JOHN BELL HOOD CAMP NEWSLETTERS

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Aide-de-Camp August 2006: Report from New Orleans; Chuch Norred Returns to SCV Exec Board; What we saw in New Orleans; In the French Quarter.  Images:  The Frst Battle Flag at Confederate Memorial Hall; Commander's Word from Mike Presswood; New Member Profile:  Martin Chang; Reinstated Member Profile:  Dr. Stephen Mouton; Images:  Nelson Winbush and Martin Chang at Confederate Ball; Woody Plaugher and CiC Chris Sullivan. 

Aide-de-Camp July 2006: Did California’s Gold Crush Southern Independence?; Commander Ro King Announces Move to NC; Schedule of Events;  Film Reviews:  Run of the Arrow and Ride with the Devil; Book Review of Elmira:  Death Camp of the North; Thoughts from Harry Jaffa. 

Aide-de-Camp August 2005:  Hood & UDC to Honor Confederates at Evergreen; Reunion news and photos-- N.B. Forrest at the Forrest Boyhood home; SCV VISA Card, with Robert E. Lee pictured <<...>> ; Donations to Camp 1208 Heritage Fund; Former 1208 Member publishes book on Red River Campaign; Combined Federal Campaign code 0887 will designate SCV as payroll deduction; California Society Order of Confederate Rose Annual Report; DD-214 is now Online; Rebel Yell bourbon publicly supports our Southern Heritage; Camp meeting schedule. 

Aide-de-Camp July 2005: Why We Honor Our Confederate Veterans, by Michael Wright; Camp 1208 donates $1000 to historical preservation; Real Confederate Daughter Passes at 108, from Corky Reed; We Have our Own SCV Division Pin, with image, obtain one for $5; and from UDC Compatriot Margaret Alley: Grave Markers On Order for Veterans at Evergreen Cemetery, Memorial Service planned for October; From the Associated Press: "Lincoln bent the rules to win Civil War"; 1st North Carolina Cavalry Reenactors Open to Recruits; Letters to the Editor: From Nick Smith, City of Pasadena, "What Mystery"; from Sam Hood, President, John Bell Hood Historical Society, on Gen. Hood, and the Eltham Landing Battlefield development; and from John Quimby on preserving the battlefields, and on Gen. Hood's use of morphine; Camp 1208 Schedule for rest of 2005.

Aide-de-Camp March 2005: Mystery Solved-- USC Mascot Revealed (Not Univ. South Carolina!)-- By John McNabb; Lee the Educator, by Mark McNabb; Hood's Texas Brigade, By Lu Hickey; Letter from Sam Hood, president of Gen. J. B. Hood Historical Society; Narrative of the Battles of Franklin and Nashville from the Point of View of a Participant, Captain William McMillan; "Coercion": Poetry from the Los Angeles Star, Aug 17, 1861; Images: General Hood, Reunion in Pasadena, Cleburne-style Battle Flag of 3rd Confederate Infantry; Welcome New Compatriot Pipkin; Camp Officers; Camp Schedule for 2005.

Aide-de-Camp February 2005:  SCV 1208 Salutes Black History Month:  Family Tree Makes Confederate Daughter a Rarity, from Nashville Tennessean; reprinted with permission;  Camp 1208 Annual Report: Our Accomplishments this year, by Commander Farrell Cooley;  Heritage News:  Maps by Marilyn King;  UDC California Heritage by Margaret Alley:  GPS Technology makes Graves Registration Easier;  Welcome New Member Daniel Pancotto;  Letters from John Quimby and Don S. Davis;  Camp Schedule for 2005 :  Every event described, with directions from MapQuest; Images: General John Bell Hood  (one I haven't seen); Camp 1208 events at Whittier Museum; Sgt. Kirkland Monument at Gettysburg; Real Daughter Lillie V. Odom, courtesy Nashville Tennessean, reprinted with permission from Copy Editor.

