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CONFEDERATE VETERAN MAGAZINE. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. MAY 1906.

ORIGINAL ISSUE, WITH COVER . Averaging 52 Pages. DOZENS OF PHOTOGRAPHS , Including ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD.

COVER: General ROBERT E. LEE 1807-1870..

ARTICLES: Report of the REUNION AT RICHMOND, VA.; Report of the History Committer (lengthy); SAM DAVIS Monument; CONFEDERATE MONUMENT, Bardstown, Ky; CONFEDERATE Section Arlington Cemetery; TENNESSEE FEDERAT TROOPS in the SIXTIES (lengthy); WHEATON's BATTERY in the WAR (very lengthy); Two Little Confederates; Leaving West Virginia Home for Dixie; MISSIPPIANS at GETTYSBURG; General JOHN M. SCHOFIELD; The DELHI RANGERS; General CABELL Honored by Arkansans; Confederate Monument at Marshall, Texas; BEAUREGARD'S General Order No. 62; Drawing for Sweethearts in C. S. A.; Surviving Confederate General Officers; LAST ROLL--EPITAPHS AND WAR RECORDS; Many Ads for Confederate Items such as Flags, Swords, Belts and Caps, Many Travel Ads; College Ads; Ads for Houses (7 rooms, $1800), Etc. Ads Vary by Issue. Great Original Issue, Complete with Cover. Some wear after over one hundred years. Excellent Content.

The UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS group was organized in New Orleans on June 10th, 1889. The idea for a large and united association came from Colonel J.F. Shipp, an ex-Confederate soldier and commander of the N.B. Forrest Camp of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Col. Shipp had gone to New Orleans on behalf of the Chattanooga and Chickamauga Military Park, and t proposed the idea of a general organization of Confederates--somewhat like the Grand Army of the Republic for Union soldiers. The first meeting was held in New Orleans on June 10th, with the name United Confederate Veterans adopted and F.S. Washington as President and H.A. Chalaron as Secretary. A Constitution was adopted and Lt. Gen. John B. Gordon, of Georgia, was elected General and Commander-in-Chief. The first official Reunion of United Confederate Veterans was held in Chattanooga, Tennesse from July 3rd to the 5th, 1890. To this reunion invitations were extended to 'veterans of both armies and to citizens of the Republic'. The dates purposely included Independence Day.

The Constitution stated 'The object and purpose of this organization will be strictly social, literary, historical and benevolent. It will endeavor to unite in a general federation all associations of the Confederate veterans, soldiers and sailors, now in existence or after to be formed; to gather authentic data for an impartial history of the War Between the States; to preserve the relics or memories of the same; to cherish the ties of friendship that exist among men who have shared common dangers, common suffering and privations; to care for the disabled and extend a helping hand to the needy; to protect the widow and orphan, and to make and preserve the record of the services of every member and, as far as possible, of those of our comrades who have preceded us in eternity."

The Reunions were hugely popular, and were held every year. Attendance at the height of the popularity ranged between fifty thousand and one hundred thousand. The greatest gathering was at Richmond on June 20th, 1907, when the Jefferson Davis Monument was unveiled. T was approximately one hundred thousand people at the dedication. The Little Rock Reunion in May of 1911 drew over one hundred thousand visitors during its three days---this in a city of 30,000. The Reunions continued well into the twentieth century, with one of the last 'official' reunions taking place in Richmond in 1951.

The heir to the UCV heritage is the Sons of the Confederacy, founded in Richmond in 1896. The organization is open to all male descendents of any veteran who served honorably in the Confederate armed forces--of all races.

THE CONFEDERATE VETERAN MAGAZINE was published between the years of 1893 and 1932. Each issue was filled with information, stories, and recollections of the Confederate armed forces during the War Between the States. Obituaries were oft...

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