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Welcome to the Home Site of

Brigadier General T. R. R. Cobb

Camp #97

Sons of Confederate Veterans

Athens, Georgia

 

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Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb

April 10, 1823-December 13, 1862

For more on General Cobb, click HERE!

 

Camp #97 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans was organized and chartered in the spring of 1985 by a small group of local men from the Athens, Georgia area interested in their Confederate heritage. The camp is named for the highest ranking Athenian killed during the war, Brigadier General T. R. R Cobb. Camp meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month, except July and December, at 7:30 pm at the Watkinsville Community Center on VFW Drive. Contact Tim Savelle for information on joining at tim.savelle@gmail.com. For more Cobb Camp history and information, click HERE.

  

Officers for 2012-2013

click HERE!

 

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Meetings and Special Activities:

 

 

January 5, 2012: Camp Meeting 7:30 PM:  Kelly Barrow, Lt. Commander of the SCV, will be at meeting to administer oath of oath of office to new officers for 2012/13.  He will also have updates on the activities of the national organization.

 

February 2, 2012: Camp Meeting 7:30 PM:  Marc Galvin of Watkinsville will present information about Johnson's Island POW Camp in Ohio where Confederate officers were held during the War Between the States.  Mr Galvin is a retired administrator at the UGA School of Law but continues to work part-time with UGA and is also part-time instructor at Piedmont College-Athens.  He is a member of the Northeast Georgia Civil War Round Table and formerly served as volunteer role player for Military History Detachment training for the US Army.

 

March 1, 2012: Camp Meeting 7:30 PM:  Mr Hugh McMillan will be speaking on the Morris family of Jackson County Georgia.

 

April 5th, 2012: Camp Meeting 7:30 PM:  Dr. Betty Ann Brooks, a Watkinsville resident, retired MD and author will be discussing her grandfather William Brooks the subject of her fascinating book - "From Riverboats to Confederate Navy to Knighthood".

 

  May 3rd 2012: Camp Meeting 7:30 PM:  UGA professor of History Emeritus and author Dr Emory Thomas will be speaking on his new book "The Dogs of War".

 

June 7, 2012: Camp Meeting 7:30PM:  Mr John Latty from Gainesville, GA will be speaking on the history of the 7th and 11th GA Calvary Regiments.  Mr Latty has authored books on each of these regiments.

 

July 21st, 2012: Alexander H Stephens State Park, Crawfordville, GA:  Family meeting and outdoor picnic located at picnic shelter #2.  Those interested can also tour the park museum and Liberty Hall.

 

Confederate Veterans Links:

 

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Sons of Confederate Veterans General Headquarters go to: http://www.scv.org/

Army of Tennessee go to: http://www.scvaot.org/

Georgia Division go to: http://www.georgiascv.com/

Military Order of Stars and Bars; Robert Toombs Chapter # 176:  http://roberttoombs.angelfire.com/

 

Comments concerning this site should be

directed to the Camp Webmaster at bltuttle1@yahoo.com