R.I. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp 7 Guard Home Page

SUVCW ELISHA DYER CAMP No.7 CIVIL WAR PERIOD
CAMP GUARD COMMEMORATING BATTERY A
FIRST REGIMENT
RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY

Welcome to the Home Page of Camp Guard of Elisha Dyer Camp No.7, commemorating Battery A, First Regiment, Rhode Island Light Artillery. The Elisha Dyer Camp Guard represents the Center Secion of Battery A in honor of the historical link between Capt. William Arnold, commander of Battery A during the Civil War, the traditions of the SUVCW and the historical relationship between RI SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp 7 and RI GAR Arnold Post 4. RI SUVCW Camp 7 is the legal SUVCW successor of RI GAR Arnold Post No.4. Camp 7 was organized by RI GAR Post 4 veterans and their sons in 1909 and Post 4 was named after Capt. Arnold. The Battery A Unit Association of the R.I. Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Civil War Museum, Library and Reseach Center, inc. has granted Camp 7 limited permission to use part of its incorporated name as "Center Section", to perform the duties of Camp Guard for R.I. SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp No. 7 under the rules and regulations of the Order. Here you can find more information concerning ELISHA DYER Camp No.7. Since the Battery A Unit Association also supports MOLLUS, you can also click to the Rhode Island State Commandery of the MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES (R.I. MOLLUS), as well as more about Battery A and the R.I. GAR/Civil War Museum.

Captain William Arnold, Arnold's Battery A, 1st R.I. Light Artillery

CARRYING ON THE MEMORY OF
R.I. GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC,
ARNOLD POST No.4

ASSISTING R.I. SUVCW ELISHA DYER CAMP No.7
AS A CIVIL WAR PERIOD UNIFORMED CAMP GUARD
COLOR GUARDS, SCHOOLS, PARADES & CEREMONIES

The Camp 7 Camp Guard
joining with Battery A 1st RILA for memorial Day in Newport 2002.

This Page is dedicated to the memory of
Rhode Island Grand Army of the Republic
Arnold Post No. 4,
and Captain William Albert Arnold, commander of Battery A.

The 2008 Governor Sprague Civil War Encampment a Prelude to the Lincoln Bicentennial
Firing The Guns With Battery C 1st RILA

JOIN CAMP 7 AND ENLIST TODAY ! HONOR YOUR CIVIL WAR ANCESTOR !

"Uncle Abe" paid most of his soldiers $13 a month, 1861 to 1865. We're not quite so generous, but we have a lot of fun honoring America's Civil War heritage. All members of the RI SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp No.7, Camp Guard are members of the Order. Camp 7 Camp Guardsmen are "volunteers" who assist Camp 7 in the SUVCW when uniformed men are needed. Membership in the Elisha Dyer Camp Guard, honoring Battery A, as Center Section, is open only to members of Elisha Dyer Camp No.7. If you wish to become a member of the Elisha Dyer Camp Guard in the SUVCW go to the Camp 7 Home Page Directory or the Camp 7 Links Page Manager-Index and click the Membership link to find out how to join R.I. SUVCW Camp 7.

Cannons Peter & Paul in the field and at the RI GAR Civil War Museum Headquarters in Cranston
Gregg Mierka & Ted Urbanski at the Charlestown Parade
Photo Courtesy, Myrna George, Executive Director, South County RI Tourism Council
Brother Mierka currently is a member of the South County Tourism Council

All Camp Guard members are counselled on how and where to purchase the iniforms and materials needed. Regular Camp 7 members not active in Elisha Dyer Camp Guard are not required to purchase uniforms or participate in uniformed events. Elisha Dyer Camp Guard, portraying Battery A, Center Section, often falls in under the Battery A, Unit Association to conduct Living History, Educational and other uniformed events outside of the activities and functions of the SUVCW. In this way the Camp Guard fulfills its mission to educate Rhode Islanders about the Civil War and help perpetuate the lagacy of Battery A. Only active Camp Guard Members need to purchase uniforms. Camp 7 members who want to participate in Battery A Unit Association Reenactments and Living History Events, outside of the normal RI SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp No. 7, Camp Guard activities should contact the Elisha Dyer Camp Commander or the Camp Secretary for further details. You can also find out more information about the Battery A Unit Assoc. and the R.I. GAR Civil War Museum. Under National SUVCW rules & Regulations, only RI SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp No. 7 Members in good standing with their Camp 7 dues are allowed membership in the Camp 7 Camp Guard. At National SUVCW events, all Camp Guards in the Order shall fall in under the command of the National SUVCW Sons of Veterans Reserve (SVR) Commanding General.

