Col. E. W. Taylor Camp #1777

NEWSLETTERSONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS

March………..2019

Feb. 28

February

Program

March

28

Join us in March as we learn about a

truly unique character, Holt Collier, in a

presentation made by our friend and

compatriot, Jack Dyess, of the Col. Wm.

H. Griffin Camp SCV in Haltom City.

Our meetings are on the last Thursday of each month, except November and December when we

don’t meet because it would always conflict with the holidays.

Each month’s program announcement is always on the first page of this newsletter.

We meet at the Catfish and Company restaurant in Hurst, Texas, along the north side of the

Airport Freeway and on the access road west of Precinct Line Road.

If you’d like to eat with us we’d suggest you be there at 6 p.m. We start the meeting at 7 p.m.

Our goal is to be finished and out by 8:30 p.m. It would be bad manners for a group as large as

ours to stay ‘til closing time. We appreciate the restaurant’s hospitality to the Sons of

Confederate Veterans.

Who are we? That’s easy to see!!!

Go to our website and start looking at our newsletters, beginning with

the most recent and working back. Contact us at mfpchat@yahoo.com

http://www.taylorcampscv.org/

For our website: user name is TaylorCamp and password is SCV1777EWTaylorCamp

Activity at the February meeting

In January we installed our

new officers who will serve for

2019 and 2020. At our meet-

ing on February 28 they got

some other recognition as well.

At top left, our long-time

Adjutant, James Alderman,

presents our new Commander,

Ron Turner, his Commission

in the SCV. Both men also

received their ribboned medals

of office at the same meeting.

At center left, Richard

McCook is presented with his

Lt. Commander’s medal by

Commander Turner.

At bottom left, Commander

Turner presents Chaplain Mike

Patterson with his medal of

office.

Immediate Past-Com-

mander Chuck Marks was

unable to attend, but he will

receive his medal at the March

meeting.

We thank these men for

agreeing to serve the camp as

officers and leaders.

Next new Compatriot to be sworn in at

March meeting had ancestor who was

lots of places which matteredAt our January meeting

Compatriot Ralph Tucker

brought a guest with him,

Steve Hicks, who is very

interested in the SCV and

his Confederate ancestor,

John M. Goodnight, of the

19th Mississippi Infantry.

John Marion Goodnight was born in

Cabarrus Co., North Carolina in 1844.

By the time of the WBTS his family had

moved to Mississippi. He became a

soldier in Co. G, 19th Mississippi

Infantry on February 25, 1862 when he

enlisted at Springport, Mississippi. With

very few exceptions caused by injuries

after that, he was present for the entire

War with Lee’s Army of Northern

Virginia. Unlike most of the Southern

Patriots, he was never captured and

imprisoned by the Federals.

His records indicate that he was

wounded in the fighting around

Richmond between June 26 and July 1,

1862. He was again wounded on May 3,

1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville,

and lost his gun and accoutrements in

that fight.

After that wound he was placed in the

General Hospital at Camp Winder at

Richmond where he stayed from May 8

through May 29.

Steve is an employee of the USPS.

The diagnosis was “Vul: Sclo:,” a technical

abbreviation for gunshot wound called Vulnus

Sclopetarium used by many of the doctors.

Faithful to the end, Mr. Goodnight was

among the stalwart men who surrendered with

General Lee’s ANV at Appomattox Court House

on April 9, 1865. The records indicate he was

paroled there on the same day.

The Goodnights immigrated to Texas in

1885, and two years later moved to their last

home in Bowie County, Texas. He died there on

November 24, 1928 and was buried in Reed Hill

Cemetery. He was granted a pension by the

State of Texas for his service.

A short time later his son applied for a

headstone for him from the Veterans

Administration.

John M. Goodnight, cont.

There are three surviving regimental

flags from the 19th Mississippi. The one

at left is in the Museum of the

Confederacy. It was captured near Willis

Church, Virginia in June 1862 by Col.

Francis C. Barlow of the 61st New York

Infantry, and was later returned South.

The 19th Mississippi…and Mr. Good-

night…saw long and valiant service on

many fields. They fought in the Peninsular Campaign early in the

War against McClellan’s hesitant posturing. They took part in the

Northern Virginia Campaign, and were at Sharpsburg and the

Maryland Campaign. The regiment was singled out for battle

honors at the Battles of Williamsburg and Seven Pines.

