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Border Patrol Volume 4, Issue 2 February 22, 2016 Lee-Bourland Camp 1848 Newsleer Commander’s Note: Our camp’s Sweet Heart Soiree was our high- light. It is always good to get together with SCV, UDC and OCR friends around the 8th, 3rd, and 4th Brigades. There is nothing like relaxing , having some good food, good music and only concen- trang on not peeing while you laugh. We almost took a moment in me that “assaults to our Southern Heritage” were not happening, to enjoy ourselves. But when anyone started to have a conversaon, you could tell what was on our minds. Take a look around the room and dance floor, we were represenng a very disnct period in America’s history. An outsider might call it “one sided”, but there is the disncon within our very organizaons’ names “Confederate”. NO, we were not portraying any Northern Ball. We were the sons and daughters of Confederate Veterans having a soiree in Southern Hospitality sle, which I would hope that our ancestors would have enjoyed also. The rest of the month has been taken up with Mardi Gras pares , Ash Wednesday, birthdays, valennes, Federal Holidays (thank you Northern- ers, any holiday is a good holiday), anniversaries, meeng registraon dead lines, Lenten season and lunches, bird houses, cat hairballs and any thing else you can think of that makes this life in- teresng with good health. Last week I had three members in the hospital. This week they are all out of the hospital. But one is sll surrounded with more nurses than you can shake a sck at. Let’s keep Lloyd Epperson and his wife Elida in our prayers.

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Border Patrol Volume 4, Issue 2

February 22, 2016

Lee-Bourland Camp 1848

Newsletter

Commander’s Note:

Our camp’s Sweet Heart Soiree was our high-

light. It is always good to get together with SCV,

UDC and OCR friends around the 8th, 3rd, and 4th

Brigades. There is nothing like relaxing , having

some good food, good music and only concen-

trating on not peeing while you laugh. We almost

took a moment in time that “assaults to our

Southern Heritage” were not happening, to enjoy

ourselves. But when anyone started to have a

conversation, you could tell what was on our

minds. Take a look around the room and dance

floor, we were representing a very distinct period

in America’s history. An outsider might call it

“one sided”, but there is the distinction within

our very organizations’ names “Confederate”.

NO, we were not portraying any Northern Ball.

We were the sons and daughters of Confederate

Veterans having a soiree in Southern Hospitality

stile, which I would hope that our ancestors

would have enjoyed also.

The rest of the month has been taken up with

Mardi Gras parties , Ash Wednesday, birthdays,

valentines, Federal Holidays (thank you Northern-

ers, any holiday is a good holiday), anniversaries,

meeting registration dead lines, Lenten season

and lunches, bird houses, cat hairballs and any

thing else you can think of that makes this life in-

teresting with good health.

Last week I had three members in the hospital.

This week they are all out of the hospital. But one

is still surrounded with more nurses than you can

shake a stick at. Let’s keep Lloyd Epperson and

his wife Elida in our prayers.

Coming Events:

Mar 4—6 Irish Festival Fair Park Dallas

Mar 5 Confederate Battle Flag convoy around Ft. Worth to Denton

to McKinney to Dallas to Ft. Worth

Apl 2 Living History Day Camp Ford, Tyler, TX 9 am to 4 pm

Apl 9 Medal of Honor Parade, Gainesville, TX 10 AM

Apl 16 CV Memorial, Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, TX 2 PM

APl 30 Doc Holiday Saints & Sinners downtown Denison

Apl ?? Confederate Memorial Day by UDC Dallas 6 Greenwood

Cemetery, Dallas, TX 2 PM (pending verification)

Apl 29-May 1 Jefferson Civil War Days, Jefferson, TX

May 7 Bonham Heritage Days, Bonham, TX 10 AM- 4 PM

May 13-14 Forts Muster, Ft. Worth Stockyards

May 28 Decatur-Maxwell-Murphy Cemetery Memorial Day,

opn 9am strt 10am (pending verification)

