This is a letter from the Tennessee Civil War Preservation Assn.
telling of the efforts it is making to preserve the battlefields
in Tennessee. There is a form included for membership.

This looks like a worthy project to preserve the Battlefields and
not lose them to encroaching shopping centers, sub-divisions, etc.

James Fletcher
Commander
MRC #63 SUVCW

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Tennessee Civil War Preservation Assn
From: SDE80@aol.com
Date: Thu, June 21, 2007 3:31 pm
To: jdfletcher@farmerstel.com
Attachment: TCWPA.pdf
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Dear Mr. Fletcher:

I am chairing an effort by the Tennessee Civil War Preservation
Association to increase its membership as the Sesquicentennial of the
Civil War approaches.

I am attaching a package that explains our effort and contains our new
membership brochure that is going to all of the Civil War interest groups
across Tennessee in that effort. We would appreciate it if you could
perhaps highlight this in you next newsletter and inform your membership
of this effort.

The appeal letter explains what TCWPA is seeking to accomplish, but I
would be glad to address any questions or concerns you or any member of
your group may have. Many thanks for your help.

Best wishes,
Sam D. Elliott

Brothers,

Our next SUV meeting will be:

Time: August 25th at 1:00 pm edt.

Place: Rising Son Tae Kwan Do studio located in East Ridge, Tn.

Topics: Anything you want to discuss. One being--We have been invited to participate in the Ider Mule Day which is on Labor Day, September 3rd, at Ider, Al. Does the Camp wish to participate in this?

After our meeting, we will go to one of the restaurants in the area.

Yours in F.C & L,

James Fletcher
Commander
MRC #63 SUVCW

Brothers,

This is a message to remind you of the events the camp will participate in this Memorial Day weekend.

May 26, 2007- March in Ringgold's 1890's Day Parade
This parade starts at 1100 am so be at the high school at least by 1030 am. We will lead the parade with the SCV, so be in place at 1100 am.

May 28, 2007- Memorial Day
430 pm: Memorial Service- Jas. Watkins family cemetery in the Old Mill Trace Subdivision off Battlefield Parkway-Ringgold, Ga.

530 pm: Cracker Barrel Restaurant in East Ridge for supper.

730 pm: (If time permits) Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery for a memorial service at the Miller and Winbroot soldiers' graves.

8:30 pm Chattanooga National Cemetery for the 2007 Torchlight Tour.

Yours in F.C. & L,

James Fletcher
Commander
MRC # 63 SUVCW

I received this message from Harvey Scarborough. He was at our ceremony at Dalton , Ga. on the 21st and reported and photograhed the event. I confirmed that Wes Davis did "The Blue and The Gray" that Charles Engle had put in 'The Grapeshot". This was a great event for us with much cooperation between us and the SCV, The Daughters of the Confederacy, the 35th Tenn. and 36th Ga. re-enactors and others.

We need to thank Harvey for all he does for the Camp.

Go to the website listed by clicking on it to see the report and photos.

Remember!!! Our next event will be this coming Sunday on the 29th at the Chickamauga Battlefield for Confederate Memorial Day at the Georgia Monument at 2:00 pm. We will have a Camp picnic at the battlefield after the event. Hope to see all there.

Yours in F,C, & L,

James Fletcher
Commander
MRC #63 SUVCW

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From: scarhdkj@aol.com
Date: Sun, April 22, 2007 5:15 pm
To: jdfletcher@farmerstel.com
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Commander Fletcher:

Hi Jim,

I thought the dedication yesterday was a very good one. I was glad that the Camp participated in the dedication. Very fitting indeed.

I'm trying to put together a webpage of the event. It is shown below for now, but only by clicking on this link. I wasn't sure if it was Wes Davis that read the passage in front of the troops prior to the salute to the Union markers. Perhaps you can confirm this for me. Also, do you know if he read the same poem that Charlie Engle quoted in the April issue of Grapeshot? It is titled "The Blue and the Gray" by Francis Miles Finch. I'm thinking of including it on this page as well.

