The Confederate Informant May 2013 The Official Newsletter of the Major James Morgan Utz Camp # 1815 Missouri Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Brigadier General Francis Marion Cockrell Chapter # 84 MOSB. Founded April 30, 1998. Next Meeting….Saturday May 25th 2013…. Doors will open at 1:30 for a Meet and Greet. Meeting will begin at 2:00 PM. At the Lions Den. # 9 Park St. St. Peters Mo. Mayer will be presenting a program on CNN of the Civil War.” “The How many of us wish we had this in our front yard? SCV Missouri Commander Darrell Maples took this picture on his way back from the Pvt. Henry M. Ezell Memorial Service in Wayne County, MO. Commander’s Corner We have a considerable number of new members this month, twelve to be exact and growing. I hope we can have a good turn-out for this meeting to welcome them into the camp. It’s rather unfortunate that our meeting date came up on Yankee Memorial Day weekend, but I look forward to a good showing in spite of this. The origins of the Yankee Memorial Day are generally credited to General John when he presided over the Army of the Republic” after the war. In fact it was Logan’s wife who “Grand came up with the idea after she observed Southern ladies at Old Blandford Church in Petersburg, Virginia placing flowers on their heroic soldiers’ graves. Once the Yankees stole the idea, the solemn memorial became a riotous weekend of eating, drinking and discount sales by merchants to kick off the summer season. Confederate Memorial day is traditionally observed by the Utz Camp on the weekend nearest to April 26th. In memory of the surrender of General Joe Johnston’s army, and the end of the War in the east. In Missouri and other Southern states, it is observed on the weekend nearest to June 3rd, (Jefferson Davis’ birthday). This year our state wide memorial services will be held at the Higginsville, Missouri Confederate Veterans Home on June 1st (from 9am till 2 pm). This event
The Confederate Informant May 2013 The Official Newsletter of the Major James Morgan Utz Camp # 1815 Missouri Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Brigadier General Francis Marion Cockrell Chapter # 84 MOSB. Founded April 30, 1998. Next Meeting….Saturday May 25th 2013…. Doors will open at 1:30 for a Meet and Greet. Meeting will begin at 2:00 PM. At the Lions Den. # 9 Park St. St. Peters Mo. Mayer will be presenting a program on “The CNN of the Civil War.” How many of us wish we had this in our front yard? SCV Missouri Commander Darrell Maples took this picture on his way back from the Pvt. Henry M. Ezell Memorial Service in Wayne County, MO. Commander’s Corner We have a considerable number of new members this month, twelve to be exact and growing. I hope we can have a good turn-out for this meeting to welcome them into the camp. It’s rather unfortunate that our meeting date came up on Yankee Memorial Day weekend, but I look forward to a good showing in spite of this. The origins of the Yankee Memorial Day are generally credited to General John when he presided over the “Grand Army of the Republic” after the war. In fact it was Logan’s wife who came up with the idea after she observed Southern ladies at Old Blandford Church in Petersburg, Virginia placing flowers on their heroic soldiers’ graves. Once the Yankees stole the idea, the solemn memorial became a riotous weekend of eating, drinking and discount sales by merchants to kick off the summer season. Confederate Memorial day is traditionally observed by the Utz Camp on the weekend nearest to April 26th. In memory of the surrender of General Joe Johnston’s army, and the end of the War in the east. In Missouri and other Southern states, it is observed on the weekend nearest to June 3rd, (Jefferson Davis’ birthday). This year our state wide memorial services will be held at the Higginsville, Missouri Confederate Veterans Home on June 1st (from 9am till 2 pm). This event