IN MEMORY OF PAST COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF DONALD SHAW
We are the
U.S. Grant Camp 68 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War |
General of the Armies of the United States
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Belated Promotion -
U.S. Grant - General of the Armies - Huzzah!
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 11:00More than 150 years after leading the Union Armies to victory in the Civil War, Ulysses Grant is about to be promoted to General of the Armies of the United States.
The move, authorized in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, would make Grant just the third officer to receive the rank. The others are John Pershing [for those of you who don't know, he was a Missourian], who was promoted to the rank in 1919, and George Washington, who received a posthumous promotion in 1976, according to the Arlington National Cemetery website.
The general of the armies rank is higher than the World War II five-star grade of general of the army, which was held by officers such as George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley.
Grant, who became the nation’s first four-star general in 1866 and was elected in 1868 as the 18th president of the United States, attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, and later fought in the Mexican War, according to his White House bio.
At the beginning of the Civil War, Grant was appointed to command an unruly volunteer regiment, which he whipped into shape before rising to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers.
He continued to distinguish himself in battle, fighting at Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh and Chattanooga in Tennessee, and Vicksburg, Mississippi, according to the White House.
In March 1864, President Abraham Lincoln appointed him General-in-Chief. Grant directed Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman to drive through the south while he and the Army of the Potomac pinned down Confederate Gen. Robert Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
On April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered, and Grant wrote “magnanimous” terms of surrender that would prevent treason trials, according to the White House.
Grant was president from 1869 to 1877. He died in 1885.
U.S. Grant - General of the Armies - Huzzah!
Thu, 12/22/2022 - 11:00More than 150 years after leading the Union Armies to victory in the Civil War, Ulysses Grant is about to be promoted to General of the Armies of the United States.
The move, authorized in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, would make Grant just the third officer to receive the rank. The others are John Pershing [for those of you who don't know, he was a Missourian], who was promoted to the rank in 1919, and George Washington, who received a posthumous promotion in 1976, according to the Arlington National Cemetery website.
The general of the armies rank is higher than the World War II five-star grade of general of the army, which was held by officers such as George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley.
Grant, who became the nation’s first four-star general in 1866 and was elected in 1868 as the 18th president of the United States, attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, and later fought in the Mexican War, according to his White House bio.
At the beginning of the Civil War, Grant was appointed to command an unruly volunteer regiment, which he whipped into shape before rising to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers.
He continued to distinguish himself in battle, fighting at Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh and Chattanooga in Tennessee, and Vicksburg, Mississippi, according to the White House.
In March 1864, President Abraham Lincoln appointed him General-in-Chief. Grant directed Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman to drive through the south while he and the Army of the Potomac pinned down Confederate Gen. Robert Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
On April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered, and Grant wrote “magnanimous” terms of surrender that would prevent treason trials, according to the White House.
Grant was president from 1869 to 1877. He died in 1885.
2023 Calendar
(So Far)
- General William T Sherman Remembrance Day - March 11 - 1 PM - Calvary Cemetery
- Department Meeting - March 18 - 10 AM - Missouri River Regional Library -
- Lincoln Tomb Ceremony - April 15 - Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield IL - Fall-in at 9 AM.
- Memorial Day - May 29 - Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
- General Ulysses S Grant Remembrance Day - July 22 - 10 AM US Grant NHS (White Haven) - Affton, MO
- SUVCW National Encampment - Aug 3-6 - Grand Rapids, MI
- Central Region - Allied Orders Association - Oct 6 & 7 - Grand Rapids MI
- Department Meeting - Saturday, Oct (UNKNOWN DATE) - 10am - Missouri River Regional Library - Jefferson City
- 56th US Colored Troops Remembrance - Oct 20 11am - Jefferson Barracks Cemetery
- Memorial Remembrance - Nov 18 - Gettysburg, PA
- Christmas Dinner - December (TBD)
Grant Camp Members
PCC Daniel Jackson, PCC Bob Aubuchon and PDC Walt Busch
(not pictured because he took the photographs)
assist Fletcher camp in
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA on 17 Dec 2022
(check out Fletcher Camp site for more pics by clicking here)
PCC Daniel Jackson, PCC Bob Aubuchon and PDC Walt Busch
(not pictured because he took the photographs)
assist Fletcher camp in
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA on 17 Dec 2022
(check out Fletcher Camp site for more pics by clicking here)
MERRY CHRISTMAS
SCENES FROM OUT CHRISTMAS DINNER AND OFFICER SWEARING IN AT THE GREENBRIAR HILLS COUNTRY CLUB
Grant Camp members PDC Sumner Hunnewell and PCC Bob Aubuchon assist the Daughters of the American Revolution at their ceremony for Veterans Day on 6 Nov 2022 at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Grant Camp members at the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) re-dedication of the Revolutionary War Cannons at Lafayette Park in St. Louis on 30 October 2022. Check out www.suvcwmo.org for more photos
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Ceremony Honoring the 56th U.S. Colored Troops
KSDK Channel 5 - St Louis video edit of the event. They showed parts of the event on three broadcasts on the 21st. Our camp appreciates and thanks KSDK Channel 5 for being the only St Louis station to show up at our events in recent years and for their continued honoring of American veterans!
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Lemay, MO 63125} – Returning from the Civil War battlefields, 175 African-American Infantrymen contracted cholera and died just south of St. Louis. Refused burial at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, they were buried in a mass grave. In the 1930s the members of the African-American community spearhead the re-interment at the national cemetery and the creation of a monument. In 2014, Sarah Cato, educator in African-American History led a movement to add to the monument the names of the interred soldiers. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War were active with Ms Cato throughout the event and with her guidance have taken over the responsibility to honor these patriotic men on a regular basis.
To honor these men, the U.S. Grant Camp #68, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, located in the St. Louis Metro Area, regularly holds a graveside ceremony in their honor. We are regularly helped by other patriotic organizations such as the Julia Dent Tent, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War; the Woman’s Relief Corps; Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War; the Sons of Veterans Reserve; and the Veterans of Foreign Wars
This year, we are honored to have Historian Dorris Keevan-Franke as our keynote speaker. Dorris Keeven-Franke is an award-winning author and professional genealogist who has been sharing history’s most difficult stories for over twenty-five years. She has curated International exhibitions on German emigrants and presented programs for the Civil War Roundtable of Washington DC. She is the Executive Director of the Missouri Germans Consortium and the head archivist for Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum. She is the digital creator of the St. Charles County History and Archer Alexander blogs and is currently working on her ninth book: Archer Alexander - the Untold Story of an American Hero. Her keynote address concerns the life of a survivor of the 56th,, Benjamin Oglesby – Private Co D, 56th USCT – Survivor. Benjamin has recently had a St. Charles County Park named for him.
This patriotic remembrance will commence at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, October 21, 2022 near their monument located at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Section 57 Lot 15009. The main entrance to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery is 2900 Sheridan Rd, Lemay, MO 63125.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56th_United_States_Colored_Infantry_Regiment
- https://www.suvcwmo.org/uploads/3/0/9/6/30960503/jefferson_barracks_56th_us_colored_troops_monument.pdf
We meet the German Consul General Wolfgang Moessinger about the Col. Fredrick Hecker Monument
German Consul General Wolfgang Moessinger, who is stationed in Chicago, came to St. Louis on Sunday, 17 Sep 2022 and visited with PDC Walt Busch of US Grant Camp 68, and James Martin Past President of the German American Heritage Society, to discuss the needed repairs to the Colonel Fredrick Hecker Monument in Benton Park. Hecker was one of the top leaders of the Baden, Germany, 1848 Revolution and organized and led two regiments in our Civil War. The monument is missing two bas-relief images and also needs some stabilization work. The two St. Louis groups are working on this plus an informational markers. One will be placed near the monument and the other near Hecker’s grave in Summerfield, IL. The Illinois end of the project is being spearheaded by David Wildermuth of the Hecker Camp #17, who has already been able to get another marker in the town of Summerfield informing people of the Hecker grave and his importance. Funding from both the German community and Civil War groups to fund the repairs to the monument and the markers.
Group Photo: L-R Consul Moessinger, a member of his party, James Martin and Walt Busch
Group Photo: L-R Consul Moessinger, a member of his party, James Martin and Walt Busch
Our Most Distant Member - Gerhard Ewig - Deutschland (that's Germany to those who never took a history course) shows off his cannon he uses in Civil War re-enactments in Deutschland (Congratulations! Now you've learned a new word)!
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SCENES FROM THE CAPT WILLIAM BARR GRAVE DEDICATION, BELLEFONTAINE CEMETERY
Capt Barr's Life Info & Grave Dedication Announcement | |
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US Grant Camp was assisted by Wilhelmi Camp, Fletcher Camp and a member of the Ruger Camp visiting from North Carolina
U.S. Grant Camp 68's Death Day Commemoration
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Memorial Day 2022
General Petraeus presented with 2nd Sherman's Patriotic Flag Award
(check our other webpage)
& A couple of the JROTC Ceremonies Grant Camp members participated in this April-May honoring Outstanding Cadets!
Marquette & Washington (MO) High Schools & one we helped arrange at Webb City |
Grant and Hecker Camps at Palmier Cemetery, Columbia, IL, May 15-2022 dedicating a new marker.
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General William T Sherman Remembrance Day - March 13 - 1 PM - Calvary Cemetery
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2021 Video from Living St Louis on Sherman Day
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Remembrance of General William T. Sherman
The Following Groups were represented US Grant Camp 68, Col Franz Wilhelmi Camp 17, Colonel Thomas Fletcher Camp 47, Lt Col Felix St James Camp 326, Colonel Friedrich Hecker Camp 17 - all of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Norma Fiedler - National President - Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865; Department of Illinois DUVCW; Joan Koechig - Missouri President - DUVCW; Julia Dent Grant Tent 16 DUVCW; Woman's Relief Corps; Sumner Hunnewell - Mo Dept - Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; and the St. Louis Stammtisch
The Following Groups were represented US Grant Camp 68, Col Franz Wilhelmi Camp 17, Colonel Thomas Fletcher Camp 47, Lt Col Felix St James Camp 326, Colonel Friedrich Hecker Camp 17 - all of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Norma Fiedler - National President - Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865; Department of Illinois DUVCW; Joan Koechig - Missouri President - DUVCW; Julia Dent Grant Tent 16 DUVCW; Woman's Relief Corps; Sumner Hunnewell - Mo Dept - Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; and the St. Louis Stammtisch
Julia Dent Grant Tent 16, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865 has produced 5 books on Civil War ancestors with stories. Need proof of ancestry for a hereditary organization? Or, just want to read some Civil War stories about soldiers, go to our For Sale page to get their form.
