Cmdr. Joe Willis welcomed all visitors and members. The Camp voted and passed two new member applications, Carl Rourk and Charles Kiser.

Sam Davis Youth Camp - Bobby Miller’s son has expressed a desire to attend the Sam Davis Youth Camp. A motion was made and passed to pay his tuition of $500.

Speaker for the Evening

Camp member Hubert Haas, our speaker for the evening, had the 1^st of a 2-part talk on the Battle of Cold Harbor.

The Battle of Cold Harbor, the final battle of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign during the American Civil War, is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles. Thousands of Union soldiers were slaughtered in a hopeless frontal assault against the fortified troops of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Grant said of the battle in his memoirs "I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Harbor was ever made. At Cold Harbor no advantage whatever was gained to compensate for the heavy loss we sustained."

May 4^th Columbia – Reading of the Roll of the Dead. Thanks to these men who took time out of their schedule to honor our ancestors in the reading of the Roll of the Dead. Dale Presley, Joe Willis, David Mitchell, and Tim Hilton went to Columbia last Friday night May 4^th from 9-11pm.

Events in May & June

May 12^th - HL Hunley Camp Confederate Memorial Day Services will be at Boone Hill Cemetery 9:30. Randy Burbage will be our guest speaker.  Uniforms can be worn and permission has been granted for rifle volley. Later at 11am we will have a Memorial at St. Paul’s with the UDC.

May 12^th - Confederate Memorial Day - Magnolia Cemetery 10am (SCV 4, CHT)

May 24^th - Camp meeting Masonic Lodge, 6:30PM.

June 3rd - Southern Cross of Honor at Cottageville. This has changed from May 27th to June 3rd. (Cmdr. Joe Willis)

June 15th - Ft. Lamar Living History 7pm - 11pm - 10th SCVI - Living history display June 16th - Ft. Lamar Memorial Service - Anniversary of the Battle of Secessionville. June 28th - Camp meeting Masonic Lodge 6:30PM.

Hunley Choir - If anyone is interested in being part of the Hunley Choir contact Walker Wright, Joe Willis, or David Mitchell. A meeting is planned Friday night May 11^th at Walker Wright’s place of business on Hwy 17A, North of Sangaree to rehearse for Saturday’s Memorial Day Service at Boone Hill cemetery.

Camp Reenactment Group – Mark Clark has a list of 15 names that are interested in being a part of the reenactment group.  One thing that is holding up the progress in starting the group is research into History for a name of the group. If anyone has any knowledge or information into this procedure for the group name, Mark will appreciate your assistance. If you want to be part of this group sign up with Mark Clark.

These are the branches and reenactment groups in the Charleston area.

Infantry
            27^th South Carolina, Co. G – Charleston Sharpshooters
            10^th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Manigalt’s Brigade
            The Palmetto Guard

Artillery
            1^st South Carolina Artillery, defenders of the Carolina Coast
            German Light Artillery, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg

Cavalry

            1st. S.C. Cavalry - To Horse!

Navy, Marines

            Confederate States Marine Corps. Co. "B"
            Lady Re-enactors
            10th. S.C. Ladies Auxiliary
            Charleston Relief Society
            Ladies' Section, 27^th. S.C. Re-enactors

 Honoring Robert E. Lee

1807 - 1870

By

Heyward Hutson

This year marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of the most revered son of the South, Robert E. Lee. The non-profit Lee Commission is focused on recognizing, honoring, and celebrating Robert E. Lee’s place in history, particularly in South Carolina. The commission, which is made up of 11 citizens, includes Camp member Heyward Hutson and noted local Lee historian and publisher, Doug Bostick. The commission hosted one event April 27^th and will host a second event in November.

In the spring of 1870 Lee took, at the recommendation of his doctor and family, a “health trip”. Near the end of his 2-month trip, he spent 4 days in Charleston and stayed with Washington Jefferson Bennett. From Bennett’s home on April 27^th 1870, Lee addressed the citizens of Charleston. To commemorate the event the Lee Commission hosted a black tie event and included a keynote address by Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer Paul Greenberg.

The second event is scheduled for the weekend of November 10^th to mark Lee’s arrival in Charleston in 1861. The commission will host a Saturday symposium focused on the career of Robert E. Lee. The commission will publish the proceedings of the sessions to be made available to the public.

 NEW MEMBERS

In our April Camp meeting we inducted two new members, Timothy Robertson and Claude Rowe. We welcome them both to the HL Hunley Camp

 MORT KUNSTLER'S "WAYSIDE FAREWELL"

S & N, ARTIST PROOF, BEAUTIFULLY FRAMED

TO BE RAFFLED BY THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS H. L. HUNLEY CAMP #143

TICKETS ARE $2.00 EACH OR 3 TICKETS FOR $5.00 ONLY 3,000 TICKETS BEING SOLD. DRAWING TO BE HELD AT CONCLUSION OF TICKET SALES OR AT OUR DECEMBER 2007 MEETING, WHICH EVER COMES FIRST. YOU NEED NOT BE PRESENT TO WIN. The proceeds are designed to provide scholarships for our students in High School.

Get your Tickets from Ben Bunting.

Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans

"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit 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 he loved and 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.