Camp Commander Welcome
To all visitors to this page, Welcome! As Commander of Jefferson Davis Camp 635 SCV, I invite you to learn about our organization’s purpose and, if you find that you qualify for membership and would like to join us in honoring and preserving the memory of our Confederate ancestors, I invite you to contact the Camp webmaster via e-mail to obtain an application.
As you can see from details on the "Who and What..." page, the Camp is involved in a number of activities, all of which are interesting and enjoyable.
Sandy Jackson
Who and What is Camp 635?
Membership:
Camp
635 currently has about 180 members making it one of the largest camps in the
entire SCV Confederation.
Meetings:
Camp
meetings are held monthly on the fourth Monday evening beginning at 6:00
pm. Programs are historical in nature
and are focused on the 1861-1865 period. Specific topics within this focus are
diverse, including social history, military leaders, battles, political issues
and civilian life.
Current Camp Officers:
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Sandy Jackson |
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*1st
Lt. Commander |
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Joe Tubb |
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*2nd Lt. Commander |
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Chris Boothe |
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*3rd
Lt. Commander |
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Tom Lord |
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*Adjutant |
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Darin Panell |
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Judge
Advocate |
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Dan Duggan |
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Publications Officer |
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Wayne Anderson |
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Chaplain |
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Rev. Glenn D. Shows |
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Historian |
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Kevin Davis |
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Medical
Officer |
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Dr. Bill Howard |
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Quartermasters |
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Phil Kelly Peter Miazza |
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Camp
Musicians |
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Rick Richardson Murry Stewart Joe Tubb Jerry Brooks Wayne Anderson |
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Bugler |
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Bob Davidson |
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Color
Sergeants |
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Ricky
Haynes & Chris Boothe |
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Executive Committee |
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Mike Rodgers Dan Duggan Wayne Anderson Grady Howell Peter Miazza Bill Lee Ted Hartley George Smith Bert Green Emmett Eaton Randy Rogers *Plus the officers above |
Activities:
Both
short- and long-term activities are undertaken by the camp, including:
contributing
funds for conservation of deteriorated Confederate battleflags held in the
artifacts collection of the State Dept. of Archives and History (this effort
began in 1998 as a camp-only project but was expanded to become a division
project);
Shown above is the conserved 2nd Mississippi
battleflag on display at Beauvoir.
joining
with other area historical groups, such as the United Daughters of the
Confederacy (UDC), to organize the annual Confederate Memorial Day observance
at Jackson’s Greenwood Cemetery;
Shown above is the "walk of remembrance"
at Greenwood Cemetery, Confederate Section, Jackson, Mississippi
participation
in the annual Division convention;
The 1894 design flag which was chosen by
popular vote of the people of Mississippi on April 17, 2001, to be the official
and legal State Flag of Mississippi.
and carrying
the true history of the Confederacy and its cause to non-members via member
proselytizing.
Other
features: Camp
635 is fortunate to have members which are notable individuals:
Grady Howell is
the author of two regimental histories, a collection of letters from a
physician in the Mexican War, several booklets, and a four-volume roster of
Mississippi Confederate soldiers. Compatriot Howell has reindexed,
re-edited and added to newly published edition of the Military History of
Mississippi.
Ron Stowers
is Camp Adjutant (Treasurer), is a member of the Beauvoir Board, and has worked
tirelessly in the fund-raising campaigns to save the battleflags in storage at
the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Dan Duggan is
a past Camp Commander who is well versed in a number of WBTS battles and
presents programs frequently to Camp 635 and others. He brings a regular
feature of "this day in the WBTS" to camp meetings.
Wallace
McMillan is a past Camp Commander and has worked diligently with the 11th
Mississippi Memorial Foundation to get a new "high water mark" stone
marker placed near Bryan's Barn on the field at Gettysburg to mark the advance
of the 11th Mississippi on the third day's Pickett/Pettigrew charge. A
memorial statue was also placed.
Peter Miazza
was Camp Commander for the 1999-2000 year. He also works with the
Greenwood Cemetery Association, providing a liaison on matters affecting
the Confederate section of the cemetery. Peter also puts in a lot of
hours helping maintain the cemetery, especially the Confederate Section.
At his own expense, he produces a well-designed printed meeting program for
each camp meeting.
Bill Lee, Camp
Commander for the 2000-2001 year, is also very interested in WBTS battles,
especially those of the Vicksburg Campaign.
Ted Hartley,
1st Lt. Commander for the 2000-2001 year, is in advertising and helped provide
the SCV with video and audio media spots in the campaign to keep the 1894
design state flag.
Quite a
number of camp members have musical talents which they bring to meetings.
Joe Phil Tubb, Murry Stewart, and Rick Richardson (from left in thumbnails
above) perform most frequently and have been dubbed "the Dixie
Hummingbirds" by Past Commander Lee. Jerry "Banjo" Brooks
(right) joins in occasionally.
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Camp Calendar Next Monthly Meeting: August 26, 2024, at 6:00 pm. Program to be presented by H. Grady
Howell, Jr. MEETING LOCATION: Masonic Lodge 7454 Old Canton Road Madison, MS 39110 |
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Membership information
In short, it is at the camp level that the individual members perform those acts which are the basis for the organization:
the remembrance and veneration of those who fought for the Confederacy.
Do you qualify?
Membership in the Sons
of Confederate Veterans is open to all male descendants of any veteran who
served honorably in the Confederate armed forces. Membership can be obtained
through either direct or collateral family lines and kinship to a veteran must be
documented genealogically. The minimum age for membership is 12.
How do you find out if you
qualify?
Proof of kinship to a
Confederate soldier can take many forms. The easiest method is to contact the
archives of the state from which the soldier joined the Confederate military or
in which he lived at the time of the war and obtain a copy of the veteran's
military service record. All Southern states' archives have microfilm records
of the soldiers who fought from that state, and a copy of the information can
usually be obtained for a nominal fee. In some cases, you may need to
visit the archives to search out the service record information yourself.
In addition to individual service records, archives will also likely have
records on the pensions the former Confederate states awarded to veterans and
their widows. All of these records contain a wealth of information that can be
used to document military service.
You qualify, so how do you
get an application?
The easiest way to get
an application is to visit the main SCV web site. A pdf version of the application is available
here. The application may be filled out online or
the form may be saved to your computer to be printed and completed by hand
later. If you don’t wish to begin the
application process this way, we recommend that prospective members attend a
camp meeting at which time an application can be obtained or the
information needed to send one can be given to the adjutant or another
officer. Attending a meeting provides the opportunity to meet
face-to-face and resolve any questions about the organization that may remain.
If attending a meeting is not possible, an application can be sent to
you by postal mail if you will provide your address to this site's
webmaster either by e-mail or
by letter to the camp adjutant at the following address:
Darin
Pannell, Adjutant
Jefferson
Davis Camp 635 - SCV
PO
Box 2722
Ridgeland,
MS 39158-2722
If you wish to contact the
Adjutant by e-mail, send a message to dixie1861@comcast.net
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If you wish to talk
directly to a member before applying but cannot attend a meeting, contact
this site's webmaster at (601) 573-6534.
What does membership cost?
Dues are $60.00 per
year. New members receive a suitable-for-framing membership
certificate issued by IHQ. Renewing members and transfers may obtain such
a certificate by special order through the adjutant for an additional charge.
always under construction -- please report broken
links via e-mail
To mute music, click "stop" on the player.
Feel free to link to URLs which are provided.
Please report broken links by e-mail to csa4ever@att.net.
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Beauvoir -- the Jefferson Davis Shrine and site of the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library |
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Sam Davis Camp 596, Biloxi, MS |
Gen. William Barksdale Camp 1220,
Columbus, MS |
General Nathan Bedford Forest Camp 1649, Meridian, MS |
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Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton Camp 1354, Vicksburg, MS |
BG Benjamin Humphreys Camp 1625, Indianola, MS |
Lowry Rifles Camp 1740, Pearl/Brandon, MS |
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University Greys Camp 1803, Oxford |
Jefferson Davis Camp 1862, Newton |
Col. William P. Rogers Camp 321,
Corinth, MS |
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Holt Collier Camp
2018, West Point, MS |
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Sterling Price Camp 145, St. Louis, MO |
Os Confederados Camp 1653, Brazil, SA |
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Tod Carter Camp 854, Franklin, TN |
Savage-Goodner Camp 1513 (Tennessee) -- has SCV & WBTS clipart available for download |
Sam Davis Camp 1293, Brentwood, TN -- owns a memorial park at Franklin, TN |
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Since web sites are changed, deleted, or created too often for this webmaster to keep this page totally current, visit the IHQ site and use the web site links there if these don't work or you don't see the one you want. Thanks. |
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MOS&B related sites |
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Historic Preservation |
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Confederate Unit related sites |
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33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment (by Hall) |
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33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment (by Godbold) |
33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment (History) |
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38th Mississippi Infantry Regiment (Mounted) -- site no longer operative, reserving this slot for new home page link if one becomes available |
19th Alabama (Reenactor site with history on Hood's Tennessee Campaign) |
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Battle related sites |
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Carter House Museum (Franklin, TN) |
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Battle of Shiloh (offering of video of the 140th anniversary reenactment) |
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State Message Boards (Visit history-sites.com for links to state boards sponsored by others) |
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Special Interest Message Boards (Visit history-sites.com for links to boards sponsored by others) |
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Indian Territory
in the Civil War (and Native-Americans in the Civil War) Message Board |
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Other WBTS related sites |
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Bobby Howery's Confederate Site -- Howery Family Ancestors in Confederate Service |
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis (Rice University) Not working as of 14 August 2003, will leave until determine whether new URL is being used. |
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Civil War Album -- Contains photos of Franklin, TN area including battlefield. |
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Mississippi sites |
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State of Mississippi (main state
site) |
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Southern sites |
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(Internet link-to-news site with items primarily related to Southern heritage and culture) |
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Web site of K. Steven Monk |
Chickasaw Press -- Grady Howell's web site which includes info on all his books and their availability. |
Personal web site of Jack Taylor, II, Adjutant, Sam R. Watkins Camp, Columbia, TN |
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Southern by the Grace of God (Web group for Southerners) |
by
SCV Life Member Robert Howery |
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This page was last edited on 19 August 2024