http://www.bencaudill.com
An empty chair now and forevermore shall sit at our table in remembrance of those that have gone before.
Brown, Cecil; Cantrell, Harold; Hamilton, James; Webb, Henry Miles; Wright, Michael
We welcome our guests and give a Rebel Yell to the newest members of the proud decedents of the men who rode with the 13th Kentucky Cavalry!
Bobbie Valentine-Indianapolis, Indiana-Associate Membership
Ben Buster Taylor-Neon, Kentucky-Associate Membership
An Executive Meeting was held to discuss the Christmas Dinner versus a Lee/Jackson Dinner (place in which to house it), the scholarship fund (criteria for a scholarship), and the formation of a committee to address the issues of such a fund. Also discussed was the creation of a system for bookkeeping, incorporation and nonprofit status, number of ‘reups’ to date and the potential for an Isom Day reenactment. Dan Taylor brought up the idea of offering a salute to the Christian Flag from the September/October 2005 CV (page 7) letter. The pledge states, “To the Christian Banner of the Prince of Peace, Emblem of Faith, Hope and Love, to which and for which we pledge our all.” I wish to thank Richard Brown for his efforts in securing money for Phase II of our project. He has followed up on asking the banks to donate and has received notice of intent for them to donate $800 each that goes directly to Appalachian Monument. The dedication in Prestonsburg of the Confederate flag was enjoyed by all that attended. Instead of taking them down, we are putting them up as we have recommitted ourselves to the cause of preserving our heritage! Hazard’s Christmas Parade is the day before Thanksgiving. This is a great PR opportunity for the camp. The crowd is huge and when we march through the town with our muskets firing the crowd cheers wildly. Afterwards we usually go Christmas Caroling. We will meet at Hazard City Hall at 4 and the parade begins at 5 P.M. The walk is about one mile that ends at Woodland Park Bridge.
We will also be singing Carols during the carriage ride. We have been requested to sing Christmas Carols at the Appalachian Regional Hospital’s Physicians Christmas Party on Thursday, December 6th. A very special event is being held at the Hemphill Community Center to honor our own Pauline Cantrell. She will be 96 years young and we need to attend her birthday bash. The price is $7.00 a plate and the food will be wonderful. Let us go out and say happy birthday to our granny!
Let us show our pride by supporting these wonderful events. Camp let us be thinking of the upcoming elections and in the best interests of the camp who would be the best officers. We also need to look at our committees and see who would wish to serve on them and/or are there new ones that we may wish to form. The Scholarship Committee I do believe is one of necessity and its duties will be to define the criteria of being a recipient of said funds. If anyone is interested in assisting with the newsletter please inform the 2006 officers. Finally, in the tradition of Thanksgiving and Christmas I would like to bring to the floor the idea of sponsoring five children from the Letcher County Day Treatment Center at our Christmas Dinner and also for the camp to select a name from the Tree of Hope to brighten the season for a child. By giving to others we honor our ancestors. Have a wondrous Thanksgiving
The Old General
October has been a month of change for our beloved Caudill Camp. We have taken the steps necessary to start a Col. Ben Caudill scholarship. Why you ask? The why is simple. It is a way to give back to the community that has supported us so generously. Through this scholarship we can encourage the youth of our community. For as we all know our very survival is contingent own winning the hearts and minds of the people who will carry on the proud memories of our Confederate Ancestors. At the November we will be discussing the scholarship so please be sure to give us your input.
Deo Vindice, Lt. Commander John P. Back
Currently our camp has 107 members. This number should soon change as National Headquarters begin to purge members that have not paid their dues by Nov. 1st. Any member that wants to rejoin after Nov. 1st will have to pay $35.00, which includes the $5.00 filing fee. See Danny Taylor to pay your dues.
