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Nathan Bedford Forrest II (1871–1931), businessman and activist who served as the 19th Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans [12] MacDonald Gallion (1913–2007), Alabama attorney general [2] R. Michael Givens (born 1958), film director and cinematographer [13] Gordon Gunter (1909–1998), marine biologist and fisheries ...
The Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) is an American neo-Confederate [1] nonprofit organization of male descendants of Confederate soldiers [2]: 6–9 that commemorates these ancestors, funds and dedicates monuments to them, and promotes the pseudohistorical Lost Cause ideology and corresponding white supremacy.
Pages in category "Members of Sons of Confederate Veterans" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
As a descendant of Nelson, Winbush qualified for membership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans. [1] He notes that his grandfather received a state pension from Tennessee for Confederate veterans beginning in 1921 according to his pension records. [24] 1921 was the first year that black cooks and servants were allowed to file. [25]
This is a topic category for the topic Sons of Confederate Veterans The main article for this category is Sons of Confederate Veterans . Please do not include biographical articles with a passing reference to membership or local leadership in the organization unless there is substantial related content.
This is a list of notable hereditary and lineage organizations, and is informed by the database of the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America.It includes societies that limit their membership to those who meet group inclusion criteria, such as descendants of a particular person or group of people of historical importance.
In 1968, the Sons of Confederate Veterans passed a resolution to issue a "medal of honor" and began minting them in 1977. [2] According to past executive director Ben Sewell, "[t]he SCV created their own Confederate Medal of Honor simply because there were some incredible acts of valor that had received little or no recognition during and after the war". [3]
Sons of Confederate Veterans (1 C, 22 P, 1 F) U. United Confederate Veterans (16 P) United Daughters of the Confederacy (2 C, 10 P) Pages in category "American Civil ...