si t e . I n t he 1 9 3 0 s, t he r e w e r e e v e n pl a n s f o r t he W a r D e pa r t m e n t t o pl a c e a su r pl u s c a n n o n a t t he b a t t l e f i e l d si t e b u t l i t t l e c a m e o f t he e f f o r t . B y 1 9 4 0 , ho w e v e r , t he r e w a s a m a r k e r a t t he i n t e r se c t i o n o f hi g hw a y s 5 1 a n d 6 9 . T o t he n o r t h, t he si t e o f t he B a t t l e o f W e st po r t , b e c a m e a r o se g a r de n a n d pu b l i c pa r k .

D u r i n g t he t w e n t i e t h c e n t u r y , ho w e v e r , po pu l a r m e m o r y i n L i n n C o u n t y c e n t e r e d o n t he M a r a i s de s C y g n e s i n c i de n t . T he y c o n n e c t e d w i t h t he st o r y o f F r e e -so i l e r s m a ssa c r e d b y B o r de r R u f f i a n s. T he y pr o u dl y r e c o u n t e d t he v i si t o f F r e e -so i l i c o n J o hn B r o w n . L o c a l s f o c u se d t he i r pr e se r v a t i o n e f f o r t s o n t he st o n e ho u se t ha t ha d b e e n c o n st r u c t e d o n t he si t e o f B r o w n ' s " f o r t " a f t e r t he e v e n t . I n 1 9 4 1 a l o c a l c ha pt e r o f t he V e t e r a n s o f F o r e i g n W a r s do n a t e d t he si t e t o t he st a t e o f K a n sa s. I n 1 9 6 4 , a f t e r a t hr e e -y e a r r e st o r a t i o n e f f o r t , t he K a n sa s S t a t e H i st o r i c a l S o c i e t y o pe n e d t he st r u c t u r e s a s a m u se u m . P r i c e ' s R a i d a n d t he B a t t l e o f M i n e C r e e k ( w hi c h ha s a l so g o n e b y se v e r a l o t he r n a m e s i n c l u di n g t he B a t t l e o f R o u n d M o u n d, t he B a t t l e o f t he O sa g e , t he B a t t l e o f T r a di n g P o st , a n d t he B a t t l e o f t he M a r a i s de s C y g n e s) w e r e i m po r t a n t b u t w e r e se c o n da r y i n t he c o m m u n i t y ' s m e m o r y .

E f f o r t s t o t u r n t he M i n e C r e e k si t e i n t o a pa r k e m e r g e d w i t h t he b a t t l e ' s c e n t e n n i a l c e l e b r a t i o n i n 1 9 6 4 . T ha t y e a r , t he st a t e e st a b l i she d a r o a dsi de pa r k a n d m o n u m e n t w he r e H i g hw a y 6 9 c r o sse d M i n e C r e e k . I t t o o k a n o t he r t e n y e a r s t o t u r n t he l o c a t i o n o f t he a c t u a l b a t t l e i n t o a pa r k . I n 1 9 7 4 , t he K a n sa s l e g i sl a t u r e a u t ho r i z e d t he st a t e t o pu r c ha se a 1 2 0 -a c r e pa r c e l a t t he si t e . F o u r y e a r s l a t e r , t he st a t e a u t ho r i z e d t he pu r c ha se o f a n a ddi t i o n a l 1 6 0 a c r e s. T ha t sa m e y e a r , l o c a l hi st o r i a n L u m i r B u r e sh pu b l i she d t he o n l y f u l l -l e n g t h b o o k o n t he B a t t l e o f M i n e C r e e k . T he se a c q u i si t i o n s pr o t e c t e d o n l y a pa r t o f t he o r i g i n a l b a t t l e f i e l d. Y e t l o c a l

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l a n do w n e r s w e r e n o t a l w a y s w i l l i n g t o se l l o r do n a t e t he i r l a n d t o t he st a t e . T o o v e r c o m e t hi s o b st a c l e , a pr i v a t e o r g a n i z a t i o n , t he F r i e n ds o f M i n e C r e e k , o r g a n i z e d t o pr o v i de a n o n -pr o f i t e n t i t y t o w hi c h t he se l a n d o w n e r s c o u l d se l l . D o i n g so a l l o w e d po r t i o n s o f t he b a t t l e f i e l d t o b e a c q u i r e d w i t ho u t f o r c i n g t he l a n do w n e r t o se l l t o t he st a t e .

