Confederate Heritage Month!
provided by the:
Georgia Division of The Sons of Confederate Veterans
Confederate History and Heritage Month Committee

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS:  The State of Georgia has long cherished its Confederate History and honored great leaders who made sacrifices on behalf of the Confederate cause like; Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, James Longstreet, and Philip Cook; and

WHEREAS:  The men and women of the Confederacy came from all races and religions that include; Irish-born Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne, Black Georgia Private Bell Yopp, Mexican-born Colonel Santos Benavides and Cherokee-born Gen. Stand Watie; and

WHEREAS:  Confederate Memorial Day, April 26^th, has been celebrated in Terrell County, Georgia for over 100 years by the Ladies Memorial Association, United Daughters of the Confederacy, United Confederate Veterans, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the month of April bears special significance since it marks both the beginning and the end of the War Between the States; and

WHEREAS:  The Georgia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, is dedicated to honoring, on a statewide basis, those who served the Confederate States of America and to educating the general public on Confederate history; and

WHEREAS:  Our country is a nation of people united by a common history of individual heritage and diverse cultures and Terrell County is rich in the history of the War Between the States; and

WHEREAS:  Terrell County was the home to the Dickson-Nelson Rifle Company which supplied arms to the Confederacy; and

WHEREAS:  Terrell County supplied men in the 5^th Georgia Regiment Company E, 13^th Georgia Regiment Companies E and H, 17^th Georgia Regiment Company K, 31^st Georgia Regiment Company K, 51^st Georgia Regiment Company F, and the 64^th Georgia Regiment Companies H and G; and

WHEREAS:  Terrell County was the home of an exile camp for citizens escaping the terrible wrath of the Battle of Atlanta during Sherman ’s March to the Sea; and

WHEREAS:  Nearly 200 Confederate soldiers now rest in the soil of Terrell County and their sacrifices should never be forgotten; and now

THEREFORE:  We, the Terrell County Board of Commissioners do hereby proclaim April 2009 as “Confederate History and Heritage Month” in Terrell County and encourage all residents to increase their knowledge of the role played by the Confederate States of America in our country’s history.