United Confederate Veterans Camp W. J. Hardee, No. 39, Birmingham, Alabama, records
Collection
Identifier: W-0048
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two journals, one containing brief biographical sketches of the members of Birmingham United Confederate Veterans Camp W. J. Hardee, and the other containing the minutes of meetings at the camp.
The journal of typed and handwritten biographies includes information about individual veterans' enlistment, engagements fought, imprisonment, battle injuries, and discharge. The minutes volume includes the minutes of regular camp meetings, as well as state and national reunions. Both volumes include tribute essays to deceased members.
The journal of typed and handwritten biographies includes information about individual veterans' enlistment, engagements fought, imprisonment, battle injuries, and discharge. The minutes volume includes the minutes of regular camp meetings, as well as state and national reunions. Both volumes include tribute essays to deceased members.
Dates
- 1906-1919
Creator
- Garretson, J. T. (Author, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
None
Biographical / Historical
Established in 1889, the United Confederate Veterans Association (U.C.V.) was a benevolent, historical, and social society organized to commemorate the Civil War and preserve Confederate history. In addition to national and regional offices and departments, the organization consisted of local camps, including Birmingham's Camp W. J. Hardee. The veterans association was active until the 1950s, hosting reunions and commemorations. The U.C.V. held its last national reunion in 1951.
Sources: Warren, Steven L. United Confederate Veterans. Encyclopedia of Arkansas. http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=6401. Accessed June 7, 2013.
United Confederate Veterans Association Records Finding Aid. Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library. Louisiana State University Libraries. Baton Rouge, Louisiana.http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/1357.pdf. Accessed June 7, 2013.
Sources: Warren, Steven L. United Confederate Veterans. Encyclopedia of Arkansas. http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=6401. Accessed June 7, 2013.
United Confederate Veterans Association Records Finding Aid. Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library. Louisiana State University Libraries. Baton Rouge, Louisiana.http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/1357.pdf. Accessed June 7, 2013.
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Records of the United Confederate Veterans Camp W. J. Hardee, in Birmingham, Alabama, between 1906 and 1919.
Physical Location
The A. S. Williams III Americana Collection, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, The University of Alabama
Provenance
Gift of A. S. Williams III, 2010
General
Camp W. J. Hardee members whose sketches appear in the first volume are: R. D. Alexander; T. B. Alford; W. F. Barnes; John K. Barton; Henry Beck; W J. Bethune; Daniel Robert Bize; John W. Bush; E. Carpenter; A. S. Carrel; C. C. Coxe; Joab Lawler Darby; Thomas Wilson Davis; Elwell Eastman; W. F. Eggleston; F. G. Eskew; Samuel A. Flippen; J. T. Garretson; Rufus Harrison Hagood; Thomas Alexander Hamilton; George H. Hening; George Henning; Robert Greene Hewitt; Stephen Hodge; William E. Hooper; W. R. (William Robert) Houghton; George P. Hughes; Sam Will John; Richard E. Jones; S. J. King; W. B. Leedy; J. H. Lewis; James Mackey; George L. Martin; John F. McLaughin; F. F. Norton; John B. Reid; Henry N. Rosner; E. H. Sholl; John G. Smith; W. D. Stallins; W. D. Stratton; J. C. Styles; Edmund Taylor Taliaferro; J. T. S. Wade; N. B. Walker; William Columbus Ward; J. H. Weatherly; Marshall H. Wells; Sidney B. Wilder; M. M. Williams; Henry Felix Wilson; William Wallace Wilson; E. A. Wright; William E. Yancey; and Daniel Zimmerman.
General
Titles on phase box spine: Reminiscences of Confederate Service - by Members of Camp Hardee, United Confederate Veterans, Birmingham, Alabama - 1912-1917; and Minute Book of Camp Hardee, United Confederate Veterans - Birmingham, 1914-1918
Processed by
Haley Aaron and Martha Bace, 2013
Creator
- Garretson, J. T. (Author, Person)
- Williams, A. S., III (Collector, Person)
Source
- Williams, A. S., III (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the United Confederate Veterans Camp W. J. Hardee, No. 39, Birmingham, Alabama, records
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- October 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository