NEWS! NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!
UPCOMING EVENT IN JEFFERSON CITY! Archaeologist Dr. Doug Scott to Speak!
CIVIL WAR TELEGRAPHER LOUISA VOLKER HONORED IN A NEW MONUMENT
Potosi, MO 19 October 2025
SPONSORED BY Gen'l Thomas Fletcher Camp 47, DeSoto, MO
Louisa stayed at her post in Mineral Point, MO, as rebels were advancing into the area. She, later married Capt. Thomas Macklind, who became an engineer for St. Louis City and for whom Macklind Ave. is named.
Louisa stayed at her post in Mineral Point, MO, as rebels were advancing into the area. She, later married Capt. Thomas Macklind, who became an engineer for St. Louis City and for whom Macklind Ave. is named.
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Our Fall Department Meeting was held on Oct 18, but many of the usual suspects were not present. Camp Commander Pete Oetting was given the plaque to present to Tiffany Patterson, Missouri Division of State Parks, Capitol Museum Supervisor, for her patriotic service in supporting the goals of our organization by acquiring funds to preserve Merrill's Cavalry's Flag. The plaque will be presented at the ceremonies for the flag's return to Missouri this November.
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You can still donate to off-set the money the State Museum is paying for this, but the 2nd Mo Cavalry flag IS BACK to Missouri!!!! Thanks to the Lillie Camp's Help!
Members of the Department attend the recent Central Region Association of the Grand Army of the Republic Conference in Fort Wayne, IN on Oct 3 and 4, 2025. Meeting was at the Veterans Museum and besides various artifacts in the museum and in the field, there were several Civil War monuments there Attending from the Department: Phelps Camp - PCinC Ed Krieser; Grant Camp - PCinC Don Palmer, PCinC Jim Pahl; PDC Walt Busch, PDC Robert Amsler, Jr, DC Mark Coplin, PCC Craig Mathews; Louisa Volker A-SUVCW Andrea Mathews.
Some Missouri Pictures from the 2025 SUVCW National Encampment
Past Dept Commander Robert Amsler Jr. elected to Council of Administration -
Arkansas SUVCW gets Charter
Past Dept Commander Robert Amsler Jr. elected to Council of Administration -
Arkansas SUVCW gets Charter
US Grant Camp 68's Colloquy Dinner & Grant Remembrance Day-- A Success!
An Evening with US Grant Expert Brooks D. Simpson
Saturday at the Frontenac Hilton, July 19, 2025 followed by our annual US Grant Remembrance Day at White Haven (US Grant National Historic Site) and then a private tour of Grant's log cabin, Hardscrabble, in cooperation with Grant's Farm.
An Evening with US Grant Expert Brooks D. Simpson
Saturday at the Frontenac Hilton, July 19, 2025 followed by our annual US Grant Remembrance Day at White Haven (US Grant National Historic Site) and then a private tour of Grant's log cabin, Hardscrabble, in cooperation with Grant's Farm.
Felxi St. James Camp 326, Ste. Genevieve, held monument dedication Sunday June 22,2025 at Sts. Philip and James Cemetery, 18411 River Aux Vases Church Rd. in St Genevieve. They were assisted by Col. Wilhelmi Camp 17, Franklin Co., and U.S. Grant Camp 68, St. Louis Metro . Check out St. James Camp Webpage for more info.
DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS FORMS!
PDC Robert Aubuchon resigns on 6-10 and Councils appoint SVC Mark Coplin as Commander
The Officers of Missouri SUVCW are all still holding the same offices after National SUVCW rules we can't do what would have been allowed by By-Laws!
July 6-7 2025 Missouri SUVCW meet at Best Western Plus - Fenton, MO
MISSOURI SUVCW FINDS COPY OF MISSING CHARTERING
DOCUMENT OF NATIONAL SUVCW !
While PDC Walt Busch was going thru the old records of the William T. Sherman/Billy Yank Camp #65 recently turned over to him by Maggie Grothe, widow of Col. Jack Grothe, PCC, he found a copy of the original chartering document of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. He had never seen it before. He was interested as to what it was as the first name on the chartering document was General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.
Checking with PC-in-C Jim Pahl and SUVCW Historian Robert Wolz, Wolz stated the document (shown below) was the one that use to be at all national encampments and is now missing. Walt had a high definition copy of this made and turned over to Wolz and Pahl with the suggestion that the copy be put on the national website.
DOCUMENT OF NATIONAL SUVCW !
While PDC Walt Busch was going thru the old records of the William T. Sherman/Billy Yank Camp #65 recently turned over to him by Maggie Grothe, widow of Col. Jack Grothe, PCC, he found a copy of the original chartering document of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. He had never seen it before. He was interested as to what it was as the first name on the chartering document was General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.
Checking with PC-in-C Jim Pahl and SUVCW Historian Robert Wolz, Wolz stated the document (shown below) was the one that use to be at all national encampments and is now missing. Walt had a high definition copy of this made and turned over to Wolz and Pahl with the suggestion that the copy be put on the national website.
Upcoming Events
What are Sons of Union of the Union Veterans of the Civil War and Grand Army of the Republic
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FOR THE CHILDREN:
America needs a good 12¢ Patriotic Comic.
These comic books were produced by the School and College Service division of the Association of American Railroads in 1959 & 1960. The cover art is by Bill Bunce. An interesting promotional comic covering railroad history during the Civil War. These pdfs can be downloaded and printed out on regular paper. Their actual size is standard 7x10 comic size, 16-pages, full color, newsprint cover and interior. This comic book and others like the Classics Illustrated series encouraged many a child in the 1950's and 60's to read, taught good citizenship, ethics, and inspired imagination before comics became more violent and overpriced.
[No copyright was found on these books. They are presented for educational purposes.]
America needs a good 12¢ Patriotic Comic.
These comic books were produced by the School and College Service division of the Association of American Railroads in 1959 & 1960. The cover art is by Bill Bunce. An interesting promotional comic covering railroad history during the Civil War. These pdfs can be downloaded and printed out on regular paper. Their actual size is standard 7x10 comic size, 16-pages, full color, newsprint cover and interior. This comic book and others like the Classics Illustrated series encouraged many a child in the 1950's and 60's to read, taught good citizenship, ethics, and inspired imagination before comics became more violent and overpriced.
[No copyright was found on these books. They are presented for educational purposes.]
The Sons...
In 1881 the GAR formed the Sons of Veterans of the United States of America (SV) to carry on its traditions and memory long after the GAR had ceased to exist. Membership was open to any man who could prove ancestry to a member of the GAR or to a veteran eligible for membership in the GAR. In later years, men who did not have the ancestry to qualify for hereditary membership, but who demonstrated a genuine interest in the Civil War and could subscribe to the purpose and objectives of the SUVCW, were admitted as Associates. This practice continues today.
Many GAR Posts sponsored Camps of the SV. In 1925 the SV name was changed to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW), under which its federal charter was issued in 1954. The SUVCW is legally recognized as the heir to, and representative of, the GAR. Today, the National Organization of the SUVCW, headed by an annually elected Commander-in-Chief, oversees the operation of 26 Departments, each consisting of one or more states, a Department-at-Large, a National Membership-at-Large, and over 200 community based Camps. More than 6,360 men enjoy the benefits of membership in the only male organization dedicated to the principles of the GAR -- Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty. It publishes "The BANNER" quarterly for its members. The SUVCW National Headquarters is located in the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The SUVCW is one of five Allied Orders of the GAR. The other four Orders are: Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. |
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Dedicated to preserving the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic
and our ancestors who fought to save the Union, 1861-1865.
and our ancestors who fought to save the Union, 1861-1865.