Charge to Confederate Veterans    

"To you, sons of Confederate veterans, we will commit the vindication   of
the  cause   of   which we fought. To you strength will be given the defense
of the confederate soldiers good name guardianship of his history, the
emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles which he loved
and which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious and
which you also  cherish."

                                                                       Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee
                                                                       commander general
                                                                       United Confederate Veterans
                                                                       New Orleans, Louisiana
                                                                       April 25, 1906    
                                                                                                    
GENERAL LAFAYETTE
MCLAWS
Sons Of Confederate Veterans
Fayette County, Georgia

Camp commander,
Robert Frederick (Freddy) Jones Jr
Cell Phone 770-547-0377
freddy.jones75@yahoo.com
SCV  CAMP #79
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The Year of Secession, South Carolina Secedes From the Union  Dec. 20, 1860

An 1861 engraving of Fort Sumter before the
start of the  Civil War.

South Carolina  Dec. 1860
(South Carolina Declaration of Secession)...more

With the election of Abraham Lincoln, who vowed
to prevent slavery's expansion in 1860, the state
legislature immediately called for a convention to
debate the question of secession. On December
24, 1860,
The convention decided, with considerable
unanimity, to declare South Carolina
independent, making it the first state to leave the
Union. In February it joined the Confederate
States of America. In April the American Civil War
began when Confederate forces attacked the
American fort at Fort Sumter, in Charleston,
1861... More
Secessionists may be honored...more
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