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A Confederate battle flag
hangs daily among others on a
flagpole along U.S. 90.
What has sparked the
controversy is a huge flag that
hangs on the front of the mansion
at Beauvoir on occasion. The next
time it is scheduled to be
displayed is April 22 for Confeder-
ate Memorial Day.
Andi Oustalet said she was
told she is no longer welcome at
Beauvoir after she asked to have
the flag removed from the front of
the home. She is a volunteer who
created and produced two
Christmas at Beauvoir events that
drew 13,000 people each year and
also organized a three-day
celebration for the opening of the
Jefferson Davis Presidential
Library.
Bertram Hayes-Davis, who
resigned this month over the
controversy, is the great-great
grandson of Jefferson Davis and
was executive director of Beauvoir.
His response to Sunday's article
has been a flurry of emails, phone
calls and Facebook postings from
people across the country asking
what they can do to help.
"We've received tremendous
support from the public outreach,"
BILOXI -- Sunday's article
in the Sun Herald about the
internal struggles at Beauvoir
brought a response Monday
from the commander of the
Mississippi Division Sons of
Confederate Veterans.
Allen Terrell emailed the
response to the shakeup that
led to the resignation of
two board members
and the executive
director.
Terrell said the
letter was "on behalf of
the Mississippi Division
Sons of Confederate
Veterans." As an ex-
officio member of the
Beauvoir Board of
Trustees, Terrell said he
was, "in no way
speaking for the
Combined Boards of
Beauvoir."
Rick Forte, chairman of the
boards for 25 years, and
Beauvoir's new acting director
have not responded to the Sun
Herald's request for comments.
"The Mississippi Division
Sons of Confederate Veterans
are greatly concerned over the
events occurring at Beauvoir
and are monitoring the
situation," Terrell said in his
letter.
He also said that Ed
Funchess, the vice chairman of
the board at Beauvoir who
resigned in February, was
correct when he said the
Confederate flag is not the
whole issue at Beauvoir, but is
what began the present
controversy.
Terrell said the Confeder-
ate flag will continue to fly at
Beauvoir.
he said. "They're all shocked
and surprised." ~~ Biloxi Sun-
Herald
In a comment posted to the
above story, SCV Army of
Tennessee Committeeman
Larry McCluney states: "The
Mission as given in the deed by
Mrs. Davis to the Sons of
Confederate Veterans
in Mississippi was to
perpetuate her
husbands memory and
the Cause the
Confederate Soldier
fought for. Many people
do not realize that once
the Mississippi, SCV
took over we were
bound by her charge
and the house was
used as a Confederate
Soldier's Retirement
home. Now it is a
Shrine to Jefferson
Davis and the memory of the
Confederate Soldier. Thus, the
Battle Flag that is flown is in
their memory. The only time
the flag is displayed on the
house is during SCV events
nothing else (Confederate
Memorial Day, Fall Muster, and
Jefferson Davis' Birthday)
Three events out of a year yet
THIS IS AN ISSUE? 365 days a
year and only three weekends
is it flown."
In another comment, past
SCV Chief of Heritage Defense
P. Charles Lunsford stated:
"Anyone who does not welcome
the flag at the home of
President Davis should not be
welcome at the shrine." I'm
sure we all can agree with
Charles' sentiments. The flag
belongs at the home of our
President, perhaps more than
at any other place.
The CourierNewsletter Newsletter Newsletter Newsletter of of of of the the the the Sam Sam Sam Sam Davis Davis Davis Davis Camp Camp Camp Camp No. No. No. No. 1293129312931293
Sons Sons Sons Sons of of of of Confederate Confederate Confederate Confederate Veterans Veterans Veterans Veterans ** ** ** ** BrentwoodBrentwoodBrentwoodBrentwood, , , , TnTnTnTn ** ** ** ** March,March,March,March, 2014201420142014
Dispute at Beauvoir... again
Our 2014 Program Lineup (so far)
March - Ronny Mangrum on
Tennessee Flag Restoration
April - Sam Davis Camp Members
Show & Tell
May - Tim Burgess
June - Camp Picnic
July - Gene Andrews on
"Restoration of the Forrest Home"
March 27th ~~ Sam Davis Camp
meets at Oglesby Community
Center, 6:00 p.m. The Center is
adjacent to the Woodson Chapel
Church of Christ on Edmondson
Pike, 1/2 block South of the
intersection of Edmondson Pike
and Old Hickory Blvd.
