that Citadel Cadets helped fire the firstshots of the Civil War in Charleston in 1861 and the  last shots of the war in Anderson County in 1865.

NOTE:  This is a historic reenactment event.  It is not a flag rally nor a political event!

Admission:
$5 (children 6-12: $2;
under 6: free)

Play ticket: $5 (separate from regular admission)
For information, contact:
Allen Ashley (864-934-4075)
Email:

This reenactment is being presented by the Butler Guard and Palmetto Battalion and is sponsored by the John Thomas Ashley Camp #43, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Belton-Honea Path, SC.

General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson lived his life in a manner that presents itself as a model for men today and of any generation. His Godly character, remarkable achievements, and unquestioned devotion to duty are benchmarks of distinction that men of character will strive to copy.

Throughout his cadet years at West Point Military Academy, Thomas Jackson depended upon several sources for the development of his character. It became widely known of his personal profession of faith in Christ and his love for the Word of God. Next to the Bible, he
trusted the popular writings of Lord Chesterfield, whose published letters on "self-improvement" were celebrated in polite society. These letters became a primary source of instruction for him in his quest to attain the status of a gentleman.

He began collecting and making notes of these maxims in a personal record in the mid-1850s. Unfortunately they disappeared after his death and were not discovered until the 1990s by historian James Robertson.

In his Section "Guides for Good Behavior", the following excerpt is found stressing the importance of duty:

Through life let your principal object be the discharge of duty; if anything conflicts with it, adhere to the former and sacrifice the latter.

According to his wife, Jackson often said, "My duty is to obey orders!" This dedication became deep-rooted during Jacksons ten years as a professor at VMI.

SCV Camp 40
P.O. Box 453
Laurens, South Carolina 29360

know as soon as possible. Deadline for early registration is February 1st.

Roger Atkinson Pryor was born on July 19, 1828, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He grew up in Nottoway County, was educated in Virginia, at the Petersburg Classical Academy and at Hampton-Sydney College and graduated from college in 1845 as valedictorian. Pryor studied law at the University of Virginia, and became a lawyer in 1849, while working as editor of "Southside Democrat." In 1853, while maintaining his law practice; Pryor began editing the Richmond "Enquirer." He founded "The South," a sectionalist Washington D.C. newspaper, in 1857, and wrote for a similar Washington paper called "The States." Elected to the US House of Representatives in 1859, he bacame a political theorist

After Virginia seceded, Pryor entered the Provisional Confederate Congress, then resigned to become colonel of the 3d Virginia Infantry. He served at the Battle of Williamsburg in May of 1862, and was promoted to brigadier general to date from April 16, 1862. After taking part in the Seven Days' Campaign, Second Bull Run, and the Antietam Campaign; his regiment was dismantled. Unable to set up an independent brigade, he fought in the Battle of Chancellorsville, then went without an assignment. He resigned in 1863, and served the Confederacy in scouting and intelligence work. Captured in November of 1864, he was held prisoner at Fort Lafayette and exchanged in 1865, before the Confederate surrender.


Directly after the war, Pryor moved to New York City and wrote anonymously for the New York "Daily News" until 1866. He practiced law, then was appointed to the New York Court of Common Pleas in 1890. Appointed a justice for the New York State Supreme Court in 1896, he was a referee in the appellate division of the State Supreme Court from 1899 to 1919. Pryor died in New York City, on March 14, 1919.

The February Raffle will be an SCV Logo Wall Clock

Tickets are $1.00 each and, as usual, all proceeds go to the Camp General Fund. This Clock will proudly grace someone's home or office. But you have to be at the meeting to purchase a ticket. 

Thursday February 20th. Come for hot dogs and chips at 6:30 and enjoy a little fellowship with camp compatriots.

If everything has gone as planned with the newsletter, many of you are reading this online.


Special thanks to Camp Compatriot and Webmaster, Mike Marshall for sharing his professional talent and skills in getting our newsletter uploaded  to the web.

Hopefully this is a beginning to more things to come with our Web promotions.

South Carolina Division Commander and McGowan Camp member Robert H. Roper, III will be our February speaker. His topic for discussion will be the South Carolina Secession Con-vention. Dont miss this exciting and informative presentation.