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35,500 members preserving Confederate
symbols, advancing southern traditions and
celebrating our second century of operation.
Join today and become a member of a growing
southern heritage organization offering the
following benefits:
Membership in one of 900 local camps
Confederate Veteran Magazine
College Scholarships.-
Post Doctoral Medical Research Scholarships
Genealogical Assistance
Confederate Graves Registration
SCV Credit Card
Certificates, Medals, and Regalia
If you are interested in perpetuating the ideals
that motivated your Confederate ancestor, the SCV
needs you. The memory and reputation of the
Confederate soldier, as well as the motives for his
suffering and sacrifice, are being consciously
distorted by some in an attempt to alter history. A
unique part of our nation's cultural heritage will
cease to exist unless the descendants of Southern
soldiers resist those efforts.
Membership information: 1-800-MY-SOUTH
SCV International Headquarters
P. O. Box 59, Elm Springs
Columbia, TN 38402-0059
Internet Website: www.scv.org
E-mail: membership@scv.org
Today, the Sons of Confederate Veterans is
an organization preserving the history and
legacy of Confederate heroes, so future
generations may understand the motives that
galvanized the Southern Cause.
The SCV is the direct successor of the
United Confederate Veterans, and the oldest
hereditary organization for male descendants
of Confederate soldiers. Organized at
Richmond, Virginia, in 1896, the SCV
continues to serve as a historical, patriotic, and
non-political organization dedicated to
ensuring that a true history of the 1861-1865
period is preserved.
Membership in the Sons of Confederate
Veterans is open to all male descendants of
any veteran who served honorably in the
Confederate armed forces. Membership can
be obtained through either direct or collateral
family lines and kinship to a veteran must be
documented genealogically. The minimum age
for membership is 12.
Proof of a confederate soldier's honorable
service may take many forms. The easiest
method is to contact the archives of the state
from which the soldier fought and obtain a
copy of the veteran's military service record.
All Southern states' archives have microfilm
records of the soldiers who fought from that
state, and a copy of the information may be
obtained for a nominal fee. In addition, the
former Confederate states awarded pensions
to veterans and their widows. All of these
records contain a wealth of information that
can be used to document military service.
The SCV has a network of genealogists to
assist you in tracing your ancestor's
Confederate service as well as helping you put
together a simple family tree linking you to
your ancestor.