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RUCKER RANGERSNewsletter
Published Monthly November 2016
Gen. Edmond Winchester Rucker 2534United Daughters of the Confederacy
Enterprise, Alabama
NEXT MEETING:
Thurs., November 10, 2016, 5:00 pm
1st United Methodist Church Gathering Room
Program: “Killing Time – Leisure Activities
of the Soldier Boy” (Pat Richter)Refreshments: Pat Richter & Georgia Fleming
Coffee County Rangers Camp 911Sons of Confederate Veterans
Enterprise, Alabama
NEXT MEETING:
Thurs., November 10, 2016, 7:00 pm
1st United Methodist Church Gathering Room
Business Meeting
November 10 – Enterprise Veterans Day Parade, 6:00 pm, Main Street. We will participate
with a float. Contact Mack Lott if you want to ride the float.
November 10-13 – 2016 Battles for the Armory, Tallassee, Alabama. For more information,
go to http://www.tallasseearmoryguards.org/reenactment/.
November UDC Social Meeting – 5:00 pm at Mom’s Family Restaurant, 2200 Ozark
Highway in Enterprise. Date to be announced.
December 5 – Troy Civil War Forum, 6:30 p.m. at Beulah Church in Troy. The program
will be “A Civil War Christmas: Christmas in Dixie.” All are invited to attend.
December 8 – Annual SCV/UDC Christmas Party
OFFICERS
UDCPresident ................ Laura D. Womack-Rowell
Vice President ...................... Georgia Fleming
Secretary ...................................... Donna Clark
Treasurer ................................ Patsy B. Richter
SCVCommander ...........................Joe E. Clark, Jr.
1st Lieutenant Commander .............Mack Lott
2nd Lieutenant Commander ............. Ray Kyle
Adjutant .................................. John Kolkman
VISIT OUR WEBSITES
� Coffee County Rangers:http://www.coffeecountyrangers.org/
� Gen. Edmond Winchester Rucker 2534:http://tinyurl.com/3eyezp6
� Camp 911 Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/groups/SCVCampEnterprise/
� SCV YouTube Channel:http://www.youtube.com/user/SCVORG
November Birthdays and Anniversaries
November 3, 1816Birth of Lieutenant General
Jubal Anderson Early in Franklin County, Virginia
November 6, 1865CSS Shenandoah strikes her colors;
last active CSA force to fly the colors.
November 10, 1865Henry Wirz, commander of the Confederateprisoner of war camp near Andersonville,
Georgia, was executed in Washington on thegrounds of the Old Capitol Prison after being
sentenced by a military tribunal.
November 15, 1864Atlanta looted and burned by Sherman's army,
Sherman's "March to the Sea" begins
November 23-25, 1863Battles of Chattanooga, Tennessee
Battle of Lookout MountainBattle of Missionary Ridge
November 28, 1861Missouri officially admitted to the
Confederacy
The Missouri Battle Flag is designed of a white Roman Cross, blue field, and deep red trim. More than 60,000 Confederate
Missouri men served under this flag. Many prestigious units such as Pindall's 9th Battalion
of Missouri Sharpshooters saw extensive service under this flag.
(From Missouri History: Flags Of The Rebellion 1861 - 1865)
November 30, 1864Battle of Franklin, Tennessee
Death of Major GeneralPatrick Ronayne Cleburne
16 Annual Battle of Newton Reenactmentth
Oct. 15-16 ✦ John Hutto Park, Newton
Below:Children enjoyed many activities including tug-o-war(left) and a childrens’ battle (right).
The annual reenactment of theBattle of Newton attractedparticipants and audience from allover Alabama, Georgia, andFlorida. Camp 911 SCV and Gen.E. W. Rucker Chapter UDCrepresented with tents, handing outinformation on our organization andmaking contact with prospectivemembers.(Left) Commanders pose beforebattle. Back row, far right: BrianFleming, commander of Co E, 15th
Alabama Infantry (host unit);middle row, far right, MarkHoward, commander of AlabamaDivision Field Hospital.
Below:Children enjoyed many activities including tug-o-war(left) and a childrens’ battle (right).
