The Mountain Banner, the Brigadier General Theophilus T. Garrard Camp #4, SUVCW, Newsletter

"The Union Forever and Ever!"

The Mountain Banner is the official newsletter of the Brigadier General Theophilus T. Garrard Camp #4, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, located in Manchester, Kentucky. It is produced as a courtesy to our membership and is available in "hardcopy" form free-of-charge to the Garrard Camp membership. Back issues are available to the membership and to anyone else who may want them for $2.00 per copy (a donation to the Garrard Camp treasury). Contact Jeff Sams at 606-598-0118 to get a "hardcopy" of the current issue or contact Robert M. Baker at 606-877-3154 or robertmbaker@compuserve.com to obtain back issues.

The Mountain Banner Editorial Staff

Editor-in-Chief: Robert M. Baker Assistant Editor: Jeffrey E. Sams Assistant Editor: Estus Hibbard Assistant Editor: Pamela Norman Baker

Comments, questions, additions, or criticisms? We appreciate feedback! Contact the Editor-in-Chief: Robert M. Baker. We are always looking for submissions! We ask that you limit your submissions to material discussing Kentucky Union topics, the GAR, and particularly material relating to the eastern mountainous portion of the state. We cannot offer any remuneration for your submission except for a free copy of the issue in which your article was published.

The Mountain Banner is produced, edited, laid-out, printed, etc. using the equipment and facilities of the the Bushwhacker Bookseller in London, KY. All material published in the newsletter is copyrighted with the rights to the material printed being owned by the respective authors. Any other material published within these pages is the intellectual property of the editors of The Mountain Banner. You are encouraged to download this version and also encouraged to photocopy it and share it with others free of charge, so long as it is distributed in its complete form and the authors' and editors' names are not altered or removed. However, if you use material from the newsletter as a source in your own work or if you desire to reprint any of the articles, you must request permission to do so in writing. Contact the editors to do so. We are not stingy with such permission, but do wish to protect our intellectual rights since so much time goes into researching and writing any of these articles.

Past Issues

Volume 1, Issue 1, July-August, 1999
"Commander's Report," by Jeffrey E. Sams "The 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry," by Robert M. Baker "Minutes from the Last Meeting" "Graves Registry" "Notes from the 2nd Annual Department Encampment" "Why the SUVCW Needs You!" by John Witt "Ancestor Profile: Jacob H. Gabbard, 47th Kentucky Mounted Infantry" "The T. T. Garrard Post Has a Website!"
Volume 1, Issue 2, September-October, 1999
"Habeas Porcus: The Great Hog Swindle," by Robert M. Baker "Commander's Report," by Jeffrey E. Sams "Graves Registry" "Minutes from the Last Meeting" "Featured Kentucky Regiment: The 24th Kentucky Infantry," from Thomas Speed "News From Around the State" "Simeon Justice: East Kentucky's Only Republican Voter," by Robert M. Baker "L.D. Yost #162 Was Pikeville's Post," submitted by Past Department Commander John Mills

Currently Available On Line: Volume 1, Issue 3, November-December, 1999, Pages 1-13 "Half Mountain: 'Colonel Gallup is Dying!'," by Sergeant Brian E. Hall and Robert M. Baker "Commander's Report," by Jeffrey E. Sams "Expedition to Peach Orchard," by Robert M. Baker "Minutes from the Last Meetings" "Recognize Anyone?" (photo archives)
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Currently Available On Line: Volume 2, Issue 1, January-February, 2000, Pages 1-11

"We Mourn the Loss of Our Department Commander, James L. Riddell" "General Grant Comes to Laurel County," by Garrard Camp Member Estus Hibbard "Commander's Report," by Jeffrey E. Sams "The Killing of John Hunt Morgan," (reprinted through the courtesy of Dr. James Ramage, Northern Kentucky University, and The University of Nebraska Press) Graves Registry - submitted by Gary Blake of Columbus, OH The Rear Guard: Notes, Updates, and Reminders "Minutes from the Last Meetings"
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