October 29, 2018 - The Capt. Jesse Amason Camp # 282 Sons of Confederate Veterans will hold their regular monthly meeting October 29, 2018 at the Las Margaritas Restaurant, 110 Nacogdoches St., Center at 6:30pm. Come join us as we honor our Confederate Ancestors!
All interested parties are encouraged to attend, and any male, with a relative who serve the Confederate cause is eligible to join. If you aren't sure you qualify please let us help you find out. The public is welcome. Those wishing to eat are asked to arrive about 6pm so you’ll be ready for the program. Contact Jim Barrett (936) 254-2618 for additional information."
Thanks,
Jim Barrett - Timpson, TX
From Wikipedia - The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) was fought October 27–28, 1864, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
In combination with movements against the Boydton Plank Road at Petersburg, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler attacked the Richmond defenses along Darbytown Road with the X Corps. The XVIII Corps marched north to Fair Oaks where it was soundly repulsed by Maj. Gen. Charles W. Field's Confederate division. Confederate forces counterattacked, taking some 600 prisoners. The Richmond defenses remained intact. Of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's offensives north of the James River, this was repulsed most easily. Union casualties were 1,603, Confederates fewer than 100.