Our last meeting was the first one to be held in the new Letcher County Extension Office building. It is a wonderful building to have meetings in. The only complaint from any of our members was the lack of lighting in the parking lot. I brought this matter to the attention of Shad Baker and Ann Bradley, the directors of the new building. They said that they hoped to obtain funding for nightlights soon. Hopefully they will have these lights in place before our Christmas Dinner, which will be held in the new building on Dec. 3rd (first Saturday in December). I hope everyone is able to attend and would encourage them to bring a guest.
The re-enactment season is now over and will begin again in the spring. One of the first re-enactments nearby will be the Battle of Cumberland Gap in April or May. I would encourage anyone that it is interested in participating in a re-enactment this coming year to see any member of the 5th Kentucky Infantry, Company F, for information on getting started. Several of our camp members are members of this re-enacting group (myself included). The cost to join is $14.00 per person or $16.00 for a family and is money well spent. Being a member of the 5th will entitle you to participate in almost any re-enactment in the country.
The Fleming Neon Christmas Parade is scheduled for December 10 on Saturday. The sponsors have asked us to march in it in uniform. Kenny Cantrell can tell anyone interested in participating about the details. Though we are having our Christmas Dinner on December 3rd, our regularly scheduled meeting of December 15th will still be held. The dedication of the Letcher County Military Museum has been postponed until a later date due to the museum not being completed yet. If anyone has anything they would like to loan or donate to the War Between the States Room, please let me or Commander Chaltas know. They are also accepting any item pertaining to all wars as well. If anyone has a winter project that they would like the camp to help with such as cleaning overgrown cemeteries, please bring them up.
Adjutant Brown
I have the honor to announce the following financial statement as of 11/01/05. Call if you have any questions. Deposits-$1, 014.21; with a balance of $2, 274.35 (after the $575 check clears from the dues sent in to the state)
Secretary/Treasurer Taylor
“Without God's blessing I look for no success, and for every success my prayer is, that all the glory may be given unto Him to whom it is properly due. If people would but give all the glory to God, and regard his creatures as but unworthy instruments, my heart would rejoice. Alas too frequently the praise is bestowed upon the creature." Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, 31 July 1862. The words of Stonewall points to the path that we must continue to embark upon. We must remember that it is God that has given us the victories. It is God that has sustained us in our times of trouble. It is God that leads us besides the still waters. Let us give all the glory to our Creator and not the creature. Let us humble ourselves before the Lord and know that he is our King. May you be showered with peace and happiness this Thanksgiving as we remember the Giver of the Feast in reflective gratitude for what He has done for you
My Kepi and Me is a series honoring camp members and their ancestors. The purpose is to share their ancestor’s history as well as the current son occupying the seat of honor. This month let us offer a salute and give up a hardy Rebel yell for Lochlainn! Mr.Seabrook, the 6th great-grandson of Henrietta Caudill (1753-1836), is an award-winning author and country songwriter living in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the 3rd great-grandson of Confederate hero Elias Jent, Sr. (1810-1864), who fought bravely in America’s second Revolutionary War, the War for Southern Independence, under Col. Benjamin E. Caudill (Lochlainn’s 2nd cousin).
According to family tradition, Elias, a private in the 1st Regiment of Caudill’s Army (the 13th Cavalry Kentucky), was at home on furlough in Perry (now Knott) County, Kentucky. The year was probably 1864. One day he and his wife, Rachel Cornett (Lochlainn’s 3rd great-grandmother), were traveling from Hindman to Lott’s Creek when they stopped at the house of one Mrs. Cornett (a relation of Rachel’s). Here the couple was suddenly taken captive by Yankee troops, who, without explanation or trial, forced them outside at gunpoint and promptly hung them from a nearby tree. The repercussions of this war crime (the murder of both an unarmed soldier on leave and a non-combatant civilian woman) have continued in Lochlainn’s family into the present day.
Lochlainn’s father, born in Letcher County, Kentucky, is the grandson of Esquire Lincoln Yonts (1874-1942) and Mary Francis Wright (1872-1950). Lochlainn’s paternal lines are mainly of English, Dutch, and German heritage and, through the Washingtons, descend from European royalty (Lochlainn’s 8th great-grandmother, Anne Washington, 1659-1697, is the grandaunt of President George Washington, 1732-1799, (Revolutionary War hero). Through his Father Lochlainn is cousins with General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870).
