COMMANDER'S COMMENTS

I find it hard to believe that it is already November!  Thanksgiving  is
less than a month away and Christmas is less than two months away.  We're
already seeing Christmas ads on TV and Christmas merchandise is  now  in
stores.   Two  weekends  ago  the  weather  also sent us a reminder that
winter will soon be upon us.  Luckily we received only wind and rain but
the  north  had  a  devastating snow storm.  150 years ago our ancestors
were constantly out in the elements braving the cold rain and snow often
without  shoes  and warm coats.  We must never forget the suffering they
endured and the sacrifices they made to fight for their homeland and way
of life.  The next time you have to be out in the cold and start to feel
miserable, remember your ancestor who couldn't escape it.  He  not  only
had  to fight in it.  He had to live in it.  We sure are fortunate today
with all of our modern amenities!                                       

Don't forget to send in your RSVP  form  to  Walter  for  the  Christmas
Banquet.   Waite  Rawls  will  be  our  guest  speaker and dinner at the
Westwood Club never disappoints!                                        

Deo Vindice!                                                            
							Taylor     

ADJUTANT'S REPORT

GENERAL JAMES LONGSTREET CAMP #1247

NEXT MEETING - TUESDAY, November 15, 2011

ROMA'S RESTAURANT
8330 STAPLES MILL RD.
LOCATED IN "THE SHOPS AT STAPLES MILL"
TURN LEFT AT FIRST STOPLIGHT NORTH OF
THE WISTAR SHOPPING CENTER

DINNER - SOCIAL 6:00 PM
MEETING STARTS AT 7:00 PM

OUR NOVEMBER SPEAKER

Kelly Hancock, Manager of Education and Programs MOC


"Captain" Sally Tompkins
This talk will highlight the life of "Captain" Sally Tompkins,  focusing
on  her  wartime  work in Richmond.  What was so special about Robertson
Hospital?  Why was Sally  commissioned  a  captain?   And  why  did  her
hospital  face  closure  on more than one occasion?  These questions and
more will be explored.                                                  
                                                 Andy

OCTOBER PROGRAM

SunTrust Mortgage retiree (before the crash!)  and  Chartered  Financial
Planner John Phillips gave an interesting power point presentation about
coins, currency, and tokens likely to be found  in  a  soldier's  pocket
during The War.                                                         

The  first  American  dollar was based on the Spanish coin "ocho (eight)
reales." One fourth of this coin would be two reales; hence  the  origin
of the phrase "two bits" for a quarter.                                 

John showed us the following images:                                    
  1/2 cent                                                              
  1857 Flying Eagle cent                                                  
  1851 silver 3 cent piece which would buy a three cent postage stamp     
  1842 seated Liberty half dime (There was no such thing as a nickel then)
  1834 capped bust quarter                                                
  1851 and 1854 gold dollars                                              
  1851 Liberty quarter Eagle                                              
  1852 $10 Liberty Eagle                                                  
  1851 $20 double Eagle                                                   

Currency:                                                               
  Tokens issued by merchants.                                           

Confederate currency included a $1 Corporation of Richmond, VA  dated 19
April  1861.   Much  was  printed  by  Heyer and Ludwig at 8th and Broad
Streets.  John also showed us state notes, city notes, and bank notes of
the period.

It  is  impossible  to describe adequately in writing the impact of this
presentation.                                                           
							Walter   
September meeting attendance: 43

LONGSTREET'S FIRST CORPS

Longstreet Camp Donors to  Virginia  Division  Special  Funds,  Old  War
Horse, Hurtt Scholarship Fund, and Longstreet Camp General Fund.  As you
know, our cumulative listing starts in July of each year and we  do  not
meet in August.          1 July, 2011 through 2 November, 2011          

Marian and Walt Beam   Richard Chenery   Brian Cowardin  
Lee Crenshaw           Ray Crews         Michael Hendrick
Crawley Joyner         Jack Kane         Glenn Mozingo   
Peter Knowles,III      Lewis Mills       Conway Mocure   
Bob Moore              Joe Price         Waite  Rawls    
Peyton Roden,Sr.       Cary Shelton      Chris Trinite   
Walter Tucker          Hugh Williams                     

NOVEMBER 1861
(Sesquicentennial match dates, including meeting to meeting)
1 Major General George  B.   McClellan  succeeded  aged,  obese,  ailing
Lieutenant General Winfield Scott as commanding general of the U S Army.

