The Lincoln-Cushing Camp Winter Newsletter/SUVCW

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Brother Lee Stone, PDC Awarded the MeritoriousService Award with Gold Star at National EncampmentAt the 2013 National Encampment held in August, CinC Perley Mellor awarded Lincoln-Cushing Brother Lee Stone the Meritorious Service Award with Gold Star, the highest

award given or li etime service to theOrder. Qualications or the award state thatit honors brothers who “served the Order or

an extended period o time in an outstand-ing and exemplary manner.” CongratulationsBrother Stone, no one is more deserving.

At the Encampment, Brother Ken Freshleywas elected the new CinC, Brother ad Camp-bell, SVCinC, and Brother Eugene Martorff asnew JVCinC. Congratulations to all.

Te Department o Chesapeake was also se-lected to host the 2015 National Encampmentin Richmond, Virginia.

L INCOLN -C USHING C AMP N O . 2, S ONS OF THE U NION V ETERANS OF THE C IVIL W AR

T HE N EWS W ALKER V O L U M E 1 5 , N U M B E R 4 W I N T E R E D I T I O N 2 0 1 3

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23 November Remembrance Day Parade & Ceremony Various Gettysburg, PA7 December Lincoln-Cushing Camp Meeting 1130-1430 Dubliner Restaurant

2 Tree New BrothersInducted in September

3 our of Loudoun County Brings History Alive

4 Second Annual CampPicnic at Fort Ward Park

5 Brief History of Lincoln- Cushing Camp No. 2

8 Winter Reading Civil War Book Reviews

Please mark these dates on your calendar

DATE EVENT TIME LOCATION

CinC Perley Mellor awards Lincoln - Cushing BrotherLee Stone the Meritorious Service Award with Gold Star

Volunteering and its Surprising BenetsWith busy lives, it can be hard to nd time to volun-teer. However, the benets o volunteering are enor-mous to you, your amily, and your community. Teright match can help you nd riends, reach out to thecommunity, learn new skills, and even advance yourcareer. Volunteering can also help protect your mentaland physical health.

Benets of volunteering One o the better-known benets o volunteering isthe impact on the community. Unpaid volunteers areofen the glue that holds a (Continued on Page 6)

38th Commander, Charles “Ben” Hawley

F R O M H E C O M M A N D E R

Charles“Ben”Hawley



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Camp Websi te : www.l incolncushing.org

Tree New BrothersInducted at September

Camp Meeting Next Camp Meeting 7 December,Dubliner Restaurant

Te rst camp meeting held at the DublinerRestaurant drew a ull house and was highlightedby the induction o Brothers Tomas A. Bowers,William H. Huff, IV, and Brent G. Stewart. Depart-ment Commander Mark Day and DepartmentSenior Vice Commander Rob Pollock, along withour guest speaker Susan Cumbey, joined the broth-

ers o Lincoln-Cushing or a productive meetingaddressing camp business. Te meeting alsoincluded a thought provoking presentation onCivil War battleeld art by Ms. Cumbey. Camp Commander Ben Hawley made a special appeal to brothers to volunteer or one o three open camp positions. Te open positions are Patriotic Instructor, Assistantreasurer/Secretary, and Flag Bearer. Any brothers interested in one o these positions shouldcontact Commander Hawley at [email protected].

Our next camp meeting will take place on 7 December,11:30 am at the Dubliner Restaurant on Capitol Hill, 4 F Street,NW. Tis is our election meeting where our officers or 2014will be selected. Please note our RSVP deadline o 30 November.See the back page o this newsletter or the reservation orm.

New brothers take the oath as Brother Lee Stone, PDC andDepartment Commander Mark Day look on

New Brothers Brent G. Stewar t, William H. Huff IV, Tomas A. Bowers

Brothers take care of business at the September meetingat Dubliner Restaurant




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Lincoln-Cushing Camp our of Loudoun CountyBrings History AliveOn Saturday, October 19, Brother PDC Lee Stone led a small band o brothers on an exploration o the late

June 1863 cavalry battles o Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville, Virginia. Brothers Bob Stine, John Crook,and Dick Griffin enjoyed Brother Lee’s in-depth analysis o the battles, the decisions o the commanders,and the geography that helped shape the outcome. Te tour concluded with an enjoyable lunch at Hunter’sHead avern in Upperville.

Afer the Battleo Brandy Sta-tion in earlyJune, GeneralR. E. Lee hadhis army on themove, and Ma- jor General JoeHooker wantedto nd outwhat the Armyo NorthernVirginia was upto. Accordingly,Hooker issuedplain and clear

orders to Briga-dier GeneralPleasonton, thecommander othe Army o thePotomac’s cav-alry, to punchthrough anyCon ederate screen he might encounter anddiscover where Lee’s army was and what it wasdoing. On the Con ederate side, Lee issued equallyclear orders to the commander o his cavalry,Major General J. E. B. Stuart to prevent theFederals rom doing so.

What ensued was the series o see-saw battles,named above, in which Stuart’s cavalry traded spaceor time, as it battled the aggressive and persistentFederal cavalry’s attacks. In the event, Stuart’sgrey-clad troopers success ully ullled their

mission and the location and movements o theArmy o Northern Virginia remained a mystery tothe upper echelons o the Federal army.

Te tour was so success ul that brothers agreed thatwe should make the staff ride an annual Lincoln-Cushing Camp tradition. Please send any ideas oruture staff rides to Brother Dick Griffin at: [email protected].

In Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty,Dick Griffin, CSVC

PDC Stone explains a ne point of the 1st Mass Cavalry’s ght on the Snickersv ille urnpike to Brother John Crook .

Brother Bob Stine views the 1st Mass Cavalry’s monument atthe site of their ght on the Snickersville Pike.

Brothers Stine, Stone, and Crook on the Goose Creek Bridge,where Gregg’s troopers tried to punch through Stuart’s position.

Brother Lee explains the action at the site of Buford’s actionon rappe Road





Brothers Enjoy Second Annual Camp Picnicat Fort Ward Park





Volunteering and its Surprising Benets (Continued from Page 1)

community together. Volunteering allows you to connect to your community and make it a better place.However, volunteering is a two-way street, and it can benet you and your amily as much as the causeyou choose to help. Dedicating your time as a volunteer helps you make new riends, expand yournetwork, and boost your social skills.

Volunteering helps you makenew friends and contactsOne o the best ways to makenew riends and strengthen exist-ing relationships is to commit toa shared activity together. Vol-unteering is a great way to meetnew people, especially i you arenew to an area. Volunteeringalso strengthens your ties to thecommunity and broadens yoursupport network, exposing youto people with common interests,neighborhood resources, and unand ullling activities.

Volunteering increases yoursocial and relationship skillsWhile some people are naturally

outgoing, others are shy and havea hard time meeting new people.Volunteering gives you the op-portunity to practice and developyour social skills, since you aremeeting regularly with a groupo people with common interests.Once you have momentum, it’seasier to branch out and makemore riends and contacts.

Volunteering is good for yourmind and body Volunteering provides many ben-ets to both mental and physicalhealth. Volunteering increasessel -condence. Volunteering canprovide a healthy boost to yoursel -condence, sel -esteem, andli e satis action. You are doing

something good or others andthe community, which provides anatural sense o accomplishment.Your role as a volunteer can alsogive you a sense o pride andidentity. And the better you eelabout yoursel , the more likelyyou are to have a positive view oyour li e and uture goals.

Volunteering helps you stayphysically healthy.Volunteering is good or yourhealth at any age, but it’s especial-ly benecial in older adults. Stud-ies have ound that those who volunteer have a lower mortalityrate than those who do not, evenwhen considering actors like the

health o the participants. Volun-teering has also been shown tolessen symptoms o chronic painor heart disease.

Te happiness effectHelping others kindles happiness,as many studies have demon-strated. When researchers at theLondon School o Economicsexamined the relationship be-tween volunteering and measureso happiness in a large group oAmerican adults, they ound themore people volunteered, thehappier they were, accordingto a study in Social Science andMedicine. Compared with peoplewho never volunteered the oddso being “very happy” rose 7%

among those who volunteermonthly and 12% or peoplewho volunteer every two to ourweeks. Among weekly volunteers,16% elt very happy—a hike inhappiness comparable to havingan income o $75,000–$100,000 versus $20,000, say the research-ers. Giving time to religious orga-nizations had the greatest impact.

Volunteering can teach you valuable skillsVolunteering can also help youbuild upon skills you alreadyhave and use them to benet thegreater community. For instance,i you hold a success ul salesposition, you raise awareness or

your avorite cause as a volunteeradvocate, while urther develop-ing and improving your publicspeaking, communication, andmarketing skills.

When it comes to volunteering,passion and positivity are theonly requirementsWhile learning new skills canbe benecial to many, it’s not arequirement or a ullling vol-unteer experience. Bear in mindthat the most valuable skills youcan bring to any volunteer effortare compassion, an open mind,a willingness to do whatever isneeded, and a positive attitude.

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Volunteering brings fun and fulllmentto your lifeVolunteering is a un and easy way to explore yourinterests and passions. Doing volunteer work yound meaning ul and interesting can be a relaxing,energizing escape rom your day-to-day routineo work, school, or amily commitments. Volun-teering also provides you with renewed creativity,motivation, and vision that can carry over into yourpersonal and pro essional li e.

Volunteering with the Lincoln-Cushing CampOur camp has a variety o volunteer opportunities.Te many opportunities can be a learning experi-ence as well as a chance to enjoy camaraderie with

colleagues with an interest in the Civil War.

Right now Lincoln-Cushing Camp is in need o volunteers or the ollowing camp positions:

• Patriotic Instructor, • Assistant Secretary/Treasurer, and • Color Bearer

Tis is a great way to get involved in your campand enjoy all the benets o giving your time to aworthy cause.

Please contact me at [email protected] tond out more about these important positions.

Volunteering and its Surprising Benets (Continued from Page 6)

Attire: Business or SVR Uniform Cost for the meal is $28 per person.Checks should be made out to Lincoln-Cushing Camp 2 and sent to Secretary/ reasurer Lee Stone, PDC at the ollowing address:

Lee Stone, PDC536 Wordsworth CirclePurcellville, VA 20132

Please mail your check in time to arrive by 30 November so that an accurate count can be given to the establishment.I you can’t get your check in by 30 November, please call Brother Lee at 540-338-5831 or 571-217-0160 and let him knowthat you plan to attend and bring your check with you. Please see the back page or the reservation orm.

N EXT C AMP M EETINGO F H E L I N C O L N C U S H I N G C A M P N O . 2

Our next Lincoln-Cushing Camp meeting will be held at 11:30 am on 7 December,

at the Dubliner Restaurant, 4 F Street NW, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC.Tis is our election meeting where camp officers will be selected for 2014.

All members of the Camp, Auxiliary, and their guests are encouraged to attend.

We hope to see you there!



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“Into” the Civil War? Or Visiting Washington?You’ll want this book

Testament to Union: Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C.by Kathryn Allamong Jacob Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998 Tis ascinating and valuable book describes the 41 CivilWar monuments in the District o Columbia, nearbyMaryland, and northern Virginia -- the equestrian statueson Washington’s traffic circles, the “Emancipation” statue oLincoln and a reed slave, Arlington Cemetery, the LincolnMemorial, the “Arsenal Monument” to 21 women killedin 1864 while making cartridges or the Union Army, andmany others. It’s both a guidebook and a history.

In each chapter, author Katherine Allamong Jacob coversthe event or individual honored, the movement to erect amonument, the selection o a sculptor, design and con-struction, and the dedication ceremony. She introducesartists once widely known and honored -- Daniel ChesterFrench, Felix de Weldon, Gutzon Borglum, Henry MerwinShrady, and Vinnie Ream Hoxie among them -- to a newgeneration.

Considered together, the 41 chapters add up to a long essayon historical memory. “Statues were, and are, more thanthe sum o their metal and stone parts,” wrote Jacob in theintroduction. “Public monuments yield cultural power.Each one carries a heavy load o invisible ideological bag-gage. Mundane as they may appear, ubiquitous as they maybe, public monuments constitute serious cultural authority... they impose a memory o an event or individual in thepublic landscape that orders our lives. Tese monumentscon er a legitimacy upon the memory they embody.... Andby imprinting one memory, they erase others.”

Te Civil War was a dening event, breaking Americanhistory into a “be ore” and “afer.” Every American needsto understand the war’s origins in slavery, expressed insectionalism, and the political, economic, legal, and socialdimensions o how the Union and the ounding ideals othe nation were challenged by secession. Studying thesemonuments provides a lens.

Every American needs to understand the course o thewar -- its events rom Fort Sumter to Gettysburg to Ap-pomattox. It was noble and vile, the last o the old wars

and the rst o the new.It chewed up lives ona scale unprecedentedin history. It boughtout the best and worstin men. Tese monu-ments can help visi-tors know more o theconict.

And all Americansneed to understandthe war’s legacy -- thechanges it workedin American history. Tis means Americansneed to consider how the war has been remembered andinterpreted. It is in this last area that this volume is so valuable. When most o the monuments were unveiled, orinstance, the history o slavery, secession, and Jim Crowhad been muted in a “lost cause” narrative. “ estament toUnion” helps reveal the treatment o the war by subsequentgenerations.

In a book ull o instructive stories, this reader’s avor-ite comes rom Jacobs’ narrative o the dedication o the“Nuns o the Battleeld” monument, opposite St. Mathew’sCathedral, in 1924, close to 60 years afer the war ended.

“One o the rst speakers noted the poignancy o the actthat so many years had elapsed be ore the sisters were hon-

ored that not one who had nursed the Civil War soldiersremained to hear the tributes,” she wrote. “From out o thecrowd o hundreds o nuns seated in ront o the plat ormarose a ‘surviving nun o the battleeld,’ who ‘walkedstooped and with head bowed up to the plat orm to thun-derous applause.’ Afer a hurried consultation, ArchbishopCurley o Baltimore announced that the elderly nun wasSister Magdeline o the Sisters o Mercy. She received along ovation.”

Oh, to have been there!

W R

Reviewed by: Don Bishop


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Unique and quite readable, Tis book does not belong inany of the usual categories of Civil War books

Civil War Acoustic Shadowsby Charles D. RossShippensburg PA, White Mane Books: 2001 Tis book was written, not by a history pro essor, but by aphysics pro essor (at Longwood University in Farmville,VA) who happens to have a great interest in Civil Warhistory. Pro essor Ross has investigated the physics behindthe phenomenon known as “acoustic shadow:” areas near asound-producing event (such as a battle) where the soundso that event, though very loud, cannot be heard by thehuman ear. In this book he uses that knowledge to explainsome unusual events o the Civil War.

Te Battle o Gaines Mill, on 27 June 1862, was the rstbattle in which Robert E. Lee commanded the Con ederatearmy that he would lead or the rest o the war. Te bookbegins with a well-documented episode during that battle,o individuals actually watching combat as it occurred, butbeing unable to hear the sounds emanating rom thatcombat. Pro essor Ross adds some ascinating detailabout the 19th-century state o scientic investigationand explanation o such events.

Chapter 2 o this book explains in terms at once scientic,and clear and simple enough or any non-physicist tounderstand, the physics o the human sense o hearing,and the causes o acoustic shadow. Pro essor Ross alsoaddresses why such an event can sometimes be heard manymiles away, though inaudible closer to the event.

Chapter 3 describes why, lacking radios, Civil War leadersrelied on the sounds o battle in certain situations to makedecisions or initiate actions. Tis o course implies, as

Pro essor Ross states, that acoustic shadow might affect theprogress or outcome o a battle in which it occurred.

Chapters 4-9 describe six battles in which acoustic shadowhad or may have had an effect on the battle. In order ooccurrence, they are: the Battles o Fort Donelson, SevenPines, Iuka, Perryville, Chancellorsville, and Five Forks.In each chapter, Pro essor Ross indicates what role soundhad in that battle, gives the evidence or acoustic shadow,

attempts to identi ylikely causes o acoustic shadow in that context,and explains its effect on the battle.

Tis book does not belong in any o the usual categories oCivil War books. Its purpose is clearly not the recounting

o particular battles in detail, nor the analysis o the actionso military leaders o either side. It is a unique—and quitereadable—scientic explanation o a physical phenomenonthat, without investigation, might appear to be no morethan an overactive imagination at work, or an inventiveattempt to escape blame or a bad outcome. Kudos toPro essor Ross or success ully applying his specializedknowledge to the world outside the “compartment” o hispro essional expertise.

