VOLUME XIII ISSUE 6 2020
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Home of the Rankin Rough & Ready’s – Brandon, Mississippi
Commander’s Report
We will not have a meeting on June 6, 2020. The
restaurants are not able to accommodate large gatherings
just yet but, we need to plan to start our meetings again on
July 4, 2020. Please plan to attend and support our
restaurant that allows us to meet each month at no charge.
We will catch up on what has been going on and make plans
for the coming months.
Remember that dues are due before July 31, 2020 you
can mail your $55.00 to me at 317 Lake Heather Rd. in
Brandon, MS 39047 or to Our Adjutant Charles Lewis at
1324 Rosemary Rd., Florence, MS 39073.
With a Worldwide Pandemic upon us and people around
the country losing their minds, we must stick together and
help our country get back up and running on all cylinders!
Pray for our country, pray not that God would be on our
side, but that we would be on his side! And as sure as God
has a plan for all of us, I will probably see you on July 4,
2020 at Fernando’s Mexican Restaurant located at 2146
Hwy 471 in Brandon Mississippi 39047. – Tim Cupit
VOTED MOST LIKELY TO SECEDE
CLASS OF 1825
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May 22, 1863 – In the early morning hours, Captain Samuel
DeGolyer and his artillerymen begin a massive bombardment with
twenty-two cannons from atop this ridge. Their target – the Great
Redoubt, a formidable Confederate fortification that is guarding the
Jackson Road and the western entrance to the City of Vicksburg. It
boasts a dry moat fourteen feet deep and eight feet wide, with abatis
(sharpened stakes) built into earthen walls that stretch up to 21-feet
high. Despite its impressive appearance, Captain DeGolyer feels
that nearly four hours of continuous fire from his guns is enough to
shock even the most hardened Confederate defender.
Just before 10:00 AM, the cannons fall silent. General Grant has
ordered a simultaneous attack against the Confederate defenses
along a three-mile front. For one of the first times in military history,
all leaders synchronize their watches to ensure that the assault goes
off on schedule. From this spot, Captain DeGolyer observes two
long columns of blue-coated infantrymen surging across the distant
valley towards the Great Redoubt. They are the troops of Brigadier
General John Stevenson and many of them are carrying large
ladders to help them scale the redoubt’s massive walls. The
Confederate defenders open fire with rifle and artillery fire, as the
agonizing screams of injured men intermingle with the piercing
whoop of the Rebel Yell.
General Stevenson’s men reach the dry moat and plant their battle
flags along the fortress walls. But they discover to their disgust, that
the ladders they built are not tall enough to reach the top of the Great
Redoubt. Unable to scale the walls and reluctant to retreat across the
deadly ground they just crossed, the soldiers take cover in the dry
moat. Confederate soldiers then start lobbing artillery shells as hand
grenades over the walls, which explode in the Union ranks. General
Stevenson finally orders his troops to withdraw, and they rush back
across the field of death, suffering over 275 casualties.
The assault was a failure, with combined Union forces suffering
approximately 3,000 casualties. This leads Grant to declare a siege
on Vicksburg; a decision that would cement this small town on the
Mississippi River into the history books forever. If Grant cannot
force his way in, he will starve the Confederates out.
Commander’s Quote:
“If it’s important to you, you’ll find a way.
If not- you’ll find an excuse.”
 CHAPLAIN’S REPORT
by Tom Fortenberry

SLEEPING THROUGH THE STORM

A farmer was looking for a farm hand. A young man came looking for a
job. When the farmer asked for his qualifications, he said, "I can sleep
through a storm."The farmer was angry that instead of work this man
was talking about sleeping. However he really needed help so he hired
him.

A few weeks later, the farmer and his wife were awakened in the night
by a violent storm. He leapt out of bed and called for his new hired hand,
but the young man was sleeping soundly and couldn’t be woken up.

Frustrated and angry the farmer determined to fire the farmhand the
next day. He and his wife quickly began to check things to see if all was
secure. They found that the shutters of the farmhouse had been securely
fastened. The farmer and his wife then inspected their property. They
found that the farm tools had been placed in the storage shed, safe from
the elements. He sees that the bales of wheat had been bound and
wrapped in tarpaulins.
The tractor had been moved into its garage. The barn was properly
locked tight. Even the animals were calm and had plenty of feed. All
was well.
(Seated, left to right) Jane Fontaine, Martha Elizabeth Morton; (Standing, left
to right) Kate McCarthy Hill Cooper, Augusta Murdock Sykes Cox.
MEMORIAL DAY began as "Decoration Day," the tradition of
adorning soldiers' graves that began after the Civil War. In April
1866, four women organized the first joint decoration of
Confederate and Union soldiers' graves in Columbus,
Mississippi. The Decoration Day Ladies are pictured in this
painting, which is displayed in the Old Capitol Museum.

The farmer suddenly understood the meaning of the young man's

words, "I can sleep through a storm."

The farmhand did his work ahead of time so he was prepared for any
storm. So when the storm did actually break, he was not concerned or
afraid. He could sleep in peace.

I am often reminded of this story at work. Mostly in stress situations we

run helter-skelter, somehow manage the situation and are satisfied with
the “herculean” effort and time spent at work. However if we are
proactive and prepared wouldn't we tide through times of stress more
capably and smoothly.

How many of us can "Sleep Through a Storm”?

May God prepare us all for the storms that will surely be upon us!
ADJUTANT’S REPORT
by Charles Lewis

"Aland without memories is a people without Liberty." – Robert E. Lee

Due to COVID19 there was no May meeting. I am looking forward to being able to get together again, even if all our faces are covered with a mask. Can
you imagine that?

Our OCR ladies have managed to remain busy. They held a ZOOM meeting in May. Mailed cards of appreciation to health care professionals, and ladies
making and donating mask to nursing homes, hospitals, etc. Chapter member, Susan Jones, along with other UDC ladies made and donated mask to the
V.A. Center in Jackson, and the hospital in McComb. The chapter adopted a high school senior, and chapter V.P. Charla Lewis, and Events Coordinator
Robbie Lewis each personally adopted a senior. The graduates were presented gifts, cards, and good wishes for their future endeavors.

Since there is very little news this month, and we are all growing tired of the daily negative reports, I thought I would write on something a little lighter, "
Civil War Critters."

Horses belonging to line officers and mules pulling wagons were by all odds the most familiar animals seen by solders. Not only did horses transport
their masters into battle, but during lulls in fighting they also became pets of enlisted men. Next to the mule and the horse, which was in a category by
itself, the most common critter seen around camp or on the march was the dog.
Confederates of the Fourth Louisiana Brigade picked as their mascot a black and white bird dog. Described as being of medium size, Sawbuck
roamed about encampments at will. He didn't stay there, however. When bugles called for an assault on an enemy position, according to a sergeant of
whom Sawbuck was especially fond, "the dog knew nearly member of the division, and always went into battle, running up and down the lines in order to
watch the fight."
Before donning a gray uniform, Robert E. Lee once described himself as being "very solitary." His only companions, he said in a letter to his wife,
were"my dog and cats." According to the lonely cavalry officer, his dog went with him to his office every morning and lay down "from eight to four
without moving."
During his U.S. Army days, Lieutenant Colonel Lee once crossed the "Narrows" between Fort Hamilton and Staten Island, New York. Halfway over
the body of water, he spied a female dog with its head barely above the waves. He rescued the animal, named her Dart, and took her home with him.
One of her pups, Spec, was an alert and especially affectionate black and tan terrier who once jumped out of a high window to join the family at
church. Lee was so impressed that he permitted Spec to "go into the church afterwards, whenever he wished.
In addition to four legged pets , officers and men sometimes took a special fancy to feathered creatures.
Men belonging to a unit commanded by Confederate Brig. Gen. T.R.R. Cobb claimed to have taught a rooster to crow when given a signal. At
Fredericksburg, reported the Savannah Republican, every time Federals launched an advance the rooster responded to prompting.
As a result, "just before our sharp-shooters opened upon them, the cock's clear, shrill clarion rang out on the sulphurous air. This strange defiance,
while it cheered and amused our boys, fell with a depressing effect upon the ears of the enemy."
Some soldiers of theArmy of Northern Virginia thought the most unusual animal that took part in the conflict was a barnyard hen. The fowl became so
attached to Lee during his invasion of Pennsylvania that she followed him for weeks. Making her nest under his cot, she faithfully laid an egg almost
every morning.
Men of the Richmond Howitzers chose as their mascot a very big crow, jet black. When their pet died, the soldiers called on their chaplain to conduct
for it "a regular military funeral." Before the solemn salute was given by guns of the honor guard, the bird was eulogized in both English and Latin. Civil
War Curiosities. . . Webb Garrison