Aide-de-Camp January 2005: Aide-de-Camp January 2005: La Mirada Workshop to Showcase Civil War; Commander Cooley reports on the local history of Hoggatt Clopton, colonel in the Confederate Army, and later in UCV Santa Ana Hi-Bledsoe Camp; photos of Lt. Hunley's grave and other Confederate Naval men at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston South Carolina; Confederate Research sources, from Ken Koch; and, from our chaplain, the prayer "Thy Will be Done," from soldiers of the 16th Alabama.

Aide-de-Camp October 2004: Outstanding Presentation from Professor Jim Stanbery: Lee and Grant; Stanbery Exonerated in ATM Pins Heist; Heritage Funds Nears $1000; Welcome New Members; Order of Confederate Rose President's Report; Camp 1208 Donates $100 to SCV Relief Fund; Heritage News-- Letter to Augusta Mayor Young from Philip Gallanders; Words to Battle Cry of Freedom, Southern Version, and the story behind it; Letter to Editor from Marilyn King; Membership Papers reorganized at Elm Springs; Book on Reenacting by Mike Chilton; Camp Schedule; Camp Officers; Word from the President.

Aide-de-Camp September 2004: Park Ranger Tries to Run Off SCV at Fort Tejon: SCV has to Battle Once Again for Space at Fort Tejon; Reunion News Concluded: Cold Beans and No Spoon; Our Last Bus Tour; News of the Next Annual Reunion; Soldier's Prayer in Camp, from Chaplain John Hasha; Patrick Cleburne, Confederate General, a Definitive Biography, by Howell & Purdue; excerpts from Farrell Cooley; Brigadier General T. H. Bell, Forrest's Fighting Lieutenant, by Connie Moretti; Pastor Weaver, SCV Chaplain-in-Chief, to visit California in October; Camp Officers; Camp 1208 Meeting Schedule; Mike Chilton's book on Reenacting is out; Reunion images by Bryan Padgett and Marcia Norred.

Aide-de-Camp August 2004: Three Camp 1208 members attend Dalton National Reunion; Record Reunion attendance by 16 Californians; Texan Denne Sweeney Elected CiC; The Great Suit and Tie Debate; Bus Tours From Hell, Part I; Sandra Ashdown-Turner, President California OCR, Receives SCV Ladies Appreciation Medal; Letters in response to the possible removal of Confederate statues at Texas University, and, removal of the Confederate Flag at Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte by Heritage Officer Steve White; Our Colors at Los Angeles National Cemetery on Memorial Day; Pastor Weaver, SCV Chaplain-in-Chief, to visit California in October; Camp Officers; Camp 1208 Meeting Schedule; Mike Chilton's book on Reenacting is out; Reunion images by Bryan Padgett and Marcia Norred.

Aide-de-Camp July 2004: Our year’s accomplishments (our Annual Report); image of the largest Confederate Memorial in Orange County; Introduction from Heritage Officer Steve White; Cmdr. Nick Warren on Reenacting and SCV and how the two do and don’t complement each other, words to Bonnie Blue Flag and history of this song; Camp 1208 Meeting Schedule for the Year; Connie Moretti’s new book on General T. H. Bell; image of Camp 1208 at Hollywood Cemetery on Confederate Memorial Day; image of Richmond Howitzers at Fort Tejon.

Aide-de-Camp, June 2004: John Lynch attends Hunley Funeral; images and text by John Lynch, and another report of the Funeral from Sandra Ashdown-Turner, who also walked in the procession in Charleston; Dedication to Cpl. Emanuel Basore of the Stonewall Brigade, in Mt. View Cemetery in Altadena, text and images by Floyd Farrar; Commander’s Corner; Heritage News: Lee Highway name change; Spotsylvania Reenactment, by Robert Lee Hodge; Camp 1208 meeting schedule for year; Word from the President; Heritage checks; Hispanic Confederates, 2d Edition, by John O’Donnell-Rosales; Info and application form for Order of Confederate Rose.

