mcgowan camp  
The May 19th meeting  is at the Watts House in Laurens on Hwy. 221. Come at 6:30 for hot dogs and fellowship, the meeting starts at 7:00. Our speaker this month is Dr. John Griffin, Professor Emeritus from USC Lancaster. He will present a slide show on his book, "A Pictorial History of the Confederacy."

Confederate Memorial Day was observed in Laurens on May 14th. Commander Givens was our speaker. The Clemson University observation was on May 10th, the speaker was Professor Bill Reid of Clemson, we might try to get him to visit our camp. The Columbia observation was exciting as always, this year the reenactors brought six cannons and each was fired three times, Dr. Terry Rude was the keynote speaker.

Did you know?

Stonewall Jackson and his sister, Laura, were orphaned by the time Thomas was six. They were close through their lives, many of Thomas' letters to Laura show his concern that Laura did not know Jesus. They became estranged during the war, Laura was a Union sympathizer and cared for wounded Yankee soldiers at her home in what became West Virginia.

The Rebel Yell

While we were resting from [a] charge General Early rode up and said, ‘Well, men, we must charge them once more and then we’ll be through.’ Some of the Mississippians on my right said, ‘General, we are all out of ammunition.’ He said, ‘Damn it; holler them across.’ So we started with a yell and did holler them across.





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