Lochlainn’s mother, born in Cabell County, West Virginia, is the granddaughter of Isaac Walter Nelson (1878-1949) and Josephine Sansom (1883-1964), both descendants of blue-blooded pioneer ancestors. Mainly of Irish and Scottish heritage, his maternal lines also both derive from European royalty (Lochlainn is the 6th great-grandson of the Earl of Oxford). Through his Mother Lochlainn is cousins with the first wife of President Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Sarah Knox Taylor (1815-1835), the daughter of US President Zachary Taylor (1784-1850).
A songwriter who has composed over 60 albums worth of music, Lochlainn is the author of 12 adult books and 8 children’s books on topics ranging from the War Against Northern Aggression, religion and spirituality, mythology, and genealogical monographs, to Celtic culture, the UFO phenomenon, scientific reference books, ghost stories, and sociological studies of the family and marriage.
He is currently writing a book on the pivotal Battle of Franklin (November 30, 1864), at which his 3rd cousin, Colonel Edmund Winchester Rucker (1835-1924), led "Rucker’s Brigade" under the famed Rebel cavalryman, General Nathan Bedford Forrest. It was here, at Franklin, in one of the War’s bloodiest and most senseless conflicts, that the Army of Tennessee was wasted and the Confederacy itself destroyed. It is with a great sense of pride that I submit the Lochlainn for your salutation. Ladies and gentlemen let us tip our kepis and offer a resounding rebel yell for our compatriot Lochlainn Seabrook!
The Old General
Captain Anderson Hays C.S.A
10th Kentucky Cavalry, Company C.
By Robert C. Young
Anderson Hays, Captain in Company “C” the 10th Regiment of Kentucky Cavalry, Volunteers, Infantry or Mounted Riflemen. Anderson Hays enlisted by election under Col. Benjamin E. Caudill at Whitesburg, Kentucky on 29 September 1862. Capt. Hays was captured 7 July 1863 at Gladeville (Pound), Virginia. Brigadier General White at Kemper Barracks Cincinnati, Ohio 18 July 1863, confined him. He was sent to Camp Chase, Ohio 19 July 1863. It was reported at Johnson’s Island, Ohio that a prisoner of war, Anderson Hays, 4 October 1864 was suffering from Chronic Diarrhea, and that he signed by mark. Capt. Anderson Hays was sent to Fortress Monroe under order of Col. Hoffman on 6 October 1864. He was exchanged 11 October 1864, and returned to his home in Breathitt County, Kentucky. He was then listed absent without leave and had to prove he was not AWOL before they would pay him for the time he was a prisoner of war. He was discharged from the army probably in March 1865. Captain Anderson Hays, was a son of John Hays and Elizabeth Anderson Hays, pioneer settlers of Right Beaver Creek, Floyd County. Captain Hays married Rachel Sizemore, daughter of George Gullen (Golden Hawk) Sizemore, a Cherokee Indian born in North Carolina, and Alletha Goodman, a Melungeon from Tennessee, also of Beaver Creek, Floyd County. Anderson Hays, Born 10 June 1822, died 24 December 1909. Rachel Sizemore, born 15 April 1822, died 25 March 1892. Both are buried in the Anderson Hays Cemetery in the upper region of the Frogtown section at Hindman, Ky.. ‘Cap’ Anderson (as he was affectionately known) and Rachel had ten children, they are:
#1 James “Jim” Hays, C.S.A. (served under his father), married Matilda McDaniels, their children are: Eva who married Dr. John Wesley Duke, Adam, (twin to Eva), married Edna Stacy, and Lewis (known as Little Lewis) married a nurse and moved to Arkansas, no further information.