A c q u i r i n g t he l a n d w a s o n l y t he f i r st st e p t o c r e a t i n g a b a t t l e f i e l d pa r k a t M i n e C r e e k . T he n e x t c ha l l e n g e w a s t o de v e l o p t he si t e . I n i t i a l de v e l o pm e n t a t t he si t e w a s l i m i t e d. I n t he e a r l y 1 9 9 0 s, i n t e r e st i n f u r t he r de v e l o pi n g t he si t e r e su l t e d i n t he c r e a t i o n o f a c o m m i t t e e t ha t i n c l u de d r e pr e se n t a t i v e s f r o m t he L i n n C o u n t y H i st o r i c a l S o c i e t y , t he F r i e n ds o f M i n e C r e e k , t he N a t i o n a l P a r k S e r v i c e , t he K a n sa s S t a t e H i st o r i c a l S o c i e t y , t he L i n n C o u n t y C o m m i ssi o n , t he C i v i l W a r R o u n d T a b l e o f K a n sa s C i t y , t he L i n n C o u n t y E c o n o m i c D e v e l o pm e n t

C o m m i t t e e , a n d o t he r st a t e a n d l o c a l po l i t i c a l f i g u r e s. T hi s c o m m i t t e e st a r t e d t he pl a n n i n g pr o c e ss f o r a v i si t o r s c e n t e r a n d f u r t he r de v e l o pm e n t a n d i n t e r pr e t a t i o n . I n 1 9 9 9 , t he K a n sa s S t a t e H i st o r i c a l S o c i e t y o f f i c i a l l y de di c a t e d t he v i si t o r s c e n t e r a t M i n e C r e e k B a t t l e f i e l d S t a t e H i st o r i c P a r k .

I n m o r e r e c e n t y e a r s, t he n a t u r a l hi st o r y o f t he r e g i o n ha s a l so r e c e i v e d a t t e n t i o n . T he m o st i m po r t a n t a spe c t o f t hi s ha s b e e n t he c r e a t i o n o f t he 7 , 5 0 0 -a c r e M a r a i s de s C y g n e s N a t i o n a l W i l dl i f e R e f u g e . H e r e , v i si t o r s c a n e x pe r i e n c e t he m a r shy l a n ds t ha t ho st t he t r u m pe t e r sw a n s t ha t o r i g i n a l l y g a v e t he r i v e r i t s n a m e . A s a r e su l t , a c o m b i n a t i o n o f f e de r a l , st a t e , l o c a l , a n d pr i v a t e e f f o r t s ha v e w o r k e d t o m a k e t he e a st e r n b o r de r o f K a n sa s a n e du c a t i o n a l e x pe r i e n c e f o r l o c a l s a n d v i si t o r s a l i k e .

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The S o u t h K a n sa s C a m p N o . 2 0 6 4 i s ha v i n g a n o t he r g o o d y e a r . I n F e b r u a r y , C a m p C o m m a n de r K y l e S i m s o f t he M i ddl e t o n T a t e J o hn so n C a m p N o . 1 6 4 8 , A r l i n g t o n , T e x a s w a s o u r g u e st . A s a l w a y s, i t w a s a n e n j o y a b l e a n d g r e a t t i m e w i t h K y l e S i m s a n d t o se e hi s e n t hu si a sm f o r o u r C o n f e de r a t e v e t e r a n s, o u r he r i t a g e a n d t he S o n s o f C o n f e de r a t e V e t e r a n s.

I n M a r c h, P hi l B l a k e o f O pe r a t i o n E n si g n a n n o u n c e d hi s pr o po sa l t o o u r C a m p f o r a C i v i l W a r m o n u m e n t t o b e pl a c e d i n M a pl e Gr o v e C e m e t e r y i n W i c hi t a . T hi s w o r t hw hi l e pr o j e c t i s g o i n g t o n e e d t he su ppo r t o f se v e r a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s. S o u t h K a n sa s C a m p v o t e d u n a n i m o u sl y t o su ppo r t t hi s pr o j e c t b e c a u se o n e -ha l f o f t he m o n u m e n t i s de di c a t e d t o ho n o r C o n f e de r a t e v e t e r a n s i n t hi s n o r t he r n st a t e . C e r t a i n l y , o u r C o n f e de r a t e v e t e r a n s b u r i e d i n K a n sa s a r e a

