Never Knew This

[shanniereb]

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The R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 Confederate Veterans formed in 1883 (Chartered in 1884), and meeting in the Richmond 1st Virginia Armory, with the Union Veterans of the G.A.R. Post of the Phil Kearney Sub-Post of Newark. 20 years earlier these men were facing each other on various battlefields, but extending courtesies to each other - visited the battlefields and attended the memorial services at the graveyards at Seven Pines and Hollywood Cemetery.

One of the reasons for the Lee Camp forming was the creation of a Soldiers' Veterans Home in Richmond to attend to the needs of the homeless and destitute. The Phil Kearney Post adopted the Soldiers' Home Project, and a New York meeting between the Lee Camp and G.A.R. Officers resulted in a National Effort by the G.A.R., with Gen / President Grant donating $500 to the effort. One Union Veteran, who had lost both legs, appeared at a Richmond fundraising to present a speech at a Fair and Bazaar, with other Union Veterans contributing to the Soldiers Home, from around the Country. Grant wrote a letter, published in National papers endorsing the Richmond Soldiers' Home of the R. E. Lee Camp, and plays and musical productions in New York and Washington D.C. helped in the efforts. The funds raised, purchased 46 acres of land in Richmond, and by January of 1885 the Soldiers' Home was opened.

The R. E. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home project was one of their many projects and efforts, as they met many times in meetings with Union G.A.R. veterans. The Lander Post from Lynn, Mass. donated an Organ for the Soldiers' Home Chapel, and on the grounds of the Richmond Soldiers' Home - North & South came together in an Organized Fashion with Reunions, Meetings, Correspondence, and a Common Purpose - Rebuilding this Nations Unity. General Grant and the Lee Camp would correspond in the last months of his life, and it would be an "Honor Guard" from the R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 Confederate Veterans, who would attend the funeral of the General.

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[Nathanb1]

Proving once again that these men had much more class than do many of us.

 

[Zosofancmr]

Proving once again that these men had much more class than do many of us.

I think there is a strong urge among men who go to war when in their older years make an attempt to revisit their past in many ways. For those in the Civil War, especially in the south, it was a simple matter of taking a train, or even walking a few miles to the sites where in your youth you had waged war. It's an experience that has been echoed by those who fought in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and so on.

I can see myself visiting Baghdad as a 60 year old man, looking for my old CHU, walking the streets and visiting the markets I visited when I was young and in uniform.

 

[CSA Today]

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/histo...Come-Alive-in-Audio-and-Video-Recordings.html

The R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 Confederate Veterans formed in 1883 (Chartered in 1884), and meeting in the Richmond 1st Virginia Armory, with the Union Veterans of the G.A.R. Post of the Phil Kearney Sub-Post of Newark. 20 years earlier these men were facing each other on various battlefields, but extending courtesies to each other - visited the battlefields and attended the memorial services at the graveyards at Seven Pines and Hollywood Cemetery.

One of the reasons for the Lee Camp forming was the creation of a Soldiers' Veterans Home in Richmond to attend to the needs of the homeless and destitute. The Phil Kearney Post adopted the Soldiers' Home Project, and a New York meeting between the Lee Camp and G.A.R. Officers resulted in a National Effort by the G.A.R., with Gen / President Grant donating $500 to the effort. One Union Veteran, who had lost both legs, appeared at a Richmond fundraising to present a speech at a Fair and Bazaar, with other Union Veterans contributing to the Soldiers Home, from around the Country. Grant wrote a letter, published in National papers endorsing the Richmond Soldiers' Home of the R. E. Lee Camp, and plays and musical productions in New York and Washington D.C. helped in the efforts. The funds raised, purchased 46 acres of land in Richmond, and by January of 1885 the Soldiers' Home was opened.

The R. E. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home project was one of their many projects and efforts, as they met many times in meetings with Union G.A.R. veterans. The Lander Post from Lynn, Mass. donated an Organ for the Soldiers' Home Chapel, and on the grounds of the Richmond Soldiers' Home - North & South came together in an Organized Fashion with Reunions, Meetings, Correspondence, and a Common Purpose - Rebuilding this Nations Unity. General Grant and the Lee Camp would correspond in the last months of his life, and it would be an "Honor Guard" from the R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 Confederate Veterans, who would attend the funeral of the General.

Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Civil-War-Veterans-Come-Alive-in-Audio-and-Video-Recordings.html#ixzz1zF0cH7qq

Interesting post, I am preparing a programs on the Confederate homes to give to a South Carolina SCV camp next month. An excellent source on the Confederate homes is R.B. Rosenberg's Living monuments, Confederate Soldiers Homes in the new South. The book explains the problems in building the homes in sixteen states and Confederate veteran life in the them. . There are a lot of statistics in the appendix, for example 18.2 % of the veterans living in the Texas home were born in the North (fought for South) and 25.9 % of veterans living in the Louisiana home were foreign born.

"While I am able for service I intend to stand by the cause while a banner floats to tell where Freedom and freedom's sons still support her cause."

Major Walter Clark of the North Carolina Junior Reserve Brigade in a letter to his mother