Sons of Confederate Veterans

The Gen. John Crawford Vaughn Camp 2089 is located in Etowah, Tennessee, but we serve the entire tri-state area as re-enactors and living history demonstrators.  We participate in local parades, we present history talks, lectures, and we conduct period correct military-style graveside memorial services and ceremonies.  We  endeavour to uphold and fulfill the sacred charge given to the Sons of Confederate Veterans ( SCV) by Confederate Gen. Stephen Dill Lee at the 1906 New Orleans United Confederate Veterans (UCV) Reunion.  The SCV was created by the men of the UCV for their sons, nephews, grandsons, and great-grandsons just 10 years previously at the 1896 Richmond UCV Reunion.  Gen. Lee's charge says, "To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vindication of the cause for which we fought; to your strength will be given the defence of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles he loved, and which made him glorious, and which you also cherish.  Remember, it is your duty to see that the true history of the South is presented to future generations."  As a Camp of the international organisation styled the Sons of Confederate Veterans, we take this charge, and our organisational purposes as stated in our governing documents, and the obligations they entail, very seriously.  But we do so in a spirit of good humour, fun, and fellowship with likeminded men of Confederate ancestry as we seek to carry out the intent of Gen. Lee, namely, vindicating honourably the cause that the Confederate soldier sacrificed his all to see established, protecting the good name of our veterans, guarding his true history, and sincerely learning his motives so as to personally and corporately emulate his virtues, and to honestly strive to perpetuate those principles of civil government, religious faith, and personal morality which he loved and which defined him to the whole world as unquestionably the best fighting men ever seen.  We labour to see to it that the real history of the South and its people is rightly presented to present and future generations.  This is why we exist.  It is a tall order to carry out such responsibilities but we feel that Gen. Lee's trust was not misplaced. We do accept and seek to fulfill his expectations that we'd do all that is humanly possible to tell the truth about their struggle for constitutional government, rule by law, and self-determination.  We invite anyone having a Confederate forebear to join with us.  Our members are always ready to assist those needing help  in tracking down their ancestor.  You are invited to attend any of our Camp functions, where you'll be cordially welcomed.  Chivalry still lives in the SCV where Southern gentlemen still believe that a man's word is his bond."