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Next Meeting:
Every 3rd Tuesday

We all meet the 3rd Tuesday of each month (except December) at the Watson Chapel Fire Station in Sulphur Springs at 7:00pm.

We are one of the ONLY historical preservation groups in the Trans-Mississippi that not only ALLOWS women and children, but rather ENCOURAGES their participation in meetings and events.

Below is a link to a map that will show where we meet at:

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Patrick Ronayne Cleburne (1828-1864)

"I am with the South in death, in victory or defeat. I never owned a Negro and care nothing for them, but these people have been my friends and have stood up to me on all occasions.

In addition to this, I believe the North is about to wage a brutal and unholy war on a people who have done them no wrong, in violation of the constitution and the fundamental principles of the government. They no longer acknowledge that all government derives its validity from the consent of the governed."

"If this cause that is so dear to my heart is doomed to fail, then I pray heaven may let me fall with it, while my face is turned toward the enemy and my right arm battling for that which I know to be right."

Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans

"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit the vindication of the cause for which we fought. To your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles which he loved and which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious and which you also cherish."

Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee, Commander General, United Confederate Veterans, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 25, 1906.

On the history of war...

Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.
~Mark Twain

Report of Major Frederick Behlendorff, Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry (October 9, 1864)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Numbers 4. Report of Major Frederick Behlendorff, Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry.
PINE BLUFF, ARK., October 9, 1864.
COLONEL: In obedience to orders received from you to keep a journal during the scouting expedition which left Pine Bluff on the morning of the 7th day of October, under command of Colonel J. F. Ritter, I hereby have [...]

Report of Captain Adolph Bechand, Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry (Oct. 27, 1864)

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Numbers 5. Report of Captain Adolph Bechand, Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry.
HDQRS. COMPANY B, THIRTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY, Pine Bluff, Ark., October 27, 1864.
I have the honor to report that I left this post on the evening of the 24th in command of twenty-six men and proceeded toward Mount Elba. Camped that night fifteen miles from [...]

Report of Major Frederick Behlendorff, Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry (Oct. 9, 1864)

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Report of Captain Adolph Bechand, Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry (Pine Bluff)

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Scouting Report On Confederate Army in Warren, October 4, 1864

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

PINE BLUFF, ARK., October 4, 1864.
Major-General STEELE:
Since my last dispatch a deserter from McNally’s battery (Monticello) has come in, and reports the following, which you will see agrees with what I have sent you coming from Doctor Julian: General Magruder reviewed the troops at Monticello one week ago last Monday. The army reviewed [...]

Report of Confederate Buildup Around Pine Bluff

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Scouting Report, October 4, 1864

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

PINE BLUFF, October 4, 1864.
(Received 4.20 p. m.)
Captain C. H. DYER,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
Doctor Julian, who lives eighteen miles north of Monticello, has just come in. He brings the following information: He was at Monticello the first of last week. The Confederate troops at that place amounted to about 8,000. Magruder was said [...]

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