April 11-12 ~~ Tennessee Division
Reunion in Union City
April 24th ~~ Sam Davis Camp
meets at Oglesby Community
Center, 7:00 p.m.
May 22nd ~~ Sam Davis Camp
meets at Oglesby Community
Center, 7:00 p.m.
May 31st ~~ Confederate Memorial
Day at the Sam Davis Statue, State
Capitol
June 1st ~~ UDC Confederate
Memorial Services, Mt. Olivet &
Carnton
June 14th ~~ Sam Davis Camp
Picnic at Oglesby Community
Center
June 21st ~~ Annual Forrest
Homecoming at the Forrest
Boyhood Home, Chapel Hill
On March 11, 1861, delegates
from the newly formed Confederate
States of America agreed on their
own constitution. Here is a look at
this little-known third constitution
that controlled the lives of about 9
million people for a short period of
time.
Much of the Confederate
Constitution mirrored the Constitu-
tion of the United States as it
existed at the time, with bigger
differences in the matters of slavery
and states’ rights.
In 1860, there were more than
9 million people, including 3 million
slaves, living in the states and
territories that would leave the
Union, compared with 22 million
people outside those areas.
The document was drawn up
and approved just a week after
Abraham Lincoln became president
of the United States. There were
seven southern states that had
seceded at the time, and a total of
13 would eventually sign the
Confederate constitution.
At first glance, much of the
Confederate document was taken
directly from the U.S. Constitution.
But there were several passages
related to slavery that were much
different. The Confederate version
used the word “slaves,” unlike the
U.S. Constitution. One article
banned any Confederate state from
making slavery illegal. Another
ensured that slave owners could
travel between Confederate states
with their slaves.
The Confederate constitution
also accounted for slaves as three-
fifths of a state’s population (like
the U.S. Constitution did at the
time), and it required that any new
territory acquired by the nation
allow slavery.
In other ways, the Confederate
constitution was closer to the
Articles of Confederation, which
preceded the U.S. Constitution–it
was focused on states’ rights.
The Confederate preamble
begins, “We, the people of the
Confederate States, each State
acting in its sovereign and
independent character…”
The U.S. Constitution starts
with the more familiar, “We the
People of the United States, in
Order to form a more perfect
Union…”
Confederate states had the
ability to impeach federal officials,
collect more taxes, and make
treaties with each other under
certain circumstances. They could
also create lines of credit.
When it came to elected
officials, the Confederate constitu-
tion limited the president to one,
six-year term in office in a person’s
lifetime. The vice president didn’t
have term limits.
The president also had use of
the line-item veto in budget
matters.
Senators and representatives
served under circumstances that
were very similar to rules in the
U.S. Constitution.
It also had a Bill of Rights,
lumped together with rules about
Congress. (Most of the rights in the
U.S. Constitution’s original Bill of
Rights were incorporated.)
One additional right stated that
the government couldn’t impair “the
right of property in negro slaves” to
owners.
The Confederate Congress
operated in a similar fashion to the
United States. But the Confederate
Congress couldn’t pass legislation
about amendments. That role was
reserved for the states.
Cabinet members could also
answer questions on the floor of
Congress.
The Supreme Court system was
also very similar to the one used by
the United States. But it was never
formed during the Civil War
because of the government’s
instability.
The Confederate Congress met
for six sessions during the war.
Political parties didn’t form in the
Confederacy, but there were
political factions in the electorate.
~~ article by the staff of the
National Constitution Center
[ Editor's Note: All of the above
being as it may be, the fact of the
matter was that the Confederate
Congress was also much like the
current U.S. Congress, as this
quote from Robert E. Lee will attest
to: "I have been up to see the
Congress and they do not seem to
be able to do anything except to eat
peanuts and chew tobacco, while
my army is starving."]
KINSTON, N.C. - On Monday,
March 10 at 10 a.m., the N.C.
Department of Cultural Resources'
State Underwater Archeology team
was on the Neuse River searching
for remnants of the ironclad CSS
Neuse using the latest in high
resolution technology. Their vessel,
a 23' boat named the R/V Snap
dragon II, will patrol the river
between the King Street bridge and
the Queen Street bridge for about
five hours. The focus of the
expedition will be to gather data on
any objects from the Confederate
built ironclad that was destroyed in
March 1865.
