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Canonsburg's Paxton Camp, Sons of Veterans, from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1905 [1]. SUVCW, named initially the Sons of Veterans of the United States of America, was founded by Major Augustus P. Davis in November 1881 to ensure the preservation of principles of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and to provide assistance to veterans. [2]
Sons of Veterans was a general term used in the United States at the turn of the 20th century for fraternal organizations of men whose fathers fought in the United States Civil War. It may refer to: Sons of Confederate Veterans; Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Its peak membership, at more than 400,000, was in 1890. It was succeeded by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW), composed of male descendants of Union veterans. The GAR initially grew and prospered as a de facto political arm of the Republican Party during the heated political contests of the Reconstruction era. The ...
This category refers to organizations formed of veterans of the American Civil War; their descendants created auxiliary organizations to honor the memories of those who served. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War encamped at "the armory on the battlefield" and presented a "memorial marble bench" to the War Department. 1941-06-27 The 75th PA G. A. R. encampment ended at Gettysburg (only 3 Union Army veterans attended). 1941-07-05
On November 12, 1881, Davis organized the first camp (i.e. local chapter) of the Sons of Veterans of the United States of America (SV) which would later be renamed as the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW). [1] In Davis' original conception, the SV was to be a military training program for young men aged 14 and above.
The stone was erected in the 2000s by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp Negley Post of Tucson and the Burnside Post of Tombstone. Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery. A small flagstone that commemorates the 18 California Volunteers Union veterans and one colored troop buried in the cemetery.
Sons of Union Veterans biography Archived 2004-08-13 at the Wayback Machine; Photographs of Memorial "Bust of Albert Woolson Given To GAR Museum" Article in the Civil War News. "Depot salutes last Union vet" Article in the Duluth News Tribune, June 10, 2004. Albert Woolson at Find a Grave