Texas Division United Daughters of the Confederacy®

 
Rules for Historian's Essays

1. There is no word limit as long as the writer has something worthwhile to impart.  A scholarly approach is essential.  Footnotes citing authorities are required.  Direct quotations must be enclosed in quotation marks.  A complete bibliography must accompany essay.

2. Papers must be typed, double-spaced, and signed with a fictitious name. Real name, chapter and address of writer must be contained in a sealed envelope.  Author should keep a copy.  Papers should be in a form for immediate publication.  DO NOT SPIRAL BIND ESSAYS.

3. The term "Civil War" should not be used in reference to the "War Between the States" except in a direct quotation.

4. Essays must be sent to the Division Historian by Division deadline.

5. Winning essays become the property of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
 

1. $15.00 offered by Bernice Dowden Elgar, Texas Division President 2002-2004, in honor of Casey Long, CofC Texas Division President 2004-2005.  SUBJECT: “Winnie Davis.”
 (2009)  Carryover

2. $15.00 offered by Bernice Dowden Elgar, Texas Division President 2002-2004, in memory of her  mother Jewell Green Dowden 1908-2004.  SUBJECT:  “Home Life During the War.”
 (2009) Carryover

3.  $20.00 offered by Carolyn Dowden Jamail in honor of members of Dick Dowling Chapter 404  Beaumont.  SUBJECT:  “Marching in the Morning, Marching in the Evening, Marching All Night!”  (2010)

4.  $20.00 offered by Carolyn Dowden Jamail in honor of Jennifer Salge, Director Lee’s Traveller  Chapter 957, Children of the Confederacy.  SUBJECT:  “Standing Like a Stone Wall.”   (2010)

5.   $20.00 offered by Carolyn Dowden Jamail in honor of Ex Division Presidents, Vickie Knuth, Dickie  Gerig, and Bernice Elgar.  SUBJECT:  “My Old Plantation Home.”   (2010)

6.   $15.00 offered by Patsy Colbert, Magnolia Rangers Chapter 2544, Humble.  SUBJECT:  “My Love   Has Gone to Be a Soldier.”   (2010)
 

 
1.  $15.00 offered by Bernice Dowden Elgar, Texas Division President 2002-2004, in honor of Texas Division 2002-2004 Executive Board.  SUBJECT:  “Blockades on the Gulf of Mexico During the War Between the States.”  (2009)  Carryover

2. $15.00 offered by Bernice Dowden Elgar, Texas Division President 2002-2004, in memory of her mother, Jewell Green Dowden, granddaughter of Private Joseph Holt Green, Tennessee Cavalry, CS.  SUBJECT:   “The Confederate Cavalry.”  (2009)  Carryover

3.  $20.00 offered by Winnie McNamara, Magnolia Ranger Chapter 2544, Humble, in memory of her maternal great grandfathers, Private Wilhelm Geldmacher, 1st Texas Heavy Artillery and Private        Friedrich Pankonin,Waul’s Legion.  SUBJECT:  “History of the First Texas Heavy Artillery, CSA.”  (2009)  Carryover

4.  $15.00 offered by Betty Murphree Crosby, Texas Division Registrar 2004-2006, in honor of all the Daughters of District V.  SUBJECT:  “The Role of Texas Cotton Trails During the War Between the States.”   (2009)  Carryover

5. $15.00 offered by Lyn Knapp, Texas Division Grave Marker Chairman 2004-2006, in honor of her sister Carlyle Brown, Fredericksburg Chapter 163, Fredericksburg, VA.  SUBJECT:  “The Confederate White House, Richmond, Virginia:  The War Years and Today.”  (2009)  Carryover

6. $15.00 offered by Lyn Knapp, Texas Division Grave Marker Chairman 2004-2006, in honor of her son, SCV member Chris Knapp.  SUBJECT:  “Bloody Lane:  The Battle of Antietam.” (2009)  Carryover

