Volume 6, Issue 5

May 2013

RANKIN DISPATCH
Newsletter of the raNkiN rough & readys
S O N S O F C O N F E D E R A T E V E T E R A N S C A M P # 2 6 5

Commanders Report
April sure went by fast. The Trail of Honor was canceled but Champion Hill is still on May 15th. Please plan to attend and volunteer while you are there. Our relic show is June 22nd and 23rd. We are expecting over 2,000 visitors and yes, we need all hands on deck! Our speaker this month is Allen Terrell from Natchez, MS. You will love his energy. There will be a lot of information given out over the next two meetings. Your attendance is requested. And as sure as its starting to heat up outside, I will probably see you at our next meeting on May 4th at Penns in Brandon. May God bless you and yours, our military around the world, and may God continue to bless that United States of America. Tim Cupit

"If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you will find an excuse."

Memorial at Old Brandon Cemetery on April 18th, 2013

Volunteering at the Humanities Council Luncheon on March 22nd, 2013

Chaplains Report By: Tom Fortenberry

Maj. Gen. Patrick Ronayne Cleburne "Every man should endeavor to understand the meaning of subjugation before it is too late... It means the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern schoolteachers; will learn from Northern school books their version of the war; will be impressed by the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors, and our maimed veterans as fit objects for derision... It is said slavery is all we are fighting for, and if we give it up we give up all. Even if this were true, which we deny, slavery is not all our enemies are fighting for. It is merely the pretense to establish sectional superiority and a more centralized form of government, and to deprive us of our rights and liberties." --- Maj. General Patrick R. Cleburne, CSA, January 1864, writing on what would happen if the Confederacy were to be defeated. "If this cause, that is dear to my heart, is doomed to fail, I pray heaven may let me fall with it, while my face is toward the enemy and my arm battling for that which I know is right." --- Major General Patrick R. Cleburne before his fatal wound at the battle of Franklin, Tennessee. Today we remain to face an enemy who continues with a burning desire to trample underfoot the Constitution of this great nation and to strike Gods written word from the hearts of men. Even as one man, Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne fell. He fell with fellow men who faced the enemy as we also face today. And yet the desire for freedom cannot be subjugated by men when by faith we believe and know that our God is right. For where God is there is no fear, for the enemy will flee. Josh 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. KJV Thomas Fortenberry Chaplain SCV Camp 265

Adjutants Report By: Sid Boteler

Items such as lapel pins, service medals, belt buckels, membership medals, etc. can be ordered from IHQ in Columbia, Tennessee. Should you wish to order any of these accessories please let me know. Quotation of the Month: Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) was the founding father who held the position of president of the continental congress in 1783. He later became a congressman from New Jersey. He was renowned for being the founder and president of the American Bible Society. Elias Boudinot Stated: .Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow. Sid Boteler Adjutant

Camp member, Eddie Cupit, getting married to his blushing bride, Julie Walpole. Ceremony being performed by Division Chaplain, Brother Cecil Fayard

AGENDA FOR APRIL 6TH, 2013 *OPEN 7:00pm SHARP *PRAYER BY CHAPLAIN TOM FORTENBERRY *PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO US FLAG & SALUTES *INTRO TO SPEAKER ALLEN TERRELLQ & A *TRIVIA *ADOPT MINUTES FROM APRIL 6, 2013 UNFINISHED BUSINESS *OCCUPATION OF JACKSON MAY 4TH *CHAMPION HILL MAY 18TH *NATIONAL CONVENTION IN VICKSBURG JULY 18TH-20TH -WEBSITE? *TRAIL OF HONOR CANCELED *APRIL 20TH HERITAGE DAY REPORT *HERITAGE DAY AT BEAUVOIR *ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS? NEW BUSINESS *CAMP TEE SHIRTS $20.00 - ALL PROCEEDS GO TO FUND RELIC SHOW *RELIC SHOW UPDATE *NEW MEMBERS *OPEN FLOOR *DOOR PRIZES *CLOSE WITH PRAYER AT APPROX. 8:20PM PLEASE LEAVE $1.00 FOR THE GIRLS THAT CLEAN UP