Aide-de-Camp, April 2004: Save the Mansfield Battlefield, by Steve White; Next event 24th April at Hollywood Cemetery; Kathy Ralston on The Women of Roswell, by Janet Whaley; Commander's Corner; Report from the President of the California Order of Confederate Rose, by Sandra Ashdown-Turner; Book Recommendations from Compatriot John McNabb; Southern Heritage Checks; Memorial Day Story: Unknown Soldiers No More, by Dennis Rogers, Raleigh News & Observer; Novel About Black Slave Owner Wins Pulitzer, NewsMax.com Wires; To our Noble Adversary Ben Myers, Lt Col., U.S. Army; Camp Officers; Division Website; Meeting Schedule for year. Images: Confederates and cannon near Chino Hills, by F. Farrar; JBH Hood members at Rose Hills, by F. Cooley; Mike Presswood and Farrell Cooley at Vista by Diane Allen; Sandra Ashdown-Turner.

Aide-de-Camp March 2004: Camp 1208 sweeps California Division Awards; Loma Vista Cemetery, Fullerton, dedication of bronze marker for John William Hansard (image); Author Dr. Richard Rollins Dead at 58; photos; excerpts of reviews of his Black Southerners in Gray; Pickett's Charge; and, The Damned Red Flags of the Rebellion; Heritage Officer Column by Steve White: PBS's Reconstruction: The Second Civil War; Commander's Corner; Photos: Margaret Alley receives Plaque of Appreciation; Johnny Holland, Camp 2062 receives a Letter of Appreciation; Chaplain’s Corner; Photos: Division Cmdr Chuck Norred; Holiday Meeting; Judy Estes receives Certificate of Appreciation; Camp Officers; Glossary of a Fort by SUV member Charles Reed; Meeting Schedule for 2004; Division Website; Southern Heritage Checks, Salute to the Confederate Flag, the Call of General Lee; and Word from the President.

Aide-de-Camp December 2003:  Dr. Murphy, In Memoriam, by Farrell D. Cooley; Next event:  28th December Sunday1 pm:  Lunch at the Tam O' Shanter Guards Room; Request from Heritage Officer Steve White; Photo by Ro King; New Compatriots Brett Ernest and Randy Honeycutt are sworn in (photo); California Division Convention News; Richmond Howitzers Cannoneer is in Cold Mountain, by Simon Dalseme; Judge H. R. Ward's Reminiscences of Sherman's Raid, by Strickland & Edwards, 1995;  Photo:  Mike Wright; Vern Padgett and Robert Burke at Drum Barracks (photo); News on Toby Keith; Camp Officers; Camp 1208 Meeting Schedule for 2004; Division Website; Get Southern Heritage Checks!, and, Word from the President. 

Aide-de-Camp October 2003:  1st NC Cavalry is Official Camp 1208 Reenactor Group; photo; Mike Presswood and Ro King receive UDC military service awards; photo; Fullerton's photo of Huntington Beach Confederates in action; Commander's Corner; Photo:  Cmdr Farrell Cooley acknowledges Paul Gillette’s efforts in preservation projects benefiting the South; Photo: 1st Lt Cmdr Mike Presswood presents to Orange County Round Table on the Battle of Chickamauga; Tragic past, turbulent present:  Point Lookout, by Jeff Barker, Sun Staff; Photo: Grave Marker Dedication for George Emory Butler, 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment, at Downey Cemetery; Donations Sought for Confederate Corner at Whittier Museum, by Garland Courts, Curator, Whittier Museum; Ken Koch and Johnny Holland recruit at Fort Tejon, August 2003; Book Review: Guns of the South, from Kirkus Reviews; Next Event news; Camp Officers; View Past Newsletters; Southern Partisan Magazine and the Southern Mercury; Meeting in December; Salute to the Confederate Flag; Call of General S. D. Lee; Confederate Checks; Word from the President. 

