Missourians Arise! - Champion Hill

[Gary of CA]

Re: Missourians Arise! - Champion Hill

I'm not from Misery (just joking you Missourians) but I too have given via the CWPT. Please give what you can so that future generations of Americans can enjoy that ground hallowed by those in blue and gray and preserved by us.

[EasySam]

Re: Missourians Arise! - Champion Hill

Allow me to introduce myself. I am Sam Looney. I serve as Adjutant for the 1st Missouri Battalion, CSA. Thank you Michael Comer for starting this thread. It was the right kick in the pants I needed to finally join the CWPT. I have been reenacting for 13 years and should have joined a long time back. As an individual, I will donate to the Champion Hill project. More importantly, I have informed the fellers in our Battalion about this opportunity to really help with preservation. Many of us will pool resources and make a donation as a group.

We are particularly interested in the idea of a Missouri Confederate monument. If you will, Paul Arnold, please post more or email me more about your plans. We will be honored to help. I just wish there could be a monument to Bowen's Division - Missouri & Arkansas men. More should be studied & known about General Bowen. Personally, I think he was the best Confederate division commander in the west. Maybe if he had died in a storm of lead instead of passing away, practically alone, from dysentery, he would be better known. As for Gen. Cockrell, I agree with some who claim him to be the best combat leader, commanding the best combat unit in the war, the Missouri Brigade.