The Rebel Rouser
 

Edited by Ralph Green and Ed Smith
 

 

 

 

 


Newsletter for the DCV – Dallas Chapter                 September 2006
 

 

 

 


     

 

Our Next Meeting

 

Jefferson Davis and his brother Joseph had adjacent plantations on what was known as Davis Bend (now Davis Island), about twenty miles down the Mississippi River from Vicksburg.    The  future  Confederate  President

began clearing "Brierfield" in 1835. The main house was constructed 1849-50 after Davis returned from the Mexican War. The house was destroyed by fire in 1931, and the grounds are currently a private hunting reserve,  inaccessible

by land transportation.  While we may not be able to personally visit Brierfield we can do so vicariously. For our September program John C. “Jack” Waugh will bring us a slide presentation on that Mississippi home, “Brierfield”.

 

Jack Waugh is a journalist turned historical reporter. After an eighteen-year career reporting the twentieth century as a correspondent and bureau chief of The Christian Science Monitor, he switched to reporting the nineteenth, specializing in his lifelong fascination, the Civil War. He has since written eight books about that era, among them the award-winning The Class of 1846, Reelecting Lincoln, Surviving the Confederacy, On the

 
 
brink of Civil War, Sam Bell Maxey and the Confederate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Indians and Last Stand at Mobile. He and his wife reside in Pantego, Texas.

 

This will be a joint meeting with the Lone Star Chapter of the Military Order of Stars and Bars, all of whose members are invited to attend.

 

Our meeting will be called to order at 7PM on Friday, September 15.  We will meet in the Casa Linda Cafeteria, Casa Linda Shopping Center, at Buckner Blvd. and Garland Road.  Come be with us! And bring visitors – they’re always welcome!

 

    

Outrageous Violence

 

To me, the campaign by certain groups to remove all the symbols and memorials to our Southern past amounts to the same thing...a desecration of graves.  Every flag or monument that is removed, every plaque taken down, every school or street or bridge that is renamed, is no different from a broken tombstone. It is wanton and hateful violence directed at the dead who can no longer defend themselves.

 

                           --John Field Pankow

 

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         August 18, 2006

 

The August meeting of the Dallas Chapter of the DCV was held at the Casa Linda Cafeteria, Dallas, Texas, on August 18, 2006.  The meeting began at 7:00 pm with Ralph Green presiding. Members then pledged allegiance to the flag of the United States, saluted the Confederate flag, and pledged to the Texas flag.

Paul Matoon informed the Chapter that there will be a Living History presentation in McKinney this Month.  This will be a CW Living History event for children sponsored by the Collin County Living Historians.  He suggested that the Chapter set up a recruiting table there and participate in the event.  For more information, contact Paul at 972-303-1547.

The next order of business was to approve the new Constitution and Bylaws for the Chapter.  It was moved and second to approve the Constitution as presented, with allowance for correction of any grammatical or typographical errors without amendment.  The motion passed.

The issue of annual Chapter dues was introduced.  After some discussion, a motion was made and second to establish the Chapter dues at $14.00 per annum.  The motion passed.

Elizabeth Satterfield volunteered to provide the Chapter with some samples of Chapter Flags at our next meeting.  Her assistance will be greatly appreciated with this process.  If you have any ideas for the Flag, please email them to Ralph Green at jnyreb@juno.com

 

Ralph Green gave an excellent reading of short articles from his book due to be published later next year, “Sidelights and the Lighter Side of the War Between the States.”

The meeting closed at 7:50 pm with a benediction given by Chaplain Ron Shultz.

 

True to the Cause

 

If I ever disown, repudiate, or apologize for the Cause for which Lee fought and Jackson died, let the lightnings of Heaven rend me, and the scorn of all good men and true women be my portion. Sun, Moon, Stars, all fall on me when I cease to love the Confederacy. 'Tis the cause, not the fate of the Cause, that is glorious! 

                                 --Maj. R.E. Wilson, CSA

 

Should We Change Our Meeting Place?

