NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER, 2019

The following members, new and old, have paid their dues for the 2020 Calendar Year:

Michael & Martha Leming

Raleigh, North Carolina

James W. Lewallen, 41st

Thomas J. Kenerly, 42nd

Cliff & Vicki Roberts

Charleston, South Carolina

Augustus L. Holbrook, 43rd

Benjamin F. Roberts, 42nd

Michael & Teresia Dean

Alpharetta, Georgia

Thompson Westbrook, 43rd

Milton Westbrook, 43rd

W. Michael Griggs

Port Orchard, Washington

Robert C. Griggs, 41st

Fritz Neuschel

Wilmette, Illinois

Singleton A. Maxwell, 42nd

Tom Bishop

Albany, Georgia

Samuel Cox, 43rd

Jack C. Bolen

Brandon, Florida

Wiley F. Dennard, 42nd

Thomas B. Aderhold

Stone Mountain, Georgia

Issac D. Aderhold, 42nd

Mary-Elizabeth Ellard

Atlanta, Georgia

James A. Couch, 41st

Mike Mozley

Itasca, Texas

James S. Mozley, 41st

Hiram Mozley, 41st

William S. Mozley, 41st

Charles W. Mozley, 41st

Samuel B. Mozley, 41st

Gary R. Goodson, Sr.

Shawnee, Colorado

Merwyn W. Goodson, 40th

George L. Goodson, 40th

Janice & Dennis Cmar

Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania

Ansel Paul, 40th

Ambrose Pickard, 40th

A.W. “Bill” Crawford, Jr.

Clermont, Texas

Henry H. Edwards, 42nd

J.S. “Jack” Gibson

Hideaway, Texas

41st & 52nd Georgia

Robert Lotridge

The Woodlands, Texas

41st Georgia

James C. Baggett, MD

Homerville, Georgia

Joshua Baggett, 41st Georgia

Barry Goss

Pioneer, Tennessee

43rd Georgia

Edward “Ted” Pulliam

Alexandria, Virginia

Historical interest

Judy & Jim Rowell

Bowden, Georgia

James R. Marlow, 41st

Dale Wiseman

St. Peters, Missouri

General Marcellus Stovall

If you have not received the 2020 forms in the mail, please contact Cliff Roberts at

cliff874@gmail.com

Champion Hill, MS

The Battlefield Trust has announced

the completion of two land transactions

at Champion Hill. One is a 10-acre

parcel and the second is a 58-acre

parcel. So far, this organization has

protected 866 acres at Champion Hill.

The land will be transferred to the

Vicksburg National Military Park.

Bentonville, NC

The Battlefield Trust has also

announced that three additional acres

has been purchased at Bentonville, NC.

The land will be transferred to

Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site. The trust now protects 1,864 acres at Bentonville. To

give one an idea of that amount: If one had a parcel of land exactly 1 mile square, that would be

640 acres.

Report from Robert Elliott

42nd Georgia Regimental Historian Robert Elliott,

Grayson, GA has been contacted by Michael

Logue, who was our Speaker at Vicksburg.

Michael said that the land Barton’s Brigade

fought on has been purchased and is now part of

the Vicksburg National Military Park. Efforts are

being made to purchase more of the battlefield that

is not owned by the State.

Robert took the opportunity to talk to Michael

about joining us. He also sent him an application.

Michael would be a valuable contact as he is on

the Board of Directors at the Vicksburg National

Military Park. This is an example of how each one

of us should be ready to put on our “recruiting hat”

when there is a potential new member. One never

knows when a potential will pop up.

Jack Bolen Wants To Hear From You

In the October, 2019 Newsletter, I had a segment on “Items to Consider” part (A). It had to do

with having a sedan for some of our members on the tours who find getting in and out of the bus

to be a problem.

Vicksburg guide Michael Logue

In 2017, Sid Champion took us to the top of Champion Hill.

Jack Bolen, Brandon , FL called me right away to discuss this subject. You may recall that Jack

has had four back surgeries and still has back pain when driving long distances. It is so bad he

may not be able to attend future Congress events.

Jack volunteered to produce a report for the incoming President Cliff Roberts, Charleston, SC.

The report would highlight members that could use a different form of transport, exactly what

they would like to have, and a recommendation on what might help the experience of members

that have week legs, back trouble, bad knees, stiff joints, trouble with stairs and other assorted

pains.

If something hurts, it is a problem.

Please contact Jack directly with your comments and suggestions at : jbolen4@tampabay.rr.com

or (813) 477-9534 or 2217 Boxwood Way , Brandon, FL 33511. With the Christmas Season fast

approaching, it would be best if this response was made sooner rather than later. Jack will

organize the replies and make his report, probably in January, 2020.

