HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THE CONFEDERATION Compatriots, Happy New Year to all of ya’ll! 2020 has been a trying year with the pandemic, attacks upon our history by the “Cancel Culture”, and our nation’s economic woes. But, as the New Year approaches, we have a lot to look forward to with the 125th Anniversary year of our organization’s creation, 160th [...]
ANNUAL CAPT. HENRY WIRZ MEMORIAL SERVICE The annual Capt. Henry Wirz Memorial Service will be held in the town of Andersonville, GA on Sunday afternoon, November 8, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend. The event is sponsored by the Alexander H. Stephens SCV Camp 78 in Americus, Ga. In case of inclement weather, the Service will [...]
See below press release from Sons of Confederate Veterans National.
Please consider helping the descendants of Capt. Henry Wirz, Commandant of Andersonville Prison Camp (1864-1865), apply for a Presidential Pardon for him. After the War, Capt. Wirz was taken to Washington and tried before a Military Tribunal. He was found guilty of murdering Yankee prisoners (no body NOR no prisoner name was ever given), and hung on November 10, [...]
Georgia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans Position on Monument Removal , Defacement and Name Changes. The Georgia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans condemns in the strongest terms possible the vandalism, removal and defacement of any Veteran's monuments, memorials, or grave markers and will vigorously pursue the prosecution of these heinous violations to the fullest extent of the law. We hold [...]
Sons of Confederate Veterans Offers Practical Solutions to Athens's Mayor and Council Regarding the "Stability and Safety" of the Confederate Veterans Monument. The Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) met with Athens's Mayor Kelly Girtz on June 15 to offer and to implement some practical solutions to the Mayor and Council's concerns over the Confederate Monument. At one point the Mayor [...]
The Sons of Confederate Veterans Increases Reward to $3,000 for Information leading to the Arrest and Conviction for Acts of Vandalism to Veteran's Monuments. Georgia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans Position on Monument Removal , Defacement and Name Changes. The Georgia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans condemns in the strongest terms possible the vandalism, removal and defacement of any Veteran's [...]
June 13, 2020 Gentlemen, See the below post from CIC Gramling regarding contacting the White House and our US Senators to stop the renaming of our Military Bases named after Confederate Officers. Below the post is a contact list and links for the White House & Senators. Click Here for White House On-line Contact Georgia's Senator David Perdue voted to change [...]
Gentlemen, See the below link to the October's issue of the Chaplain Chronicles distributed by Division Chaplain Rev. Dr. James L. Cavanah II for your use. Please distribute to your Camp members if you desire. The Chaplin Chronicles
It is with deep sadness that we make our community, members, and friends aware of an act of vandalism that occurred at The Gettysburg Lot in Laurel Grove Cemetery (North). Someone has torn up, shredded, and burned several of our flags placed on Memorial Day to commemorate these American Veterans who fell during the war. They also damaged the fence [...]