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The Round Mountain Report The Monthly Newsletter of Col. Daniel N. McIntosh, Camp No. 1378 Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) www.scvtulsa.com Volume 32, No. 7 … to continue the battle for the Soul of the South; tell the truth; keep the unbroken Spirit of the South alive for generations to come.” Billy Alvin Clawson Billy Clawson was born at Big Cedar, Oklahoma on November 14, 1935. He moved to Texas when about nine months old and lived there until he was sixteen, when he left home and came to Tulsa. Bill worked at Jitney Jungle Grocery for several years before joining the U.S. Navy in 1958. He and his wife, Pauleta, met on a blind date in 1956 and were married in July 1959. While in the Navy, they were based in California and moved back to Tulsa in 1962. Billy retired from Safeway Stores, Inc. in February 1988. Bill is survived by his wife of more than fifty-six years, three sons, two daughters, a sister and a brother, grandchildren and many nephews, nieces and cousins. Said Pauleta: “Bill loved his Lord and Savior first, then his family. He enjoyed helping other people, often when he didn't feel like it. His other true love was music – Blue Grass, Southern Gospel and Country. When he was sitting down he had either a guitar or mandolin in his hand. Standing up it was an old Kay upright bass. Billy went to sleep in his chair July 2016 July Camp Meeting The July Camp meeting will be Tuesday, the 12th. The meeting will be in the Ash Room of Hardesty Regional Library, located at 8613 E. 93rd Street. Start time is 6:30. Although it hasn’t been announced, we have a program. Please make every effort to attend this meeting and learn something new of your Confederate history. and the angels took him home before he could wake up”. Compatriot Billy Clawson passed away on June 17. Michael Gates presenting his program at the June meeting Awards Luncheon Bill Clawson receiving his SCV Membership Certificate at the August 2014 Camp McIntosh Awards Luncheon. The Camp McIntosh annual Awards Luncheon and joint meeting with the UDC will be Saturday, August 20. The location is still not confirmed. SCV and UDC members from whatever camp and chapter are cordially invited. Lunch begins at 11:00. The program begins at noon. Details will be forthcoming in the August newsletter. Report of June Camp Meeting Oklahoma Division Summer DEC Meeting We had a light turnout for our June meeting – ten members and one guest, Mr. Michael Gates of the Indian Nations Camp of the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, who was our guest speaker. We opened the meeting with an invocation followed by the pledge of allegiance to the American flag and salute to the Confederate flag. Commander Bishop covered items of interest including the upcoming National Reunion and the need to select delegates, the Division Commander’s memo on political discussions at meetings and a recent prospect who downloaded an application from the National SCV website. Commander Bishop has not been able to make contact with him but will continue trying. Compatriot Ken Cook discussed the proposed amendments to the National Constitution and Standing Orders, which will be voted on at the Reunion. As of now, the Camp has one person who will attend the Reunion and two maybes. Mr. Gates gave a very interesting and informative program on the Battle of Caving Banks, the second battle of the War in Indian Territory. He has done considerable research on the battle as has Compatriot Rex Griffin. They have different interpretations of the battle, and their interaction made a more interesting presentation. The Oklahoma Division summer DEC meeting will be held on Saturday, August 68, at Cowboy Corner Restaurant, located at 10029 Highway 62 (I-40), Henryetta. This is the same location as the previous meetings in Henryetta. Attendees should begin going through the serving line at 11:00. The meeting is expected to conclude by 3:00. All compatriots are encouraged to attend and participate. We will be discussing many topics of importance to the Oklahoma Division. Non-DEC members are encouraged to participate in the discussions but may not vote on issues decided at the meeting. UDC Officer Elections Ms. Thelma Shields has been elected to serve another term as President of the Oklahoma Division of the UDC. Her term is for two years. Ms. Lois Olzawski has been elected President of Sarah Waite Chapter of Tulsa. Our Camp has worked very well with both ladies in the past, and we look forward to more of the same. Congratulations to both of them on their elections. Also, congratulations to outgoing Sarah Watie President Lori Cooper for a job well done. Dues Paying Time It’s that time again. The SCV year ends July 31, and the new one begins August 1. Annual dues are payable beginning August 1. Camp McIntosh combined dues – Camp, Division and National – are $45. We hope to have all dues collected by August 31, so that we won’t have the usual scramble to get our dues payments to National Headquarters by the deadline. We would appreciate all Compatriots’ cooperation. We cherish all of our compatriots/members and very much want all of you to be with us next year, regardless of whether or not you are able to fully participate in our activities. Thanks to all of you, Camp McIntosh has accomplished much, and with your continued support, we can look forward to a bright future filled with many more accomplishments that properly honor our Confederate ancestors. Your membership in the SCV makes you part of a special fraternity of men with a common heritage and a common mission: “… defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history …”. Please make your check payable to CAMP MCINTOSH, and mail it to the Camp Adjutant: Adjutant Bob Woodall 9530 South 89th East Ave. Tulsa, OK 74133 Greenhill Cemetery Project Camp McIntosh’s next project is a joint project with Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest Chapter of the UDC of Muskogee. The UDC is taking the lead in securing government issued grave markers for five unmarked graves of Confederate soldiers in Greenhill Cemetery. These soldier’s graves have been unmarked since the 1920s/1930s. Greenhill Cemetery has several Confederate graves and monuments in it. Commander Bishop proposed the project to Ms. Betty Trinka, President of the Forrest Chapter, who readily agreed to it. Camp McIntosh will assist with the dedication ceremony which should be sometime in the fall of this year. Details will be forthcoming as learned. Greetings from JR Wolfe Our friend and Associate Member, JR Wolfe, of Nebraska reports that he and fellow Nebraskans are still tending to