“The meeting was held in a deserted log cabin on the outskirts of the camp, at night. By a miraculous effort one wretched tallow candle

“It was fully agreed that under the exigencies of the situation the chapter should initiate new members. Needless to say, with Harry St. John Dixon

“… Without hesitation he entered the army as a private to contend for what he deemed right. He was one of those men who seemingly

“The last days of the war quickly came and rendered impossible any further activities of this war-time chapter of Sigma Chi. But both in the

“The only badge in the chapter was the remarkable one improvised by Dixon earlier in the war. All had lost their badges, Dixon's own having

Harry St. John Dixon, VIRGINIA and CONSTANTINE 1861, “founded the chapter to make sure that Sigma Chi continued to exist in the South. It was

The members of the Constantine Chapter “loved their Fraternity so much that they wanted it to be a part of their daily lives, even in

“The Constantine Chapter only met three or four times, but the fact that it was able to meet at all gives it an outsized legend.”