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Book Title: Confederate Memoirs

IV

Charles F. Fisher Chapter No. 1640

Burlington, N. C. 
Chartered July 25, 1916

Motto: "Loyalty to the Truth of Confederacy History" 
Key Word: "Preparedness" 
Flower: Rose

   It was on a Wednesday afternoon, at 3:00 p.m., on February 16, 1916, that
several Burlington women met in the home of Mrs. J. W. Page (wife of Dr. Page),
who lived at 509 West Davis Street, to organize a UDC chapter. For a long time
these women had realized the need for such a group due to their desire to
"collect and preserve" material for a truthful history of the War Between the
States and to see that these facts were taught in public schools. Ten women were
present and pledged to do their utmost to perpetuate the ideals of the South and
the principles for which our fathers fought.

   It is interesting to note that the initiation fee for this chapter was set at
30c per member with dues of 10c a month being charged. Hostesses were to serve
according to the place their name came in the alphabet. The first slate of
officers chosen was: President, Mrs. J. W. Page; V. Pres., Mrs. M. C. Price;
Treasurer, Mrs. W. J. Martin; Historian, Mrs. W. H. Carroll; Registrar, Mrs. A.
L. Davis; Recorder of Crosses, Mrs. T. S. .Faucette; Recording Secretary, Mrs.
Felix Smith; and Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Charlie Sharpe.

   At the second meeting, also held in the Page home, on March 20, 1916, special
guests were four Veterans—Capt. James A. Turrentine, Mr. W. A. Hall (father of
Mrs. Page), Mr. V. C. Kilby and Mr. E. W. Atwater. Also in attendance to aid in
the organization of the new chapter were two members of the Graham chapter, Mrs.
J. D. Kernodle and Mrs. Jacob Long. The name, "Charles F. Fisher," was chosen
because of the devotion Alamance County veterans had for their comrade and
friend, although naming the chapter for Miss Frances Fisher, the deceased
Colonel's daughter, was discussed.

   At the third meeting, conducted at the home of Mrs. W. H. Carroll on April 5,
1916, Mrs. Hattie Stokes was appointed to organize the "Children's Confederacy"
with Mrs. Ruth Thurston as her assistant. The first work done by the chapter w
as to cooperate with Graham Chapter in observing Confederate Memorial Day on May
10th. Other contributions of service have been notable school work for the
preservation of Confederate history through programs of Southern music, poems,
essay and anniversaries of heroes, as well as awarding medals, maps, pictures,
flags and books to school groups and marking Confederate graves with iron
crosses and flags.

Stars and Bars

   The first Confederate flag displayed in Washington, N. C, was made at the
house of Samuel B. Waters, by Mrs. S. B. Waters, Mrs. Claudia A. Benbury, Miss
Jeanette McDonald and Miss Sarah W. Williams, and was flung to the breeze from
the window over the door of the court-house on the occasion of a speech in favor
of the doctrine of State's rights and secession, delivered by William B. Rodman,
and replied to by David M. Carter, in the fall of 1860.


The South
BY FATHER RYAN
Yes, give me the land where the ruins are spread, 
And the living tread light on the heart of the dead. 
Yes, give me the land that is blest by the dust, 
And bright by the deeds of the down-trodden just.

Yes, give me the land where the battle's red blast, 
Has flashed on the future the form of the past. 
Yes, give me the land that hath legends and lays, 
And tell of the memories of long-vanished days.

Yes, give me the land that hath story and song, 
To tell of the strife of the right with the wrong; 
Yes, give me the land with a grave in each spot, 
And the names in the graves that cannot be forgot.

Yes, give me the land of the wreck and the tomb— 
There's grandeur in graves, there's glory in gloom; 
For out of the gloom future brightness is born, 
As, after the night, looms the sunrise of morn.

And the graves of the dead with the grass overgrown, 
May yet form the footstool of liberty's throne; 
And each simple wreck in the way-path of night, 
Shall yet be a rock in the temple of right.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Confederate Memoirs

Alamance County Troops
of
The War Between The States
1861-1865

Roster of Troops
Mrs. J. G. Tingen
Mrs. Ava Burke
Miss Bertha Cates

Histories and Articles 
Mable S. Lassiter

Advisory Board
Howard White 
Luther Byrd

Centennial Edition


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