Confederate graves in his part of Nebraska. He sends his greetings and wishes us well. Calendar of Events July 13–16 – SCV National Reunion, Richardson, TX August 6 – Summer DEC meeting, Henryetta August 21 – Camp McIntosh Awards Luncheon Joseph Eggleston Johnston By: Ken Cook, Camp Historian Joseph Eggleston Johnston was born into a locally prominent Virginia family on February 3, 1809, at Longwood, the family plantation near Farmville in Prince Edward County. His father was a judge. On his mother’s side, he was a grandnephew of Patrick Henry. He entered West Point at age sixteen, in 1825, the same year as Robert E. Lee. After graduation, he was assigned to the 4th Artillery. He served with distinction as an aide to General Winfield Scott in the Seminole War of 1836-38. Johnston resigned his commission in 1837 and practiced civil engineering for the next two years. He re-entered the army in 1838 and was assigned to the topographical engineers. He was brevetted three times for gallantry and meritorious conduct during the Mexican War. When Virginia seceded, Johnston was quartermaster-general of the US army with the permanent rank of brigadier. He entered the Confederate army at his old rank of brigadier and was assigned to Harper’s Ferry. In August, the Confederate Congress approved the rank of full general. Jefferson Davis submitted the names of five men, including Johnston’s, for Senate confirmation. However, the President ranked Johnston fourth on the list, which when he learned of it, infuriated the general. He had ranked all of the others in the old army. The incident rekindled old animosities between Davis and Johnston that would endure throughout the war and beyond. Johnston was given command of the army in Virginia. He was wounded early in the fighting that became known as the Seven Days’ Battle. Davis appointed Robert E. Lee to succeed Johnston as commander of the army. When Johnston recovered, he expected to be returned to his old command, but Davis quite reasonably had no intention of replacing Lee. Johnston was given command of the Department of the West. Part of Johnston’s overall responsibility was defense of Vicksburg. There was little he could do in that regard. Davis refused to abandon Vicksburg and save the army. He also refused to order the army in Arkansas to be transferred over the Mississippi to help defend the city. Johnston was expected to attack the Union army from the east, but he didn’t have the manpower. He made an effort to defend Jackson, Mississippi, but withdrew in the face of superior numbers. After Vicksburg fell, recriminations came from all directions. Many blamed John Pemberton, the Pennsylvania born commander of the city, but Davis stood by the hapless general. Others, included Davis, blamed Johnston. After the Confederate rout at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee in December of 1863, Davis replaced Braxton Bragg, commander of the Army of Tennessee with Johnston, whose assignment was to stop William T. Sherman’s advance into Georgia. Before he could do that, Johnston first had to rebuild the army now in disarray. Johnston quickly got his arms around the situation. The army, from the lowliest private to the corps commanders, had generally detested Bragg. The fact that he had been replaced greatly improved army morale. Johnston didn’t have the resources of men or matériel to stop Sherman. The best he could do was slow the Union advance and exact a high price for every mile of ground it gained. Johnston slowly but steadily withdrew in advance of the superior Union numbers. He refused to commit his army to an all-out assault against Sherman, knowing it would likely fail with heavy loss of life. This was not Davis’s idea of how to confront the enemy. He quickly grew disillusioned with Johnston, and the plotting began among Johnston’s detractors in Richmond, as well as in the Army of Tennessee. Among the principal plotters was Bragg, whom Davis had made his military advisor and the rash, young Major General John Bell Hood. Hood made it known to Davis, that if he were in command of the army, he would take the offensive and save Atlanta. By the time Johnston had withdrawn to the outskirts of Atlanta, Hood had made his case and Davis removed Johnston and gave the army to the young general, who, over the next several months led it to destruction. On February 23, 1865, General Robert E. Lee, now Commander of all Confederate armies, called on Johnston to pick up the pieces of the Army of Tennessee and whatever else he could put together to stop Sherman, who was now laying waste to South Carolina. It was too late. Johnston could gather barely 16,000 men to confront Sherman’s 60,000. By late April, General John Schofield’s Union army joined Sherman’s. Johnston now faced Union forces numbering over 100,000. On April 26, he surrendered the remnants of his once formidable army to Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina. After the war, Johnston entered a number of business ventures. In 1878, he was elected to Congress from Richmond and served one term. In 1895, President Cleveland appointed him U.S. Commissioner of Railroads. He served six years in that position. He was a pallbearer at the funerals of both Grant and Sherman. It was at Sherman’s funeral in a cold rain that Johnston contracted pneumonia and died a few days later, on March 21, 1891. Johnston was a better commander than he is often given credit. But, his running feud with Jefferson Davis impeded his effectiveness. He never seemed to understand that a subordinate commander could not defy his commander-in-chief without consequences. Johnston didn’t relent even after the war. He openly accused Davis of stealing the so-called missing Confederate gold. Whether Johnston was simply perpetuating a rumor or maliciously slandering the former President is unknown. In either case, it was unseemly at best and at worst, entirely baseless. Every dollar of the Confederate treasury was accounted for and documentation was available to prove it. In the end, Johnston’s relentless quarrelling has seriously damaged his reputation and diminished his wartime accomplishments. Joseph Eggleston Johnston 1809-1891 Lee Confers with his Commanders en-route to Gettysburg – June 1863 The Round Mountain Report is the voice of Camp Colonel Daniel N. McIntosh, No 1378, Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), a nonprofit organization of patriotic, historical, sectional and genealogical orientation, as a service to its Compatriots and their friends. Opinions reflect the views of the writers and are not necessarily a statement of the Camp, SCV or their policies. 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