Front Row left to right: PCC J. Vaughn, Bro. J. Pardee,
Bro. P. Pardee, Chaplin R. Fisk, PDC R. McCracken, CC
D. Bickford, PDC D. Hans, Bro. J. Sink, PDC R. Jones, DC
C. Custer.
Back Row left to right: DSVC R. Chandler, PCC. E. Page, Bro.
D. Johnson, Bro. D. Hoover, PCC J. Haywood, CC R. Hardesty, Bro. R. Shaffer,
Bro. D. Burris Jr., Bro. D. Burris Sr., Dsec./trea M.
Farrell, PDC H. Linscott, CC P. Hinman, Bro. J. Ward, PCC R. Kerr.
Good
Food
&
Fellowship
The Florida Department of the Sons of Union Veterans held it's annual election of officers and the
results were as posted below.
Dept. Cmdr
Charles “Buck” Custer, Camp #4
Dept. SVC Robert V. Chandler, Camp #8
Dept. JVC James G. Ward, Camp #4
Dept. Sec/Trea. Michael Farrell, Camp #4
Dept. Patriotic Inst. Robert Murdock Jones, Camp #7
Full Name, Date of Passing, Name of His Camp, Department Name and the
Name, Rank and Unit Humber of His Ancestor. The same information should, of course, be sent to the Department Commander. This information allows the Camps and the Department to keep their
records current and to allow the passing to be noted
in our National "newsletter", The Banner.
Reports
from the Camps
Camp
Commanders, this is Your section of the Department
Dispatch. Send in news of Camp activities, new members, upcoming events, etc.
Email your news to Dept. Commander Charles “Buck” Custerbuccus@aol.com
or C. D. "Skip Whitlam at skipwhitlam@tealah.com Camp reports
can also be mailed to Commander Custer at 1815 Billingshurst
Court, OrlandoFL32825-8438
Winfield
Scott Whitehurst Camp #1 SUVCW, Tampa
area
Richard A.
Hardesty, Commander
Richard P.
Beyer, Sr. SVC
David
Palmer, JVC
James B.
Hayward, Council #1
Gerald L.
Leonard, Council #2
Richard
Beyer, Council # 3
Patriotic
Instructor, J. D. Hayward
Camp #1
meets Bi-Monthly on the 2nd Tuesday of the Month at 2 PM at the residence of Mr. Hayward
Camp #3
meets on the 1st Wednesday of every other month except July &
August
At 7 PM at the LantanaRecreationCenterBuilding
418 South Dixie Highway
Lantana, Florida
Camp #3 has
the distinct honor of having one of the senior members of the Florida
Department as its Secretary/Treasurer, Eagle Scout Coordinator and Newsletter
Editor in Leland Smith, PCC, PDC. As with each camp in the Florida
Department, space is made available for their
newsletter to be published online in their appropriate section of the
Department Bulletin Board. Below is the hyper-link to view or print out
the current issue of the Camp #3 Newsletter.
C. D.
“Skip” Whitlam, Sec./Trea. {resigning
in June}
Patriotic
Instructor, Ronnie G. McCracken
Chaplain,
Robert Fisk
Camp #4 meets
every other month beginning in January on the 1st Saturday of every
uneven numbered month except
January and
July it meets on the 2nd Saturday because
of the National Holiday’s.
1 PM at the G.A.R. Hall
1101 Massachusetts Avenue
St. Cloud, Florida
General
Eugene A. Carr, Camp #5, Ocala area
Commanded
by Daniel W. Hans,
Robert G.
Gray, SVC
Harvey
Keith Linscott, JVC
Harvey K.
Linscott, Council #1
Kevin C. Doane, Council #2
Daniel W.
Hans, Council #3
William P.
Hopkins, Sec./Trea.
Daniel W.
Hans, Patriotic Instructor
Kevin C. Doane, Chaplain
Eagle Scout
Coordinator, Harvey K. Linscott
Camp #5 Meets Monthly September through May at 2 PM on the 2nd Thursday of the month.
Freedom
Public Library
5870 SW 95th Street
Ocala, Florida
Lt. Adam J.
Slemmer, Camp #6, Jacksonville
area
Under the
Command of Vincent F. Seibold
Sgt.
Frederick R. Jackson, Camp #7 South Florida area
Commanded
by Robert HargerJoynt
Richard H.
