In Memory of Past Commander-in-Chief Donald Shaw
The Missouri Department,
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Welcomes You!
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Robert Amsler, Jr.
Department Commander
LEADING NEWS FROM THE DEPARTMENT
Fletcher, St. James & Grant Camps take part in Wreaths Across America at
St John's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Arnold, MO
(for more pictures check out Fletcher Camp website by clicking here)
St John's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Arnold, MO
(for more pictures check out Fletcher Camp website by clicking here)
Members of Several Camps Attend the Opening of the General US Grant Traveling Exhibit at
Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site on 11/11/2022
Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site on 11/11/2022
Members of the Department of Missouri 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. Also - the Auxiliary to the SUVCW and the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865 were present.
Main Picture L-R: PDC Walt Busch, Dept SVC Bob Aubuchon, Jim Morrison, PDC Gary Scheel, PCC & 4th Military District Inspector General Captain Randall Baehr, Alan Trodus, PCC Doug Roussin, PDC Sumner Hunnewell (MO Dept - MOLLUS Commander) and PCC Dan Jackson.
Main Picture L-R: PDC Walt Busch, Dept SVC Bob Aubuchon, Jim Morrison, PDC Gary Scheel, PCC & 4th Military District Inspector General Captain Randall Baehr, Alan Trodus, PCC Doug Roussin, PDC Sumner Hunnewell (MO Dept - MOLLUS Commander) and PCC Dan Jackson.
US Grant Camp 68 Holds Ceremony Honoring the 56th USCT Infantry at Jefferson Barracks
for more information, click here to go to US Grant Camp website
for more information, click here to go to US Grant Camp website
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Joan Koeching, Past President of the Missouri Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865 received our department's Grand Army of the Republic Award from Commander Amsler at the October Grant Camp Meeting. Joan was awarded this at our 2022 Department Encampment for her work in furthering the goals of Allied Orders of the G.A.R.
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Commander Amsler and Other Members of the Department attend the 82nd Annual Conference of the Central Region Association of the Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic on October 1. Brother PC-in-C Ed Krieser is the new Commander of the Association.
Held in Lansing, MI in an old GAR Hall Museum, the host was Grant Camp member SUVCW PC-in-C James Pahl. Also in attendance from Missouri were PC-in-C Ed Krieser, PC-in-C Donald Palmer, PDC Walt Busch, DC Robert Amsler, Jr., Grant Camp SVC Craig Mathews and his wife Andrea. The conference is a part of on-going learning conferences that is open to all members of the SUVCW, DUVCW, WRC, LGAR, and A-SUVCW from various states throughout the Midwest and Southern Central States. The organization has been holding the conference since 1940. Held the first Saturday in October of every year, this year we were stationed in Lansing, MI. Starting on Friday night, we had several meals sampling the local cuisine. On Saturday we went to a nearby GAR Hall Museum in Eaton Rapids that several members of the SUVCW help run. We heard a brief talk about the Michigan Preserving the Civil War Flags project at their Capital and then had a brief meeting. The real purpose of the event each year is for members of all the Allied Orders to visit with each other, discuss problems and possible solutions. This year it was discussed over homemade ice cream on Saturday evening. |
Our department has had several commanders of the organization since 1940. Our last one was PDC Sumner Hunnewell, two years ago. In 2022-2023 we once again have a brother of our department as commander; Brother PC-in-C Ed Krieser of Phelps Camp. And the next two meeting locations have been approved as being held. 2023 is in Dayton, OH and we will be visiting the Air Force Museum. In 2024, the Conference will be held in the area of Ferdinand, IN and the Lincoln Boyhood Home will be visited. Plan to attend now! Check out http://www.alliedorderscra.org/ for upcoming information.
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MO SUVCW Monuments Officer Walt Busch meets with German Consul.
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
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
10 SEP 2022 - CAPT WILLIAM BARR GRAVE DEDICATION, BELLEFONTAINE CEMETERY, ST LOUIS, MO
NEWS FROM 2022
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT
GRAND RAPIDS, MI
Missouri Members attending the 2022 National Encampment: L-R - PDC Petrovic, PC-in-C Palmer, PDC Burd (back), PC-in-C Krieser, member Palmer, PDC Alsop (back), member Troduc, member B Aubuchon, PDC Hunnewell, PDC Busch, PDC Crandell.
National SUVCW awards Missouri with The Marshall Hope - Best Newsletter Award -4th Time in 13 Years!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
RECENT EVENTS
U.S. Grant Death Day Commemoration
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Ulysses S. Grant Camp #68, in partnership with Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, presented a death commemoration ceremony to mark the 136th anniversary of President Grant’s passing. The program includes speeches, a wreath laying ceremony, and a 21-gun salute. (Below local camps' members participating).
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Ulysses S. Grant Camp #68, in partnership with Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, presented a death commemoration ceremony to mark the 136th anniversary of President Grant’s passing. The program includes speeches, a wreath laying ceremony, and a 21-gun salute. (Below local camps' members participating).
