Sons of Confederate Veterans, C.F. Connor Camp #849, Blueridge Batallion

Our Monthly Meetings
The second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
at the Southside Community Building

UPCOMING EVENTS

NEXT REGULAR MEETING

Tuesday July 13th at 7:00pm
Our speaker will be Mr. Elgie McGailliard,
Adjutant, Burke County Tigers, Camp 2162,
and candidate for Commander, Blue Ridge Brigade

He will be speaking on

THE KU KLUX KLAN...Origins and History 1867-1877

Thursday August 26th - Old Soldiers Reunion

Our regularly scheduled meeting will not be held so that we can work a booth at the week-long event and honor our Confederate ancestors. Please join with us and help make this a spectacular event.

Thursday September 14th at 7:00pm

Our speaker will be Mrs Sylvia Kidd Ray, noted Catawba County historian, writer, speaker and officer in the UDC and many other societies devoted to the preservation of Southern history and heritage.

She will be speaking on

SOUTHERN HERITAGE

We do miss you when you are not here !!!!!

Please plan on attending. We have worked hard to bring these speakers to our camp and your attendance is necessary in order to continue to attract them.

Chaplain's Corner - July, 2010
Greetings in the name of our glorious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

The month we will be celebrating the 234^th year if our Independence from Great Britain. One hundred and forty-nine years ago, our Confederate ancestors must have puzzled over what Independence really meant. They probably wondered if a Holy and Righteous God had led them through strife and conflict only to be confronted with a government that was increasingly oppressive. Today, we are faced with the same question. Could the most powerful government on earth; one that had been ordained by the Creator, be led on a path away from the concepts that the Declaration of Independence held so dear.

Our Confederate ancestors were among the bravest men ever to fight in battle. No army on the face of the earth could field soldiers with a greater degree of valor. Almost to a man, they believed in the holiness of God and trusted their salvation to the Lord Jesus Christ.

As we stand and recite the Charge, we are reminded of the qualities that the Confederate soldier espoused; "... the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles he loved and which made him glorious and which you also cherish..." Without the Lord in their lives, it is difficult to understand how they could have fought as long and hard as they did, fighting for a cause greater than themselves.

Those who prevail in a battle are not necessarily the winners; and those who are conquered in battle are not necessarily the losers. Only when the Lord calls us home will we know why things happen as they did. And only then will we discover whether we are truly the winners or the losers in His eyes.

Derick S. Hartshorn
Chaplain-CF Connor Camp 849