Upcoming Events:
- June 1st - Beauvoir will begin welcoming visitors.
- June 15th - SCV MS Division Reunion early registration ends.
- July 15th - 18th - SCV National Reunion. St.Augustine, Florida
- July 31st - SCV dues deadline
-August 21st - 23rd - SCV MS Division Reunion Vicksburg, MS
-August 23rd - CSSArkansas Dedication Soldiers Rest, Vicksburg MS
- October 4th - Fall Confederate Memorial Service Magnolia Cemetery, Confederate Section, Magnolia, MS - 2:00 PM.
- October 17th - 18th - Fall Muster Beauvoir Biloxi, MS

It is that time again. SCV dues are DUE! Dues are $55.00. Make checks payable to Rankin Rough and Ready's, Camp 265. Mail to me:

Charles Lewis
1324 Rosemary Rd.
Florence, MS 39073

I will need everyone's dues by July 27th, so I can process them and have them mailed before the deadline date of July 31st.
Again I want to encourage and thank everyone for their continued support of the SCV and our camp.

– Charles Lewis, Adjutant, Camp 265

THE UNIVERSITY GREYS DEPART OXFORD
On May 1, of 1861, the University Greys, and the Lamar Rifles,
were ordered to board a special early morning train at 6 AM, and to
go to Corinth. Corinth was a Camp of Instruction, and there all the
reporting Companies would be sorted into groups of 10, and then
10 Companies would be designated a Regiment. The Greys and the
Rifles were kept together and placed into the 11th Mississippi
Infantry Regiment.
The Lamar Rifles were of course from Oxford and Lafayette
County. Fifteen of it's members were University of Mississippi
students orAlumni.
One of the great legends is that as the University Greys left their
dorms early that morning, to march down to the train Depot, they
stacked their books at the bottom of the Circle, and that is why the
Confederate monument was placed there. That is a GREAT story,
but it is just not true.
Let's look at the University Greys as they assembled at the depot
that May first morning. Seventeen year old William B. Lowry was
their Captain. When he had signed into service 75 days before, on
the Oxford courthouse lawn, he had lied and put down his age as 19.
They ALL lied about their ages that day. Most of the 66 Greys that
morning had a Gray uniform trimmed in black: collars, cuffs,
striping on the chest, and stripes on the pants, hats were black with
large brims. Some of the boys had joined so late, they had not had
time to have a proper uniform made. They carried smoothbore
1842 muskets, converted to percussion. They were disappointed to
not have rifles. They proudly had their Company flag with them,
that a group of Oxford young Ladies had presented to them at a
barbecue 5 days before.
It was remembered that it seemed that the whole town turned out
that morning. Many of those boys received their first kiss that
morning from their girlfriends. A few mothers and girlfriends were
crying. Proud Fathers were giving their sons last minute advice,
and trying not to shed a tear. This was more than a School trip, these
boys were going to WAR!
The train was late, so politician, and UM Professor, L. Q. C. Lamar
climbed on a boxcar and he did what politicians do, he made a
speech! He said, "Young men, you are not going on a holiday
excursion. For I believe you will see hard service and serious
work." He could not have been anymore correct. The boys all
thought the War was going to be one or two big battles and they
were all going to come home heroes. Instead, they ended up in a 4
year meat grinder.
They boarded the train, "All in great glee". They were out of
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school, they had missed exams, they were going on a big trip, a
GRAND adventure, they were going to win fame and glory, just as
sure as the turning of the earth!
Other students and Lafayette County men would travel to Virginia
and join the Greys later, on into the Spring of 1862. They would
replace boys who had transferred out, gotten sick, been wounded or
killed.
We now know how it all turned out. One third of them were killed,
50 out of 100. Of the 100 survivors, 63 were wounded from one to
six times. That includes 4 legs, 3 arms, one jaw, one nose, and a
bunch of fingers gone. Many had their health ruined for the rest of
their lives. The survivors were all mentally changed. They had done
and seen things NO human ever ought to have to see or do. They
