Walter P. Lane Camp 1745

Walter Paye Lane

Welcome Compatriots!
to the web home of
Walter P. Lane #1745
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Orange, Texas
in beautiful Southeast Texas
We got roughed up by Hurricane Ike but we're still here!

3rd Texas Artillery
(see the Memorial Day poem)

Monthly meetings of Camp 1745 are held at 7:00pm on the first Monday of the month at the Oak Leaf Park meeting room, next to Flying J Travel Plaza at
I-10 and Hwy 62.

We may be reached at
beaner1219@yahoo.com

website: chevelle@flatfenders.com

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. Are you also ready to die for your country? Is your life worthy to be remembered along with theirs? Do you choose for yourself this greatness of soul?
“Not in the clamor of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves are triumph and defeat."
Lt. General Steven Dill Lee, New Orleans, La. April 1906, as reported in Confederate Veteran Magazine

Our Links Page

Membership info

Swap Shop

Texas Division SCV Calendar of Events

In Memorium: Charles Heath will be missed ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNahT3o1fl4

Thank you and come again.

Salute to the Confederate Flag
(Stand erect, remove your hat and stretch out your right hand, palm up)
"I salute the Confederate Flag with affection, reverence and undying devotion
to the Cause for which it stands."
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Pledge to the Texas Flag
(Stand erect, remove your hat, place your right hand over your heart)
"Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance
to thee, Texas, one state under God,
one and indivisible."

Camp Roster

Orange Order of Confederate Rose

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. Remember, it is your duty to
see that the true history of the South is presented to future generations."

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

Camp Calendar

April

April 3-5 -- Pleasant Hill/Mansfield ... Battles at BOTH locations!
map of battle History Article on Civilian Reaction

April 6 -- Camp meeting

April 12: Confederate batteries opened fire on Fort Sumter, War for Southern Independence began, 1861

Great essay on "Why we remember Confederate Heritage" -- Apr. 14 article

April 17-19 -- Niblett's Bluff, LA Great newspaper story Photos

April 25 -- Confederate Memorial Day -- flag marking of veterans' graves

April 25 -- Great Texas Confederate Picnic, Palestine, TX
                 -- Marker dedication in Tampa, FL, 30'x50' Battle Flag on 139' Flagpole
                            Video   Newspaper article

May

May 1-3 -- Battle of Port Jefferson, Jefferson, TX
Youtube video of the Saturday Parade

May 4 -- Camp meeting

May 15 -- Bridge City School Day, Claiborne West Park Newspaper photo
Photo caption: A group of students from Bridge City Middle School, posing as soldiers during a Civil War re-enactment event at Claiborne West Park in Orange County, demonstrate a march for hundreds of other students visiting from area school districts. Students also learned about many of the flags used during the Civil War period and the history behind each flag, plus a canon-firing demonstration, clothing of the era, food, a lesson from a blacksmith, and much more.

May 16-17 -- Battle of Temple Junction, Temple, TX

Memorial Day -- Pt. Arthur Veterans Park ... cannon salute Newspaper photo

June

June 1 -- Camp Meeting

June 3 -- Jefferson Davis born, 1808

July

July 13 -- Camp Meeting

July 4 -- First American Revolution Independence Day

13 July 1821 General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s birthday
14 July 1862 The Confederate ironclad Arkansas attacks and damages three yankee ships at Vicksburg, MS
15 July 1864 An Erie Railroad train jammed with Confederate prisoners collides with a freight train. More than 100 injured CSA prisoners were dumped into the Elmira, NY prison compound untreated and most died within a few days.
21 July 1861 First Battle of Manassas, VA . Damyank army gets its collective butts beat.
22 July 1864 Battle of Atlanta, GA begins
23 July 1865 Major Henry Wirz's trial began. He was charged with 13 murders, one of which happened before which before Wirz even arrived at Andersonville. Of the other 12 charges of murder, each and every one of the "victims'" names were unknown. Evidence exonerating him was suppressed at trial.
25 July 1864 Skirmish at Benton, AR and Pleasant Hill, MO
26 July 1861 Confederate forces capture Fort Fillmore, Mesilla, NM Territory
27 July 1864 Insane damyank war criminal Sherman, may he continue to rot in h*ll, orders railroad lines south of Atlanta to be destroyed

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I Am Their Flag

April is Confederate History Month
mash here

" Any society which suppresses the heritage of its conquered minorities, prevents their history and denies them their symbols, has sown the seeds of its own destruction."
-- Sir William Wallace, 1281 A.D.

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Quote from John W. Flinthaw, Sgt. CL 8 VA. Cav. 2 BrigG 2 Div. Cav. Corps:

To Horse To Horse The Sabers Gleam High,
Sounds our bugle call combined by honor sacred tie.
Our word is Land and Liberty,
March Forward One and All.

FROM WALLIN BCORWS WAR BARG. APRIL 1 1864 RICHMOND,VA
(inscription found in a Bible)
More on this quote: mash here

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"I say we cannot know your suffering, but this we do know; We love and honor you, veterans, and are justly proud of the heritage you have given us. Just so long as warm blood flows in the veins of man, so long will the words 'Confederate Veteran' cause that blood to tingle with glorious pride, and, if there be one among us, born in our glorious Southland who is not so thrilled, every drop of stagnant blood proclaims him bastard to the South - a coward to all the world."

Joseph Powell Pippen, Esq.
(Brock Townsend's Grandfather)
Excerpt from his speech on August 10th, 1911 to a Confederate Veteran gathering on Confederate Memorial Day at "Mosby Hall," Littleton, NC, the plantation of Brock's great-Grandfather, Private, "Captain" Lt. Colonel John Pelopidas Leach.

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"Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less."
-- General Robert E. Lee

The Sons of Confederate Veterans is the oldest and largest organization of descendants of Confederate fighting men from the War for Southern Independence.
The citizen-soldiers who fought for the Confederacy personified the best qualities of America. The preservation of liberty and freedom was the motivating factor in the South's decision to fight the Second American Revolution, and it was not actually fought about slavery. The tenacity with which Confederate soldiers fought underscored their belief in the rights guaranteed by the Constitution. These attributes are the underpinning of our democratic society and represent the foundation on which this nation was built.

Today, the Sons of Confederate Veterans is preserving the history and legacy of these heroes, so future generations can understand the motives that animated the Southern Cause.

The SCV is the direct heir of the United Confederate Veterans, and is the largest and oldest hereditary organization for male descendants of Confederate soldiers from the War for Southern Independence. Organized at Richmond, Virginia in 1896, the SCV continues to serve as a historical, patriotic, and non-political organization dedicated to insuring that a true history of the 1861-1865 period is preserved.

A member must be over the age of 12 and be the descendant of a Confederate soldier. If you are interested in joining, please click on the Membership Info link at left, or contact us at the email address at the bottom of this page.

SCV Hurricane Relief Fund
A fund has been established to aid compatriots whose homes and livelihoods have been devastated by Hurricanes such as 2005's Katrina and Rita.
Send your contribution to:
SCV RELIEF FUND
P.O. BOX 59
COLUMBIA, TN 38402-0059
On the memo line insert "Hurricane Relief"

Link to:

Niblett's Bluff Info

Our Ancestors

Camp Maneuvers