#2 Elizabeth “Betts” married W.M. “Bill” Dobson, Their children are: Jack, Bud, Pierson & Rachel, who married a Davis, Vina who Married a Russell, Linda who married a Napier, Rose who married a Napier, Emmaline married a Campbell, Josephine married Adam Campbell. Emmaline and Josephine were twins and they married brothers & Aleatha who married Allen.
#3 George Hays married Sarah “Sallie” Everage daughter of Uncle Solomon Everage, their children are: Farris who married first to a Newland and second to Linda Tolliver, Daniel Wesley who married Raniey Amburgey, Ruby married Chester Martin, Katherine “Kat” married Grover Cleveland Wassell, Joseph first married Bailey and second wife was Delilah, Willie no information, Ida married a Mathini, Elizabeth “Tient” married Jones, Tommy married Margaret Hale. There were several other children who died during a Typhoid epidemic.
#4 Lewis Hays who married Margaret Everage a daughter of Uncle Solomon Everage. Their children are: Lucinda who married Professor George Clarke, Wesley Richmond “Senator Doug” who married Lila Martin, Rachel “Sis” married Sambo Stidham, Alexander Sidney who married Helen_?_, a Swede from Minnesota, and Johnny who was the son of Lewis and McDaniel woman, Johnny married Ellen Gayheart. Lewis Hays was the first County and Circuit Court Clerk in Knott County.
#5 John Wesley Hays born 29 January 1855, died 3 March 1936 married Lutitia Ellen Perkins born 19 December 1858, died 21 November 1939 the daughter of Elijah Ancel Perkins, C.S.A and Mary Ann Draughn, their children are: William Lewis “Cass” who married Cordelia Logan, Liberty L.B. “Bud” never married and was an early school teacher of Knott County, Augustus Arnett “Gus” who married Ollie Pigman (Grandparents of Robert C. Young), Hattie C.C who married Curtis Pigman, Nonnie Gertrude who married Dolph Pigman, (Ollie, Curtis, & Dolph Pigman were brothers and sister), Dallie Agnes who was never married.
#6 Aleatha “Leath” married “Coffee” Dan Hays their children are: Della who married Ballard Owens, Narsissa who married John Turney, Liberty “Lib” who married a Hill & Edna who married Roy Key.
#7 Liberty “Lib” Hays who married Elizabeth Blair, their children are: Ethel who married Lewis King, Bertha who married Jeffy Hall, Troy who married Garnett Acres, Mattie who married Corbet Amburgey, Maggie who married Hillard Hall, Carl (a twin) married Armetta Reynolds, Lila (a twin) married 1st Claude Turner 2nd Herbert Thacker, Dorothy who married Jonas Slayback, Georgia who married ____ Lapizzi or Rappicci, & Kenneth who never married.
#8 Nelson who married Lucinda B. Smith, Their children are: Effie who married Rube Watts, Clark who married Letty Vance, Alma who married Ollie D.Buck Banks, Lovell who married ___ Williams, Orpha who married a Sorrels, Clara who married Alvin Amburgey, Dennis who married 1st to Dulcinia Franklin 2nd to a Short, Delmas never married, Orville who married Ollie Williams, Lawrence a Nurse who went to Indiana & Astor who married Brosia Vance.
#9 David Hays who married Belle Halcomb, their children are: J.L. “L” who married Vivian Moffett, Dalma who married Herman Hale, Nasaretta who married a Price, Astor& Bruce no further information available.
#10 Anderson “Ance” Hays Jr. who married Phobeb Maggard, their children are: Corsia who married Green Campbell, Pearlie who married Wireman Niece, Lily who married a Jones, Lola who married Roy Chaney, Blanche who married _____?, Bill who married Edna Stacy. There were other children of Ance and Phoebe who died with Typhoid, their names unavailable.
NEVER, EVER FORGET YOUR SOUTHERN HERITAGE OR LET ANYONE SMOTHER OUT THE MEMORIES OF OUR ANCESTORS!!
Deo Vindice
Trivia Questions
1. What controversial general was described by a subordinate as “either stark mad or utterly
incompetent”?
