The General William J. Hardee Camp #1397 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Welcomes You!

We meet at 7:30 PM on the fourth Monday of each month at the former Historic Second Baptist Church of New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia.  This Historic Church is the beautiful White Frame Building at the intersection of the Dallas-Acworth Highway (Highway 381) and Bobo Road in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia. This is the same intersection where New Hope Cemetery is.

Our next meeting is 7:30 PM on Monday, August 26, 2024, at the former Historic Second Baptist Church of New Hope. 

After a short discussion of Camp business we be honored to have Historian James Ogden speak on "Alfred Jefferson Vaughan Gets the Brigade"

On May 27, 1864, Frank Cheatham’s Tennessee Division attacked and drove Federals from a position on Elsberry Mountain to re-establish and assure connection between the left and right of Joe Johnston’s still developing New Hope-Dallas-Pickett’s Mill line.  The brunt of the fight was borne by the brigade “so successful in contest and ripe in renown” commanded by Brigadier General Alfred J. Vaughan.  In his talk this year, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Historian Jim Ogden will address the role of this brigade of Tennesseans at Chickamauga and how, those eight months before the fight on Elsberry Mountain, in a dark, gloomy, fought-over forest, Vaughan found himself acceding to the command of that “so successful in context and ripe in renown” brigade.

Jim has been historian for the National Park Service for over 30 years, you do not want to miss his talk, he is also one of the top War Between the States speakers and tour guide in the Country. I hope to see you at the meeting and bring someone with you for a great time of fellowship as we learn about the war of our ancestor's.