Drummer, Cannoneer & Infantryman Duquette at Memorial Day 2005

WHO WE ARE

The Camp Guard under RI SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp No.7, is a locally chartered R.I. component of the National SUVCW, a 501c4 Congressionally Chartered organization. Elisha Dyer Camp Guard, provides uniformed and ceremonial contingents to meet the needs of RI SUVCW, Elisha Dyer Camp No.7. To be a member of RI SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp 7 you do not need to be a member of the Camp Guard. Only Camp 7 Camp Guard members are required to purchase period uniforms as a requirement for membership in the Camp Guard. The Elisha Dyer Camp Guard, Battery, Center Section, is a volunteer educational Camp 7 group resource assisting Camp No.7, in school visitations, Living History programs and ceremonies. E-mail us to get the Camp Guard brochure that details our education program for children and adults.

WHAT WE DO

At the grave of General Warren in Newport
Memorial Day 2002, with Capt. Brian Pohanka and the 5th N.Y. Zouaves Our Camp Guard Chaplain, Father Raymond Ferrick
Conducting Memorial Day GAR Ritual in Newport with the 5th N.Y.
Supporting our Brothers of RI SUVCW Commadore Joel Abbott Camp 21
The Second Oldest Camp in Rhode Island CAMP 7 SLIDE STRIP

Gregory H. Payne, PCC
Camp 7 Military Affairs Officer & Chairman of the Camp 7 Military Affairs Committee
Field Commander of the Elisha Dyer Camp 7 Camp Guard
He Oversees All Civil War Period Artillery & Infantry Impressions Involving
Camp 7 School Visitations, Living History Programs, Parades, Ceremonies & Color Guards
For More Information You Can Contact Brother Greg at: [email protected] or call Greg at (401) 647-9698

MORE ABOUT CAMP GUARD
MEMBERSHIP

Doing the work of the RI SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp No.7 Camp Guard is an enjoyable and meaningful way to honor your Civil War ancestor as well as promote the SUVCW, GAR, Civil War History and Camp 7. Camp Guard membership is prescribed under the Constitution and Regulations of the National SUVCW. You must be a member of the SUVCW and Camp 7 to be a member of the SUVCW, Camp 7 and the Camp 7 Camp Guard. Camp Guard members are required to pay their annual SUVCW dues to Camp No.7 to maintain membership in the Camp Guard. No additional dues are assessed to active members of the Camp 7, Camp Guard. Dues for RI SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp No.7 expire on December 31st of each year. Contact the Secrtary of Camp 7 for details. Participation in all Camp 7 Camp Guard events and projects is strictly volunteer. Camp 7 Camp Guard members are encouraged to acquire a Civil War period uniform and the accoutrements of a light or field artilleryman. Uniforms and event participation are not required for all members of Camp 7. All Elisha Dyer Camp Guard ceremonies are conducted according to GAR and SUVCW tradition. Camp 7 Camp Guard members are also asked to periodically drill and train with the Battery A, 1st Regiment, R.I. Light Artillery, Unit Association of the R.I. Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Battery F, 1st R.I. Light Artillery, RIM, of the Newport Artillery Company and Museum to understand correct Civil War period field artillery marching and gunnery exercises, ceremonial procedures, participate in other Civil War events and learn more about R.I. artillery in the Civil War.

The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) offer another option to all men belonging to the Order who are interested in SUVCW uniformed activities; the Sons of Veterans Reserve (SVR). For more information about the SVR click Here

The Elisha Dyer Camp 7 Camp Guard is not a part of the SVR. It is organized to serve only RI SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp No.7 in the State of Rhode Island and complies with all National SUVCW rules and regulations. It is an honor for Camp 7 men to be a part of the Civil War Period uniformed Camp 7 Camp Guard. Members of the Camp Guard represent the highest ideals of the Order. The Camp 7 Camp Guardsmen are among the most active members of RI SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp No.7, and hold particular reverence to RI GAR Arnold Post No.4, named after Captain William A. Arnold who commanded the Battery A, 1st Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery unit during the Civil War. The Camp 7 Camp Guard as an entity of the SUVCW is directly under the authority of Camp 7 and the Camp 7 Commander, but respects the command structure and supports all activities and the goals of the National SUVCW and SVR. All members of Camp 7 are also encouraged to become a member of the SVR and be a part of another unit in the SVR if they desire. In fact Camp 7 Camp Guard members are not prohibited from belonging to other uniformed units. The Guard is strictly a ceremonial and educational entity of Camp 7. It is not a reenactment unit. Only men who are members of Camp 7 may belong to the elite Camp 7 Camp Guard and function as local representatives of the SUVCW. Camp 7 Guardsmen who reenact at Civil War events do that activity through the Battery A Unit Association, the 1st Infantry Unit Association, Battery F of the Newport Artillery Company or the R.I. Reenactors Association--2nd R.I. Volunteer Infantry, Co.D. These activities are outside the scope of the SUVCW and Camp 7. However, for important local Camp 7 sponsored ceremonies and educational events, Camp 7 Guardsmen are asked to give "first priority" to Camp 7 in cases of scheduling conflicts.

