NEXT MEETING

    The next camp meeting will be held Thursday, January 6, 2005 at the library beginning at 7 p.m. 

    Dawn Hampton of the Special Collections Department at the library will be the guest speaker. She will talk about researching our ancestors and new ways to help us find more information.

FLOAT PLACES 3rd

    The SCV Camp 469 float placed third in the Rome Christmas parade held November 30th. The Camp float also participated and was well received in the Calhoun and Summerville Christmas parades. Thanks to all who helped put together the float and who participated in the parades. It was truly a group effort

PHOTO'S ON K98 WEBSITE

    Photo's from the various parades that Company A, Floyd Legion has participated in can be found on the K98 radio station web site. Click on the scrapbook section and choose an event to view.

ELECTION RESULTS

        Election of Camp officers for 2006 was held at the December meeting and they will be sworn in at the January meeting. Results are as follows:

Commander: Hugh Durden

1st Lt Commander: Tommy Smith

2nd Lt Commander: Bob Perry

Adjutant: Stephen Carnes


CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL PLAQUE

    There is one plaque left on the main Confederate Memorial Plaque. The Camp has recently purchased the second section of plaque that will hang directly below the first. Cost is $10 per space. All we need is the name and rank of their Confederate ancestor, Company, Regiment and State. Contact Stephen Carnes for more information.

DUES REMINDER

    Please continue to support the Camp by paying your dues for 2005. You may pay at any meeting or mail to: SCV Camp 469, 76 Plantation Dr., Rome, GA 30165. Dues are $43.

2nd  BATTLE OF RESACA WON

    Preservationists working to save portions of the Resaca Battlefield won a victory in late December when the Tennessee Valley Authority agreed to build their new power lines alongside the historic battlefield instead of through it.

    The original proposal had 80-foot tall power lines and 150-foot swath running directly through land where the Confederate and Union forces clashed 140 years ago.

    Public response, led by the Friends of Resaca Battlefield Inc., swayed the TVA to move the line away from the site. 1st Lt Commander-elect Tommy Smith brought this situation to the Camp's attention in a call to action on the Camp's website in which numerous members responded with e-mails to 11th District Congressman Phil Gingrey.

    Steve Pitt, a consultant and TVA's lead engineer on the project said he received e-mails from across the country urging the TVA to avoid the battle area. Pitt said the the TVA staff listened and sent in historical consultants to check the area. It gave "validation of the historical integrity that is, in fact, here".

    The Battle of Resaca was fought May 13 - 15, 1864, as part of Gen William T Sherman's campaign through Georgia. Union forces totaled more than 100,000. Confederate troops, Commanded by Gen Joseph E Johnston, numbered 55 to 60,000. The battle was inconclusive, though thousands were killed or wounded.

General Nathan Bedford Forrest

SCV Camp 469 Newsletter

76 Plantation Dr

Rome, GA 30165

Editor: Jim Dugger

e-mail: [jddugger@aol.com]

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