May 29 Rose Hill Cemetery Ardmore, OK 2 PM

Jun 3-5 SCV TX Division Reunion Kerrville, TX

Jun 25 Gilliland Grave Dedication Rosston, TX

Jul 4 Patriotic Songfest, First Presbyterian Church,

Gainesville, TX 6 PM hotdogs, 7 PM Singing

Jul 7-10 SCV National Reunion Richardson, TX

I’m going to put this article in this newsletter knowing full well

the print is at least 2 years old. But it is good information and

thanks to The Marshal News Messenger and Daylina Miller the

article here should stir up some current information about the

old gunpowder magazine. I could not find any other up to

date information. Waiting to hear from anyone.

Jefferson gunpowder magazine tours offered during candlelight homes event By Daylina Miller [email protected] Dec. 4, 2014 at 10 p.m.

In 1863, the Confederacy built three structures in Jefferson to store gunpowder that was manufactured 15 miles away in Marshall. The powder was loaded onto steamboats and shipped downstream to Confederate troops. On April 14, 1865, federal troops took over the little buildings and used them for troop encampment. Now in 2014, the Jefferson ordnance magazine, which sits on the bank of the Big Cypress Bayou bordering "Diamond Don" Rainey's property and train depot, is the only one left in Texas and one of few still stand-ing in the United States. A rare opportunity to see the magazine is being offered free by the Jefferson Historic Foundation during the 32nd Annual Candlelight Tour of Homes. Only small groups can be taken to the magazine so people interested in seeing the building must show up at candlelight headquarters at the Murphy Building, 116 W. Austin St., 30 minutes before each candlelight tour. Tour hours are 5 to 9 p.m. today, Saturday and Dec. 12-13, and 3 to 7 p.m. Dec. 11. In 2009, a flood of the bayou caused the bank in front of the powder magazine to erode within a few feet of the foundation. The threat of losing the structure in the next flood or heavy rain is looming. The JHF is submitting grants and collecting donations for $350,000 to build a re-tainer wall to prevent the building from being encroached by the river. In Au-gust, the United Daughters of the Confederacy gave the JHF a $12,000 grant to help preserve the site, but more is needed. "It will look like a wharf, a little bit," said Skip Torrans, vice president of the JHF. "We hope to have access off the water to do some tours but it won't be uni-versal access." Another issue, Torrans said, is the magazine is on private property so there is no regular public access. Polly and Frank Moren Jr. are the landowners, and JHF members said they hope to work out a deal with them to make the area more accessible for tours. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a fresh study of the river ban erosion issues. Torran said this is the first phase of a larger initiative. "We have a huge responsibility to save this thing," said Miriam Blair, JHF board member. "We have members all over East Texas and Louisiana who are trying to keep it from falling into the river." The building was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, and this past summer was listed in Preservation Texas' Most Endangered Historic Sites 2014 list.

"Ten feet square and nearly 15 feet tall, this brick building was con-structed with walls one foot thick at its lower level," Preservation Texas writes of the magazine on its website. "The walls include air spaces that formed a ventilation system to keep the interior brick dry and inside temperature stable." "More than 90 percent of the structure is original, with careful repairs undertaken in 1992. Serving a supply network linking Shreveport, Marshall and Tyler, the ordnance magazine in Jefferson was once part of a complex of buildings on the edge of town that have all but van-ished."

This is a good photo by T. Poriot. I do hope someone can tell me that

the gunpowder magazine is not at the bottom of that creek.

