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Colorado Camp History Jefferson Davis Camp Number 175 was organized on May 22nd, 1900 in Colorado Springs and chartered on May 31st, 1900 by the United Sons of Confederate Veterans. It was the first camp formed within the Colorado Division of the Department of the Trans-Mississippi and had 21 members. Joseph D. Showalter was elected as Camp Commander, Daniel P. Ottenheimer as Adjutant, and L.M. Duncan as Chaplain. The camp’s organizing official was Walter R. Kivett and its official sponsor was Mrs. Margaret Howell Jefferson Davis Hayes, a Colorado Springs resident and the daughter of former Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis. Mr. Kivett later served as Camp Commander. The camp grew quickly and had 110 members by 1904. Jefferson Davis Camp 175 Organized May 22, 1900 Colorado Springs, CO Chartered May 31, 1900 Commander: Joseph D. Showalter Adjutant: Daniel P. Ottenheimer Chaplain: L.M. Duncan 21 Members Re-Chartered: May 15, 2003 Sterling Price Camp 676 Chartered March 29, 1912 Denver, CO Commander: H.W. Lowrie 5 Members Re-chartered March 30, 1998 Joseph Russell Camp 1492 Chartered July 17, 1989 in Ft. Collins Denver, CO Re-chartered in 2009 in Denver Abram Fulkerson Chartered March 28, 2006 Camp 2104 Commander: Terry M. Wabnitz Greeley, CO Lt. Commander: John T. Shinkle Adjutant: Terry M. Wabnitz Historian: Charles Miller Color Sergeant: Adrian S. Calder Gov. Charles S. Thomas Chartered May 8, 2007 Camp 2126 Commander: Gary E. Parrot Grand Junction, CO Lt. Commander: Michael E. Parrot Adjutant: Garry W. Brewer Quartermaster: Mark E. Brewer Judge Advocate: Eugene H. Parrot, Sr. Surgeon: Spenser W. Brewer Color Sergeant: Jared B.G. Brewer Chaplain: Eugene H. Parrot, Jr. Pvt. William T. Bridwell Chartered: May 1, 2003 Camp 2020 Deactivated in 2007 Canon City, CO (Camp is no longer active) Col. George Madison Chartered: February 4, 2000 Camp 1205 Deactivated in 2005 Colorado Springs, CO (Camp is no longer active) Colorado and the War for Southern Independence
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