became famous all right. But, I don't think any of the survivors
would have applied the word glorious to anything they ever did. To
them it was all boredom, and mud, and rain, and hunger, and heat,
and freezing, and marching, and sickness, and blood, and death.
GLORY would be a word that only years later got applied to them.
As I heard one WWII survivor explain it one time, he said they take
in a young man, in the prime of life, and first through army
discipline, and then through combat, they strip him of all his dignity,
and everything good he was ever taught. And if he survives, maybe
minus a body part, they clean him up, and dress him up and send him
back to normal society.And they tell him to go be a good citizen, and
get a job, and get married, and have children and mow your lawn
every week. The miracle is that any of them can do that. I have never
been through that. But I have read the letters, diaries and
reminiscences of several hundred who have, and it has slightly
scarred me. I cannot imagine what it is like to actually go through all
that.
That is why I have SO much respect for the Greys, and all Veterans.
That is why they ought to be honored and remembered. That is why I
am so sick that some of their fellowAlumni are ashamed of them.
I hope you never look at that train Depot the same way again.
I hope you never think about the University Greys the same way
again.
The depot was rebuilt in 1870 here in Oxford. The prewar depot was
of course burned in 1862 by Grant's troops, but that is the exact spot
the Greys left from.
THE THIRTEENTH HAND
Each year I am hired to go to Washington, DC, with the eighth grade class
from Clinton, WI where I grew up, to videotape their trip. I greatly enjoy
visiting our nation’s capital, and each year I take some special memories back
with me. This fall's trip was especially memorable.
On the last night of our trip, we stopped at the Iwo Jima memorial. This
memorial is the largest bronze statue in the world and depicts one of the most
famous photographs in history -- that of the six brave soldiers raising the
American Flag at the top of a rocky hill on the island of Iwo Jima, Japan,
during WW II
Over one hundred students and chaperones piled off the buses and headed
towards the memorial. I noticed a solitary figure at the base of the statue, and
as I got closer he asked, 'Where are you guys from?'
I told him that we were from Wisconsin. 'Hey, I'm a cheese head, too! Come
gather around, Cheese heads, and I will tell you a story.'
(It was James Bradley who just happened to be in Washington, DC, to speak at
the memorial the following day. He was there that night to say good night to
his dad, who had passed away. He was just about to leave when he saw the
buses pull up. I videotaped him as he spoke to us, and received his permission
to share what he said from my videotape. It is one thing to tour the incredible
monuments filled with history in Washington, DC, but it is quite another to get
the kind of insight we received that night.)
When all had gathered around, he reverently began to speak. Here are his
words that night:
“My name is James Bradley and I'm from Antigo, Wisconsin. My dad is on
that statue, and I wrote a book called 'Flags of Our Fathers'. It is the story of the
six boys you see behind me.
Six boys raised the flag. The first guy putting the pole in the ground is Harlon
Block. Harlon was an all-state football player. He enlisted in the Marine
Corps with all the senior members of his football team. They were off to play
another type of game. A game called 'War.' But it didn't turn out to be a game.
Harlon, at the age of 21, died with his intestines in his hands. I don't say that to
gross you out, I say that because there are people who stand in front of this
statue and talk about the glory of war. You guys need to know that most of the
boys in Iwo Jima were 17, 18, and 19 years old - and it was so hard that the
ones who did make it home never even would talk to their families about it.
(He pointed to the statue) 'You see this next guy? That's Rene Gagnon from
New Hampshire. If you took Rene's helmet off at the moment this photo was
taken and looked in the webbing of that helmet, you would find a
photograph... a photograph of his girlfriend. Rene put that in there for