UnionGraveMarkersDedication.htm

Hope everyone shows for the ceremony at the Georgia Monument next Sunday. I'll try to photo it as well.

Will talk later, Harvey
scarhdkj@aol.com

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This is a reminder message to tell you again about the Dalton Ceremony this coming Saturday.

On April 21st at 12 Noon, meet at the Dalton Cracker Barrel restaurant, which is off of Exit 333 of Interstate 75. Look for the tall sign on the right after you exit. After lunch, we will proceed to the West Hill Cemetery on Emory Street to participate in the grave marker dedication ceremony of the four unknown Union soldiers buried there. The ceremony starts at 2:00 pm.

If there are any questions, please contact me.

James Fletcher
Commander
MRC #63 SUVCW
jdfletcher@farmerstel.com

Brothers,

We need to congratulate and thank Harvey Scarborough for his quick response for getting the pictures that Commander-in-Chief Pahl requested. The camp and Harvey has received thanks from the Commander and would like to meet with members of the camp when he is in the area sometime in June when he is visiting the Chickamauga Battlefield.

Those that may have gotten some pictures, go ahead and send them to C-in-C Pahl, he will pick out the best for his project.

James Fletcher
Commander
MRC #63 SUV63

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From: scarhdkj@aol.com
Date: Sat, March 31, 2007 2:18 pm
To: jdfletcher@farmerstel.com
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Commander Fletcher,

I am please to announce that I was able to obtain photos of all six of the Michigan Monuments as requested by Commander-in-Chief James B. Pahl. I am awaiting word from him on what format he wishes to receive the pictures. Of fifty photos I made this morning, I am in the process of croping the better ones and will send him an initial batch via email within an hour.

Will talk later, Harvey
scarhdkj@aol.com

From: jdfletcher@farmerstel.com
To: scarhdkj@aol.com
Subject: Re: Michigan Photos
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 4:06 PM

Hi Harvey,

You can consider yourself asigned to this project. If some of the others come up with some of the pictures, that will be fine. I'm sure they won't mind if they get different views of the same thing. I'm like you, I don't remember any monuments in the Mcfarland Gap area, but I don't go there very much. If they are there we can maybe find out where they are from some of the members or from the Park rangers.

So go ahead and do what you can. You can get Pahl's e-mail from the forwarded message I sent if you want and answer him when you get some pictures. Let the camp know what you have been able to do for the project when you get time.

Thanks for volunteering for this and the many other things you do for us.

Commander Fletcher

Hi Commander Fletcher,

If you would like, since I have a digital camera, I am able to get those photos of the Michigan monuments. I'm very close by Orchard Knob and could get those on my lunch hour. I pass by Reed's Bridge almost daily and I know where the four small markers are to Minty's Cavalry. And, I can make a quick trip to Chickamauga Battlefield to get the Snodgrass Hill & Lytle Hill monuments.

The only one I'm not so sure about is the McFarland Gap monument. I just don't recall any Civil War monuments or markers being anywhere around the area of the ridge that Georgia 2 and McFarland Gap Road both go through. Perhaps someone in the Camp knows and would pass along directions. Or, most likely the National Park Service would know and I could check with them.

Unless one of the regular members would like to do this project, I am available. Just let me know if you want to assign the job to me. I believe I could get this done on or before April 3rd (I'll be out of town Easter weekend).

Will talk later, Harvey Scarborough
scarhdkj@aol.com

This is a letter from Commander-in-Chief Pahl who needs our help in getting some pictures for a project for the Department of Michigan. He has incleded a list of monuments that is needed. As we go thru these areas stated, if we have a digital camera, maybe we can help with this project. I told him I would forward his letter to all and discuss it at our next meeting.