4 Stonewall Jackson took command of the new Shenandoah Valley District. 

5 General Robert E.  Lee was named commander of the  new  Department  of
South carolina, Georgeia, and East Florida.                             

6  Jefferson  Davis  was  elected to a six year term as President of the
Confederate States of America.                                          

7 Yankees occupied the Port Royal-Hilton Head area  in  South  Carolina.
Yankees  under  Grant  captured  Belmont,  MO,  but  had to get on their
vessels and retreat in response to a Confederate attack led by  Leonidas
Polk.                                                                   

8  Yankee  ship USS San Jacinto seized Confederate delegates Slidell and
Mason from British mail packet Trent.                                   

9 Yankees from their new base at Port Royal seized Beaufort, SC.        

11 Near Fort Monroe Professor Thaddeus sent up observation balloons from
"balloon boats."                                                        

14 USS San Jacinto with captured Confederate delegates Slidell and Mason
arrived at Fort Monroe.  The  Confederate  Navy  Department  called  for
offers for ironclad men-of-war.                                         

16 Senator  Charles  Sumner  of  Massachusetts  and  Postmaster  General
Montgomery  Blair  protested  the capture of Mason and Slidell and urged
their surrender at once.                                                

18 In Kentucky soldiers of the Confederate Army adopted an ordinance  of
secession, making it like Missouri with two state governments.          

19  Major  General  Henry  W.  Halleck  assumed  command  of  the Union 
Department of Missouri in St. Louis.                                    

21 Jefferson Davis named Judah P.  Benjamin Secretary of War.           

25 Confederate Navy Department accepted a shipment of  armor  plate  for
the ironclad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack).                     

26 A convention at Wheeling adopted a constitution for a new state to be
called West Virginia.                                                   

28  The  Confederate  Congress  officially  admitted  Missouri  to   the
Confederate States of America.                                          

30  Great  Britain's government informed the U.  S.  government that the
seizure of the Trent was an act of aggression and would be the cause  of
harsh measures taken by Britain.                                        

DECEMBER 1861
1 Lincolm expressed to McClellan his displeasure at the inaction of  the
Union Army.                                                             

4 The U.  S.  Senate unaminously expelled John Breckenridge of Kentucky.

9  The  U.  S.  Senate created the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the
War.  This was approved by the House the next day.                      

13 Both armies retreated after  a  battle  at  Camp  Alleghany,  western
Virginia.                                                               

26 The U.  S.  agreed to release Mason and Slidell.                      

30  The  U.   S.   government  and  some  leading banks suspended specie
payment This suspension continued until 1879.                           

JANUARY 1862
3 Stonewall jackson embarked on the Romney campaign.                    

10 Jackson's army entered Romney, which had been evacuated  by  Yankees.
Brigadier  General  William  W,  Loring  went over Jackson's head with a
complaint that Jackson had mistreated his soldiers.   Jackson  submitted
his resignation, which was wisely not accepted.                         

11  Yankees under Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside sailed from Hampton
Roads for the coast of North Carolina.  Lincoln accepted the resignation
of Secretary of War Simon Cameron.                                      

13 Burnside's force arrived at Hatteras.  Landing was delayed by lack of
low draft vessels  and  landing  craft..   Lincoln  nominated  Edwin  M.
Stanton as Secretary of War.                                            

15 The Senate confirmed Stanton's appointment.