WE ARE THE CROSS OF SAINT ANDREW CAMP #2009 OF ALTO TEXAS C.S.A. PLEASE CLICK ON TO OUR AWARD WINNING BEST TEXAS DIVISION WEBSITE FOR 2005 AT: http://www.altoscv2009.homestead.com WE ARE ONE OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE EAST TEXAS BRIGADE OF THE TEXAS DIVISION, CHARTERED IN FEBRUARY 2003. OUR UNIT DESIGNATION IS THE CHEROKEE COUNTY PARTISAN RANGERS, 10TH TEXAS STATE TROOPS WHICH WAS INITIALLY FORMED AS A HOMEGUARD MILITIA UNIT IN CHEROKEE COUNTY AT THE OUTSET OF THE WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION IN 1861. THIS UNIT WENT ON TO MERGE AND CONSOLIDATE WITH SEVERAL FAMOUS UNITS SUCH AS THE 18TH TEXAS INFANTRY THAT HAD A HUGE PART IN THE SOUTHERN ARMY'S SUCCESS AT THE BATTLES OF MANSFIELD AND PLEASANT HILL LOUISIANA IN APRIL OF 1864. MANY OF OUR CAMP MEMBERS HAVE ANCESTORS THAT SERVED IN THIS FAMOUS UNIT THAT ARE BURIED HERE IN THE ALTO AREA. ALTHOUGH WE DO OCCASIONALY PARTICIPATE WITH OTHER AREA CAMPS WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE OUR OWN STRONG INDEPENDENT UNIT THAT IS NOT DEPENDENT ON OTHERS FOR SUPPORT AND SURVIVAL. WE ARE VERY DEDICATED TO PROMOTING, PRESERVING AND DEFENDING OUR SACRED CONFEDERATE HERITAGE IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. WE PROUDLY LIVE BY CONFEDERATE GENERAL STEPHEN DILL LEE'S CHARGE TO THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS. WE ARE ALSO VERY BLESSED TO HAVE A TRULY OUTSTANDING LADIES SUPPORT GROUP THAT LOYALY AND SINCERELY SUPPORTS OUR CAMP. OUR SAINT ANDREW SOUTHERN BELLES LADIES ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST LADIES SUPPORT GROUP IN THE ENTIRE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS. THEY ASSIST US AT OUR MARKER DEDICATION CEREMONIES BY ATTENDING IN THEIR PERIOD ATTIRE DRESSES AND THEN DURING THE CEREMONY THEY LAY FLOWERS ON THE VETERANS GRAVE THAT WE ARE HONORING. THEY ARE ALSO A GREAT HELP AT OUR LOCAL AREA FESTIVALS THROUGH OUT THE YEAR IN OUR COUNTY AND ALSO SPONSER FUND RAISERS THAT GO DIRECTLY TO OUR CAMP. WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT GROUP OF SINCERE SOUTHERN LADIES WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE OF EXISTING IS TO SUPPORT OUR CAMP AND ALSO THE CAUSE OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON OUR SOUTHERN HERITAGE. OUR CAMP MOTTO IS "OUR ANCESTORS ARE OUR GUIDING LIGHT AND IT IS OUR DUTY AS DESCENDANTS OF THESE BRAVE MEN OF HONOR TO NEVER LET THEM BE FORGOTTEN!!!" OUR MEMBERSHIP IS COMPRISED OF VERY SINCERE DIRECT BLOOD DESCENDANTS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS WHO ARE VERY DEDICATED TO HONORING THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICES OF ALL THE BRAVE SOUTHERN SOLDIERS WHO DEFENDED THE SOUTH DURING THE WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION. WE STRIVE TO ENSURE THEIR GALLANT DEEDS IN THE FACE OF OVERWHELMING ODDS ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN BY PASSING ON THEIR LEGACY OF HONOR TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. ONE OF OUR MAIN MISSIONS IS PLACING C.S.A. MILITARY GRAVE MARKERS FOR AREA CONFEDERATE VETERANS AND CONDUCTING CEREMONIES COMPLETE WITH RIFLE AND CANNON SALUTES IN THEIR HONOR. WE ALSO SET UP OUR CAMP INFORMATIONAL RECRUITMENT BOOTH AT LOCAL AREA EVENTS AND FESTIVALS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AND THE BRAVE HEROES WHO SO GALLANTLY DEFENDED HER. WE ARE VERY BLESSED THAT ALL OF OUR MEMBERS ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR SACRED HERITAGE AND ITS FLAGS AND SYMBOLS. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NO ASSOCIATION OR AFFILIATION WITH ANY OF THE MANY DILUTED ORGANIZATIONS AND SO CALLED SUPPORT GROUPS THAT UNFORTUNATELY EXIST THAT CLAIM TO BE SOUTHERN HERITAGE PRESERVATION ORGANIZATIONS. WE DO NOT PARTICIPATE WITH ANY SUCH GROUPS NOR DO WE ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE WITH US. IN OUR CAMP GOD, TRUTH AND HONOR IS WHAT FUELS OUR PASSION FOR PRESERVING OUR SACRED HERITAGE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 36 MEMBERS AND WE ARE WORKING EXTREMELY HARD AT PROMOTING THE S.C.V. AND OUR PROUD SOUTHERN HERITAGE. OUR SACRED SCOTTISH CHRISTIAN BANNER OF THE CROSS OF SAINT ANDREW IS PROUDLY LEADING THE CHARGE IN DEFENDING OUR SOUTHERN HERITAGE IN THE EAST TEXAS REGION. DEO VINDICE!!! PLEASE VISIT OUR AWARD WINNING BEST TEXAS DIVISION WEB SITE FOR 2005 AT http://www.altoscv2009.homestead.com
FOR MORE INFO PLEASE CONTACT COMMANDER JIM CAMPBELL: JIMMY4690@AOL.COM OR 936-858-4690, OR LT.COMMANDER KEN MCCLURE: MCCKEN127@MAIL.EV1.NET OR 903-539-8316
The Sons of Confederate Veterans is a genealogical-historical organization dedicated to preserving the history and honoring the
memory of our Confederate ancestors. The SCV is the direct heir of the United Confederate Veterans,
and the oldest hereditary organization for male descendants of Confederate soldiers. Organized at Richmond, Virginia, in 1896,
the SCV continues to serve as a historical, patriotic, and non-political organization dedicated to insuring that a true history
of the 1861-65 period is preserved.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans is not affiliated with any other organization, with the exception of The Military Order of
the Stars and Bars, an organization for the male descendants of the Confederate Officer Corps and civil government officials.
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