Although the RI SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp No.7 Camp Guard honors Battery A, 1st Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, Center Section, the Camp 7 Camp Guard is not a part or entity of the RI Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Civil War Museum, Library & Research Center organization, as is the Battery A, 1st regiment R.I. Light Artillery Unit Association. However, many individual members of the Camp 7 Camp Guard are also members of the Battery A Unit Association, apart from the SUVCW under the RI GAR Civil War Museum and they also participate in museum sponsored functions as well as other events and activities in the Reenactment-Civil War Living History community outside of the SUVCW. For more information about the RI Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Civil War Museum, Library & Research Center, and its Battery A 1st R.I. Light Artillery Unit Association, click Here. Scroll the left Sidebar for more information about membership in RI SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp No.7, contact our Webmaster.

The Battery A Bull Run Cannon At The Rhode Island State House

BATTERY A and 1st Bull Run--MOLLUS WAR PAPERS:
By Major J. Albert Monroe

A true account of the formation of the 2nd R.I. Battery or the State's 1st 3 yr. Light Artillery Battery, Battery A, 1st RILA, (not related to Charles Tompkins Battery, the 1st R.I. 90 day Battery, or the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery, RIM), plus links to RI MOLLUS, RI SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp No. 7.

THE CAMP 7 CAMP GUARD SOP

CAMP 7 COMMANDER'S ORDERS HERE

CAMP 7 NEWS, MEETINGS & EVENTS HERE

BATTERY A UNIT ASSOC. ORDERS (For ordering uniforms, period equipment, etc.)
HERE

Click the Battery A, Unit Association, of the R.I. GAR Civil War MuseumHERE to go to the Battery A, First Regiment, R.I. Light Artillery, Unit Association Home Page to learn more about Battery A and Rhode Island artillery in the Civil War.

To see an inventory of Civil War Ordnance throughout the State of Rhode Island, originally researched by Harold E. Arnold, of Rhode Island and National SUVCW
Past Commander-in-Chief, 1959, Updated in 1994 & 2000, Click HERE.

Brother Mierka At The 135th Gettysburg Re-enactment

BREAK THROUGH THE WALLS OF FORT SUMTER

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This site is managed by: Paul F. Cairrao Camp 7 HQ, Office at the RI GAR Civil War Museum & Library
762 Dyer Ave. Cranston RI 02920 © All Rights to the name Battery A are reserved by the Battery A 1st RI Light Artillery Unit Association
and are protected under the RI GAR Civil War Museum & Library, 1993, 2009

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We wish to thank Brother/Companion Keith G. Harrison, Past National SUVCW Commander-in-Chief and, current National SUVCW and MOLLUS Webmaster, as well as all the artists/musicians for the use of their music on all the pages in our site. A special thanks also to Keith Laurent for arranging and playing Jay Ungar's Ashokan Farewell, © 1983 by Swinging Door Music-BMI, used by permission. All rights reserved.

© 2009 The renderings of the two Rhode Island Civil War soldiers were drawn by G.A. Mierka, MFA, R.I. School of Design, re-illustrated and inspired by the Civil War Art of R.S. Collins; and may not be used or reproduced for any purpose. Viewers of this Internet Site may copy only the material designated with a mouse-over copy bar.

Thanks also to Robert Hunt Rhodes for allowing us to use some of his material about his ancestor, Elisha Hunt Rhodes and to Ken Burns for featuring E.H. Rhodes and our State's Civil War History in his PBS series on The Civil War. And a special thanks to Edwin Bearrs, Brian Pohanka, Jeff Shaara and Ron Maxwell for their support for Rhode Island Civil War History and raising the American conscience about the triumphs and tragidies of the Great War of the Rebellion 1861 to 1865.

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