Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

2021 June 19 – 139th Annual Encampment Proceedings

Minutes of the 139th Annual Encampment respectfully submitted by Eric Boothroyd, P.D.C., Department Secretary-Treasurer. The 139th Annual Encampment of the Department of Maine, SUVCW, was held at Governor’s Restaurant, Waterville, Maine, on Saturday, June 19, 2021. It was held in conjunction with the Annual Convention of the Department of Maine, DUVCW. The Encampment was opened…

C.S. Douty Camp Charter

A year and a half after the Camp was formed, Col. C. S. Douty Camp 11, Department of Maine, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War finally received its physical charter in a signing ceremony at last week’s annual Department Encampment in Waterville. This was the first time members of Maine’s SUVCW had been…

PNP Michelle Langley

It is our sad duty to report the death of ASUVCW Past National President Michelle Langley on 10 April 2021 at Interlaken, New York. PNP Langley was a member of the D.G. Caywood Auxiliary #72, Department of New York. She joined the ASUVCW in 1987 and served three different terms as the Department of New…

Stuart “Chip” Chambers

October 9, 1946 ~ February 3, 2021 It is our sad duty to report the death of sitting Massachusetts Department Commander Stuart“Chip” Chambers on 3 February 2021. Brother Chambers is the first Department Commander inrecent memory to pass away while actively performing the duties and responsibilities of his office.As such, it is fitting we mark this somber…

Lucille “Peaches” Streeter

It is our sad duty to report the death of Woman’s Relief Corps Past National President Lucille “Peaches” Streeter on 16 January 2021. PNP Streeter served as the WRC National President in 2018 during which she championed the conservation of an Indiana Civil War regimental battle flag in the GAR Memorial Museum in Springfield, Illinois….

Helen Viola Jackson

America’s last known Civil War widow has died at age 101. It is our sad duty to report the death of Helen Viola Jackson, the last documented widow of a Civil War soldier, on 16 December 2020, at the age of 101 years. She had been a resident of Webco Manor Nursing Home in Marshfield,…

Ronald Smith

February 22, 1948 – October 28, 2020 Brother Smith of Sangerville joined Chaplin Camp #3 in 2012 and served as Camp CW Memorials Officer for several years. He transferred to Col. C.S. Douty Camp #11 as a Charter Member at the beginning of this year. Ron was proud of his family’s patriotic and military history and served…

Lewis Austin Beal, Sr.

Lewis Austin Beal Sr., 82, of Bradley went to be with his heavenly father on September 02, 2020 surrounded by his family at his home. He was born on November 21, 1937 on Beals Island, Maine where he grew up, graduated from Beals High School in 1956 and later in life graduated Summa Cum Laude…