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Newsletter of the Frank P. Gracey SCV Camp #225

Meeting – Tuesday, March 10, 2020

We meet at Paul and Jackie’s Country Kitchen at 1578 Zinc Plant Road.

We eat at 5:30 PM with the program and business meeting starting at 6:30 PM.

The Program: -The Speaker: our own Dennis Bagwell: his subject will be is Titled” Remembering Air Crew 990 "

This will be the story of WWII war service of the Boeing B-17G bomber crew of AC #990, assigned to the USAAF  8th Air Force, stationed in England. 

TELL YOUR FRIENDS SEE YOU AT THE MEETING

From the Camp Commander

Hello and greetings fellow Frank P Gracey Camp 225 members.

To start off this newsletter I would like to wish two very prominent members A happy 80th Birthday

Donald Horton and Charles Morison, may they have many more.

A big thank you to William Youngquist a fantastic discussion on his family history.

This month Dennis Bagwell will give us a family history of his father experience during world war two.

Notes from brigade and division HQ: Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger has ordered all Confederate-related paraphernalia to be removed from Marine Corps installations, his spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.

A document showing the commandant’s decision appeared online on Wednesday, though it did not say when all of the Confederate-related paraphernalia needed to be removed by. Berger’s spokesman confirmed to Task & Purpose that the commandant had sent a directive to his senior staff ordering all installations to get rid of symbols of the Confederate States of America. Folks if you think it’s only a big city problem with municipality’s removing or trying to erase our history Think again! This is a concerted effort at a national level by frankly people with ties to communist leaning political groups determined to divide and destroy anything or anyone who stands in their way. I beseech you stay active with your representatives in local and federal government remind them the work for all the people of this state.

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Gary Libano

Commander

Frank P Gracey camp 225

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RELATED MEETINGS OF INTEREST

Colonel Cyrus Sugg Camp #1792, Adams, TN

The meeting will be Saturday March 14, 2019, the meal begins at 5:00 pm, The Business meeting at 5:45pm, Program at 6:00 PM SHARP, ending at 7 PM SHARP. The meeting is held at MOSS’S Restaurant, 7617 Hwy. 41N, Adams TN (The old Bell School). This month’s speaker To Be Announced

Clarksville Civil War Roundtable

The Clarksville Civil War Roundtable meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the Bone and Joint Center. Meetings begin at 7 PM. 

March 2020 - Karel Lea Biggs – historian/teacher – “Quinine in the Confederacy”

April 2020 – Mark Zimmerman, author/historian – “Iron Maidens and the Devil’s Daughters: US Navy Gunboats versus Confederate Cavalry on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers”

Porters Battery

Porter’ Battery conducted Cannon Firing and Infantry drill at Fort Defiance on 22 February for the Surrender of Fort Defiance activities. The visitor count was over 500 and everyone enjoyed the demonstrations,

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Photographs of the February 2020 Meeting

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Commander Gary Libano presents our speaker William Sunquest a Certificate of Appreciation

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Charles Abernathy is presented his membership certificate by Commander Gary Libano

Remembering our History March 1863

Troop engagements of the American Civil War, March 1863

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The three Tennessee battles are outlined below.

|March 4–5 |Thompson's Station, Tennessee |Confederate cavalry, Union infantry |Confederate 357, Union 1,600[15] |

|March 13–15 |Fort Anderson, North Carolina |Confederate Department of North Carolina, Union garrison |7 total[16] |

|March 17 |Kelly's Ford, Virginia |Cavalry from Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the |Confederate 80, Union 99[17] |

| | |Potomac | |

|March 20 |Vaught's Hill, Tennessee |Confederate and Union cavalry |Confederate 150, Union 38[18] |

|March 25 |Brentwood, Tennessee |Confederate cavalry division, Union garrison |Confederate 3, Union 529[19] |

|March 30 – April 20 |Washington, North Carolina |Confederate Department of North Carolina, Union garrison |100 total[20] |

The Battle of Thompson's Station was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on March 5, 1863 in Williamson County, Tennessee.