protection because he was scared. He was 18 years old. It was just boys who
won the battle of Iwo Jima. Boys. Not old men.
The next guy here, the third guy in this tableau, was Sergeant Mike Strank.
Mike is my hero. He was the hero of all these guys. They called him the 'old
man' because he was so old. He was already 24. When Mike would motivate
his boys in training camp, he didn't say, 'Let's go kill some Japanese' or 'Let's
die for our country' He knew he was talking to little boys.. Instead he would
say, 'You do what I say, and I'll get you home to your mothers.
The last guy on this side of the statue is Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian from
Arizona. Ira Hayes was one of them who lived to walk off Iwo Jima . He went
into the White House with my dad. President Truman told him, 'You're a hero'
He told reporters, 'How can I feel like a hero when 250 of my buddies hit the
island with me and only 27 of us walked off alive?
So you take your class at school, 250 of you spending a year together having
fun, doing everything together. Then all 250 of you hit the beach, but only 27
of your classmates walk off alive. That was Ira Hayes. He had images of
horror in his mind. Ira Hayes carried the pain home with him and eventually
died dead drunk, face down, drowned in a very shallow puddle, at the age of
32.
The next guy, going around the statue, is Franklin Sousley from Hilltop,
Kentucky. A fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. His best friend, who is now 70, told me,
'Yeah, you know, we took two cows up on the porch of the Hilltop General
Store. Then we strung wire across the stairs so the cows couldn't get down.
Then we fed them Epsom salts. Those cows crapped all night.' Yes, he was a
fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. Franklin died on Iwo Jima at the age of 19. When the
telegram came to tell his mother that he was dead, it went to the Hilltop
General Store. A barefoot boy ran that telegram up to his mother's farm. The
neighbors could hear her scream all night and into the morning. Those
neighbors lived a quarter of a mile away.
The next guy, as we continue to go around the statue, is my dad, John Bradley,
from Antigo, Wisconsin, where I was raised. My dad lived until 1994, but he
would never give interviews. When Walter Cronkite's producers or the New
York Times would call, we were trained as little kids to say 'No, I'm sorry, sir,
my dad's not here. He is in Canada fishing. No, there is no phone there, sir.
No, we don't know when he is coming back.' My dad never fished or even
went to Canada . Usually, he was sitting there right at the table eating his
Campbell's soup. But we had to tell the press that he was out fishing. He
didn't want to talk to the press.
You see, like Ira Hayes, my dad didn't see himself as a hero. Everyone thinks
these guys are heroes, 'cause they are in a photo and on a monument. My dad
knew better. He was a medic. John Bradley from Wisconsin was a combat
caregiver. On Iwo Jima he probably held over 200 boys as they died. And
when boys died on Iwo Jima, they writhed and screamed, without any
medication or help with the pain.
When I was a little boy, my third grade teacher told me that my dad was a hero.
When I went home and told my dad that, he looked at me and said, 'I want you
always to remember that the heroes of Iwo Jima are the guys who did not
come back. Did NOT come back.
So that's the story about six nice young boys. Three died on Iwo Jima, and
three came back as national heroes. Overall, 7,000 boys died on Iwo Jima in
the worst battle in the history of the Marine Corps. My voice is giving out, so I
will end here. Thank you for your time.”
Suddenly, the monument wasn't just a big old piece of metal with a flag
sticking out of the top. It came to life before our eyes with the heartfelt words
of a son who did indeed have a father who was a hero. Maybe not a hero for
the reasons most people would believe, but a hero nonetheless.
One thing I learned while on tour with my 8th grade students in DC that is not
mentioned here is . . that if you look at the statue very closely and count the
number of 'hands' raising the flag, there are 13. When the man who made the
statue was asked why there were 13, he simply said the 13th hand was the
hand of God.
30th Anniversary of the
Battle of Cuba Sation,
Gainsville, Alabama

