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e had a good crowd of 33 members and guests at our August 6th meeting to hear Michael Hardy. The polls closed for the voting for our camp mascot at the end of that meeting. By a very slim margin, “Braxton” narrowly beat out “W. T. Sherman” to become our mascot’s name. We will be presenting membership certificates to three new members at our next meeting so please help me in officially welcoming them to the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The Garner and Durham SCV Camps are joining together to hold a recruitment table at the Bennett Place State Historic Site in Durham September 19-20th. If you are interested in helping out that weekend, please contact me ([email protected]) or Rick Miller ([email protected]). We are also signed up for a major recruitment event to take place at the Dixie Gun &

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Ladies Welcome ! ~ Commander ~ Byron E. Brady 1332 Garden Crest Circle Raleigh, NC 27609 (919) 622-0606 [email protected]

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Michael Hardy presented his program on “North Carolina as the Last Capital of the Confederacy” at our August 6th meeting.

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~ Calendar of Events ~ September 3 — 47th Regiment North Carolina Troops Camp 166 Meeting, Wake Forest October 1 —

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he August 6, 2015 meeting of 47th Regiment NC Troops, Camp 166, was held at The Forks Cafeteria in Wake Forest, NC. Commander Byron Brady called the meeting to order and welcomed those attending. There were 33 members and guests in attendance. The Invocation was provided by Chaplain Paul Berry and the Salutes to the Colors were led by Color Sergeant Bill Young. Camp Camp Adjutant David Henderson Lt. Commander Gary Hall read General Stephen D. Lee’s Charge to the SCV. Commander Brady welcomed all of our guests, including three NC Division UDC officers. He also welcomed our three new members since our last meeting, who were all in attendance! Camp Historian Dale Whitfield urged all members to send in a write-up about their ancestor if they have not already done so. Camp 2nd Lt. Commander Rick Miller reported we will be recruiting at the Dixie Gun Show on November 21-22, please let him know if you can help out. Past Camp Commander Frank Powell reported on recent heritage issues. Commander Brady announced we need six new members to meet our goal of 10 new members for 2015. There was no new business. Page 2

Our guest speaker for the evening was author Michael Hardy who spoke on “North Carolina as the Last Capital of the Confederacy.” President Davis and his cabinet left Richmond at 11 PM on April 2, 1865, arriving in Danville on April 4. They left Danville and arrived in Greensboro at 8 AM on April 11. They then went to Charlotte and the last meeting of the entire cabinet with Davis was on April 26, 1865. From April 11 through April 26, 1865 the capital of the Confederacy was in North Carolina. The vote was tallied to name our camp mascot and “Braxton” was the winner in a close contest. NC UDC Historian Melanie Perryman invited Camp 166 members to the NC UDC Division Convention Historical Evening program to be held October 2 at the Sheraton Convention Center in RTP at 8 PM. She also invited everyone to the UDC General Convention Historical Evening where Michael Hardy will be the speaker, on November 6 at 7:30 PM at the Sheraton in downtown Raleigh. A rousing version of Dixie was sung by all present. Chaplain Berry issued the benediction with special words for Anthony Hervey who was killed after attending a flag rally in Mississippi. Remember our support for TriArea Ministries and ladies and guests are always welcome. Respectfully submitted,

Frank B. Powell, III Past Commander

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Knife Show to be held at the NC State Fairgrounds November 21-22, so please put this weekend on your calendar. Please try to bring a guest to our next meeting. I look forward to seeing everyone on September 3rd. Until then, I leave you with this trivia question: Where was the Confederate States Naval Academy? Confederately yours,

the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so and have no inclination to do so.” Note that the Constitution recognized slavery and he could not change it himself. Both before and during the War, Abraham Lincoln pushed to send freed slaves abroad. The policy, called colonization, had been supported by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay — a hero of Lincoln’s — and even Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose protagonists in Uncle Tom’s Cabin ultimately emigrate from the United States to Continued on page 4

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ur dues are due to General Headquarters by November 1. So, dues are now due. All members need to submit dues to Camp Adjutant David Henderson either at our meeting or by mail. Please complete your MRS statement (you should be receiving your statement shortly) and submit with your dues. David’s address is on the front of this newsletter. If you have not received your MRS statement yet let David or Byron know at our next meeting. If you are unsure of your dues status, please talk with David. The November 1 date is when dues must be received at HQ, so David needs your dues by mid-October at the latest. Let’s make sure we have 100 percent renewal this year! Thanks!

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he 47th Regiment NC Troops Camp 166 would like to welcome our newest member. James Henry Ireland, Jr., joins on the record of his great-great-grandfather Private Samuel Kelly Ireland, 3rd Company B, 36th NC Regiment (2nd Regiment NC Artillery). Congratulations, and welcome to Camp 166!

Southern Independence is the monthly journal of the 47th Regiment North Carolina Troops Camp 166, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Wake Forest, NC. All comments, suggestions, articles, etc. should be sent to the Editor, 9701 Fonville Road, Wake Forest, NC 27587 or you may e-mail: [email protected] or call (919) 847-6132. Deadline for each issue is the fifteenth of the month. CONFEDERATE

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erick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison were appalled by the idea. Lincoln never sucAfrica. In August 1862, Lincoln brought five ceeded at gathering support for the policy, black ministers to the White House and told and after he signed the Emancipation Proclathem that slavery and the war had demon- mation he never mentioned it publicly again. strated that it would be “better for us both, The Emancipation Proclamation freed no therefore, to be separated.” He wanted to send slaves held in either North or South because freed blacks to Central America, even calling slavery was recognized in the United States for a constitutional amendment authorizing Constitution and an amendment was reCongress to pay for colonization. quired to change it.  But prominent abolitionists such as Fred-

~ Majority sees Confederate Flag as Southern Pride symbol not racist ~ Washington (CNN) American public opinion on the Confederate Flag remains about where it was 15 years ago, with most describing the flag as a symbol of Southern pride more than one of racism, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. And questions about how far to go to remove references to the Confederacy from public life prompt broad racial divides. The poll shows 57% of Americans see the flag more as a symbol of Southern pride than as a symbol of racism, about the same as in

2000 when 59% said they viewed it as a symbol of pride. Most oppose other efforts, including redesigning state flags which feature Confederate emblems or symbols to remove references to the Confederacy (57% oppose that), renaming streets and highways named after Confederate leaders (68% oppose that) and removing tributes to those who fought for the Confederacy from public places (71% oppose that). You know this poll really surprised the folks at CNN!

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