next meeting Tuesday Nov. 20th
Speaker: Buddy Wheat on Major Roberdeau Chatham Wheat "The Gentle Tiger" (1st Louisiana Special Battalion)
Camp Meets 3rd Tuesday of month
Location:      Dean Smith's RV & Event Center
                      4105 SH 36 South
                      Gatesville, TX 76528  

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM   Fellowship & Setup 
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM   Meal Served
6:00 PM   Business Meeting/Presentation

October 1, 1864 – John Summerfield Staples is paid 500.00 as a substitute for
    Lincoln’s military service.
October 14, 1861 – Despite his Oath of Office, by Executive Order Lincoln
     suspends habeas corpus, allowing the Federal government to arrest citizens for
     months or years without charging them with a crime. Secretary of State William
     Seward brags about simply ringing a bell on his desk to have “undesirables”
     removed without a trace: “My Lord, I can touch a bell on my right hand, and
    order the arrest of a citizen in Ohio. I can touch the bell again, and order the
     arrest of a citizen in New York. Can the Queen of England, in her dominions,
    do as much?”  Roger Taney, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, ruled that
    Lincoln did not have this authority but Lincoln simply ignored him and then
    proceeded to imprison one third of the members of the Maryland General
    assembly without charges or trial. An estimated 10,000 to 15,000 people were
    eventually arrested without a prompt trial.
October12, 1870 - Gen Robert E. Lee, President of Washington College died.  He
      is buried in Lexington, VA. The college was later renamed Washington and
      Lee University.
October 24, 1861 – West Virginia secedes from Virginia, without being invaded
     for seceding.