General Grant In Today's News
US House of Representatives Joint Res to Promote US Grant to General of the Armies | |
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Missouri House Bill to Designate Certain Counties as a US Grant Historic District | |
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2022 Events
- Department Meeting - March 5 - 10 AM - Missouri River Regional Library - Jefferson City, MO
- General William T Sherman Remembrance Day - March 13 - 1 PM - Calvary Cemetery
- Missouri Soldiers at Shiloh Remembrance - April 2 - 10AM - Shiloh National Battlefield in Tennessee
- US Grant National Historic Site (White Haven) - 157th Anniversary of Appomattox Surrender - April 9 & 10 10AM - 4PM
- Lincoln Tomb Ceremony - April 16 - Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield IL - Fall-in at 9 AM.
- General Ulysses S Grant's 200th Birthday Celebration - April 30 - Grant Birthplace in Point Pleasant, OH
- Ste. Genevieve Civil War Program and Soldier Grave Dedication - May 14 - 11AM - Starting at the Valle Spring Cemetery in Ste. Genevieve County. [Click Here for Ceremony Information]
- Memorial Day - May 30 - Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
- Mountain Grove, MO, Civil War Monument Rededication. Phelps Camp #66, SUVCW & the local American Legion host. May 30 11:30 AM Place: Town Square
- Department of Missouri Encampment - June 4 - Columbia, MO
- Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865 Department Meeting - June 10-12 - St Charles (some of us assisting with their Department Encampment)
- General Ulysses S Grant Remembrance Day - July 23 - 10 AM US Grant NHS (White Haven) - Affton, MO & the 9th Annual US Grant Symposium at the Soldiers' Memorial - Downtown
- SUVCW National Encampment - Aug 11-14 - Grand Rapids, MI
- Civil War Camp & Bank Robbery Re-enactment sponsored by St. James #326 Camp, Aug 27 - 10AM-3PM, Ste. Genevieve [Click Here for Event Information]
- Central Region - Allied Orders Association - Sep 30 & Oct 1 - Grand Rapids MI
- 56th US Colored Troops Remembrance - Oct 21 11am - Jefferson Barracks Cemetery
- Department Meeting - Saturday, Oct 29 - 10am - Missouri River Regional Library - Jefferson City
- Memorial Remembrance - Nov 19 - Gettysburg, PA
- Christmas Dinner - December 6 (or thereabouts)
Blast from the Past -
the original clean-up team, consisting of Grant Camp and Sherman Camp members, working on Inks Cemetery in Eureka, MO, around 2003
(burial place of Major Inks - Pacific Home Guard)
(burial place of Major Inks - Pacific Home Guard)
Christmas at Greenbriar Country Club
Our New Officers Sworn In
Robert Aubuchon, PCC - Commander
Craig Mathews Sr - Senior Vice Commander
James T. Morrison - Junior Vice Commander
Walter Busch, PDC - Secretary/Treasurer
Donald Palmer, Jr, PCinC - Council (to fill incomplete term)
Mark Coplin, PCC - Council
Martin Aubuchon, PDC - Patriotic Instructir
Robert Aubuchon, PCC - Commander
Craig Mathews Sr - Senior Vice Commander
James T. Morrison - Junior Vice Commander
Walter Busch, PDC - Secretary/Treasurer
Donald Palmer, Jr, PCinC - Council (to fill incomplete term)
Mark Coplin, PCC - Council
Martin Aubuchon, PDC - Patriotic Instructir
PDC John Avery receives Sherman Flag from our Camp
Grant Camp awards Major General Byron Bagby a Flag Flown over Grave of General of the Army William T. Sherman
US Grant Camp #68 maintains the flagpole that flies over General of the Army William T. Sherman's Grave. As we retire such flags, we preserve them, encase them, and only award them to worthy Americans.
Major-General Bagby was presented this award during the U.S. Grant Symposium, held at St. Louis's Veterans Memorial, on 7-23-2021 after giving the keynote speech. PDC Walt Busch was the main presenter and Camp Member (and Grant Symposium Organizer) Greg Wolk is in the background of this picture as the General is presented his award. He is the first person to receive such an award.
Major-General Bagby was presented this award during the U.S. Grant Symposium, held at St. Louis's Veterans Memorial, on 7-23-2021 after giving the keynote speech. PDC Walt Busch was the main presenter and Camp Member (and Grant Symposium Organizer) Greg Wolk is in the background of this picture as the General is presented his award. He is the first person to receive such an award.
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