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On November 17, 2012, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Sons of Veterans Reserve (SVR) will again be hosting the annual SVR Military Ball at the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Eisenhower Hotel and Conference Center. Music will be performed by the Philadelphia Brigade Band, with dances led by dancemaster. As is done each year, Ball proceeds will be donated to the Gettysburg National Military Park for monument preservation. Additional information including how to obtain tickets may be accessed by selecting the following link:
Civil War Medal of Honor Remembrance Service
The members of Antietam Camp #3, SUVCW invites you, your friends and family to join us in the following event. Please distribute this information as wide as you can.
On March 24, 2012, Antietam Camp #3, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil war will sponsor a Civil War Medal of Honor Remembrance Service. It will commence at 10:00 AM at the Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church at 106 East 3rd Street, Frederick, Maryland. This A. M. E. Church was used as a hospital servicing the wounded from the Battles of South Mountain and Antietam.
The service will honor and remember 1st Sergeant Decatur Dorsey. Slave-born in Howard County, Maryland, he enlisted into Company B, of the 39th U. S. Colored Infantry. The basis for his award of the Medal of Honor centered on his service at the “Battle of the Crater” during the Petersburg, VA Campaign in Southern Virginia. He was so recognized “for extraordinary heroism on 30 July, 1964 while serving with Company B, 39th SCT.” “Sergeant Dorsey planted his colors on the Confederate works in advance of his regiment, and when the regiment was driven back to the Union works he carried the colors there and bravely rallied the men.”
The “Battle of the Crater” at Petersburg was the first opportunity for the USCT to engage in battle by reinforcing the initial attack. He was discharged from service on December 4, 1865 in Wilmington, NC. He is buried in Flower Hill Cemetery, Hoboken, NJ where he had resided until his death on July 11, 1891.
Antietam Camp #3, Department of the Chesapeake, invites reenactors and living history enthusiasts also and uniformed members will be invited to participate in the proceedings. The event will include:
- A short worship service
- A procession from the church to Memorial Park
- A memorial event including honors and taps
There will also be a “off the menu” repast afterwards at Brewer’s Alley Restaurant in the 2nd Floor Assembly Room.
The Frederick area is centered in many Civil War historical sites, including:
- Monocacy Battlefield (Immediate Area)
- Battle of South Mountain (About 5 miles distant)
- Battle of Gettysburg (About 25 miles distant)
- Museum of Civil War Medicine (Located in Frederick)
For more information, contact:
Reverend Joseph Foster, Chairman, at jfoster33@juno.com or (301) 660-1678 or
Eugene Mortorff, Camp Secretary at mortorff@comcast.net (717) 619-7053
Karl “Woody” Woodcock
Past Commander
Antietam Camp #3
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Woody@FrederickMD.com
150th Anniversary of the launching of the USS Monitor
Here is a link to the camp web page for more information. Click here: Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
Yours in,
Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty,
George J. Weinmann, (Commander) Captain
Co. I, 83rd New York Vol. (9th NYSM), SVR
Commander Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
Camp Historian & Genealogist and
NY Department Flag Bearer & Past Council, Guide & Historian
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
346 Broadway, Room 808, New York, NY 10013
MOLLUS
NOW FORMING
An attempt to reactivate the West Virginia Commandery of MOLLUS is being undertaken. If you are a lineal or collateral descendant of a Union Commissioned Officer and reside in
Brothers - If you haven't already heard, our camp has produced an ornament and is selling them in order to raise money for a monument that we would like to erect in Luray, Va. to honor the men - blue and gray - who held a reunion there in July 1881 and later in Carlisle, Pa. in Sept. 1881. In many ways, we feel that the effort of soldiers in years after the war, in reunions such as these, fulfilled an important part of President Lincoln's vision for the country in years after the war - reunified in peace. If we can raise enough money, we would also like to place a state historic marker at Carlisle, Pa. for the reunions. For details about the ornament and the challenge we have made to the respective departments, please see: http://www.geocities.com/bluegrayvirginians/SUVCWFundraisingChallenge.html Thanks in advance for your orders!
In F., C., & L., Robert Moore
1-8-2006
I do free research and lookups for the asking at Andersonville National Historic Site.
Kevin Frye
Andersonville Historian / NPS Volunteer
www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html
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