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Georgia, Access North Georgia publishes Confederate History Month minute


Friends,

Please check my article on Sam Davis below, as below, at www.accessnorthga.com  They have posted a good number of my minutes for Confederate History Month. I would appreciate your sending them a thank you note at: linda.dyer@jacobsmedia.net


Have you listened to the Confederate Minutes from the Maryland SCV. Please go to: http://confederateheritagemonth.com and stroll down to bottom.

 I am very grateful to the untiring efforts of webmaster Mike Mike, who has made our website a national happening, and Jeff Davis who has coordinated efforts for Confederate History Month call ins on the Bruswick, Georgia radio station... And I appreciate those who have written to Mike and I giving information on proclamations and events and radio happenings for our month of remembrance. See My article below.
 
More to come on a radio station in Massachusetts that is standing up for Dixie!
 
Calvin E. Johnson, Jr., Chairman
Confederate History Month Committee for the Georgia
Division Sons of Confederate Veterans and Member of
the SCV Public and Media Relations Committee.
Chattahoochee Guards 1639, Mableton, Georgia.
 
Sam Davis--A Confederate History Month Minute | AccessNorthGa
Sam Davis--A Confederate History Month Minute. By Calvin Johnson Jr. Staff ... April is Confederate History Month and this is a History Month minute. ...
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Sam Davis--A Confederate History Month Minute

 
Georgia Division SCV Confederate History Month Committee

"If I had a thousand lives, I would given them all here before I would betray a friend"--Sam Davis.

April is Confederate History Month and this is a History Month minute.

Like the American soldier doing his duty, today, in Iraq and around the world, so did the legendary Tennessean--Sam Davis. Davis was born in Smyrna, Tennessee in 1845. He is called the Boy Hero of the Confederacy. Sam Davis served as a private in the 1st Tennessee Infantry under Captain Coleman. Coleman's scouts gathered information about Union Forces moving from middle Tennessee toward Chattanooga.

Davis was captured by Union troops in Middle Tennessee. He was wearing his Confederate uniform but was arrested as a spy for carrying a secret message. He would not reveal the name of who had given him the information. For this reason, he was arrested as a spy, and sentenced to die by hanging unless he was willing to give the name of his contact. It is written that he answered by saying, "I would rather die a thousand deaths than to betray a friend."

Sam Davis, Not even 19 years of age, was hanged by Union forces in Pulaski, Tennessee on November 27, 1863. It is said that the officer in charge of the execution had trouble in carrying out the orders as Davis was calm, It is also written that Davis said, "Officer, I did my duty. Now you do yours."

Davis' story is said to parallel that of Nathan Hale during the American Revolution. His boyhood home has been preserved in Smyrna, Tennessee as well as the spot marked where he was hanged. He was an American Hero who should not be forgotten.

Find out more about Confederate History Month at: http://confederateheritagemonth.com

 

 

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