The Same Rain Falls on Both Friend and Foe

Maj. Gen. John Alexander Logan Camp# 4

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

Raleigh, NC

 

North Carolina SUVCW 2012 Encampment

 

This year’s NC SUVCW Encampment was hosted by the MG John Gibbon/1^st Sgt. Daniel Burke Camp #2 and held at the Rowan County Public Library in Salisbury, NC.  CC Michael Thompson, Council Member Charles Augur and Camp Secretary Craig Hipkins handled the details of planning the meeting.

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          Rowan County Public Library                           Attendees at the 2012 North Carolina SUVCW                                                                                                                                              Encampment, Photo by Becky Maris

 

All of the North Carolina SUVCW Camps were represented.  The meeting started with the registration and inspection of credentials at 9:00 am and opening of the Encampment at 10:00 am.  The meeting closed before 1:00 pm and we had a great lunch of Chicken and dumplings, BBQ, corn, green beans and Iced Tea. After lunch we had a presentation on the Salisbury Confederate prison which stood nearby our meeting place.

 

Ed and Sue Curtis gave their presentation on the “History of the Salisbury Confederate Prison” and a tour of the site was available after the encampment.

 

The prison was an 1839 cotton factory that was converted early in the war.  At the time, the city of Salisbury had a population of about 2,000.  The city was also a supply depot for the Confederacy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                          Ed and Sue Curtis presenting the history of the Salisbury Prison

 

The prison had the capacity to hold 2,500 men however at its peak occupancy in 1864 it held over 10,000 Federal Troops.  The National Monument at the cemetery is inscribed with the number 11,700 dead.  Prisoners being held at other prisons were transferred to Salisbury when fighting got too close to the other prison.  The facilities at the prison were “horribly inadequate and unsanitary” for the large numbers.

 

The library setting for our meeting was beautiful and several items of business were completed at the Encampment.

 

Department Secretary Wendell Small giving report

 

 

Officers being sworn in

 

The following persons were elected to serve for 2012:

 

                          Jerry Devine                  Department Commander                     (Camp #1)

                          Dennis St. Andrew       Senior Vice Commander                      (Camp #1)

                          Daniel Hopping            Junior Vice Commander                       (Camp #4)

                          John France                  Secretary /Treasurer                             (Camp #1)

                          Doug Elwell                   Department Council                              (Camp #1)

                          Yale Mooers                  Department Council                              (Camp #3)

                          Steve Sayko                  Department Council                              (Camp #5)

 

Acting Commander St. Andrew read the names of Commander Devine’s Appointed Officers:

 

                          Thomas N, Rightmyer,             Chaplain;

                          Roscoe Reeve,                         Patriotic Instructor;

                          Lee Harford,                               Historian;

                          Travis Masters,                         Eagle Scout coordinator;

                          Douglas Elwell,                         Monument Chairman.

 

Brother Wendell Small was recognized for his outstanding service to the Department.  John France takes over this important office for 2012.

 

                                       The door prizes were outstanding.