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v e r y sm a l l n u m b e r a s c o m pa r e d t o t he v a st n u m b e r o f y a n k e e s b u r i e d he r e . D i c k C r o f t a n d K e n L e w e l l e n a r e r e pr e se n t i n g S o u t h K a n sa s o n t he m o n u m e n t c o m m i t t e e f o r t hi s C i v i l W a r m o n u m e n t . O n A pr i l 1 4 t h, n i n e ( 9 ) o f t he S o u t h K a n sa s m e m b e r s j o u r n e y e d t o O sc e o l a , M i sso u r i t o a t t e n d t he da y ' s e v e n t s w hi c h w a s t he A T M m e e t i n g , t he he r i t a g e t o u r b y b u s, a n d t he C o n f e de r a t e H e r i t a g e D i n n e r . L t . C I C R o n C a st e e l a n d A T M C o m m a n de r C hu c k N o r r e d w e r e t he r e . W a l t e r D . K e n n e dy , a u t ho r o f " T he S o u t h W a s R i g ht " , w a s t he f e a t u r e d spe a k e r t ha t e v e n i n g f o r t he C o n f e de r a t e H e r i t a g e D i n n e r . T he r e w e r e S C V m e m b e r s f r o m a b o u t t e n st a t e s. T ho se a t t e n di n g f r o m S o u t h K a n sa s w e r e H e r b B a i l e y , D i c k C r o f t , R o b e r t E . L e e F r a n c i s, K e n H e a d, K e v i n I v e y , K e n L e w e l l e n , L t C o l . ( R e t . ) J o hn S ha r p, T i m W i l so n a n d C ha r l e y W i l so n . I t w a s a g r e a t da y a n d w i l l b e l o n g r e m e m b e r e d b y t ho se t he r e .

K e v i n I v e y o f S o u t h K a n sa s w a s a ppo i n t e d t o se r v e o n t he n a t i o n a l Ge n e a l o g y C o m m i t t e e o f t he S C V . H e ' s b e e n b u sy w i t h i n q u i r i e s t o a ssi st pr o spe c t i v e m e m b e r s f r o m a c r o ss A m e r i c a t o de t e r m i n e t he i r C o n f e de r a t e a n c e st o r w hi l e e n c o u r a g i n g a n d he l pi n g t he m t o j o i n t he S o n s o f C o n f e de r a t e V e t e r a n s. L a st y e a r o u r C a m p f l o a t s w e r e i n t hi r t y -t hr e e ( 3 3 ) pa r a de s. T hi s spr i n g a n d su m m e r , S o u t h K a n sa s i s l o o k i n g f o r w a r d t o t he a r e a pa r a de s t o e n t e r i t s C o n f e de r a t e f l o a t s. T i m W i l so n , J o hn B r o o k e a n d a n u m b e r o f S o u t h K a n sa s m e m b e r s a r e b e hi n d t he se pa r a de e f f o r t s. S e v e r a l o f o u r m e m b e r s w i l l b e a t t e n di n g t he K a n sa s D i v i si o n C o n v e n t i o n i n E m po r i a , K a n sa s o n J u n e 1 6 t h a n d t he " M o b i l e 2 0 0 7 R e u n i o n " i n M o b i l e , A l a b a m a i n J u l y . W e l o o k f o r w a r d t o se e i n g f e l l o w m e m b e r s o f t he S o n s o f C o n f e de r a t e V e t e r a n s a t t he se e v e n t s i n ho n o r o f o u r C o n f e de r a t e v e t e r a n s.

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9th Annual Kansas Division Convention Sons of Confederate Veterans Emporia, Kansas June 16, 2007 Best Western Hospitality House 3021 West US Highway 50 Emporia, Kansas 66801 (620) 342-7587 REGISTRATION FORM: NAME: ______________________________________ CAMP: ______________________________________ COST FOR CONVENTION IS $20.00 PER PERSON Ancestor Memorials: $10.00 (up to 16 names for $10.00. include rank. Name, company, and unit on separate sheet of paper). Ancestor Memorials: $___________ Convention: $___________ Total: $___________ Names(s) of guests: _____________________________. _______________________. Featured convention guest speaker will be Compatriot Scott Price of the Gen Lewis A. Armistead Camp. The title of his presentation is “Bitter Heritage” covering the becoming of the war to Kansas and Missouri. Scott is an excellent speaker and promises to give an extraordinary presentation to the members of the Kansas Division. DEADLINE TO MAIL IN REGISTRATION FORMS Is MONDAY JUNE 4th!!! MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: KANSAS DIVISION –SCV AND MAIL TO: Kansas Division Chief of Staff Jesse Estes 702 Plumb Street Wamego, Kansas. 66547

