Some New News About an Old War.
1. MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY CAMP 1722, SCV-- I was surprised to see an SCV camp named after a navy guy. However, they are out of Fredericksburg, Virginia, where Maury was born, so that explains it. They had a picture of an iron cross dedication for Private William B. Newton, 30th Virginia at the Newton family cemetery in the May-June issue of the Confederate Veteran.
2. GEORGE DAVIS CAMP 5-- The same issue had a picture of members of this old camp presenting a $150 check to Jim McKee for the purchase of a Pattern 1840 32-pound gun to mounted at Gun Emplacement No. 3, Battery B. at Fort Anderson, near Wilmington, NC. Excavations recently went on at the fort, the first since the 1960s, and an original gun platform was found. In honor of the Civil War's 150th anniversary approaching, this gun will be placed in the fort.
3. DETROIT'S SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT-- While looking at Shorpy.com, I saw a picture of an old hotel in downtown Detroit, Michigan. By it was the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, honoring Union veterans of the Civil War. It was constructed in 1871, in Cadillac Square and moved 100 yards away in 2004 for street widening.
A person made a comment that a copper box was found when they moved it. Inside was a bronze medallion and lots of papers listing names of Union veterans, which unfortunately had been destroyed due to water seepage. Probably a time capsule.
Now, You Know. --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