The annual reenactment of theBattle of Newton attractedparticipants and audience from allover Alabama, Georgia, andFlorida. Camp 911 SCV and Gen.E. W. Rucker Chapter UDCrepresented with tents, handing outinformation on our organization andmaking contact with prospectivemembers.(Left) Commanders pose beforebattle. Back row, far right: BrianFleming, commander of Co E, 15th
Alabama Infantry (host unit);middle row, far right, MarkHoward, commander of AlabamaDivision Field Hospital.
(Left) Brian and Georgia Fleming present $5.00 to one of the winners of the coloring contest(Above) Confederate and Union troops close for an exciting moment in the battle reenactment
To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans we will commit the vindication of the cause for
which we fought, to your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier’s
good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of
those principles which he loves and which you love also, and those ideals which made him
glorious and which you also cherish.”
– Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, Commander General, United Confederate Veterans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Confederate Triviaby Georgia Fleming
What does each list of names have in common?
1. Mary Anna Randolph Custis, Elinor Junkin, Flora Cooke, Mary Anna Morrison
2. Stephen Mallory. Christopher Memminger, Judah P. Benjamin, John H. Reagan
3. Chickamauga, Jonesborough, Resaca, Ringgold’s Gap
4. Maj. Gen. Phillip Kearny (USA), Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk (CSA), Maj. Gen. Earl van Dorn
(CSA), Lt. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill (CSA)
5. Virginia, Alabama, Florida, Shenandoah
6. Fort Pillow, Bryce's Crossroads, 1st Battle of Murfreesboro, 2nd Battle of Memphis
7. The Tennessee, the Potomac, the Cumberland, the James
8. Johnson’s Island, Old Capitol, Fort Pulaski, Rock Island
9. Fitzhugh Lee, Joseph Wheeler, Thomas Rosser, Matthew C. Butler
10. Pvt. Rufus W. Cobb, Lt. George S. Houston, Gen. Edward A. O’Neal, Maj. Thomas G.
Jones
Congratulations!At the 123rd Annual General Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in
Richmond this month, it was announced that the Chapter Yearbook of Gen. Edmond Winchester
Rucker 2534 won “Best Chapter Yearbook” for the general organization. This is a high honor
for our chapter. Congratulations to Pat Richter, who designs and produces our yearbook!
Trivia Answers
(1) They were the wives of Confederate general (Mrs. Robert E. Lee, the first Mrs. Thomas J.
Jackson, Mrs. J. E. B. Stuart, the second Mrs. Jackson); (2) They were members of the
Confederate Cabinet (Mallory - Secretary of the Navy, Memminger - Secretary of the Treasury,
Benjamin - Secretary of State/ Secretary of War/Attorney General, Reagan - Secretary of the
Treasury/Postmaster General; (3) They were battles in the state of Georgia; (4) They were
generals who were killed in the War; (5) They were ships of the Confederate Navy; (6) They
were victories of Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest; (7) They were Union armies; (8) They were
Union prison camps; (9) They were Confederate generals who served as generals in the Spanish
American War; (10) They were Confederates who served as Governor of Alabama after the
War.
Important Reminders
! Ladies, the Benevolent Committee is asking us to bring toys from
now until Christmas!
! Please continue to bring canceled stamps, and coupons for our
soldiers. We are still collecting hotel soaps and lotions, and can tabs.
! The Patriotic Committee is collecting items for Travis Williams, a soldier stationed in
Afghanistan. Items requested include brain games, beef jerky, incense, and power bars.
Please bring what you can.
“[The War Between the States] is a revolution, and it can no more be
checked by human effort... than a prairie fire by a gardener's watering
pot ...”
– Judah P. Benjamin
Fleming
Multimedia122 S. Main St., Enterprise, AL 36330
334-347-0017
COMPUTER SALES & SERVICE
Brian Fleming, Owner
Happy Birthday!
Laura D. Womack-Rowell
Donna Smith
Amanda Reeves Gen. Edmond Winchester Rucker 2534
Enterprise, Alabama
To place an advertisement, greeting or
memorial in the newsletter, contact Brian or
Georgia Fleming at 347-0017
or e-mail Georgia [email protected]
or Brian [email protected]
“CAMP STEW”MADE THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY
$9.00 Quart
Pick up or DeliverySaturday Afternoon
November 19th
Contact David Coggins334-672-1665
Proceeds to benefit
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL PARK
6403 Brantley Highway, Luverne, AL
