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General Nathan Bedford Forrest Sons of Confederate Veterans, Rome, Ga.
Camp 469 Newsletter – March, 2005
NEXT MEETING
The next Camp meeting will be held Thursday, March 3, 2005 at the library beginning at 7 PM.
Wayne Shelly will give a very interesting presentation on the women who worked at the mills in Roswell, GA manufacturing clothing for the Confederate Army. These women were kidnapped by General Sherman and shipped north in rail cars to live out the rest of the Civil War and, in some cases, the rest of their lives. They were known as "The Roswell Women".
NEW MEMBER
Welcome John Harrison as the newest Camp 469 member. John has been very active in Company A and the Cherokee Artillery. Welcome John!
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
"We wore ourselves out whipping them"
Robert Augustus Toombs - 'The unpardoned Rebel'
BRIGADE CALL SCHEDULE
"An Evening at Fort Norton" will be held on Saturday, April 30 at 7:30 PM at the Rome Civic Center.
Entertainment will be provided by the 8th Regiment Band and Tim Key will serve as the dance master. Dress code will be period - military or civilian - or Sunday best.
Cost will be $30 per couple or $20 single. Tickets can be purchased by mail by sending a check or money order payable to SCV Camp 469 - tickets. Send to: Adams Furniture, 519 Broad Street, Rome, GA 30161.
MOODY MEMORIAL SERVICE
A memorial service for Benjamin F Moody is scheduled for April 17th at 3 PM. Moody is the g-g-g-grandfather of Gary Worthan and will be held at the Pray's Mill Baptist Church Cemetery in Douglasville.
B F Moody was Colors Corporal in the 35th GA Infantry and was killed in battle at Beavers Dam Creek (Mechanicsville, VA).
Directions will be in the April issue.
ED BEARSS & HISTORY GROUP TO VISIT ROME
Ed Bearss, the former Chief Historian for the National Park Service and featured speaker on The History Channel will, on March 11, lead a group of approximately 60 history 'buffs' around the various War Between the States Western Theater sites located in the area. Although an itinerary has not been set, the group is expected to be here from 9 AM to 1 PM.
The trip to Rome is part of the tour of North Georgia battlefields sponsored by the Georgia Battlefields Association group of Atlanta. Rome is of particular interest to Bearss and the preservation group because it is one of the few cities during the war that experienced some sort of activity in all of the war years from 1861 to 1865. The city and county were specifically selected because of the area's unique location in the Western Theater.
Among the sites to be visited by Bearss will be the site of the Noble Brothers Foundry in downtown Rome. This foundry was instrumental in supplying the Confederacy with cannon tubes and other cast metal items such as belt plates and buckles. Other sites include: Ft Stovall (Myrtle Hill), Ft Attaway, Shorter Hill, 5th Avenue Baptist Church and Ft Norton.
Fort Norton, however, will be a major stop for the group. Visitors will be treated to light artillery demonstrations by the Cherokee Artillery/Lilly's Battery living history/re-enacting group, as well as infantry demonstrations by Co A of the Floyd Legion Living History regiment. Original rifle trenches and artillery emplacements at the fort will also be open for inspection and interpretation.