In a period of relative inactivity following the Battle of Stones River, a reinforced Union infantry brigade, under Col. John Coburn, left Franklin to reconnoiter south toward Columbia. Four miles from Spring Hill, Coburn attacked with his right wing, a Confederate Army force composed of two regiments; he was repelled. Then, Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn seized the initiative. Brig. Gen. W.H. "Red" Jackson's dismounted 2nd Division made a frontal attack, while Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's division swept around Coburn's left flank, and into his rear. After three attempts, characterized by hard fighting, Jackson carried the Union hilltop position as Forrest captured Coburn's wagon train and blocked the road to Nashville in his rear. Out of ammunition and surrounded, Coburn surrendered, along with all but two of his field officers. Union influence in Middle Tennessee subsided for a while.

Van Dorn and Forrest received help with their victory from an unlikely participant. Miss Alice Thompson, age 17 at the time, was visiting the residence of Lieutenant Banks. The 3rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment was advancing through the yard, lost their Colonel (Samuel G. Earle) and their color bearer, and the regiment was thrown into disorder. Miss Alice Thompson rushed out, raised the flag and led the regiment to victory. The enemy lauded her action.[1]

The Battle of Vaught's Hill, also known as the Battle of Milton, was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on March 20, 1863, in Rutherford County, Tennessee.

During the inactivity following the Battle of Stones River, a Union brigade-sized reconnaissance force, under Col. Albert S. Hall, left Murfreesboro on March 18. Circling to the northeast, Hall encountered Confederate Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan's cavalry command, which caused him to fall back to a position east of Milton. Pursuing Hall, Morgan's men caught up with him on the morning of March 20, at Vaught's Hill. Dismounted, Morgan struck at both Union flanks, even to the point of encircling Hall's hilltop position. Hall conducted a perimeter defense and withstood all Confederate attacks, which lasted till after 2:00 p.m. Morgan continued to bombard the Union force until 4:30 p.m., when he broke off the engagement, after learning that Union reinforcements were en route from Murfreesboro. Union forces continued to strengthen their position in Middle Tennessee.

The Battle of Brentwood was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on March 25, 1863, in Williamson County, Tennessee.

Union Lt. Col. Edward Bloodgood held Brentwood, a station on the Nashville & Decatur Railroad, with 400 men on the morning of March 25, 1863, when Confederate Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, with a powerful column, approached the town. The day before, Forrest had ordered Col. J. W. Starnes, commanding the 2nd Brigade, to go to Brentwood, cut the telegraph, tear up railroad track, attack the stockade, and cut off any retreat.

Forrest and the other cavalry brigade joined Bloodgood about 7:00 am on March 25. A messenger from the stockade informed Bloodgood that Forrest's men were about to attack, and had destroyed the railroad tracks. Bloodgood sought to notify his superiors and discovered that the telegraph lines were cut. Forrest sent in a demand for a surrender under a flag of truce, but Bloodgood refused. Within a half-hour, though, Forrest had artillery in place to shell Bloodgood's position and had surrounded the Federals with a large force. Bloodgood decided to surrender.

Forrest and his men caused considerable damage in the area during this expedition, and Brentwood, Tennessee, on the railroad, was a significant loss to the Federals.

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Some of the members at the meeting = taken by the Commander

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Our Camp Chaplin, Charles Morrison explains artillery shells at the Surrender of Clarksville event at Fort Defiance

FRANK P. GRACEY CAMP OFFICERS – 2019

|Commander |Lt. Commander | |Treasurer/Adjutant |

|Gary Libano |Dennis Bagwell | |Drew Scholes |

|3180 Lylewood RD |922 Lucy lane | |5030 Long Branch RD |

|Woodlawn, TN 37391 |Clarksville TN 37043 | |Tennessee Ridge, TN 37178 |

|libanog@ |dennisbagwell11@ | |drewscholes@ |

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