5th annual Salisbury confederate prison symposium   Salisbury, North Carolina April 5-7, 2002
				The Symposium is open to all individuals interested in the Salisbury Confederate Prison and those who were there.   schedule of events friday, April 5 5 pm reunion of descendants and guests 7 pm friendship banquet featuring southern cuisine keynote address and special music   saturday, april 6 9 am - 4 pm stanback auditorium, rowan public library lectures, displays, books   sunday, april 7 memorial services with three volley salutes 10 am salisbury national cemetery for union soldiers 11 am old lutheran church cemetery for confederate soldiers and early afternoon tour of camp yadkin/fort york battle site
REGISTRATION FORM   Name:__________________________________________________________________________   Address:________________________________________________________________________   Telephone:___________________________________ E-mail:_____________________________   If your ancestor was a Guard or POW at the Salisbury Prison or connected in any way please share with us his name, rank, company, regiment, state, dates of service:   _______________________________________________________________________________   _______________________________________________________________________________   Registration fee is $50 per guest Checks should be made out to: Robert F. Hoke Chapter No. 78, UDC Mail to: P.O. Box 5093, Salisbury, NC 28144   For more information about the Symposium or the Salisbury Confederate Prison Association, Inc. contact the above address, E-Mail: southpaws@salisbury.net, call 704-637-6411 or visit our website at http://www.salisbury.net/scpa/   Event Sponsored by the Robert F. Hoke Chapter No. 78, United Daughters of the Confederacy®
	4th Annual Salisbury Confederate Prison Symposium       The Symposium sponsored by the Robert F. Hoke Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy®, looks like it will be yet another wonderful opportunity to learn more about the Prison and those who were there.   It is a weekend packed with activities which hopefully still lends time for fellowship.   The following paragraphs describe our schedule and topics as of this date.     Friday will begin at 5 PM at the Landmark Church at 1910 Mooresville Road in Salisbury, North Carolina. Light refreshments will be served during which time you can visit with old friends and make new ones and share genealogy and military records.  The banquet will begin at 7 PM with our keynote address being given by author Lonnie Speer who will speak on “Compassion in the Prisons – the Side Seldom Heard”. Recording artist Stan Clardy of Statesville, North Carolina will play and sing  and soloist Eva Millsaps will end the program with “Let There Be Peace on Earth”  Of course, there will be door prizes (one is a set of books that includes a drawing of what a Salisbury Prison Guard uniform might have looked like and a photo of a cannon from the  Salisbury area).  Our meal will be provided again this year by Debbie Suggs Catering so come hungry as she always prepares a wonderful Southern meal.     Saturday our lectures will be held in the Stanback Auditorium of the Rowan Public Library.  Doors open at 9 AM.  A table will be provided for those who were not able to attend on Friday so they can pick up their nametags, program booklets, and ditty bags. There will be refreshments provided at the morning and afternoon breaks.  A two hour lunch break will be given so guests can eat at one of the local restaurants and attend the living history on the grounds of the Hall House, the historic home of one of the surgeons at the Prison.      Lectures begin with Catawba College History Professor Dr. Gary Freeze who will introduce us to the Prison.  Charles Cooke, M.D. of Richmond, Virginia will talk about smallpox during the War.  Confederate descendant Grady Hall of Salisbury will tell us about his great uncle, Dr. Josephus Hall, and Union descendant Kevin Carle of New London, North Carolina will share information about his ancestor, Colonel James Carle, the highest ranking POW known to be held at the Prison.  After lunch author C.Terry Teff  of New London will  show us two examples of the guns of that period and talk about the weapons used at the Prison.  Kevin Cherry, consultant for special collections at the State Library in Raleigh, will capture our attention as he unfolds the story of a POW woodcutter who remained in the Salisbury area after the War.  The actual location of the Prison remains a mystery and two speakers will address that issue.  Robert Tannehill, M.D. of Salisbury, who participated in the 1965 archaeological dig, will share information about the findings. Quincy, Florida resident Annette Gee Ford will use the trail transcript of her ancestor, Commandant John Henry Gee, to share revealing testimony brought forth in the 1866 court-martial.        An opportunity for self-introductions will be given on Saturday with a chance for everyone to share the name of an ancestor, and photos will be taken of all the descendants of Salisbury POW’s and Guards.  This year we are hopeful that the actual son of a Guard will be able to join us.      The Salisbury Confederate Prison Association annual meeting and election of officers will be held after the lectures.      Sunday’s activities will begin at 10 AM in the Salisbury National Cemetery with a Memorial Service for the Union soldiers which will include music, flags, flowers, poetry, an address, and re-enactors from Co. K, 4th Regiment, North Carolina Troops and Co. C, 2nd United States Regulars.  The Service for the Confederate soldiers will begin at 11 AM in the Old Lutheran Cemetery.  As is traditional, a Confederate descendant will read the poem, “The Blue and The Gray”, at the National Cemetery and a Union descendant will read the same poem at the Old Lutheran Cemetery.  Registered guests will also be able to take a tour of the April 12, 1865 Fort York/Camp Yadkin battle site on Sunday afternoon.     Registration fee is $50 per person.  Interested individuals may contact Sue Curtis, Symposium Chairman, at PO Box 5093, Salisbury, NC 28144 or e-mail: