We welcome you to the Walter P. Lane Camp in Longview Texas. Our camp was organized and chartered on the 22nd of January 1987. We meet the 2nd tuesday of each month, at 7pm., at the buisness office of Satterwhite Homes on HWY 259, approximately 6 1/2 miles north of Loop 281 in Longview.
Guest are always
WELCOME!
We are an active camp with members involved in many activities, including dedications, memorial services,parades, living history projects, and re-enactments.
The Walter P. Lane Camp is one in which you can participate in any of these activities, including a Color Guard and Artillery Battery. You may choose one or more of these, or simply attend the monthly meetings and enjoy the programs and the company of like minded people who want to honor their Confederate ancestors.
The 2004 officers of the camp are as follows:
H.M. Meredith,Commander
Pho. (903)881-0537
E-mail- Meredithstwo@Cox-internet.com
Paul Hamilton Lt. Commander
Pho. (903)968-3363
E-mail Punkin1@etex.net
Collie Grey 2nd Lt. Commander
E-mail Yodeldog@direcway.com
Jerry Haymes Chaplain
Pho. (903)759-0300
E-mail Umpire.entpryjj@sbcglobal.net
Larry Boswell, Adjutant
Pho. (903)663-8889
E-mail VBozz@aol.com
Marc Smith Camp Webmaster
Pho. (903) 762-1807
E-mail marcsmith@tiagris.com
For information about our camp or the Sons of Confederate Veterans, contact any of the above.
UPCOMING EVENTS AND CAMP NEWS
Smyrna "The Muster Grounds" (early November?)
THIS MONTH IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY
*SEPTEMBER*
2nd *1864* Atlanta Surrenders
10th *1836* Gen. Joseph Wheeler,CS born
15th *1862* Jackson captures Harper's Ferry
17th *1862* Battle of Antietam
19th *1863* Battle of Chickamauga
19th *1864* Battle of Winchester
24th *1864* Sheridan's Yankees begin to lay waste to the Shenandoah Valley
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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