The 19th fought at both Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville in

Virginia, and Mr. Goodnight was wounded in the latter fight. He

marched and fought with Lee’s army during the Gettysburg

Campaign, and saw the horrors of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania

Court House, and the Battle of Cold Harbor.

Near the end, he was in the trenches at Petersburg, Virginia and

was with Lee’s army at the surrender at Appomattox Court House.

We look forward to a long and pleasant association with our new

Compatriot, Mr. Steve Hicks. Welcome to the group, Steve!!!

Your humble editor apologizes for both

the brevity and the lateness of this issue of

the newsletter. The reasons are long and

boring. He promises to try to do better next

month.

March 12 at the Civil War

Round Table/Ft. Worth

The Second

Battle of Pea

RidgePresentation by Ed Bearss,

Chief Historian Emeritus,

National Park Service

http://www.fortworthcwrt.com/events.htm

The Pea Ridge Campaign was arguably the most significant campaign of the Civil War in the Trans-

Mississippi region. The Union Army of the Southwest under Brigadier General Samuel Curtis defeated

the Confederate Army of the West led by Major General Earl Van Dorn. The Battle of Pea Ridge was

fought on March 7-8, 1862. It played a significant role in claiming Missouri for the Union and opening

Arkansas to Union occupation.

The battle took place over two days near the small communities of Leetown and Elkhorn Tavern. It

involved 10,500 men in the Union ranks and 16,000 men (including 800-1,000 Native Americans) on

the Confederate side. Unlike other Civil War battlefield sites, Pea Ridge National Battlefield Park

encompasses almost the entire battle - over 4,000 acres.

Our speaker, the incomparable Ed Bearss, was instrumental in the formation of this impressive site.

Ed started with the NPS in 1955. By 1958 he was made regional historian for the Southeast region. In

preparation for the Civil War Centennial new battlefield parks were being planned. Ed became the point

man to do the research. He was the one that walked the battlefields, did the historical research, drew the

maps and helped define the boundaries.

Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building, 1000 Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, TX

Dinner: 6 PM Program starts at 7 PM (Menu: Braised Pot Roast with Petite Vegetables, New

Potatoes, Salad and Dessert. Cost - $13. RSVP to jimrosenthal5757@aol.comor by calling or texting to

817-307-9263.) Please visit their website for more details and events:

Taylor Camp sticks a tentative toe in the technology

tank, and tries to repay our hosts of many years,

Catfish and Company, for their hospitality.

At our February meeting we tried to modernize a bit and use

the restaurant’s 38” TV to project our program. It seemed to

work well for everyone but the folks who were sitting near the

back.

We voted to buy a new 55” TV and mount it on the west wall

of our meeting room, and to leave it there after meetings for the

restaurant to use with its other guests.

This will show Catfish and Company that we’re not just

telling them how much we appreciate them, but also that we’re

willing to show it.

This too will free us from the task of lugging 40 pounds of

AV equipment back and forth each month, setting it up and

taking it down, and will take up much less room during

meetings.

Diane Dyess of the Julia Jackson 141 United Daughters of the

Confederacy tells us that on April 13 they will be honoring three

prominent Confederates interred at Oakwood Cemetery in Fort Worth

with a Cross of Honor ceremony. Those men are John Peter Smith

(bottom right), Khleber M. Van Zandt (bottom center) and Thomas N.

Waul (bottom left).

They would love to have a musket squad be a part of the ceremony,

and with that we can help. The Color Guard with which Jack Dyess

works will be participating. The SCV Mounted Color Guard has also

been invited to participate.

This is a good close-in opportunity for us. It will be during the

morning of Saturday, April 13. More details will appear in next-

month’s newsletter.

We don’t usually have to worry about the weather here in early

April. We can depend on it being too hot, too cold, too wet, too windy,

or just right.

A local chance

for community service

The left is always pushing its agenda, but it is what it is,

http://endtheconfederacy.com/

The Atlanta, Georgia-based group referenced below now has been granted a 501c3

designation by our government. They have a Facebook page and a mission statement,

among other things. Go to their page and read some of the comments normal, educated

people are posting. Their mission statement asserts: [the D of I says “unalienable.”]

“The National Coalition to End the Confederacy is dedicated to the proposition that

all men are created equal and are endowed with certain inalienable rights that should

not be abridged by the use of public funding on public property or by public

acknowledgement. It is the duty of government to discourage unequal treatment of its

citizens by reason of race and to remove all celebrations and dedications of racism

from public property”

no matter the presenters or

the packaging.

