Personal Information:

Name: Wendell G. Small, Jr.

Place of Birth: Biddeford, York County, Maine

DOB: June 1935

Joined SUVCW: 1 September 2004 in Fayetteville

Camp: MG Thomas H. Ruger Camp #1 At-Large

Present Camp: MG Thomas H. Ruger Camp #1

Veteran Ancestors:

Grandfather PVT Levi Small, CO I, First Maine Cav; 19 Dec 1863- 28 May 1866

Great Grandfather PVT Ira Hayford, Co G, 4th WI Cav; 19 Dec 1963- 28 May 1866

2nd Great Grandfather PVT Asa Hayford, 1st MN Inf Regt; 25 Mar 1864- 27 Jun 1864

Summary of Camp & Department Positions:

Historian: 2006-2011

Secretary: 2009

Commander: 2010

Department Historian: 2008-2010

Department Secretary: 2010-2012

Department Council: 2013-2016.

Attended Department Encampments: 2008-2013

Camp Chaplain: Present Position

Awards: 

Distinguished Service Award, 8 Dec 2007, CMDR Richard Bishop

Commendation Certificate, 12 Feb 2011, CMDR Dennis St. Andrew

Special Activities and Accomplishments:

1) Privately Printed Booklet on the “Grand Army of the Republic in the Carolinas” in 2005

2) Gave Invocation at the Dedication of the First Union Monument Placed on NC property  at the Bentonville Battleground in 2013

3) Special Ceremony at Monroe’s Crossroads with members of the Camp and the Confederate Lumberton Riflemen in 2008