There was be an initial pre-
launch briefing at 10 a.m. at the
boat ramp off Highway 70 in
Kinston and a follow-up briefing at
4 p.m. to reveal what was discov-
ered during this innovative survey
mission. (Results not known to The
Courier...)
"The Neuse River is in great
condition for this project right
now," said John Morris III, Deputy
State Underwater Archeologist for
the Department of Cultural
Resources. "The river is currently
high enough to conduct this type of
investigative work." The river survey
is a combined project between the
Office of State Archeology and State
Historic Sites, both divisions of the
N. C. Department of Cultural
Resources.
"This will be the first detailed
survey of this part of the river using
modern side scan sonar, a
magnetometer, and a differential
Global Positioning System,"
continued Morris.
The CSS Neuse was con-
structed in Whitehall, now known
as Seven Springs, from October
1862 until the summer of 1863
when she was taken down river to
Kinston for completion. She was
officially launched in April 1864
with the intention of steaming down
river toward New Bern, which had
been occupied by Union troops
since March 1862. The Neuse never
made it that far, running a ground
on a sandbar just south of town.
After being stranded there for a
month, she was refloated and
brought back to Kinston, where she
remained until March 1865 when
the ship was scuttled by her own
crew to prevent it from being
captured.
"We are hoping this survey will
tell us what, if anything, is
salvageable." said Keith Hardison,
Director of Historic Sites. "We need
to gather information about what is
there so we can begin to explore the
possibility of recovering additional
pieces of the ship to add to the CSS
Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center
in downtown Kinston." The
interpretive center is currently open
for visitors to tour and watch as the
museum takes shape.
The CSS Neuse remained
underwater until the early 1960s
when several attempts were made
to recover her from her watery
grave. In 1964, most of the ship
was salvaged and brought to the
site of the Governor Richard
Caswell Memorial on Vernon
Avenue. The recovery process was
documented by Mr. Bill Rowland,
who is also a member of the
steering committee for this survey
project. The ship remained under a
shelter on Vernon Avenue until the
summer of 2012 when she was
moved to her new home on the
corner of Queen and Caswell
Streets in downtown Kinston.
"It's very significant because it's
the only commissioned Confederate
ironclad left from the Civil War."
said Matthew Young, Site Manager
for the CSS Neuse Civil War
Interpretive Center. "We know there
are still sections of the ship in the
river. What we don't know is how
significant they are to our under-
standing of how she was built and
operated. There may be pieces of
iron armored plate, a propeller, or
even one of the ship's anchors still
in the river." Donations to support
this effort are encouraged and
welcome.
The CSS Neuse Interpretive
Center is located at 100 N. Queen
St., Kinston, N.C. Hours are
Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A bill
introduced by a Democratic
lawmaker would prohibit the sale of
Confederate flags on California
state property.
Assemblyman Isadore Hall of
Compton introduced the bill Friday.
He says Confederate flag memora-
bilia is being sold at the Capitol gift
shop and was on sale during last
summer’s state fair on the Cal Expo
Fairgrounds.
The issue came to his attention
after his mother spotted replica
Confederate money on sale in the
Capitol gift shop. Hall, who is black,
calls the Confederate flag a symbol
of racism, exclusion and violence.
The ban would apply to
property owned or operated by the
state.
Hall says his bill has bipartisan
support and will send a message
that California does not promote
racism and hate.
Meanwhile in Georgia, the
redesigned SCV specialty tag
features a very nice half-tone battle
flag background. Cool, huh?
Published by The Sam Davis Camp #1293, Sons
of Confederate Veterans, P. O. Box 3448,
Brentwood, Tenn. 37024
Commander ~ Nelson Boren
1st Lt. Commander ~
2d Lt. Commander ~
Adjutant ~ Allen Sullivant 971-7454
Treasurer ~ James Turner 335-6944
Chaplain ~ Tony Rocchietti 399-1606
Newsletter Editor ~ Allen Sullivant 971-7454
Web Address ~ http://www.samdaviscamp.org
This is a photo, circa 1950, of the relief map of the
Battle of Franklin as it was being placed on the overlook at
Winstead Hill. Note that the current roof/shelter was not
yet in place. The view from the hill at that time was
perhaps little changed from that of November, 1864.
Treasurer James Turner is currently completing a grant
application to secure funds to repaint the relief map from
Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation.
MTEMC regularly donates to historic preservation projects
in the Franklin area, and we think it likely they will
eventually designate a few dollars for our hill and the
preservation of the improvements there.