Ste. Genevieve Camp (Lt. Col. Felix St. James Camp 326) celebrates Flag Day at the Missouri National Veterans Memorial in Perryville. This is an exact replica of the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C. They fly 70 flags year around at the wall and on special occasions they add an additional nearly 150 flags.
1st Department of Missouri Flag Certificate Presentation on Flag Day. It is now a Departmental Annual Event
From Memorial Day thru July 4th nearly 220 flags are flying 24 hours a day to honor not only our living but our dead.
1st Department of Missouri Flag Certificate Presentation on Flag Day. It is now a Departmental Annual Event
From Memorial Day thru July 4th nearly 220 flags are flying 24 hours a day to honor not only our living but our dead.
Photo 1: At the apex of the wall. Members of our Camp...Left to right- Gary Scheel, Martin Aubuchon, Department of Missouri Patriotic Instructor Dale Crandell, Camp Commander Michael Schaaf, Paul Kist and Reuel Smith.
Photo 2: Group photo in visitor center
Photo 3: Avenue of flags leading to the Vietnam Wall Memorial
Photo 4: Certificate presented by Dale Crandell
Photo 5: Presentation of the certificate by Dale Crandell to Executive Director Nancy Guth
Photo 2: Group photo in visitor center
Photo 3: Avenue of flags leading to the Vietnam Wall Memorial
Photo 4: Certificate presented by Dale Crandell
Photo 5: Presentation of the certificate by Dale Crandell to Executive Director Nancy Guth
2022 Department Encampment Pictures - New Commander Robert Amsler, Jr.
Memorial Day 5-30 Remembrances with the SUVCW
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Fletcher Camp on Memorial Day
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General David Petraeus presented with our camp's 2nd Sherman's Patriotic Flag Award
US Grant Camp PCC and Dept SVC Robert Amsler, Jr, presented General Petraeus with their second awarded Sherman Patriotic Flag award at ceremonies on April 27th in New York as the 200th anniversary of General/President US Grant was being celebrated. The Sherman Patriotic Flag is a flag that has flown over General William T. Sherman's grave. US Grant Camp is responsible for keeping that flag waving.
14 May 2022 Honoring Civil War Veterans buried in Ste. Genevieve County.
11 a.m. Dedication of the grave marker buried in Valle Spring Cemetery
Reuben Greenberry Brown, Private, Companies A&H, 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry.
2 p.m. Dedication of the Last Civil War Soldier of Ste. Genevieve County marker at St. Mary Cemetery, St. Mary, MO
Private John M. Duvall, Private, Company G, 50th Missouri Infantry.
Marker was installed 11 Nov 2021 by Camp #326
Family members will be present for the ceremony.
To SUVCW/SVR or Reenactors: If you plan on attending and participating in uniform we would appreciate it if you would do us the honor of firing honors as part of our Honor Guard. We will fire three rounds at the first cemetery. Please let me know if you would like to participate in the honor guard.
11 a.m. Dedication of the grave marker buried in Valle Spring Cemetery
Reuben Greenberry Brown, Private, Companies A&H, 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry.
2 p.m. Dedication of the Last Civil War Soldier of Ste. Genevieve County marker at St. Mary Cemetery, St. Mary, MO
Private John M. Duvall, Private, Company G, 50th Missouri Infantry.
Marker was installed 11 Nov 2021 by Camp #326
Family members will be present for the ceremony.
To SUVCW/SVR or Reenactors: If you plan on attending and participating in uniform we would appreciate it if you would do us the honor of firing honors as part of our Honor Guard. We will fire three rounds at the first cemetery. Please let me know if you would like to participate in the honor guard.
Brothers Marty Aubuchon, PDC; Bob Petrovic, PDC; and Ed Krieser, PCinC; all make news in the Logan Brigade's first newsletter and the Woman's Relief Corps General Orders #3. Download the below files for more information on both Organizations and our Brothers contributions.
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Honoring Missouri's Fallen Soldiers
Shiloh, TN April 2, 2022
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General Grant in the News
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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. No copyright is found on the books. 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.] |
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What are Sons of Union of the Union Veterans of the Civil War and Grand Army of the Republic
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Upcoming Events
All camps contact webmaster to list events!
By virtue of attending one of our events, that you agree that the National Organization Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, its Missouri Department or any of its camps has the right to use your likeness on our social media avenues.
- 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
- 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]
- 56th US Colored Troops Remembrance - Sep 30 - Site to be determined either Missouri Civil War Museum or at their Monument - Jefferson Barracks
- Central Region - Allied Orders Association - Sep 30 & Oct 1 - Grand Rapids MI
- Department Meeting - Saturday, Oct 15 (or thereabouts)
- Memorial Remembrance - Nov 19 - Gettysburg, PA
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.
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.
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.
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