DUVCW Welcome Four New Members to Mary Morris Husband Tent #58

Debbie Schiesser, President of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War (DUVCW) Mary Morris Husband Tent #58 installed four new members at their February 25th meeting. Each woman is a lineal descendant from a Civil War ancestor who served between April 12, 1861 and April 9, 1865. Members Connie Cole, descendant of Private Patrick Conley, Co D, 69th Regiment, PA Infantry; Nancy Crowther, descendant of Private William Duffield, Co E, 15th Regiment, NJ Infantry; Jessy Schaffer, descendant of Private David Ellis Ely, Co H, 88th Regiment, PA Infantry and Margo Hunt, descendant of Private Thomas W Stockton, Co G, 23rd Regiment, NJ Infantry were all welcomed at the meeting.

To be eligible for membership in the DUVCW, ancestor must have been honorably discharged or died during their term of service. Members have the opportunity to preserve her Civil War heritage for posterity, while honoring and revering her Civil War ancestry, and promoting patriotism for the United States of America.

The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861 - 1865 was incorporated December 12, 1885 and federally chartered December 9, 1985. Our mission is ‘To spread widely the teachings of patriotism, that those who dwell in this broad land of ours will so live that, in peace or in war, there shall be no stain on "The Flag Our Fathers Saved." Our object is to: 'To perpetuate the memories of their ancestral fathers who served in the Civil War, to honor their loyalty and their unselfish sacrifices to preserve the Union, and to keep alive the history of those who participated in that heroic struggle for the maintenance of our free government.’

Pictured from left to right: Connie Cole, Nancy Crowther, Jessy Schaffer and Margo Hunt

Pictured from left to right: seated Nancy Crowther, Jessy Schaffer, Margo Hunt and Connie Cole; standing Dot Wright, Tent Vice President; Donna Gerber, Patriotic Instructor; MaryAnn Herbsleb, VAVS Rep; Bonnie Lobby, Chaplain; and Debbie Schiesser, Tent President