Waukesha
Camp Officers:
| Commander: | H. Craig Wheeler |
| Sr. Vice Commander: | Allen Keinert |
| Jr. Vice Commander: | Dan Palama |
| Secretary/Treasurer: | Patrick Lynch |
| Council #1: | PCC Bob Mann |
| Council #2: | Rick Gross |
| Council #3: | PCC James L. Johnson |
| Patriotic Instructor: | PCC James L. Johnson |
| Chaplain: | PCC Tom Sobottke |
| Historian: | PDC Bruce C. Laine |
| Guide: | Dan Palama |
| Counselor: | |
| Guard: | Dan Palama |
| Color Bearer: | Henry Hecker |
| Graves Registration Officer: | PDC Bruce C. Laine |
| Information Contact: | PDC Bruce C. Laine |
Major General John Gibbon
Camp meetings
Major General John Gibbon Camp #4 meets at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month at the Gander Mountain Meeting Center, 2440 E. Moreland Blvd., Waukesha.
Newsletter
The Camp 4 newsletter "The Messenger" received the Marshall Hope Best Newsletter Award for 2003, presented at the SUVCW National Encampment in August. Congratulations to Camp 4 and Editor Bruce Laine for an outstanding publication!
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About Major General John Gibbon
MG John Gibbon (1827-1896) was a Pennsylvania-born West Point graduate who served in the Seminole War and on the frontier. He joined the Union Army even though three of his brothers chose to fight with the Confederate forces. He began as General Irvin McDowell's chief of artillery and was made a brigadier general in May 1862. He fought at Gainesville, Second Bull Run and Antietam; at South Mountain, his command was named the Iron Brigade. He was wounded at both Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. After his recovery after Gettysburg, he fought at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and Appomattox. He was promoted to major general in 1864 and continued in the regular army until 1891. He spent most of his years after the war on the frontier and led the relief column to Little Big Horn in 1876; it arrived in time to bury George Custer and all his men.
Camp Calendar
Days the flag should be flown | 4 Feb: | Department Mid-Winter Meeting, 9 a.m., Bluemound Gardens Restaurant, Wauwatosa 42nd Annual Patriotic Luncheon, 12:30 p.m., Bluemound Gardens Restaurant, Wauwatosa |
| 8 Feb: | Camp meeting, 7 p.m., Gander Mountain - Waukesha |
| 12 Feb: | Union Defender's Day (Abraham Lincoln's birthday) |
| 22 Feb: | George Washington's birthday |
| 26 Feb: | Member Orientation, 12:30 - 4:30 p.m., Milwaukee VA Soldier's Home Bldg. 1 |
| 8 March: | Camp meeting, 7 p.m., Gander Mountain - Waukesha |
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Department of Wisconsin
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