Bickford, SVC
Richard
Donald Shaffer, JVC
CarlStates, Council #1
Robert
Walker Kerr, Council #2
Council #3
unassigned
Jerry L.
Lippincott, Sec./Trea.
Richard
Donald Shaffer, Patriotic Instructor
Robert
Walker Kerr, Chaplain
Eagle Scout
Coordinator, Robert Murdoch Jones, PDC
Camp #7
Meets on the uneven numbered months excluding July on the
2nd
Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM at
Pembroke PinesCommunity
Center
6700 SW 13th Street
Pembroke Pines, Florida
General
William S. Harney, Camp #8
MILITARY
CAREER OF WILLIAM SELBY HARNEY
WILLIAM SELBY HARNEY
(1800-1889) was born at Haysborough (near Nashville),
Tennessee,
on 22 August 1800. He was the youngest of 8
children of Thomas Harney and Margaret (Hudson).
He began his military career
at the age of 17, when he was commissioned Second
Lieutenant in the U.S. First Infantry, 13
Feb. 1818. His older brother Benjamin F. Harney was already an Army
surgeon, and General Andrew Jackson was a family friend and neighbor of the Harneys.
William S. Harney’s
first assignment was to chase the pirate, Jean Lafitte, out of the Gulf area,
forcing Lafitte to move his pirate operations to the Spanish Main. Then William was sent to Florida during the 1st
Seminole War. This began his long career working towards peace with the
Indians. While the popular idea of the day was to remove and eliminate
the Indian Populations, Harney proposed the idea to avoid Indian wars by
pursuing a good neighbor policy. He held challenge foot races with the
Indians outside the log walls of the fort. His long strides impressed
his Crow competitors who he continued to outrun. The Crow awarded him
with an Indian name “Man-who-runs-like-the-Deer.” Throughout his career,
Harney worked to improve the nation’s treatment of
the Indians.
William S. Harney’s
exploits include chasing General Santa Anna in the Mexican War, fighting the
Sauk chief Black Hawk with Col. Zachary Taylor, Captain Abe Lincoln, and
Lieut. Jefferson Davis. And working with the Jesuit
missionary Father DeSmet. In the
northwest. He led a precedent-setting expedition against the
Sioux Indians on the Great Plains in 1855; commanded American Troops in
Bleeding Kansas in 1857; and commanded the Utah Expedition agains
the Mormons in 1857-58. In 1860 and 1861 he was
in command of the Department of Oregon and the Department of the West. And from the standpoint of the Indians was the key figure
in the Indian Peace Commission that negotiated treaties with all the Plains
Indian tribes in 1867-68.
William S. Harney married Mary
Mullanphy, daughter of the Irish philanthropist,
John Mullanphy, 17
January 1833. The marriage was not a happy one, and during her husband’s campaigns in the West, Mary took their three
children to Paris to live.
Their two daughters, Anna and Eliza, married officers in the French Service,
and some references indicate only his son, John Mullanphy
Harney, returned to America. Mary (Mullanphy)
Harney died in Paris, France
in August 1861, according to her nephew, B. M. Chambers, of St. Louis, Missouri 9letter in pension file).
William Selby Harney married
Mare E. (Cromwell) St. Cyr on 12
November 1884, in St. Louis, Missouri. Reverend Father Tobyn performed the ceremony, which was
held at the cathedral. She was born 24
January 1826, Frederick County, Maryland, the daughter of Richard Cromwell and
Caroline Boone. This was the second marriage for both, she being the
widow of Paschal Herbert St. Cyr who died in St. Louis, Missouri, 7
June 1871.
Mary E. was his housekeeper, and caretaker, and the marriage
was protested by his children. Mary E., not only cared for the
General in his old age, she entertained his friends and dignitaries, and
conducted his business. Some of the letters she wrote in his behalf,
still exist (HU12). At his death, 9 May
1889,
she was left with only a life estate in the property
held by the General, as his large properties and the income so enjoyed by him
came mostly from the estate of his former wife, and descended to her
heirs. By Special Act of Congress, 29 August 1890, Bill 579, Mary
(Cromwell) St. Cyr Harney’s name was added to the pension rolls. She
died 22 October 1907 (Dept. of Interior letter).
At the start of the Civil War,
in 1861, some of William’s old comrades of the Indian
and Mexican Wars became political leaders. In February, Abe Lincoln
became the new President of the U.S., and four days later, Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Southern Confederacy.