7.  $15.00 offered by Shirley Woodlock, Mary West Chapter 26, Waco, in honor of Esther Sims,  Becka Sheehan, Betty Mann, Margaret Charlesworth, and Sherry Davis.
 SUBJECT:  “The 10th Texas Infantry.” (2009)  Carryover

8..  $25.00 offered by Karry Mader, The Southern Cross Chapter 2502, Houston, honoring Sherry Davis,  Honorary President of General.  SUBJECT:  “The Battle of Galveston.”  (2009)  Carryover

9.. $15.00 offered by Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter 2060, San Antonio, in honor of our Confederate  Ancestors.  SUBJECT:  “Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of  America.” (2009)  Carryover

10.  $20.00 offered by Winnie McNamara, Magnolia Rangers Chapter 2544, in honor of Taylor Adel Shepeard, Texas Division CofC Vice President 2008-2009.  SUBJECT:  “The Life of Major George  W. Durant.”  (2009)  Carryover

11.   $20.00 offered by Jan Bush, Historian, Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter 105, Austin, in honor of  Lana Henley, President, Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter 105 and District VI Chairman.   SUBJECT: “Southern Culture: Preserving Our Children’s Disappearing Legacy.”  (2009)  Carryover

12.   $18.62 offered by Carolyn Dowden Jamail, Texas Division Historian 2008-2010 in honor of the  members of Lee’s Traveller Chapter 957, CofC, Houston.  SUBJECT:  “Events of the Year 1862 in    the War Between the States.” (2009)  Carryover

13.  $18.64 offered by Jennifer Salge, Third Vice President, Robert E. Lee Chapter 186, Houston,  in honor of the officers of Lee’s Traveller Chapter 957, CofC.  SUBJECT:  “Events of the Year 1864     in the War Between the States.”   (2009)  Carryover

14.  $18.65 offered by Sandra Vasek, President, Robert E. Lee Chapter 186, Houston, in honor of Texas Division CofC officers 2008-2009, Shelby Salge, Third Vice President and Gabby Vasek, Historian.   SUBJECT:   “Events of the Year 1865 in the War Between the States.”   (2009)  Carryover

15.  $ 25.00 offered by Lynna Kay Shuffield, President, Oran M. Roberts Chapter 440, Houston, in memory of those gallant Texans who sailed the waters.  SUBJECT:  “Confederate Naval Actions in  Texas Rivers, Lakes, Estuaries, or Bays.” (2009)  Carryover

16.  $25.00 offered by Fort Virginia Point Chapter 2539 Texas City in memory of deceaqsed charter  member Virginia McDaniel Weede.  SUBJECT:  “Louis Trezevant Wigfall:  His Participation in the  Seige of Fort Sumpter.”  (2010)

17.  $25.00 offered by Kathy Hillman, Texas Division Registrar 2008-2010 in honor of the members of  Major Josephus Somerville Irvine Chapter 2664.  SUBJECT:  “Confederate Steamship ‘William H.  Webb.”  (2010)

18.   $15.00 offered by Trevia Wooster Beverly, Oran M. Roberts Chapter 440, Houston.  SUBJECT:  “Houston Women Answer the Call During the War Between the States.”   (2010)

19.    $15.00 offered by Trevia Wooster Beverly, Oran M. Roberts Chapter 440, Houston.  SUBJECT:  “Joining the Fight:  Harris County’s Local Units.”  (2010)

20.    $15.00 offered by Trevia Wooster Beverly, Oran M. Roberts Chapter 440, Houston.  SUBJECT:  “Houston’s ‘Spirit of the Confederacy’ Sculpture.   (2010)

21.    $40.00 offered by Eva Rains, Thomas Jefferson Stubbs Chapter 2523, Conroe, in honor of all the members of Thomas Jefferson Stubbs Chapter 2523, Conroe.  SUBJECT:  “Emma Sansom and her Part in the War Between the States.”  (2010)

22.   $15.00 offered by Patsy Colbert, Magnolia Rangers Chapter 2544, Humble.  SUBJECT:  “The Photography of Matthew Brady During the War Between the States.”