JOE JOHNSTON CAMP CHILDRESS TEXAS REUNION PHOTO ~ ID'ED 11TH TEXAS
Item #: CWB12680
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MOUNT 10 X 12 ~ AND ~ PHOTO 6 X 8 ~ CLARENDON, TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHER
VETERAN AT LEFT HOLDS A CONFEDERATE FLAG ~ OLD PAPER WITH HIS SERVICE RECORD CAME WITH THE PHOTO, LUCKILY
VETERAN MARKED BY AN "X" IS GEORGE BURNETT MARTIN, LATE MEMBER OF THE 11TH TEXAS INFANTRY SERVING UNDER COLONEL O.M. ROBERTS
Oran Milo Roberts (July 9, 1815 – May 19, 1898), was the 17th Governor of Texas from January 21, 1879 to January 16, 1883. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Roberts County, Texas, is named after him. In January 1861 he was unanimously elected president of the Secession Convention in Austin, a meeting that he had been influential in calling. Along with his colleagues, Roberts led the passage of the ordinance removing Texas from the Union in 1861. In 1862 he resigned his seat on the bench and entered the Confederate Army and was elected as colonel of the Eleventh Texas infantry with which he served as part of the Walker's Texas Division in the Trans-Mississippi Department during the greater part of the campaigns in Arkansas and Louisiana. In 1864, while he was with his command, Roberts was elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He held the position until he was removed along with other state incumbents in 1865.
G B. Martin
Residence was not listed; Enlisted on 3/1/1862 as a Private.
On 3/1/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. TX 11th Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) (Estimated date of enlistment)
The first meeting of Confederate Veterans residing in Childress County, Texas was held at the courthouse Saturday, 4 Jun 1892 for the purpose of organizing a camp. Judge Wiley P. Jones, chair, called the meeting to order. James S. Harrison was acting secretary. A committee of M. J. Westmoreland, E. D. Bennett and J. H. Barnes was appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws. The camp was to be known as Joseph E. Johnston. Officers elected to serve one year were Wiley P. Jones, Captain; Joe E. Estes, First Lieutenant; W. J. Westmoreland, Second Lieutenant; James S. Harrison, Adjutant; J. H. Chestnutt, Quartermaster; E. D. Bennett, Commissary; Dr. M. T. Albert, Surgeon; R. A. Ellis, Chaplain; Daul Mosby, Officer of the Day and W. W. Edwards, Vidette. The camp was to meet quarterly at 2 p.m. on the first Saturdays of January, April, July and October. There was to be a reunion and basket dinner at the Judy Grove, one mile east of Childress at the next meeting Saturday, 2 Jul 1892. The citizens of Childress County would be invited to attend. On motion all Grand Army men and other boys who wore the Blue living in Childress County were invited to join members for the festivities. M. J. Westmoreland, D. Mosby, Dick Crutcher, Ben Harden and J. H. Chestnutt were appointed committee for the "Pic-Nic". The Adjutant was instructed to enroll all old Confederates who might wish to join and widows of all Confederates living in Childress and adjoining counties whose husbands had either died in battle or since the war to be honorary members of the Camp. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. There were 138 members. The camp remained active until the early 1930s. By 1935 there were only three Confederate Veterans living in Childress: Benjamin Gibson; Alfred Canon and F. M. Tippett. When Childress celebrated its Fiftieth Anniversary in 1938 Alfred Canon was the only living veteran. He answered the last Roll Call and joined his comrades in 1939.
I FOUND AN ARTICLE ONLINE FROM A NEWSPAPER THAT STATES THAT THE ANNUAL PANHANDLE REUNION WAS HELD IN CHILDRESS IN 1914. ONE OF THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS WAS TO COME FROM CLARENDON. I ASSUME CHILDRESS AND CLARENDON PROBABLY TOOK TURNS HOSTING THE EVENT.
HERE IS A LINK FOR VIEWING.
