Monday, April 21, 2014

Civil War Commemoration in Baxter County, Arkansas

Confederate Memorial Day, April 19, 2014

Mountain Home Cemetery    10:00 a.m.

 Confederate Veteran Honored:
Milus S. Paul 
 
Organizations involved:





Gravestone of Confederate Veteran,
Milus S. Paul 
Lunch at the Baxter County Court House      11:30
  

Baxter County Court House Lawn      1:30 p.m.
  Ceremony to commemorate dedication of the 
Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial of the 
Skirmish of Mountain Home on Oct. 17, 1862.

Organizations involved:


Order of Service:

Master of Ceremony: Kevin Bodenhamer
Welcome - Kevin Bodenhamer
Pledge  - Vincent Anderson
Invocation - Tom Yoder, SCV Chaplain
Greetings from NW ARK Brigade SCV - Trip Wilson
Greetings from 27th ARK. Inf. Camp MH SCV - John Crain
Greetings from Caroline-Meriwether-Goodlett Chap. UDC - Virginia Griffin
Greetings from Baxter Co. Hist. Soc. - Jennifer Baker
History of the skirmish near MH - Vince Anderson
Unveiling of marker - John, Virginia, Jennifer, Kevin
3 Volley Salute - Wiggins Battery/ 27th Arkansas Inf. Reenactors
Closing remarks – Kevin Bodenhamer
Closing prayer - Tom Yoder

Master of Ceremony & Welcome- Kevin Bodenhamer
Pledge  - Vincent Anderson


Invocation - Tom Yoder, SCV Chaplain
Greetings from NW ARK Brigade SCV - Trip Wilson
Greetings from 27th ARK. Inf. Camp MH SCV - John Crain
Greetings from Caroline-Meriwether-Goodlett Chap. UDC - Virginia Griffin

Greetings from Baxter Co. Hist. Soc. - Jennifer Baker
History of the skirmish near Mountain Home - Vincent Anderson
3 Volley Salute - Wiggins Battery/ 27th Arkansas Inf. Re-enactors



Eugene & Teresa Reed.

Owners of the farm where the skirmish took place &

where the Confederate soldiers are buried.
 

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