With F.C.& L.,

James Fletcher
Commander
MRC #63 SUVCW

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Subject: Chickamauga Battlefield - MI SUVCW project
From: "Jim Pahl"
Date: Mon, March 26, 2007 8:00 pm
To: jdfletcher@farmerstel.com
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Brother Commander James:

I am engaged in a project for the Department of Michigan and hope that someone in your Camp can be of some assistance.

My committee is compiling a photo survey of the current condition all Michigan Civil War monuments outside of the State of Michigan. I believe I have located all of them and photographed them all, except for a few at Chickamauga and Chattanooga. I have visited the battlefield twice in an attempt to get them, but just have not been able to. I do have photographs of them all when they were dedicated, so I am aware of the ones I am missing and have a general idea where they are located.

Is it possible if I provide a list of the ones I am missing, that someone in the Camp can spend a few hours and round up the missing ones for me? Hoping the answer is yes - I am attaching the list:

9th Michigan Infantry - at the base of the ridge at McFarland's Gap
10th Michigan Infantry - near the base of Orchard Knob
21st Michigan Infantry - Lytle Hill (I have the one near the Widow Glenn's house)
22nd Michigan Infantry - Snodgrass Hill
1st Michigan Engineers - Orchard Knob
4th Michigan Cavalry - Reed's Bridge

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Jim

James B. Pahl
Commander-in-Chief
Chair - Department of Michigan Battlefield Monuments Project

To: Missionary Ridge Camp #63, Sons of Union Veterans:

This is a reminder for the next camp meeting which is:

Time: March 17th, 2007 at 1:00 PM EDT

Place: Rising Son Tae Kwan Do studio, located in East Ridge, Tn.
After our meeting, we will go to Wally's restaurant, which is close by.
Camp dues are due for 2007 and are $22.00. If you need to pay, send to :

             Charles Engle
             Box 1552
             Athens, Tn. 37371-1552

I hope to see many of you there.

Yours in F.C.& L.,

James Fletcher
Camp Commamder
Missionary Ridge Camp #63, SUVCW

To Missionary Ridge Camp 63
Sons of Union Veterens:

I consider it an honor and privilage to have been selected as the Camp commander by the camp committee consisting of the past three Camp Commanders Tommy Smith, Wes Davis and Mark Kemp, Secretary and Treasurer Charles Engle and Chaplain William Massey. I will do my best to preserve and build up the camp as the past Commandres and officers have done. I want to thank all the officers and members for their past efforts in keeping the loyalty and fraternity of Camp 63 going.

The next camp meeting will be Feb. 3rd at the Gun and Relic show at the Dalton convention center. We will set up a recruitment table Saturday morning to get new membership and have a camp meeting at 2pm. We will also work the recruitment table on Sunday. If anyone can volunteer to help out with the recruitment table, we will appreciate it.

The other 2007 officers are:
              Senior Vice Commander Mark Steele
              Junior Vice Commander Bob Dobbs
              Secretary/Treasurer Charles Engle
              Chaplain William Massey

Camp dues are also due for 2007 and are $22.00. If you need to pay yours, sent to :

             Charles Engle
             Box 1552
             Athens, Tn. 37371-1552

We thank Mr. Scarborough of the Chattanooga Civil War Round table for continuing a website for the MRC Camp #63. Many functions of the camp can be seen there. It is located at :

http://www.chattanoogacwrt.org/SUVMRC63.htm

I will need and would appreciate your help as we contiue the goals of the Sons of Union Veterans.

Thank you,

James Fletcher
Camp Commander
Missionary Ridge Camp #63, SUV

Congratulations on your election to Camp Commander Brother Fletcher. I am certain that under your leadership, Missionary Ridge Camp will continue to grow and support the objects of our great Order. As you are aware, the role of Commander is not limited to presiding over meetings but extends well into the community; ensuring the memory of our ancestors is kept green in our hearts and our minds.

Keep up the good work and I am looking forward to working with you over the next year.

Yours in F[raternity].C[harity]. & L[oyalty].