Go to their site. Read the stories and see all the other photos.

Check their site often, and consider being a monthly contributor.

http://vaflaggers.blogspot.com/

Madison Booth was a Confederate soldier

who helped settle the Birdville community.

He lies buried there in Birdville Cemetery.

Madison was born August 23, 1814 in

Washington County, Tennessee.

His wife, Elzira, was born October 20,

1823 in Tennessee. She died at Birdville,

Texas on April 4, 1879.

The census taker in 1850 found Mr. Booth

and his family living in District 4 of

Washington County. Madison was serving as

the County Surveyor at the time. In that year

he owned a single slave. Mr. Booth was living

in Washington County as late as 1856, when

he witnessed a deed.

Mr. Booth and his family moved to

Birdville before the War began. He enlisted

near his home on August 11, 1863 for a term

of six months. The enlisting officer was Brig.

Gen. Nat Terry of the Texas State Troops; he

was a planter who had represented Tarrant

Birdville Confederate cavalryman next in line

to get a new headstone, just in timeNearly one hundred forty years ago Mr. Booth got an

unusually poor piece of marble. Luckily, years ago someone

wrote down what was on his stone.

The photo at left was

taken in 2004. Seven

years later, in 2011, the

photo at right was

made. Can you imagine

the effects of eight more

years of weathering

after the picture at right

was made? Ironically,

the word “Farewell” is

probably going to be the

last thing readable.

County in the Secession Convention in

Austin.

Madison became a private in Co. H, 2

Regiment Cavalry, Texas State Troops. He

was paid $57.20 for using his own horse

during his service.

Mr. Booth and his family appear in the

1870 Tarrant County census at Birdville. The

children with the family in 1870 were:

Eldridge Booth, Frank Booth, A. J. Booth a

female), Sarah. E. Booth, Landon Booth, and

Eva Booth.

At the beginning of the year 1880, Mr.

Booth was living as a widower in the home

headed by his son, Eldridge Booth, at

Birdville.

Madison Booth hanged himself on

February 6, 1880, and was buried beside his

wife in Birdville Cemetery. Dr. Eugene

Farmer, another of our Confederate veterans,

was the attending physician.

Madison Booth, cont.

Quite a number of our locals served in this unit. The notation on the bottom of the

record at right says “The 2d Regiment Texas Cavalry, State Troops, was organized with ten

companies, A to K. Some of the companies appear to have served in an organization

known as the 13th Battalion Texas State Troops prior to the formation of this regiment and

some of the men subsequently served in Bourland’s Regiment Texas Cavalry and Capt.

Jones’ Company Texas Cavalry.

Interestingly, it appears Brig. General Nat Terry is buried in Pioneer’s Rest in Fort

Worth and has never had a headstone. What shall we do about that?

Become a member of the Bentonville Battlefield TrustMany of the members of the Taylor Camp have direct ancestors who were members

of the Army of Tennessee rather than of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Thus, in

several instances, our forefathers were at this battle and were surrendered here rather

than at Appomattox. Lots of our locals veterans were also at the Bentonville battle.

Go to their website at

www.fobb.net

The Battle of Bentonville, fought March 19-21, 1865, was the last full-scale action of the WBTS in which a

Confederate Army was able to mount a tactical offensive. The major battle, the largest ever fought in North Carolina,

was the only significant attempt to defeat the large Union army of General William T. Sherman during its March

through the Carolinas in the spring of 1865.

Today visitors can take a self-guided tour of the preserved battlefield and view seven wayside exhibit areas,

follow-ing walking trails to view original trenches from the battle and visit the Harper family cemetery and

monument area. The visitor Center contains exhibits and a brief orientation film. Guided tours of the c1855 Harper

House, a Union field hospital, are available on the hour beginning at 10 a.m., with the last tour at 4 p.m. Go to their

website at www.fobb.net

Imagine, if you can, doing this quality of work before

electricity and power tools came along.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOo-muzMRp0

Relax and take another look at the craftsmen and machines

producing some of the finest replica historic firearms ever

made…by Pedersoli. At best our ancestors might have had steam

or water-powered machines. This YouTube video concentrates on

making the barrels. YouTube has started putting ads at the front

and in the middle of their films, but with a little patience you can

skip them.

https://www.davide-pedersoli.com/guns-for-sale-pedersoli.asp?l=en

Davide Pedersoli & C. is an Italian firearms manufacturing

company based in Gardone, Italy, which was founded in 1957 by

Davide Pedersoli. The family specializes in CNC-engineered

black-powder weapon replicas for hunting, marksmanship and

reenactment. Spend some time at their interesting website:

Skills of our AncestorsThere are groups of folks out there who have a special interest in

about anything you can imagine. One of those groups contains

people who like to restore, sharpen, and use the old two-man

crosscut saws. A sharp one in two experienced pairs of hands can

go through a log very fast.