Joy Redwine attended the “Open Mississippi Rally” in Biloxi, MS.

Susan Jones, along with UDC members, among others made masks and donated
them to the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center.
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 LTG John C. Pemberton Camp #1354
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Commander Edward Campbell
128 Lightcap Blvd., Vicksburg, MS 39180
Ph: (601) 634-1483
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April 5, 2020

RE: 2020 MISSISSIPPI DIVISION REUNION

Dear MS Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Ladies of the Order of Confederate Rose:

The John C. Pemberton Camp in Vicksburg will host this year’s MS Division Reunion. The meeting originally
scheduled for June 5-7 has been rescheduled for the weekend of August 21-23 by the Division Commander and the
Executive Committee due to the current corona-virus outbreak.

The Agenda for the Reunion remains the same with all events taking place at the Vicksburg Convention Center
downtown, except for the Memorial Service at Soldier's Rest Cemetery. The service on Sunday morning will be a
dedication of memorial gravestones for those who served aboard the C.S.S. Arkansas. This memorial service is the
culmination of an ongoing project of our Camp spearheaded by Compatriot Bryan Skipworth. We encourage all of
you to stay over Saturday evening and attend this very special Memorial Service/Dedication event.

The Pemberton Camp has been working very hard and continues to make adjustments to give you a very enjoyable
experience in the River City, and we hope you will be able to make the new date. All preregistrations to date will carry
over to the new date. Everyone is highly encouraged to preregister well in advance to give our camp accurate numbers
to better plan to meet your expectations.

Updated forms have been placed on our Camp website, http://scv-camp-1354.com/, and our Facebook
page, https://www.facebook.com/scvcamp1354/. We are now asking you on the registration form if you plan to attend
Friday night's Commanders Reception to indicate your attendance and how many will attend. We are also asking all
members to honor their ancestor with a $10 ancestor memorial to be placed in the Reunion program. Every SCV
member has at least one ancestor through whom you joined this organization. Please honor that ancestor by placing his
name and military unit in the program.

I have had the honor over the past few months to visit a number of different SCV Camps and personally invite you
and your members to the Reunion. For those who I have not been able to visit in person, I have called or emailed your
Camp Commander and invited them via phone or email to the Reunion. We are here to help and assist in any way, do
not hesitate to call or email for any further questions. Please join us in Vicksburg on August 21-23 for the 125th Reunion
of the MS Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans and the 26th Reunion of the MS Society, Order of Confederate
Rose.

Hotel information with group rates is posted on the Registration forms, which are now updated on the Division
Website, our Camp website and our Camp Facebook page. Feel free to call me for any additional questions.

See you all in the River City!

Sincerely,

Edward Campbell
Commander
LTG John C. Pemberton Camp #1354
 2020 SCV MS Division Reunion Registration Form
125th Reunion – Mississippi Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
26th Reunion – Mississippi Society, Order of Confederate Rose
Vicksburg, Mississippi – August 21 – 23rd, 2020
Hosted by the LTG John C. Pemberton Camp #1354 And Mary Ann Forrest Chapter #23, MSOCR
All Events Will be Held at Vicksburg Convention Center, 1600 Mulberry St., Vicksburg, MS 39180

SCV Member Name

Title / SCV Camp Name & Number
OCR Member Name
Title / OCR Chapter Name & Number
Address City State Zip
Phone # Email
Spouse/Guest Name(s)
All registered SCV members will receive a name badge, a convention medal, a program, and a bag of goodies
(quantities limited). Registration at the door will receive the same as long as supplies last. OCR registrants will
have a Tea in lieu of receiving a medal.