Ken Morris being presented his membership certificate by SCV member, Charlie Brantley, husband to the awesome Mrs. Terry Brantley

This is the Sons of Confederate Veterans 150th Sesquicentennial logo

JJ Dafner & Brandon Jobe & several other members of Camp #265 helping the Rankin County Historical Society at Heritage Day on April 20th, 2013
Conor Bond, Suzie Bond, & Justin Dunn working Heritage Day in Clinton, MS on April 20th, 2013

Dont forget to visit the new camp website www.scv265.com

CIVIL WAR RELIC SHOW

BRANDON CITY HALL
SATURDAY JUNE 22ND
1473 WEST GOVERNMENT ST.

BRANDONS SECOND INTERACTIVE

SUNDAY JUNE 23RD

9AM - 5PM
BOOKS RELICS ANTIQUES CURRENCY DOCUMENTS PHOTOGRAPHS MS AUTHORS GENEALoGY RESEARCH

9AM - 3PM
PRINTS WEAPONS UNIFORMS REENACTORS PERIOD FOOD PERIOD Music Ms ARTISTS & Musicians

SATURDAY SPECIAL - AN ARTIST ON SIGHT DRAWING PERSONAL PORTRAITS & A PRogram ON Holt collier presented by minor Buchanan Saturday night at 6:15pm - 7:00pm
For more information contact Tim Cupit at 769-234-2966 OR TIMCUPIT@COMCAST.NET Www.scv265.com
SPONSORED BY: SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS CAMP #265 BRANDON, MS &

FREE ADMISSION

MS HUMANITIES COUNCIL

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Loftons Thursday Night Coin Club

6:30 p.m. First Thursday of Each Month Crossgates Library in Brandon, MS. Ed Lofton Cell: 601-954-7616 I also buy coins & paper money.

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The old joke is - A man stands on the corner and asks women if they will go on a date with him and is repeatedly told no. His friend asks him why he does this? The mans reply is: Not all of them say no.

Relic Show Request

We need all members and volunteers to set aside June 21st, 22nd, & 23rd. This is too big for just a few of us! Im not begging, just being honest. WE NEED HELP WITH THE RELIC SHOW. We need 65 volunteers. This year all volunteers will be fed Saturday night.

Members that have sold ads & secured donations for the Relic Show:
Sid Boteler Jim Black Ed Dunn D.W. Boyd Carl Merck Chris Merck Ted Joy Bo Pitts Ed Lofton

This months top seller:

Paul Muncie
Relic Show Update We have 140 tables accounted for so far. We need workers, volunteers, men, women, children, fat kids, skinny kids, even kids with chicken pox. We have camp t-shirts for sale now. We have an opportunity to dress the same! Grant request to the MHC was submitted on April 15th.

Did you know?

The May 16, 1863 Battle of Champion Hill was the largest, bloodiest, and most significant action of Grants Vicksburg Campaign. 32,000 advancing Union soldiers met 23,000 Confederates in a fierce struggle for a vital crossroads roughly halfway between Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi. The field was dominated by bald Champion Hill, from which Confederate artillery opened fire on the Union army at 9:45 A.M. The first Federal assault on the hill drove the Southerners back with bayonets and clubbed muskets. As the Union soldiers tried to reform and consolidate their gains, they were swept away by a counterattack led by John Bowens Missourians and Arkansans. Ulysses S. Grant ordered more men towards the hill and Bowens Confederates were themselves driven off, compelling a general retreat. Southern Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman was killed while directing a desperate rearguard action that enabled most of the Confederate army to escape towards Vicksburg. The decisive Union victory at Champion Hill was instrumental in forcing the Confederates out of the open field and into a doomed position inside the walls of Vicksburg.

SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS CAMP #265

THE RANKIN DISPATCH 317 LAKE HEATHER ROAD BRANDON, MS 39047

NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID BRANDON, MS PERMIT NO. 265

**Our next meeting is April 6th at Penns in Brandon at 7:00pm. Come early!