Your editor has two…one used by his great-grandfather who

lived in Bedford and the other used by his great-grandfather who

lived here on the Colleyville homeplace.

Relax and enjoy relearning some interesting skills our

Confederate ancestors probably learned as children.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_iQixWWVeY

In the category of "you can't make this up", vandals struck the majestic Robert E. Lee monument in

LEE Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, overnight...and apparently could not handle the task without

spellcheck, spray painting "FREDOM" on the base of the monument.

How ironic, that in "Dr." Wes Bellamy's Charlottesville, the vandals and criminals are unable to spell

the most basic of words. Perhaps Wes and his pals on City Council should be more concerned with

education of their citizens than the illegal attempts to tear down war memorials.

We are seeing this pattern across the South. Democratically-controlled cities, with failing schools and

high crime rates, insist on focusing attention and much needed tax dollars on changing names of

streets, schools, and buildings and tearing down monuments, in an attempt to shift blame and attention

away from their inability to control and/or care for the basic needs of their own citizens.

Today is the day the lawsuit involving city council’s decision to illegally remove the statue is set for a

settlement conference before a judge. Anticipating that there may be additional attempts at vandalism

and desecration this week, we are in the process of hiring additional private security to help protect

them over the next few days.

In the meantime, we have contacted Charlottesville Parks and Recreation and they reported that they

already have crews on site to begin the cleanup of the desecration. Please feel free to contact Donna

at (434) 970-3301 and ask them to expedite the cleanup and begin an investigation to find the

criminals responsible. For Our Cause!

Susan Lee Va Flaggers

City of Dallas Iconoclasm

Snowballs into Complete FiascoA picture of haste, confusion, incompetence, fiscal irresponsibility, ill-

conceived frenzy and wanton disregard for historical and cultural heritage on

the part of the Dallas City Council and Mayor continues to solidify. It is now

emerging that the Dallas City crusade against Confederate veterans

monuments may also be in clear violation of the UNESCO Declaration

Concerning the Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage, to which the

United States is a signatory nation. [This puts this whole monument desecration

movement in a whole new light]. Robert Devine, Ft. Worth, Feb. 24, 2019

Go online and see exactly what UNESCO advocates. It sounds exactly

like what Southern heritage groups have been saying all along.

…everyone who came to the February meeting.

…the Taylor camp members who agreed to our purchase of a 55” big

screen TV for use at the catfish place.

…Marilyn Patterson for taking us to Best Buy to pick it up. Thanks

too, for her careful proofreading of our newsletters.

…the management and staff of Catfish and Company for allowing

our new TV to stay on-site for our use at meetings, and for installing

it for us.

We

salute

https://news.usni.org/2015/06/18/tom-w-freeman-prolific-naval-artist-dies-at-62

The March puzzle by Tom Freeman

Go to the URL shown below. You’ll find the puzzle in the shape the last person

there left it. Click on “Play As” near the top of the page , then move the slider down to

180, or more if you have good eyes and a large monitor.

Click on “Start a New Game.” It seems to help this puzzler to change the

background color from time to time. Taking a break helps, too.

If you have any trouble getting these puzzles to work please email

mfpchat@yahoo.com

When you’re there, click on the icon at lower right and take it to full-screen. It’ll

give you more room to work and will make the pieces bigger.

In 2012 famous naval artist Tom W. Freeman painted the scene above, entitled

“Virginia’s Debut,” depicting an event from March 8, 1862 at the start of the Battle of

Hampton Roads. When Mr. Freeman passed away about seven years ago, the U. S.

Naval Institute news ran the following article about him:

https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=3249ce5fb435

"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 loved and which you

love also, and those ideals which

made him glorious and which you

also cherish. Remember, it is your

duty to see that the true history of

the South is presented to future

generations.”

CSA General Stephen Dill Lee