REGISTRATION AMOUNTS
SCV on or before June 15, 2020 $50.00 / After June 15, 2020 $55.00 QTY $

OCR on or before June 15, 2020 $20.00 / After June 15, 2020 $25.00 QTY $

Friday Night Reception – How Many? _____ QTY $ FREE

Awards Banquet: $25.00 per person QTY $

(No Meal Registration after August 10, 2020)
Ancestor Memorial: $10.00 each QTY $
Please type or print each memorial on a separate page & submit by June 15, 2020
Vicksburg Military Park Bus Tour: $10.00 per person QTY $
Space limited to first 40 registrants (will be cancelled if less than 20 register by Aug 10).
Total Amount $

Please Make Checks Payable to SCV Camp #1354 & Mail to:
Edward Campbell, 128 Lightcap Blvd, Vicksburg, MS 39180

Contact Information: SCV Contact: Edward Campbell: 601-405-0719 or ewccrystalsprings@yahoo.com

OCR Contact: Brandi Gray: 601-896-8652 or maryannforrestocr@yahoo.com
HOTEL INFO
Hampton Inn & Suites at 3330 Clay Street, Vicksburg, MS SCV Rate - $139.00 plus tax Ph: 601-636-6100.
Margaritaville at 1310 Mulberry St. Vicksburg, MS. SCV Rate - $109.00 plus tax Ph: 601-429-6472.
La Quinta at 4160 S. Frontage Rd. Vicksburg, MS. SCV Rate - $90.00 plus tax Ph: 601-802-0525.
Best Western at 2445 N. Frontage Rd. Vicksburg, MS. SCV Rate - $89.00 plus tax Ph: 601-636-5800.
**All Reservations must be made by July 15, 2020**
Registration will be at the Vicksburg Convention Center between 3pm & 7pm Friday and between
7am & 8:30am Saturday.
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 Vendor & Advertiser Registration Form
125th Reunion – Mississippi Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
26th Reunion – Mississippi Society, Order of Confederate Rose
Vicksburg, Mississippi – August 21 & 22, 2020
Hosted by the LTG John C. Pemberton Camp #1354 And Mary Ann Forrest Chapter #23, MSOCR
All Events Will Be Held at Vicksburg Convention Center: 1600 Mulberry St. Vicksburg, MS 39180

Name
Address City State Zip
Phone # Email

VENDORS
Payment for Vendor Tables Due by June 15, 2020

Number of Tables $50.00 each: Total: $

PROGRAM ADVERTISEMENTS

It is recommended that each camp in the division purchase a half page or full page ad to promote and
identify their camp.

Full Page $100.00 QTY: $

Half Page $50.00 QTY: $

Quarter Page $35.00 QTY: $

Business Card $15.00 QTY: $

TOTAL: $

All advertisements will be in black and white. Color artwork submitted will be converted.
Payment for advertisements is due June 15, 2020
Please send a copy of your advertisement/business card to Edward Campbell at
ewccrystalsprings@yahoo.com
or mail to: 128 Lightcap Blvd, Vicksburg, MS 39180
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 Mississippi Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
2020 Division Annual Reunion
August 21-23rd, 2020
Reunion Agenda
All activities are located at the Vicksburg Convention Center unless otherwise noted.

Friday
2:00-8:00 pm: Vendor setup and Sales
3:00-7:00 pm: Reunion SCV/OCR Registration - Entrance Lobby
6:00-8:00 pm: Commanders Reception and Social

Saturday
7:00-8:30 am: Reunion SCV/OCR Registration - Entrance Lobby
7:00 am-2:00pm: Vendor Sales
7:30 am MS Division Color Guard Muster Entrance Lobby
8:00 am-8:30 am: Opening Ceremony/ All Registered Members and Guest
8:30 am - 12 pm: MS SCV Division Business Meeting
9:00 am-12:00 pm: Registered OCR Business Meeting & Ladies Tea

*******Break for Lunch on Your Own*******

2:00 pm-5:00 pm: Paid Bus Tour of National Military Park ($10)
Self-Guided Tours of:
National Military Park
Old Courthouse Museum
Old Depot Museum
Jesse Brent Lower Mississippi River Museum
Soldier's Rest Cemetery

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm: MS Division Reunion Awards Banquet

Guest Speaker: Brigadier General Parker Hills (Retired)

Sunday
9:00 am: Memorial Service & CSS Arkansas Memorial Dedication
Soldier's Rest, Vicksburg Cemetery

On behalf of the LTG John C. Pemberton Camp 1354 membership and staff,
we sincerely hope you enjoyed your stay and hope you have a safe trip home!