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A Camp Chaplain’s Message E a c h o f u s ha s g o n e t hr o u g h t i m e s o f pa i n a n d su f f e r i n g . M a n y o f u s ha v e l o st pe o pl e w e l o v e d de a r l y . S o m e o f u s m a y r e m e m b e r phy si c a l i l l n e ss t ha t c a u se d u s g r e a t pa i n , w hi l e o t he r s m a y r e c a l l psy c ho l o g i c a l di st r e ss t ha t l e d t o su f f e r i n g . N o o n e i s i m m u n e f r o m so m e a m o u n t o f pa i n a s w e m a k e o u r w a y t hr o u g h l i f e . T o g e t t hr o u g h ha r d t i m e s w e sho u l d r e a c h t o o u r c o m m u n i t y t o su st a i n a n d n u r t u r e u s, a n d w e sho u l d t u r n t o Go d. A t t i m e s t ho u g h, o pt i m i sm

se e m s i m po ssi b l e . W he n w e ha v e b e e n b e t r a y e d a n d o u r t r u st ha s b e e n b r o k e n , w e c a n c ho o se c y n i c i sm a n d ha r de n o u r he a r t s, w e c a n pr a y , o r w e i n c l i n e o u r he a r t s a n d o u r m i n ds f o r a c o m pl e t e he a l i n g o f o u r spi r i t . T hi s r e q u i r e s t ha t w e e se e k a n o pe n n e ss t ha t , r i g ht n o w , m i g ht b e c l o se d o f f o v e r o r sc a r r e d o v e r . S o l e t u s b e g i n b y t u r n i n g t o Go d a n d a sk i n g t o ha v e o u r spi r i t a n d t r u st r e st o r e d i n f u l l n e ss a n d st r e n g t h

Peace be with You, The Rev. Christopher Melugin Chaplain Albert Pike Camp 1439

CAMP MEETINGS GEN. ALBERT PIKE CAMP #1439 MAJOR THOMAS J. KEY CAMP #1920 LOCATION: Ryan’s Family steakhouse, 6633 W Kellogg, LOCATION: Chen’s Super Buffet Shawnee Mission Wichita, Kansas Parkway & Quivira, Shawnee, Kansas. DATE: Second (2ND) Saturday each month DATE: First (1st ) Thursday each month TIME: 11:30 am Lunch, 12:30 Meeting TIME: 6:30 pm fellowship, 7:00pm Meeting COLONELS LEWIS & HARRISON CAMP #1854 SOUTH KANSAS CAMP #2064 LOCATION: Westside Christian Church, LOCATION: Museum of World Treasures, 432 SW Lindenwood, Topeka, Kansas. 835 E. First Street, Wichita, Kansas. DATE: Third (3rd) Saturday each Month DATE: Second (2nd) Thursday each Month TIME: 10:00 am TIME: 6:00 pm GEN. LEWIS A. ARMISTEAD CAMP #1847 GEN. WILLIAM STEELE CAMP #1857 LOCATION: Public Library Technical Conference Ctr. Rm. LOCATION: Village Square Restaurant. 301 East Elm, Salina, Ks. Leavenworth, Ks. DATE: Second (2nd) Saturday each Month DATE: Second (2nd) Thursday each Month TIME 2:00-2:30 pm fellowship, 2:30-4:00 Meeting TIME: 6:00 pm Fellowship 7:00 pm Meeting CAPT. WILLIAM C. QUANTRILL CAMP #1814 LOCATION: Watkins Museum. Lawrence, Kansas. DATE; August 21st Annually. Electronically all other months

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Our Next Kansas Division Convention is Scheduled for June 16, 2007 at Emporia, Kansas.

The Kansas Division Sons of Confederate Veterans 190 NW Hawthorn St. Topeka, Kansas. 66606 COMPATRIOT