Photo of "CAMP WALKUP"
Confederate Veterans in front of the
Union County, NC Courthouse in Monroe, June 18, 1922

 

 

The following sent by Patricia Poland of the Dickerson Genealogy and Local History Room:

James Pearson Broome, front row, 1st from the left
W. C. Heath (Major Heath) can be seen directly in the middle (8 from right, 2nd row or looking at the first row and counting to the 5th man from the left who is seated, standing behind his left shoulder is Will Crow Heath).

The Monroe Journal, p 1, June 20, 1922: "Thirty Confederate Veterans Go to Richmond for Reunion" 

Thirty old Confederate veterans of the county and ten from South Carolina boarded the special car at Monroe yesterday morning for Richmond to attend the annual reunion which convenes in that city today.

He [Major W. C. Heath] ...invited all the members of Camp Walkup to Monroe and had uniforms made for them, regardless of whether they were in financial condition to pay for them or not...

Clad in the old Confederate gray, they presented a more soldierly appearance than ever before.

...they were placed in front of the Confederate monument on the west side of the court house and a group picture taken.

List of veterans attending: 

W. M. Perry

W. G. Long

J. C. Huggins

A. Plyler

J. P. Broom

W. T. Rorie

P. R. Belk

P. P. Plyler

W. P. Plyler

Philip Whitley

R. P. Keziah

J. W. Byrum

W. C. Cohen

J. R. Lathan

Jas. A. Griffin

J. L. Yontz

T. M. Winchester

T. E. Williams

John E. Haigler

Britton Belk

Daniel Starnes

A. W. McManus

T. F. Willeford

B. H. Benton

Thos. Shrink

Wm. McWhorter

R. M. Dry

J. S. Smith

S. E. Belk

 

(From Patricia: The men who are not in the gray uniforms that W. C. Heath had made were probably the ten men from South Carolina who also went.)

 

Additional comments:

Far right on the front row identified above as “Burle Broom” above was Burwell H. Broom (July 13, 1847-Mar 26, 1931). He was in Co. F, 2^nd NC Jr. Reserves. Buried at Faulks Baptist Church. See tombstone photo.

 

From Dale: The gentleman sixth from the left----or 5 from the right-- on front row, I believe is Bartley Hezekiha Benton my great grandfather. [Note: He was a 1^st Lieut. in Co F, 2nd NC Junior Reserves. He was born Sep 2, 1846 and died Feb 8, 1926].

SEE ANOTHER VETERANS GROUP PHOTO THAT HAS HIS NAME ON IT. CAN YOU IDENTIFY ANYONE??

From Terry Purcell: The gentleman standing on the second row, 2nd from far left could be my Great Grandfather Minor Jackson Short [1] (Oct 28, 1837- Aug 14, 1932), served in Co. E, 48th NC Infantry Regt.

 

From Shaun Gibson: Second Row on left side, second to the right I believe is my GGGrandfather James Ranson Ferguson of Co. I, 48th NC Regt.
Then on his left and the other three on his right is his brothers, my GG uncles:
Leander R. Ferguson  Co. F, 48th NC Infantry Regt. 
Leonard R. Ferguson  Co. F, 48th NC Infantry Regt. 
Pleasant C. Ferguson  Co. I, 48th NC Infantry Regt. 
William Q. Ferguson   Co. I, 48th NC Infantry Regt.  

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                           

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