Our Veterans

On this Veterans Day I was reflecting on our members and their

service in the Armed Forces. Most of them are grandsons or great

grandsons of the generation that fought for the CSA. They have

carried on the service to their country in peace and in war. Since

our formation in 2002, some of our veterans are now deceased.

They should be remembered too.

The notes and files have been transferred to Secretary Cliff

Roberts, Charleston, SC, so I can’t consult them and have to

rely on memory. My list will be incomplete, but I’ll do my best to

remember their service. If you are left out it was not my intention

at all, just a failure of my memory.

Our veterans include : Tom Borden, Marietta, GA (Air Force) ;

Don Bulloch, Riverdale, GA (Coast Guard); Ed Combs, Forest

Park, GA (Marine Corps); Larry Crowe, Sumner, GA (Army);

Harry Dellinger, Huntsville, AL ( Marine Corps); Robert

Elliott, Grayson, GA (Air Force). New member Paul Annetts,

Fishkill, NY is a Marine veteran.

Then there are the Griggs clan: Charles Griggs, Knoxville, TN (Army); Harris Griggs,

Franklin, TN (Air Force); Julius Griggs, North Little Rock, AR (Army); Michael Griggs,

Port Orchard, WA (Army).

The list includes James Hopkins, Easley, SC (Army); Roy Neal, Ringgold, GA (Army); Bob

Price, Alpharetta, GA (Marine Corps); James Stoddard, Carrollton, GA (Navy); Harvey

Stowe, Gig Harbor, WA (Army); Louis Wagner, Canton, GA (Navy).

The roster continues with: Ted Pulliam, Alexandria, VA (Army).

I’m sure there are more, but I cannot recall them and I am sorry for that inability. We have

members who have sons that have served or they are still serving, like Jim and Judy Rowell,

Bowdon, GA who have one son who is an Air Force officer and another son who is an Army

officer.

I am told that all veterans and the active duty members of the Armed Forces combined, are less

than 1% of our population of about 350 million. Our organization is well represented with

veterans. During WW II, the USA had over 16 million in uniform with a population of about 175

million people. Those vets are rapidly becoming deceased because of their age of 95 or so. Next

year , it will have been 75 years since the end of WW II. If one was 20 at that time, he would be

95 next year.

Thank you for your service to our country.

The next issue will be in mid-December. That issue will be my last as my term of office will

expire at the end of the year.

Mike Griggs

President

Gulf Oil 1961 Centennial Map

If you were hunting for Civil War battle sites in 1961, you could get this great map at any Gulf

filling station. Notice that there were few interstates (they are in green) in the South in 1961.

Member Update – Dr. James Baggett

I had an exchange of emails with Jim Baggett, who has signed up for the 2020 campaign. He is

retired and living in Homerville, Georgia, which is about 38 miles east of Valdosta. The small

town is a throwback to an earlier time, as he wrote, “battle flags on many front porches, the

Confederate statue is not threatened, and they still say prayers before each ballgame.” Economic

activity is limited to a bit of logging. Men from 4 to 94 are now in the woods enjoying deer

season, though the die hard hunters can get a bit rank, as “the real hunters douse themselves in

doe estrus urine and don’t bathe till the last day of the season…A way of life fading fast.”

Jim’s ancestor, Joshua Baggett, was from Powder Springs, Georgia. A Mexican War veteran, he

left a wife and son to join the “Kennesaw Infantry.” Company B of the 41st Georgia. He died

early in the war of measles and is buried in an unmarked grave in Lauderdale Springs,

Mississippi. Later in the war, his son was forced to hide in the woods to avoid Yankee

impressment, “a story he would tell his son who told me, when I was a boy.” Hiram, Georgia is

named for a GG uncle who was a CSA vet and area postmaster. According to family legend,

wrote Jim, “Hiram had taken the train down to the GA Confederate’s home in Atlanta to visit old

comrades and died of a heart attack on the loading platform while awaiting the train back home.”

New Website for the Association

I have secured a small foundation grant to pay for the cost of developing a new website for our

association. It will be at the same address: www.generalbartonandstovall.com

The site is being steadily revamped by a web developer, and you can see the progress with a site

visit. Members in good standing will have a one-word password that will take them past the

public section and into a private Brigade Archives. Behind this firewall we will post information

about the soldiers, their letters and photos, as well as an archive of past and present Congress

gatherings of our wonderful organization. Give the site a visit when you get a chance.

My best,

Cliff Roberts