TN Camp Unveils Morton's Battery Monument at Parker's Crossroads

Dec 27th the monument honoring Captain John Morton & his Battery was quietly unveiled at the Parker's Crossroads Battlefield (TN). This date was chosen as it is the 145th anniversary of the founding of Morton's Battery. The Battlefield Association looks forward to the monument’s dedication in June 2008 during “reenactment weekend”.

For a photo gallery of the unveiling event, please follow this link:. http://www.parkerscrossroads.com/2007/monument/index.htm

NC Camp Gets Coverage of Efforts to Restore More than 100 Damaged Markers

Maplewood Cemetery contains dozens of toppled Confederate headstones that many would like to see either fixed or replaced.

David Newton, Correspondent

Desecration or deterioration? Which has left several dozen Confederate markers leaning and toppled in Maplewood Cemetery? The local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is taking the first steps to replace or augment the more than 100 Confederate markers with larger stones that have a better chance of staying upright.

Full Story:

http://www.thedurhamnews.com/around_town/story/107148.html

AOL Poll - Was Lincoln Wrong?

There are numerous internet polls out there, many which are of little consequence more than passing curiosity. However, the question has been raised recently in the current Presidential debates - which has caught some momentum - of whether Abraham Lincoln’s war against the Southern states was the right thing to do. The fact that the question is even being considered means that Southerners and questions of states rights do still matter. AOL News has put together an internet poll which is a little more involved than the usual, with state-by-state breakdowns, and asks the following: Was Lincoln wrong to fight the civil war? If you have some thoughts on that question (and what SCV member wouldn’t?), go to:

http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2007/12/26/hot-seat-lincoln-wrong-to-fight-civil-war/

and take the poll. Currently those who think Lincoln’s War that cost over 600,000 American lives was wrong are winning in a few states. If you think Lincoln should have sought political rather than military solutions, you’ll want to answer “yes” and then see how your state is doing before passing this along.

Descendant Fulfills Soldier's Wish - "Co. Aytch" Revised is Published

By LEON ALLIGOOD

Staff Writer

Ruth Hill Fulton McAllister never met her great-grandfather, Sam R. Watkins.

But more than 100 years after his death, the Columbia woman has completed her ancestor's life work.

McAllister is the editor of a new version of Co. Aytch, the frank War memoir that is considered a classic in the genre and was quoted several times in Ken Burns' PBS documentary The Civil War.

Full story:

http://www.rctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071226/NEWS01/712260419/1006/MTCN0301

AoT Newsletter Online

You can download a .pdf of the latest Army of Tennessee Newsletter at:

http://www.georgiascv.com/downloads/AOT%20Newsletter%20Dec%20%202007.pdf

SCV Lee-Jackson Day Events in Lexington, VA

Lee - Jackson Day January 19, 2008 - Lexington, Virginia

Honoring the Lives and Godly Character of Generals
Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson in their final home and resting place

Full story:

http://www.geocities.com/leejacksonday/

Florida Camp Gets Positive Press

Confederate Vets Group Research Their Heritage

By Dan Fearson of Highlands Today

Published: December 13, 2007

SEBRING, FL — David Poteat is proud of his family's Southern heritage, and he and other local people have formed a group to research and tell stories of their Confederate roots.

Full story:

http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2007/dec/13/confederate-vets-group-research-their-heritage/#comments