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233544/m1/1/zoom/?q=CHILDRESS%20CONFEDERATE%20REUNION&resolution=3&lat=5157.451776913835&lon=2496.3101317160467
VETERAN AT LEFT HOLDS A CONFEDERATE FLAG ~ OLD PAPER WITH HIS SERVICE RECORD CAME WITH THE PHOTO, LUCKILY
VETERAN MARKED BY AN "X" IS GEORGE BURNETT MARTIN, LATE MEMBER OF THE 11TH TEXAS INFANTRY SERVING UNDER COLONEL O.M. ROBERTS
Oran Milo Roberts (July 9, 1815 – May 19, 1898), was the 17th Governor of Texas from January 21, 1879 to January 16, 1883. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Roberts County, Texas, is named after him. In January 1861 he was unanimously elected president of the Secession Convention in Austin, a meeting that he had been influential in calling. Along with his colleagues, Roberts led the passage of the ordinance removing Texas from the Union in 1861. In 1862 he resigned his seat on the bench and entered the Confederate Army and was elected as colonel of the Eleventh Texas infantry with which he served as part of the Walker's Texas Division in the Trans-Mississippi Department during the greater part of the campaigns in Arkansas and Louisiana. In 1864, while he was with his command, Roberts was elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He held the position until he was removed along with other state incumbents in 1865.
G B. Martin
Residence was not listed; Enlisted on 3/1/1862 as a Private.
On 3/1/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. TX 11th Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) (Estimated date of enlistment)
The first meeting of Confederate Veterans residing in Childress County, Texas was held at the courthouse Saturday, 4 Jun 1892 for the purpose of organizing a camp. Judge Wiley P. Jones, chair, called the meeting to order. James S. Harrison was acting secretary. A committee of M. J. Westmoreland, E. D. Bennett and J. H. Barnes was appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws. The camp was to be known as Joseph E. Johnston. Officers elected to serve one year were Wiley P. Jones, Captain; Joe E. Estes, First Lieutenant; W. J. Westmoreland, Second Lieutenant; James S. Harrison, Adjutant; J. H. Chestnutt, Quartermaster; E. D. Bennett, Commissary; Dr. M. T. Albert, Surgeon; R. A. Ellis, Chaplain; Daul Mosby, Officer of the Day and W. W. Edwards, Vidette. The camp was to meet quarterly at 2 p.m. on the first Saturdays of January, April, July and October. There was to be a reunion and basket dinner at the Judy Grove, one mile east of Childress at the next meeting Saturday, 2 Jul 1892. The citizens of Childress County would be invited to attend. On motion all Grand Army men and other boys who wore the Blue living in Childress County were invited to join members for the festivities. M. J. Westmoreland, D. Mosby, Dick Crutcher, Ben Harden and J. H. Chestnutt were appointed committee for the "Pic-Nic". The Adjutant was instructed to enroll all old Confederates who might wish to join and widows of all Confederates living in Childress and adjoining counties whose husbands had either died in battle or since the war to be honorary members of the Camp. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. There were 138 members. The camp remained active until the early 1930s. By 1935 there were only three Confederate Veterans living in Childress: Benjamin Gibson; Alfred Canon and F. M. Tippett. When Childress celebrated its Fiftieth Anniversary in 1938 Alfred Canon was the only living veteran. He answered the last Roll Call and joined his comrades in 1939.
I FOUND AN ARTICLE ONLINE FROM A NEWSPAPER THAT STATES THAT THE ANNUAL PANHANDLE REUNION WAS HELD IN CHILDRESS IN 1914. ONE OF THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS WAS TO COME FROM CLARENDON. I ASSUME CHILDRESS AND CLARENDON PROBABLY TOOK TURNS HOSTING THE EVENT.
HERE IS A LINK FOR VIEWING.
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233544/m1/1/zoom/?q=CHILDRESS%20CONFEDERATE%20REUNION&resolution=3&lat=5157.451776913835&lon=2496.3101317160467
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Item # CWB12680
$350.00 USD