The Rankin Dispatch April 2016

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April 2016Volume IX Issue 4

M o r e A b o u t O u r S p e a k e r : P a u l e t t e F r e n c h

Commander’s Report

Our speaker this month will be Miss Paulette French. She is a Mississippi author

and her latest book is on the Civil War. She will have copies for sale and will be

available before and after the meeting to sign them. Also, Miss Paulette is a ven-

dor at our upcoming Relic Show. We will be installing a new 3rd Lieutenant Com-

mander, we have several new members coming in, and just an overall good meet-

ing planned! So, come early, bring someone with you, and I sure as I have cut my

grass twice already, I'll probably see you at Penn's in Brandon on April 2, 2016 at

7pm.

Tim Cupit

Commander’s Quote: "If it is impor tant to you, you wil l f ind a way.

If not , you wi l l f ind an excuse ."

Paulette French is a retired educator with a longstand-ing interest in Civil War history and, in particular, akeen personal interest in the history of the 10th Mississippi

Infantry Regiment of which she became a ‘self -appointed

archivist’. She is a member of the Jackson

Civil War Roundtable and co-authored a Civil

War history brochure tour of Greenwood Cemetery in Jack-

son, Mississippi, compiling selected biographies of some of

the twelve hundred Confederate veterans interred there.


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Agenda for April 2nd, 2016 • Open with prayer at 7pm sharp

• Pledge of Allegiance to the US flag and salutes

• Trivia

• Guest speaker; Paulette French / Subject The

10th MS Inf.

• Adopt minutes from March 5, 2016 - need a

motion, second, discussion, vote

Unfinished business

• Camp T-shirts are $20 – proceeds go to fund

the relic show

• www.scv265.com and stats

• First Thursday Coin Club meeting at Brandon

library 6:30pm

• We have flags and Mississippi flag bumper

stickers available

• Any other old business?

New business

• Relic Show report

• 4th Brigade picnic report

• OCR report

• Events committee report

• Trail of Honor on May 21st, 22nd, and 23rd

• Ted Joy update

• New members

• Did everyone sign in?

• Does everyone have a door prize ticket?

• Door prizes

• Close with prayer at approximately 8:20pm

PLEASE LEAVE $1.00 FOR THE GIRLS THAT

CLEAN UP

Relic Show Update

• We have sold 200 tables to our showas of March 21, 2016

• We are working on radio ads andnewspaper ads.

• Flyers are ready for distribution tomembers.

• we need to raise money for ourshow.

• we need to find living historiesfor our show.

• We need to start securing namesof volunteers that will behelping with the show.

Memphis Relic Show

Corinth Relic Show


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Be Sure to Welcome Our Newest Members:

Adjutant’s Report By Sid Boteler

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson 1824 through 1863

Known as one of the country's greatest generals, served under General Robert E. Lee in the Confederate

Army. General Jackson's tremendous success in combat against great odds was observed in numerous

battles, including the battle of Bull Run, Shenandoah Valley, Cross Keys, Port Republic, Seven days battle,

Second Battle of Bull Run, Etc. When he died generally exclaimed, "I have lost my right arm". As professor

of Philosophy and Tactics at Virginia Military Institute, General Jackson once said: When we take our

meal, there is the grace. When I take a drink of water, I always pause to lift up my heart to God in thanksand prayer for the water of life. Whenever I send a letter, I send a petition along with it, for blessing upon

its mission and up on the person to whom it is sent.

When I open a letter, I stopped to pray to God that he may prepare me for its contents. When I go to my

class room and await the arrangement of the cadets in their places, that it is my time to intercede with God

for them.

General Jackson had faithfully taught a colored Sunday school class in Lexington Virginia. He wrote to his

pastor, the Reverend Dr. White: Dear Pastor, In my tent last night, after at fatiguing day's service, I remem-

bered that I failed to send you my contribution for our colored Sunday school. Enclosed you will find my

check for that object, which please acknowledge at your earliest convenience and oblige yours faithfully.

T. Jackson

Taken from America's God and Country encyclopedia of quotations ps 313,315

Sid Boteler

Donovan Vanek John Douglas


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Chaplain’s Report By: Tom Fortenberry

The Quaker Cannon

True to say I have heard many sto-

ries of which I suppose most havea variety of truth in them. The

long and short of it of course de-

pending on the author.

Leroy L Spooner, a name of which

I cannot claim relationship once

was told by some to have set up a

Quaker cannon. As the story goes,

Spooner got tired of them yan-

kees passing his house so close

every day. So Spooner construct-

ed a very large cannon, painted it

black and set it up on top of the

hill next to his house overlooking

the Chunky River. The results of

this caused them yankees to keep

far away from Spooner and of

course Spooner lived in peace to

the end of the war. After the war it

is said that Spooner dismantled

his cannon, chopped it up, and

burned it in his re place for win-

ter heat. So the story goes.

In 1863 the confederate forces

constructed cannons made of pine

logs and placed them overlooking

the Mississippi river at Port Hud-

son, Louisiana. The cannons were

painted black to make them moreconvincing in the hope of fooling

the Union forces into believing a

greater force stood before them.

It is recorded that after two of Ad-

miral Farragut’s vessels passed by

Port Hudson and observed the

cannons. The Union chose to nev-

er attack from the river again.

There are many other stories of

Quaker Cannons used to change

the direction of the enemy.

The long and short of this story is

the author. It is our human nature

in that we most often believe

what we hear and read rst. The

stories of Mr. Spooner and the

recorded history of the Battle ofPort Hudson are but two stories

both true and false. I would invite

you to become part of the story by

reading and living the word of

God. He is the living author of our

life.

May you be blessed and may

God’s truth give light unto your

path.

Thomas Fortenberry Chaplain

Volunteering

at the

Brandon

Garden Club

Luncheon

Fourth Brigade Picnic - March 26, 2016


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