Aide-de-Camp September 2003:  At Woodlawn Cemetery: Compatriot Noel Estes Honored; photos by Marilyn King; Three SCV Camps Recruit: Fort Tejon Reenactment Best Ever, by Leroy Ross; photos by Ken Koch; Word from UDC: UDC To Present Service Awards to Camp 1208 Compatriots, by Cher Buckham; Commander's Corner, by Farrell Cooley; Camp 1208 Members Contribute $119 to Camp 1208 Heritage Fund; Dispute over Confederate Museum Ends, by Cain Burdeau, AP; Memorial Hall Saved; Battle Finally Ends, by David G. Holcombe, 1stLt. Cmdr, Louisiana Division; The Gods and Generals DVD was #1 selling DVD in North America-- 1st printing of 1/2 million sold out in 5 days; Huntington Beach Reenactment great success, by Ed Mann, Camp 2062 CSS Virginia; photos by Floyd Farrar; Camp Officers; Where to View Past Newsletters; Subscribe to the Southern Partisan Magazine and the Southern Mercury; Meeting Schedule for the Year; Salute to the Confederate Flag; Call of General S. D. Lee; How to Get Confederate Checks; Word from the President. 

Aide-de-Camp August 2003: 18 Californians attend National SCV Asheville N.C. Convention; Analysis and Comment:  Asheville SCV National 2003 Convention by Cmdr. Farrell Cooley; Web site for the Hunley Funeral Committee now up; California Order of Confederate Rose Society Chartered; Word from Division Commander Chuck Norred:  Bristoe Station Heritage Project; Black Confederates:  The Forgotten Men in Gray-- VHS or DVD available; Confederate Heritage Checks available online; Camp Meeting Schedule for the year; Word from the President.  Photos of Asheville Convention by Farrell Cooley and Sandra Ashdown-Turner.

Aide-de-Camp July 2003:  Report to division:  A Year of Accomplishments, by Farrell Cooley; Meeting 17th August  2003, Sunday, Noon, at Fort Tejon-- see page 6 for directions; Commander's Corner: Thoughts of your Commander, by Farrell Cooley; SCV California donates $888.30 to Jefferson Davis Monument Repair, by Farrell Cooley; Desecration of Jefferson Davis Statue in New Orleans, from SCV Dispatch; Report to ATM Commander on California Division Convention, by Farrell Cooley; Photos of Los Angeles National Memorial Day observance with 1st North Carolina Cavalry Honor Guard, photos by Ro King; SCV California donates $100 to Alma Grigsby; Commander Cooley donates $200; Henderson Stacy, 5th Kentucky Infantry, by Compatriot Scott Furcolow; Confederate Memorial Hall in New Orleans--  More Donations Needed, by Phillip Gallanders; Chaplain's Corner, by John Hasha; Camp Officers; Yearly Meeting schedule; lag image:  Bunting copy of the 3rd Texas Infantry, 1863, from Compatriot Mike Cheuvront.  

Aide-de-Camp May 2003:  Camp 1208 Honors Confederate Heros at Hollywood Cemetery; On Confederate Memorial Day:  “Another April 26th Forgotten” by Doug Hagin, from the SCV Gray Line; Photos of SCV at Hollywood Cemetery; Next Camp 1208 event: Confederate Films at Heritage Officer Ben Miles’s in Whittier Thursday 15th May, at 7 p.m.; Confederate Ironclad CSS Virginia May Have Been Found; Commander’s Corner; Camp 1208 Meets at Drum Barracks,  by Floyd Farrar, with photos of uniforms from the film Gods and Generals; Chaplain's Corner:  Thoughts on Stonewall; Custom Designed Business Cards At Reasonable Prices, by George Bell, Camp 2023 Modesto; Camp 1208 Yearly meeting schedule; "True Southerners"; Cooking Corner:  Country-Style Ribs Baked in Maurice’s Barbeque Sauce; Image of bunting copy of the Army of Northern Virginia Battle Flag, Silk Issue (Second Type) from Compatriot Mike Cheuvront. 

