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
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 : [email protected]
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