William Harney was then the Commander of the Department of the West in St. Louis, Missouri.
In April 1861, he was ordered to report to Washington by Lincoln’s new Secretary of War, Simon
Cameron. The train on which he was traveling was stopped at Harper’s Ferry, and a young Confederate officer boarded
announcing “General Harney, sir, you are my prisoner!”
He was told a Confederate battalion had surrounded the
train, sent with orders to intercept him before he reached Washington. In this way, William S. Harney
became the first prisoner taken by the South in the Civil War. Later, in Virginia, William received apologies for the manner
in which he was brought there, and he was offered a
Confederate command under Robert E. Lee. He had previously served with
Lee in the U.S. Army in the Mexican War. William refused, and he was allowed to continue on his trip to Washington.
Harney, who has
been described as “politically naïve” was engulfed in a rush of
political events. Arriving in Washington,
he was shocked to discover he was being relieved of his command. This was
a political maneuver of the powerful Blair family, who wanted their own man as
Commander of the Department of the West. Even General Winfield Scott, who
had many confrontations with William Harney over the years, respected his
ability to make peace with the Indians. Scott predicted that this
political move by the Blair family would cost the government 100,000 lives and
$100 million dollars in military equipment. Later President Lincoln was
to agree, when he told Montgomery Blair, “The removal of General Harney was one
of the greatest mistakes of my administration.”
William S. Harney retired from
service 1 August 1863, and he was made
Brevet Major General, 13
March 1865, for long and faithful service. He died 9 May
1889,
in Orlando, Florida. He was well-liked
by many Indian Nations for he tried, although in vain, to have the Indians
treated fairly, and consistently urged Congress to honor past treaties with the
Indians. After his retirement, he was recalled
to service of his country to work on various Indian Commissions. After
his death the Sioux changed his name from Man-who-runs-like-the-Dear to one of
which he would have been very proud, “Man-who-always-kept-his-word.”
For further information about
William S. Harney see the following book: Indian Foe, Indian Friend: The Story
of William S. Harney, by Jules Archer, 1970; and contact the William S. Harney
Historical Society,Sullivan, Missouri. Photos from the
National Archives.Army Register –
1815-1879. Additional references: Biography Index (Bioln) 7,8: Dictionary of American Biography (DcAmB); The National Cyclopedia of American Biography (NatCAB) 5; The Reader’s
Encyclopedia of the American West (REnAW); Webster’s American Military Biographies (WebAMB); WhAmHS. A new book
about the General has just been published, (Jan 2001).
Camp #8, Acting Patriotic Instructor, John Sink has passed on the
below information.
Support Our Troops
During this Memorial season, I think we should also consider
supporting those individuals who are currently carrying the
Banner of Freedom on foreign shores as well
as all the support troops on ships, bases, etc. as we Honor those who have gone
before. Whatever
our personal feelings on war, the politicians, police actions, the hunt, etc.
it still falls upon the Willy and Joes—and now Nellies,” the dogfaces on the ground and their families,
that are caught in the middle just doing their duty.
Often, due to the nature of the current conflicts and the dramatic
increase in battlefield life saving, our troops are surviving horrible injuries
by loosing limbs, brain injuries, and other problems that they will carry with
them for the rest of their lives with minimal assistance from the U. S.
Government. Below are some of the ways we can support our Troops and
their families.
Homes for Our Troops website(homesforourtroops.com)
There mission is to build specially adapted houses for our severely disabled
soldiers
and their
families.
The Wounded Warrior Projectwebsite(unitedspinal.org/pages.php?catid=211&catorder=100)
Their mission is to assist severely disabled troops (and their families) hurt
specifically in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere around
the world.
Fisher House website(fisherhouse.com)
Their mission is to support injured troops by providing services not normally
provided by the Dept. of Defense. Acts also like a sort of Ronald
McDonald House in providing temporary housing for families who need to be close
to their injured trooper who has to be away for medical testing or procedures
such as out of state.
Operation Uplinkwebsite(operationuplink.com)
To donate for calling cards for active troops so that they can call home when
away.
Operation Hero Mileswebsite(heromiles.org)
To donate airline mileage to troopers to assist in periodic visits home.
Books for Soldiers website(BooksForSoldiers.com)
This is where troopers post requests for various books that they would like sent
to them to pass away those few inactive hours they have. This can probably be done most effectively by buying the book
from amazon.com and having it shipped directly to the trooper.