Members and Their Confederate Ancestor

Ansley, Reynolds: Pvt David Andrew Johnson Co K 39th

Inf AL

Armstrong, Chad & Charles: Col Jms G Bourland TX Border Rgt 8th Cv Red River of TX

Britain, Blaine B: Pvt Ambrose Sevier Latham Capt. Collins Co A Frontier Cv TX

Britain, Clint D: Pvt Ambrose Sevier Latham Capt. Collins Co A Frontier Cv TX

Cassidy, Bill: (Fthr side) Pvt Hugh Cassidy Co F 26th Inf SC

(Mthr side) Jerimiah Hurst 8th Cv GA

Davis, Brian: Pvt Josiah Davis Brannen’s Co 12th Wrght’s Cv State GDS GA

Dillard, Robert: Pvt Wm Reece Bourland Co H 9th Cv TX

Dunbar, Thomas: Pvt Thomas Goodrich Dunbar Co B 14th Inf TN

Epperson, Lloyd: Pvt Leander Molinton Epperson Co D 2nd

Mntd Rifles AK

Fenner, Farrell & Jameson: Pvt Houston Warren Roberts Co F 16th Inf AL

Hamilton, Gary: Pvt Jms Thomas Victory Co D 1st WP Lane’s Partisan’s Rangers TX

Herman, James: Sgt Wm M Hermann Co G 6th Inf AL

Mann, Jerry P: Pvt Alfred Mann Co A Fitzhugh Rgt 16th CV TX

Montgomery, Ronnie: 2nd

Lt. John Calvin Montgomery, SR. 1st Mntd Rifles TX

Newton, Norman: Pvt Charles Samuel Newton, Capt Jms P Douglas’ Co Art TX

Tyler SCV Camp’s namesake is Jms P Douglas who is from Tyler, TX

Peek, James: Pvt Jms W Peak Co F 8th

Dibrell’s Cv TN

Reed, David: Pvt Rueben Blankenship Co D 18th Inf AL

Reed, Hunter: Pvt Michael Lorance 2nd

Co Cv TN

Riley, Bill: Pvt Wm Chisum Co A 38th

Inf TN consolidated to 22nd

Batt

Roundtree, Bob: Pvt Jesse Ballard Roundtree Co E Morgan’s Rgt Cv TX

Scott, Timothy: 2nd

Lt Joseph B Scott Co E 10th Cv MO

Scott, Tyler Alec: 2nd

Lt. Joseph B Scott Co E 10th Cv MO

Scott, Truman Lee, Cadet: 2nd

Lt. Joseph B Scott Co E 10th Cv MO

Scott, Tucker Dwayne, Cadet: 2nd

Lt. Joseph B Scott Co E 10th Cv MO

Scott, Trevor Ray, Cadet: 2nd

Lt. Joseph B Scott Co E 10th Cv MO

Thompson, Johnny: Pvt Wm Rufus Sypert Co E 2nd

Inf TX

Tisdale, William: Sgt Augustus William Atwood Co G 8th Inf MS

Waters, Charles: (Fthr side) Pvt Jms M Waters Co G 47th Inf GA

(Mthr side) 5th Sgt George M Aston Co C 9

th Inf TX

White, Christopher John: Capt Ambrose B White Co D Bourland’s Frontier Cv Rgt TX

White, Joe: Capt Mack Wilson Loyd Co H 5th

Cv AL

Williams, George: Pvt Shelton Linzey Rutherford Co C Terry’s Reg 1st Cv TX

Gainesville, TX Cooke Lee-Bourland Camp #1848 Cmdr. Charlie Waters 940-665-8502 [email protected] 1

st Lt – Lloyd Epperson

2nd

Lt – Norman Newton Adj. Joe White 940-902-1393 Meets the 3

rd Thursday of the month at 7 PM

The Woolf Den Family Restaurant 1901 W California St / Hwy 51 Gainesville, Texas 940-665-9653

Border Patrol is the official newsletter for the Sons of Confederate Veterans

Lee-Bourland Camp 1848 and is intended for the sole purpose of keeping the

camp members and friends of the camp informed to the activities and news of

Camp 1848. Statements in this newsletter are those of the author and may not

reflect the opinions of the Lee-Bourland Camp, Texas Division, National Sons

of Confederate Veterans or the editor. Within articles or quotes written by

outside authors mistakes in spelling, grammar or sentence structure are strictly

those of the author and may be left as is.

SEE YA’LL IN THE FIELD

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