2. What crusty general said “We haven’t taken Washington but we scared Abe Lincoln like hell”?
3. What Union general said, speaking of the Shenandoah Valley, “Eat out Virginia clear and clean
so that crows flying over it will have to carry their fodder with them”?
4. What woman wrote the most famous diary of the War Between the States years?
5. What was the source of the longstanding quarrel between President Jefferson Davis and General
Joseph E. Johnston?
6. What was the infamous Order No. 28, issued by General Benjamin Butler in New Orleans (hint:
it had to do with women)?
7. How did the women of New Orleans respond to Butler’s Order No. 28?
8. Where was the first monument to a black soldier that fought in the War Between the States
erected?
9. Was this black soldier a Union or Confederate trooper?
10.What Union general was referred to in the song “The Night They Rode Old Dixie Down”, also
Caudill’s Army fought against this man and his troops in Southwest VA and East TN?
“Sayings of the South”
"Under it we won our victories and its glory will never fade. It is enshrined in our hearts forever." Varina Howell Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis, on the Confederate Battle Flag.
"The contest is not over, the strife is not ended. It has only entered upon a new and enlarged arena." --- Jefferson Davis, address to the Mississippi legislature - 16 years after the wars end.
"The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert it's self, though it may be at another time and in another form." President Jefferson Davis
"The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress is so immense and our means of aiding is so feeble; the life of humanity is long; that of the individual so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope." Robert E. Lee
Quote From Edward Guerrant’s Diary Sunday, February 23, 1862, Gladesville (now Wise), Virginia
Continual association with scenes of suffering, of danger and of death, is tending greatly to render me insensible to grief or compassion. Death is nothing here, where so many die and all are liable to at any moment. Suffering is disregarded where all are compelled to undergo a share. No one can imagine the wretchedness and misery to which the poor sick soldier is often exposed, in transportation and in many of the hospitals. It seems to me I would rather die in a decent, comfortable house than to live in one of those miserable abodes of the sick. I have seen the sick, the dying and the dead all stretched upon their scanty straw pallets in the same room. To die in such a place with no familiar face to look upon, no friendly ear to whisper a last request, no loving hand to close our dying eyes and stretch us for the grave. Oh, this thought is insupportable! But thus the sick soldier died.
Granny’s Glory (Submitted by Ms. Namuni Young)
"During WWII, for example, three German submariners escaped from Camp Crossville, Tennessee. Their flight took them to an Appalachian cabin, where they stopped for a drink of water. The mountain granny told them to "git". When they ignored her, she promptly shot them dead. The sheriff came, and scolded her for shooting helpless prisoners. Granny burst into tears, and said that she would not have done it if she had know they were Germans. The exasperated sheriff asked her what in "tarnation" she thought she was shooting at. "Why," she replied, "I thought they was Yankees!"
Answers:
1. Braxton Bragg
2. Jubal Early
3. U.S. Grant
4. Mary Chestnut
5. They had fought over a woman while at West Point together.
6. Any woman that showed contempt to a Union soldier would be treated like a prostitute.
7. They had his picture painted on the bottom of their chamber pots (bed pans).
8. Arlington
9. Confederate, he was depicted fighting alongside a white soldier. Note: Union monuments to the black
soldiers always show them only with other black troops.
10. General George Stoneman, of Stoneman’s Cavalry.
STONE TOTAL: 767 with 167 dedications!