United Service Organization: Care Packageswebsite(usometrode.org/care.htlm#support) To donate money to
the USO to help sponsor care packages sent to the troops.
Armed Forces Emergency Relief Funds
website(afrtrust.org)
To donate money to an emergency relief fund to help troopers families with
food, rent, medical & dental care, funeral expenses, and other unexpected
problems.
Of course, the Salvation
Army, Red Cross, numerous churches, schools and other community groups have
their own programs to provide help in one way or another. Please consider
the above information when seeking to help our servicemen
during the coming Memorial and Holiday Seasons.
It is a goal of the National Department of the
Sons of Union Veterans to honor all members of the Boy Scouts of America who achieve the prestigious Eagle Scout Rank with a
certificate of Commendation. They have posted a listing of the State Department
Eagle Scout Awards Coordinator and their Postal Addresses and phone numbers.
The established protocol for scouting executives of any given State who wish to
have Eagle Scouts receive a Certificate from the Sons of Union Veterans is to
contact the National Coordinator, Mr. Robert M. Petrovic
or their State Department Coordinator well in advance of the court of honor to
allow for proper communications. Sons of Union Veterans Camps and Departments
must order the Certificates through the National Quartermasters office.
Information should
then be forwarded to the appropriate State Department Coordinator;
Florida Department Coordinator
John M. Vaughan, III, PCC, Camp #8
Once information is
received at the Department level it will be forwarded to various camps
throughout the state to Camp representatives who will make the presentation to
the Scout at his court of honor if possible.
If somehow we have missed an opportunity to honor
an Eagle Scout and you are aware of it please contact John Vaughn at email
address suvyankee@aol.com
Please, remember that time permitting "Honor Court" organizers should first contact the National
Coordinator for the SUVCW Eagle Scout Awards Program, Bob Petrovic
PDC at: RPetro7776@aol.com
1stMt.Peace Remembrance Day Observance, November 2006
All of the
Allied Orders were represented
Daughter of
Union Veterans of the Civil War
Tent #10,
Mary Todd Lincoln
Meeting at Orlando Historical Bldg.
Current President Sandy Vogelpohl
Contact
Your Commander
SVR
7th Military District
Major Kenneth Early, Commander
Promotions in the 7th Military District
General Order 2008-15
13
August 2008
Effective this date, and upon
the recommendations of the 7th Military
District Commander, the following officers are promoted:
a.1st Lieutenant Eric B. Peterson, 7th
Military District Chief of Staff, is hereby promoted
to the rank of Captain, SVR, to serve as such until the 13th day of
August 2011 or until properly relieved.
b.2nd Lieutenant Phillip Hinman, 7th Military
District Adjutant, is here promoted to the rank of 1st
Lieutenant, SVR, to serve as such until the 13th day of August 2011
or until properly relieved.
These
promotions reflect the faith in which the 7th
Military District Commander, SVR has in these officers.
Donald E. Darby
Lt. Colonel, SVR, Adjutant General
Robert E. Grim
Brigadier General, SVR Commanding
4th of July Parade at Loganville, GA
To all SVR members in the greater Atlanta area.
The 18thUS Infantry (re-enactors) will march in the
Loganville parade on the 4th.They have invited the SVR to march along with
them.
If you are interested in marching
in this parade here is the assembly information.
For everyone participating in the parade.
We
will be meeting at Warren and Cyndi Haire’s at 8:00 a.m.
403 Bay Creek Rd.
Loganville, GA30052
Parade
starts at BayCreekElementary School.Starts at 10 Sharp.
Anyone
needing directions should contact Mr. Warren 770-362-4576 or Ms. Cyndi
770-362-3212.
NEW EDITOR!! The Dispatch is
the Florida Department Newsletter. Department Senior Vice Commander, Robert V. Chandler, is the new editor for the Department news letter.
The Dispatch is publish six times each year, July, September, November,
January, March and May. The deadline for articles is the 1st of that month. Once the editor has
completed the issue, he will forward it to the Department Signals Officer,
brother Skip Whitlam who will upload the Dispatch to our website and provide a
hyper-link which will make that Issue available to all Department member who
are on-line capable. Respective Camp Signals Officers or Secretaries
should then download and have printed enough hard copies to mail to those camp
members who are not on-line capable.
To submit articles for the Department Dispatch,
contact:
