Edward F.Arthur Camp #1783 Sons of Confederate Veterans. Corbin, KY.

Pvt. Edward F.Arthur Camp #1783
Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Southeastern KY.




Why We Remember



The citizen soldiers who fought for the Confederacy best personified the qualities of America. The preservation of Liberty and freedom was the motivating factor in the South's decision to fight the second American Revolution. The tenacity with which Confederate soldiers fought underscored their belief in the rights guaranteed by the Constitution. These attributes are the underpinning of our Democratic society and represent the foundation on which this nation was built.

The Pvt. E.F. Arthur camp is very active in all areas regarding the positive memory of our Confederate ancestors. Please view our page and you will see that we try to be good Southern American men who will never forget the sacrifices that our forefathers made for us. May God Bless America and may God Bless Dixie.

If you are looking for a hate, or racial discrimination organization, you should look somewhere else!

Heritage Not Hate!





Pvt. Edward F. Arthur


Who was Edward Arthur
Edward F. Arthur was a Kentuckian distinguished by his high character as well as by his notable acheivements. Born In Knox County, Kentucky, he enlisted first in the Confederate Army in August of 1862 in his native county, but was mustered into Company B of Grigsby's 6th Cavalry on September 8 1862, at Stanford, Kentucky. he participated in the battles of Perryville, Kentucky and Murfreesboro, Tennessee, before he was captured in action at Bradyville, Tennessee. on January 25, 1863. He was held at Fort McHenry, Maryland as a POW until he was exchanged on February 18, 1863, at City Point, Virginia. Unable to return to his regiment, he attached to Company K of Caudill's 13th Kentucky Cavalry in Southwest Virginia on August 1 1863. However, he was again captured in action on January 17, 1864, at Dandridge, Tennessee and was imprisoned sucessively at Nashville, Tn., Louisville, Ky., and Rock Island, Ill. On March 23, 1865 he was transferred to City Point, Virginia and was exchanged for a second time. This time he was able to rejoin his original regiment, the 6th Kentucy Cavalry, which was operating in Southwest Virginia. He fought in the battles of Marion and Wythville, Virginia., and surrendered on April 25, 1865, at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.

He returned to Knox County after the war was over, but also lived in Williamsburg, Kentucky for a time. He was active in The United Confederate Veterans and was awarded the "Southern Cross of Honor" by the ladies of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

He died at his home in Williamsburg on March 11, 1921 at the age of ninety-one. He is buried in Highland Park Cemetary at Williamsburg, Kentucky. The men of Camp Arthur dedicated a new Confederate Headstone on Pvt. Arthur's grave on June 11th 1997 along with some decendants of the men from the 13th Kentucky Cavalry CSA, The Ben Caudill Camp SCV Hazard, Kentucky and members of the South West, Virginia Brigade SCV.

Please view the page below and you will see how busy we are as a Camp honoring our ancestors who fought and died for what they knew was right. Thank You.

Local history books
By Commander Wayne Taylor
By Past Commander Ray Adkins
By Compatriot David Owens



2008-2010 Camp Officers


Wayne Taylor, Commander
Ronnie Bowling,1st Lt. Commander
Moses Hamblin. 2nd Lt. Commander
Jennings Krahenbuhl,Aide de Camp
David Owens, Chief of Staff
Ronnie Bowling, Capt. Honor Guard
Les Williamson, Adjutant/Treasurer/Webmaster
Tommy Goodin, Gravestone project
Past Commander Ray Adkins, Newsletter Editor
Pastor J.W. Binion, Chaplain
Jimmy Hendrickson,Heritage/ Public relations
Stacy Cox, Quartermaster
Josiah McVey, Sergeant at Arms

Past Arthur Camp Commanders

Howard Swarts 1996-98
Mike Cox 1998-1999
Patton Oneal Jones 1999-2001
Donald R. Poynter, Sr. 2001-2003
Eulis Ray Adkins2003-2005
Edgar Hayden 2006-2008



Membership Information

Membership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans is open to all male descendants of any Confederate veteran who served honorably in the Confederate armed forces. Membership can be obtained through either direct or collateral family lines and kinship to a Confederate veteran must be documented genealogically. The minimum age for membership is 12.
Proof of kinship can take many forms. The best method is to contact the archives of the state in which the veteran served and obtain a copy of the veteran's service record. All southern states' archives have this information on microfilm and can be obtained for a small fee.
*Arthur Camp now has free excess to the Confederate roster on CD-Rom to help prove your Confederate ancestory.*
For further information please contact:
Les Williamson, Adjutant
Pvt. E.F. Arthur Camp #1783
Sons of Confederate Veterans
P.O. Box 40
Annville, Kentucky. 40402

Kentucky Civil War Research Series by Steve Lynn




Lee/Jackson/Kentucky Secession Dinner
CIC Denne Sweeny as guest of honor
Corbin, Kentucky. Jan. 19 2008


Meeting Information and Camp Events for 2008

Pvt. E. F. Arthur camp usually meets on the second Thursday of each month at Shoney's resturant, Cumberland Gap Parkway exit 29 off of I75 in Corbin, Kentucky. The meeting starts around 6:00 with a featured speaker starting at 6:30

19 Jan. General Robert E. Lee's birthday
21 Jan. General Stonewall Jackson's birthday

Dec. Regular Meeting
Speaker: Jennings Krahenbuhl
Topic:Gen N.B. Forrest

Jan. Regular Meeting
Speaker: Mose Hamblin
Topic: Confederate Warhorses

17 Jan. Lee/Jackson Dinner 6:00 PM 2009
Kentucky Division Commander Dr. Tom Hiter, Quest of Honor
Entertainment:Moses Hamblin with WBTS music.
Free raffle prizes
Price: $10.00
Period dress encouraged but not required
Corbin's new Tech/Convention center
Directions: Exit 25 off of I75 on the Cumberland Falls Highway
Corbin, KY.
For further information please e-mail:Dinner Info.


14 Feb. Regular Meeting

13 Mar. Regular Meeting

Mar. Road Clean-up 10:00AM
Corbin bypass(Hwy 3041)

April. Regular Meeting

May Red Bud Festival, Bennett center
London, Kentucky
For more information contact:
2nd Lt. Commander Moses Hamblin

May. Regular Meeting

Jun. Kentucky Confederate Memorial Day
Legal Kentucky State Holiday

Fly your Battleflag Proudly

6-7 Jun. Kentucky Division convention

July. Regular Meeting

July S.C.V. National Convention

Aug. Corbin Nibroc Festival
We will be manning our recruit/information booth all four daysVolunteers Needed
We will also be marching in the parade!

Aug. Our Camp will be meeting at our Nibroc booth this month
Won 2nd place with our float in 2006 & 1st in 2007 !!

Sept. Regular Meeting

Sept. Barbourville Kentucky Reenactment
Arthur Camp is co-sponser of this event
Recruitment/Information/Sales booth
Volunteers Needed

Sept. World Chicken Festival Parade
London, Kentucky
For more information please contact:
Compatriot Moses Hamblin
Won 1st Place with our float in 2006 !!

Oct. Regular Meeting

Oct. Camp Wildcat Reenactment
Arthur Camp is co-sponser of this event
Recruitment/Information/Sales booth
Ditto on the Volunteers
Recruitment/Informational/Sales booth

Oct. Battle of Leatherwood Kentucky
SCV & 5th Kentucky co-sponsored event
For information please contact: Brother Gary Begley

Nov. Regular Camp Meeting





Cpl. William Sparks 5th KY.
CSA Graveside Dedication
Crandon, Wisconsin
April 27 2002
Pvt. William Chaney Camp #1782
Crandon, Wisconsin


Dedication of the Unknown Confederate dead
killed at Barbourville, Kentucky


Arthur Camps' "Patch of Road" Hwy. 3041 (Corbin Bypass)
Querterly cleanup June 2003-2006


Arthur Camps' Nibroc Festival 2003 float
1st Place
Corbin, Kentucky


April 17 2004
Kentucky Division Honor Guard
Hunley Funeral Procession
Charleston South Carolina


Nibroc Float and Honor Guard August 2006


Aug 2006
Called up for Service
General James Mason and member David Owens

Camp Shelby and Jefferson Davis home


Nov. 2006
Top of Jefferson Davis Monument with Col. Henry Wirtz descendents


Nov. 2006
Wirtz Dedication. Cadiz Kentucky


Lee/Jackson Kentucky Secession dinner 20 Jan 2007
SCV Executive Director Ben Sewell as Guest of Honor



Camp Honor Guard
Lee/Jackson/Kentucky Secession Dinner
Jan. 19th 2008


"Gideon"
The Gaddis Battery
In honor of 1st Lt. Commander Luther Gaddis



Sons of Confederate Veterans Links of Interest

International Headquarters SCV
Kentucky Division SCV
Southern heritage and informatin links
Adopt a Confederate Program

Kentucky Confederate Units on the Web,
Kentucky Confederate leaders, Union Prisons and other related Links

Kentucky Vicksburg Monument Campaign


Arthur Camp sponsored Reenactment unit
Arthur Camp Honor Guard


Birthplace of Kentucky Fried Chicken



Arthur Camp meets in Corbin Kentucky in Whitley County although we strectch all over Southeastern Kentucky and the entire United States in membership.


"We of the South...are compelled to take arms in defense of our rights, our liberties, our homes, and our property...I can not stay in peace..."
General James B. McCreary, twice governor of Kentucky.

"Sentiment moves the world; man is nothing without it. He who feels no pride in his ancestors is unworthy to be remembered by his descendants."
-- Major David French Boyd, 9th Louisiana Infantry First President of Louisiana State University


This Webpage is dedicated to the ancestors of the men of Camp Arthur and especially my great-great grandfather, Pvt. Francis Marion Barker of Capt. Burrough's Battery of the 34th Tennessee Volunteer Infrantry,CSA Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.

In Honor and Memory of
2nd Lt. Commander
Luther H. Gaddis Jr.

Luther and Edgar Hayden SCV Convention 2004
You will be missed by all who had the honor to meet you my friend.
Luther Gaddis
11/16/39
12/14/05




Proud member of the SCV Mechanized Cavalry


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