Minutes
October 20, 2005
Members Present
Kenny Cantrell, Danny Taylor, Lethan Whitaker, Richard Smith, Richard Brown, Glenn Brown, Raymond Isaacs, Bob Balthis, Big Tree Adams, David Brown, Willis Strong, Willie Cornett,, David W. Lucas, David A. Lucas, Tabby Back, Gary Begley, Evelyn Begley, John P. Back, Danny Wright, and David Chaltas
Opening Prayer-Chaplain Tabby Back
Welcome and Recognition of Guests/Gary & Evelyn Begley-Commander Chaltas
Pledges/Charge – Richard Smith/Commander Chaltas
Ancestor Roll Call-All Members
Empty Chair-Commander Chaltas
Scripture Reading/Prayer Requests-Chaplain Tabby Back
Presentation of Certificates-Glenn Brown
September 2005 minutes accepted- by acclamation
New Business
Commander’s Report-Chaltas
Lt. Commander Report-Jon P. Back
Adjutant Report-Richard Brown
Treasure Report-Danny Taylor
My Kepi and Me-David Chaltas
Cont’d research on the Potter’s Field from the hospital in Whitesburg (UDC?)
Ghost Roast brought to the floor by Kenny Cantrell-camp will support Lee/Jackson
Dinner date approved for Dec. 3, 2005 at Extension office (contingent upon obtaining the center). Motion made by John P. Back and 2nd by Willie Cornett
Veterans Memorial Discussed. A room is set aside to honor the WBTS.
Cannon Report submitted by Richard Smith-Blacksmith Association will work on it and rebuild it according to specific specs as stipulated. $102.00 was given to pay for part of the cost in making the parts. It will be called ‘Jesse’s Pup’ in honor of Jesse Thorpe.
Gary Begley presented about the changes being made at Leatherwood.
John P. Back was voted in to serve on the Leatherwood Committee representing the interests of the reenactment community and the camp.
Motion by Richard Smith; 2nd-Tree Adams Meeting time changed to 6:30 due to winter and change of time.
Open Floor
Motion made by John P. Back to have a dedication for Stiller Bill on Nov. 13th- 2:00
5th Kentucky members will begin meeting once a month starting in September
Scholarship fund brought to the floor. A committee will be formed to oversee the criteria.
Auction yielded $17.00 that went towards the scholarship fund
Mike and Debbie Tyree donated a $100 chest set to be auctioned off at Christmas Dinner
Motion to incorporate and have 2 signatures on checks again discussed
Adjourned with closing prayer-Chaplain Tabby Back
November 17, 2005
Agenda
6:30
Call meeting to order-Sgt. At Arms
Prayer-Chaplain Tabby Back
Welcome/Recognition of Guest
Pledges-Commander Chaltas/Back
Charge-Volunteers
Ancestral Roll Call-All members
Scripture Reading-Chaplain Tabby Back
Recognition of new SCV & Associate Members from Newsletter & Audience
Reading/Approval of Minutes-Sec/Treasurer Taylor
Commander’s Comments
Lt. Commander’s Corner-John P. Back
Adjutant Report
My Kepi and Me
New Business
Monument is in Phase II.
Cannon Project Update
Christmas Dinner-5 children and Tree of Hope (refer to Commander’s Comments)
Confederate Kin-Need stories by camp members for next month. We currently have 50 pages.
RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN in full swing
Stone Reports-Faron Sparkman-767 set to date
Reenactments for 2006 discussed: local events priority suggested.
Events Committee-plan next year’s events
Veterans Memorial Museum is needing memorabilia & artifacts
5th Kentucky, Company F needs will meet once a month: Applications (recruitment!)
Elections-Candidates for Dec. Meeting
Status report on checking and 503C-non profit
Renaming of newsletter Contest!
Open Floor
Cemetery Project-continued research for the burial site of those soldiers that died in Whitesburg’s hospital and were buried here.
Dedications: Caudill Branch-for November
Email addresses desperately needed for list server
New Flags at Pound Gap-Adopt A Highway trash pick up for November
Leatherwood/Brashearville Update/Hazard Christmas Parade
Prayer Requests: Ron Bowling’s mother, Kenny Cantrell, Atlas Hall, Luther Gaddis, John and Jean Peck, David Lucas, Cliff Howard, Ronnie, Hester and Bryan, Don Poynter, Sheila Hudson, Richard Brown’s wife Glenda, Jim Williamson, and those in need known only to the Lord.
Trivia
PRESENTATION:
Adjourn by Prayer