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Reviewed by: Brother Lee Stone, PDC





Te Auxiliary o Sons o Union Veterans o the Civil War (ASUVCW) is an organization or womenwho are interested in becoming part o the SUVCW amily. As with SUVCW, membership is open todescendants o those who served or the Union in the CW, but it also open to any woman who is the

wi e o a brother o SUVCW. Te ASUVCW denes their purpose to “assist the Sons o Union Veterans in keeping alive thememories o our ancestors and their sacrices or the maintenance o the Union; to caring orhelpless and disabled Veterans; to properly observe Memorial Day; to aid and assist worthy andneedy members o our Auxiliary; to instill true patriotism and love o country; and to spread andsustain the doctrine o equal rights, universal liberty and justice to all. Our Auxiliary members, onnational, state, and local levels participate in ceremonies and programs to commemorate eventsand honor leaders-and personalities o the Civil War period and events important to the history

to the Grand Army o the Republic.”

We encourage interested women to review the ASUVCW website: http://www.asuvcw.org/index.html For wives o SUVCW brothers, the application is very short and easy to complete.

Auxiliary of Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War:

Looking for New Members forthe Lincoln-Cushing Camp

2013 Officers and Appointments | Lincoln-Cushing Camp Camp No. 2

Commander: Charles “Ben” Hawley [email protected]

Senior Vice Commander: Richard [email protected]

Junior Vice Commander: Brin [email protected]

Secretary and reasurer: Lee Stone, [email protected]

Members of the Camp Council:

Fr. Charles Nalls, PCC;Robert Pollock, PCC;Calvin Zon, PCC

mailto:[email protected]










R E S E RVA I O N F O R M

Yes, I, __________________________will be attending the meeting and am bringing __________________________ as my guest, and

__________________________ as a potential candidate or membership.

Enclosed is my check or $________ ($28.00/ per person).

My entree choice: Shep. Pie Salmon Burger

My guest’s choice: Shep. Pie Salmon Burger

No, I, __________________________ regret that I will not be able

to attend, however, enclosed is a donation to our Camp’s charitable

works or $_______.

Please detach and mail to:

Mr. Lee D. Stone, PDC536 Wordsworth CirclePurcellville, VA 20132

You do not need to buy a lunch to participate in the meeting.

December Quarterly Camp Meeting

Lincoln-Cushing Camp No. 2

Dubliner Restaurant on Capitol Hill

Date: 7 December, 2013 ime: 11:30 am (Social Hour) Lunch: 12:30 pm Location: Te Dubliner Restaurant 4 F Street, NW

Washington, DC Lunch Selections:

- Shepard’s Pie - Filet o Salmon Dingle Bay - Guinness Burger

Attire: Business or SVR Uni orm

Cost: $28 per person (Cash Bar)

SONS OF UNION VE ERANSOF HE CIVIL WAR

Brin Lewis, Editor

3504 Wilson Street

City of Fairfax, VA 22030-2936Return Service Requested

Lincoln-Cushing Camp No. 2DEPAR MEN OF HE CHESAPEAKE

S A EMEN OF PUBLICA ION: HI S NEWSLE ER IS HE OFFICIAL HOUSE ORGAN OF HE LINCOLN-CUSHING CAMP NO. 2 , DEPAR MEN OF HE CHESAPEAKE, SONS OF UNION VE ERANS OF HECIVIL WAR. Published in the City o Washington, DC, United States o America. News Walker (c) 2013 to the Sons o Union Veterans o the Civil War. All Rights Reserved. Brin Lewis, Editor. News Walker is distributed via Post and email toSUVCW members and riends. SUVCW, its officers or members accept no responsibility or the accuracy, completeness or quality o any material orwarded to and published in the News Walker or any re errals or links to the content. Tere is nointent to use any veriable copyright protected material. We accept no responsibility or any loss or damage suffered by any person relying directly or indirectly on any in ormation rom the News Walker. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute,publish, enter into a database, display, per orm, modi y, create derivative works, transmit, or in any way exploit any part o Te News Walker, except or your own personal use.

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