 

The Chapter currently is scheduled to meet in the Casa Linda Cafeteria in the Casa Linda Shopping Center.  We have been asked about the possibility of meeting on another night. The only night available to us at this location is the third Friday of each month. One of our members owns a Pizza Inn located on Central Expressway, US 75, in McKinney and we have been offered the use of a private room there if we so desire.  This location has a buffet on Tuesday-Thursday of each week.  Please express your opinion on meeting in McKinney by contacting Ed Smith (972/613-7289), Bobby Rutherford (972/285-0312), or Ralph Green (214/544-0750).  Remember that the chapter belongs to its members and must reflect their opinions.

Uncommon Finery

 

At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Stonewall Jackson was dressed in uncommon finery for a man usually plainly dressed.  He wore a frock coat presented to him by Jeb Stuart, a new hat given to him by his wife, and a dress sword and spurs given to him by Major Elijah White.  The sword had been taken from the baggage of Union Colonel William P. Wainwright, captured en route from Antietam to Fredericksburg.

 

 

Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1890-1969

 

“Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.”

 

 

The First Secession Convention

 

Meeting in convention in Hartford, Connecticut, the New England states were the first to hold a secession convention.  They met to discuss the possibility of seceding due to the local unpopularity of the War of 1812 that had disrupted their trade with Britain.  Their delegate to Washington dropped the subject when he arrived to find that the US had just won the war.

 

IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE A VEGETABLE, DON’T BE A COUCH POTATO, BE A TURNIP!

TURNIP AT OUR MEETINGS!

 

 

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The 10TH Louisiana Infantry

The 10th Louisiana was known as Robert E. Lee’s “Foreign Legion”. Colonel Antoine-Jacques-Phillipe de Mandeville de Marigny, a graduate of the Saumur Military College and former officer with the French Cavalry, organized the regiment at Camp Moore, LA, in July of 1861. It had an original complement of 953 officers and men.  Among the members of the regiment were men from Austria, Canada, Corsica, Cuba, England, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Martinique, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Sardinia, Scotland, Sicily, Spain, Switzerland, the United States, and 11 States of the Confederacy.

 

The Diversified South

 

The Confederate States of America of 1860 was a very culturally diversified nation.  In addition to English, commonly spoken languages included French, Spanish, German, and various Indian tongues.  Unlike the commonly accepted portrait of Southerners, less than six percent owned slaves. Of those who did own slaves, many were former slaves who purchased others after gaining their own freedom.   In Louisiana the largest slave-owner was a black lady.

 

Chapter Officers

 

Ralph Green              President, Senior Editor

Bobby Rutherford     Vice-President

Ed Smith                   Secretary, Asst. Editor

Ron Shultz                Chaplain

Michael Bryant          Historian

CONFEDERATE CALENDARS

 

The 2007 Confederate Calendar of the popular series from the Confederate Calendar Works is now available from the Chapter.  Each month of the calendar features a previously unpublished Confederate photograph and each day denotes an action or event of the WBTS era.  You may purchase a calendar for $14.95 at a DCV Dallas Chapter meeting, or order one by mail by sending your check (payable to “DCV”) for $17/copy to:

DCV

530 Hackberry Drive

Fairview, TX 75069

 

 

Ralph Green, Editor

530 Hackberry Dr.

Fairview, Texas 75069

 

HAD ENOUGH TIRE-KICKING?

 

If you are receiving this newsletter because you indicated an interest in joining the Descendants of Confederate Veterans but have not yet done so, you need to follow through and submit your application.  We will soon hold our third monthly meeting and do not wish to lose you; we may have to if you do not act.  If you have any question as to how and where to submit your application, or how much to send, please contact Ed Smith (214/906-7700), Bobby Rutherford (972/285-0312), or Ralph Green (214/544-0750).   Please join us!

 

HONOR ROLL OF SOUTHRONS

 

Our sincere thanks go to each Southron for donating $10 or more toward the cost of the REBEL ROUSER.  A current month donation is designated by an underline."

To date, the following individuals have made very generous donations to support our efforts:

 

Carlos Hedstrom

George Pittard

Ralph Green

Ed Smith