the old soldiers’ home scv camp #723 p. o. box 782 lebanon, tn 37088 turn of the century scene at the old soldiers' home of the r. e. lee camp no. 1 c.v. - about 1905 - 1910 era. randolph hall - named after the r. e. lee camp soldiers' home commander, and commandant of the soldiers' home, who was very active with the lee camp in the erection of many confederate monuments in richmond. this was the recreation hall, and if you look closely: rifles are in a gun case on the wall, covered by a confederate battle flag. the old boys are playing a favorite game of cards, huddled in the winter around the new steam radiators in the corner. the clothing was standard issue, and in addition to the coats, shirts, ties, they were also issued overcoats for the winter months. they carried their own metal silverware and cups to the mess hall, but dined on china donated by northern veterans of the g.a.r. - also, some of the cottages were from donations of union veterans, including $500 from general grant himself. these men were homeless or destitute, until taken in and nurtured at the soldiers' home. they had a full complement of a chapel, mess hall, recreation center, headquarters, and a hospital. they had a pass to ride the trolley to the downtown of richmond. the virginia museum of fine arts - now rests on the grounds of this soldiers' home randolph hall. and is just a few paces from the headquarters of the united daughters of the confederacy. remember - these were jackson's foot soldiers' - stuart's cavalry - pegrams artillery and pickett's warriors. brave men all. bwithdrawn (hb0022). the language clearly shows its intent. historical commission bills two new bills have taken its place which are not worded elow is the summary of the original bill which was quite so explicitly, but there is little doubt about the intention. the new bill numbers are: sb0483 and hb0649. both the revised bill and the original one in the house is sponsored by rep. darren jernigan of district 60 which covers part of davidson county. the senate bill is sponsored by ferrell haile, representing the sumner & trousdale counties. check out their house and senate info pages, it’s a little surprising. original house bill summary: historical commission - as introduced, vacates and reconstitutes commission; reduces number of members on commission appointed by the governor from 24 to 15; removes governor as an ex officio member of the commission; increases from one to seven the number of appointees who must be a member of a racial minority; increases from three to eight the number of appointees who must have an academic background in history or historic preservation; revises evidentiary standard to obtain a waiver from the commission from clear and convincing to preponderance of the evidence. - amends tca title 4. current house bill summary: historical commission - as introduced, vacates and reconstitutes commission; reduces number of members on commission to 13 voting members and four ex officio nonvoting members; revises qualifications for membership. - amends tca title 4. you might want to consider writting your representative about these bills as well. eyes & ears vol. xxxv no:2 february 2019 f t s n t s v e t e r a n s 1896 the general robert h. hatton camp #723 • sons of confederate veterans monthly meeting, february 28, 2019 time: 7:00 pm • place: 212 s. maple st. lebanon, tenn. february speaker ross massey the latent turning point how the south could have won the war on’t miss this month’s meeting. our speaker will be ross massey. ross has dspoken here before and always has a great topic. this one is no different. he will be talking about one of the most important points in our second war of independence. that point came when southern leaders decided we would have to change our military strategy if we were to win the war. many are unaware if this important strategy. join us thursday night! horace greeley "greeley did not then dream it was the purpose of lincoln and seward to change the form of the union government from the principles of '76 to the monarchic strong central government advocated by hamilton, which would enable them forcibly to hold the south in the union. on december 17, 1860, the tribune had this: "the south has as good a right to secede from the union as the colonies had to secede from great britain. i will never stand for coercion, for subjugation. it would not be just." this was good democratic doctrine, but not yet was lincoln ready to arrest and imprison men for such utterances. in the new york tribune, december 17, 1860, three days before south carolina seceded from the union, greeley had this: "if the declaration of independence justied the secession from the british empire of 3,000,000 of colonists in 1776, we do not see why it would not justify the secession of 5,000,000 of southerners from the federal union in 1860." facts and falsehoods concerning the war on the south george edmonds 1904 confederate humor "during the war, a particular captured confederate soldier was a hard man to handle. constantly, in his soft drawl, he would say, “anyway, we beat the hell out of you sniveling yankee dogs at fredericksburg.” the northern sergeant in charge could not punish the impertinent prisoner as he would have liked because there was a drive on at the time to make sure that prisoners were treated humanely. finally, however, he could stand it no more. he marched the prisoner out with a squad of soldiers and said, “listen, you damned reb, i don’t care if it means my court-martial, but i’m going to have you shot if you don’t swear allegiance to the united states. ” the prisoner, weighing the murder in the sergeant’s eyes, swore allegiance. “now,” said the sergeant, “you did this before witnesses. you’re a loyal american. if i hear any snide remarks about the american army, you’ll be a traitor. it may be against the articles of war to shoot prisoners, but it’s perfectly all right to shoot traitors.” the ex-confederate soldier thought about that for awhile, then he said, “okay, sergeant, but ain’t it a stinking, lthy shame what them damned rebels did to us yankees at fredericksburg?”