Aide-de-Camp April 2003:  Opening of Gods and Generals:  Confederates at the Theater; Richmond Howitzers cannon guards Regal Theater in La Habra at opening weekend of Gods and Generals, photos by Floyd Farrar; Next event:  Hollywood Cemetery Confederate Memorial Day, 11 a.m., 26th April, see page 5; Monumental task:  Group Seeks State Home for Confederate War Monument, by Ed Cullen, The Advocate (report on the Port Hudson Monument our Camp has supported with member donations); UDC California Division Convention in Irvine, May 2-4, by Cher Buckham, UDC; Heritage Defense Action Needed:  Reconstruction and the National Park Service, Beaufort, South Carolina, by Lt. Cmdr Michael Givens, South Carolina Division SCV; Letter to Editor from Compatriot Rich Studenick; Announcements:  Camp Officers; Division Website; Our Call; Meeting Schedule for the Year; An Invitation to Join A New Confederate Order:  The Order of Confederate Rose; http://scvcalifornia.net/ConfederateRose.htm; Book Review:  Guns of the South; Word from the President; Confederate Memorial Day Saturday, April 26, 2003 11:00 AM, Hollywood Forever Memorial Park, Hollywood; directions provided; SCV Division Convention 2003:  June 6, 7, & 8 in Fresno; Division Convention Registration Form.

Aide-de-Camp March 2003: Rose Hills Cemetery in Whittier:  Camp 1208 Visits 4 Confederates-- by Garland Courts; Commander’s Report:  Gods and Generals, by Farrell Cooley; Garland Courts receives Certificate of Appreciation (photo by Floyd Farrar); Commander Farrell Cooley presents award to Past Commander Ro King at January Camp meeting; Jefferson Davis Statue Vandalized in New Orleans; Last Confederate Widow Alberta Martin Needs Your Help; Paul DeNubilo receives Certificate of Appreciation (photo by Ken Koch); Review of Cold Mountain by Elvis Mitchell, New York Times; Grave Marker Dedication for George Emory Butler, Chaplain 3rd Arkansas Infantry, Saturday, March 29, 2003, 11 a.m., Downey Cemetery, Sidney Lanier Chapter 2141 UDC.  Next meeting:  Confederate films and tour of the Drum Barracks, including Lee and Jackson's uniforms from Gods and Generals.

Aide-de-Camp January 2003: Putting History to Rest: Graves of Confederates Who Settled in Whittier; Lincoln Statue in Richmond Virginia?; Jefferson Davis UDC Luncheon in San Diego; From Bad to Worse: Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco; Garland Courts and His Confederate Ancestor, General Johnson; and other articles.

Aide-de-Camp Dec 2002: Johnny Reb in the Pass: Compatriot John Quessenberry featured in Victorville Daily Press, by Stuart Kellogg; Perpetual Officer Medals; The Thankless Job of Heritage Officer, and Nature and Leadership, by Farrell Cooley; Jefferson Davis UDC Luncheon in San Diego; Forrest Statue in Memphis Under Attack, by Lee Millar; Graves Registration Project: Confederates in Whittier; Museum of the Confederacy; Thoughts on Sharpsburg, by JR Watson; George Washington Yancey; Word from Presidents Jefferson Davis and Lincoln; Christmas Party in Redlands; On Black Confederates: Division Website; Gods and Generals: Duvall to Play Lee; The Call of General S.D. Lee; Salute to the Confederate Flag; Calico Outfitters; On Booker T. Washington; Lincoln on the Races, and: Sewing for Reenactors I: All About Butternut.

Aide-de-Camp August 2002: Commander’s Campfire, by Ro King; Heritage Preservation Fund Raising Plea; Civil Warriors Round Table Meeting Schedule; Fort Tejon Reenactment; Hood Camp to have Booth at Genealogy Convention; El Monte Plaque Dedication; Eleven Tactics for Recruiting and Everyday Heritage; Ordering from Amazon.com; San Gabriel Valley Civil War Round Table.

Aide-de-Camp July 2002: Black Crewman Found Aboard the Hunley: Senator McConnell; Did Blacks Fight as Confederate Soldiers?; Special Guest Column by Bob Harrison, 37^th Texas Cavalry; Black Contributions in the Cradle of Secession, by Brian Lee Merrill; General Order 38 by Braxton Bragg; Black Southern Heritage Video; Letter to Editor, Joe Alarid.