Camp Groce CSA
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A Civil War camp for Union prisoners of war near Hempstead, Texas 1863 to 1864 and more. Great suffering occurred among these prisoners and many died. Gen.
07/27/2025
More Trumpf Cult Pro Confederate bu****it
es https://apnews.com/article/army-bases-confederate-names-restored-47b76d2d1f88c0fb1789ebe890c17b47 #
Renaming of military bases stirs debate over Confederate ties More than half a dozen Army bases’ names were changed in 2023 because they honored Confederate leaders.
06/21/2025
What is past is prologue…
“All slaves are free”: The 160th Anniversary of Juneteenth by Patrick Kelly-Fischer
Today is the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth – June 19, 1865, when Union Major General Gordon Granger issued General Orders No. 3 declaring that “all slaves are free.” By this point in the Civil War, organized fighting had come to a close. Confederate President Jefferson Davis was in custody, and his armies had surrendered or dissolved.
This spring, Emerging Civil War explored many of those surrenders in our Stacking Arms series. In June 1865, Granger was operating out of Galveston, a port city that had traded hands throughout the war. He was part of the broad Federal effort to reestablish the United States government’s authority, particularly in the areas that hadn’t been brought back under Union control before the Confederate government collapsed.
Read more here 👇
https://emergingcivilwar.com/2025/06/19/placeholder-juneteenth-160th/
REMEMBER
CAMP GROCE…
01/10/2025
I was the Founder and first commander of the camp.
LCDR Edward Lea USN, Camp 2 – Houston, TX – Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Are they gonna do the annual Edward Lea thingy this month?
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