<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-vihart">vihart00268</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>A Guide to the United Confederate Veterans Collection, 1893-1938 <num>SC 0133</num></titleproper><author>Jere Suter</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>James Madison University Libraries Special Collections</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://cdn1.lib.jmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/JMU-Logo_ASpace2VAHeritage.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>April 1991</date></p><address><addressline>820 Madison Drive</addressline><addressline>MSC 1706</addressline><addressline>Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807</addressline><addressline>Telephone: (540) 568-3612</addressline><addressline>library-special@jmu.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-10-08 07:06:37 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>United Confederate Veterans Collection</unittitle>
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    </origination>
    <origination label="source">
      <corpname authfilenumber="n85823289" role="dpt" source="lcnaf">Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society</corpname>
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    <unitid>SC 0133</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.4 cubic feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">1 box</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1893/1938" type="inclusive">1893-1938</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_1eb6384bfe7e68d39f622e6062b31dba">The United Confederate Veterans Collection, 1893-1938, consists of nine folders and two ledger books pertaining to the United Confederate Veterans (UCV) organization.</abstract>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
    </langmaterial>
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  <accessrestrict id="aspace_87806ffc13bdbcfa329f72d531a2ea01">
    <head>Access Restrictions</head>
<p>Collection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <userestrict id="aspace_06133b980a90ac2e87550bcc9b45443d">
    <head>Use Restrictions</head>
<p>The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).</p>  </userestrict>
  <prefercite id="aspace_49450eb31de6aa29be1c449ef5d1326b">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>[identification of item], [box #, folder #], United Confederate Veterans Collection, 1893-1938, SC 0133, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.</p>  </prefercite>
  <acqinfo id="aspace_44e844cbb10fe4599e4200c5595d9ddd">
    <head>Acquisition Information</head>
<p>This collection is on deposit from the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society.</p>  </acqinfo>
  <altformavail id="aspace_1277615c52749974d0b2f699fecb138d">
    <head>Other Formats Available</head>
<p>This collection is also available on Microfilm #1488 and may be used instead of the originals. The microfilm is available in Special Collections.</p>  </altformavail>
  <processinfo id="aspace_7afa3a7efedcf8b6a9ebca281db34e94">
    <head>Processing Information</head>
<p>In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. <emph render="bold">This collection was previously cataloged as SC 3045.</emph></p>  </processinfo>
  <bioghist id="aspace_d133b103463fb3d368aba0c1c242d2ce">
    <head>Administrative History</head>
<p>The United Confederate Veterans is a national organization established in 1890 for Confederate veterans, their sons, and their close relatives.</p>  </bioghist>
  <scopecontent id="aspace_deb121f4f4f08ab361926b5468079812">
    <head>Scope and Content</head>
<p>The United Confederate Veterans Collection, 1893-1938, consists of nine folders and two ledger books pertaining to the United Confederate Veterans (UCV) organization. The collection includes letters from national and state level headquarters of the UCV and documents from S.B. Gibbons Camp 438, the Harrisonburg chapter of the UCV.</p><p>Series 1: National and State Headquarters documents, 1896-1938, contains papers which were sent from the national headquarters in New Orleans, and the state headquarters in Petersburg and Norfolk, Virginia. These papers consist of general orders to all camps, receipts of dues from headquarters, circular letters and notices for state and national reunions and conventions.</p><p>Series 2: Papers of S.B. Gibbons Camp 438, 1893-1927, is comprised of documents pertaining to the Harrisonburg UCV chapter. Included in this series are letters from other UCV chapters or "camps," letters from members of Camp 438, and letters from various businesses. Also included are membership rolls and dues records; several lists of applicants for the Southern Cross of Honor, a medal given to Confederate veterans; two ledger books, each containing minutes of meetings, and three folders which contain enclosures from the ledger books and minutes of meeting not recorded in the ledger books. In the folder containing enclosures from the first ledger book is a listing of soldiers killed and wounded in action around Orange Court House, Virginia, in 1864. Also included is a roll of Woodson's Company, McNiell's Squadron of the Partisan Rangers, C.S.A.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <arrangement id="aspace_e501d3b9e528d39f22a62a2ab7077796">
    <head>Arrangement</head>
<p>The collection is arranged into two series:</p>    <list numeration="arabic" type="ordered">
      <item>National and State Headquarters documents, 1896-1938</item>
      <item>Papers of S.B. Gibbons Camp 438, 1893-1927</item>
    </list>
  </arrangement>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="sh85030848" source="lcsh">Confederate States of America -- History -- Societies, etc.</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="sh85030850" source="lcsh">Confederate States of America -- History, Military</geogname>
    <subject source="local">Orange Court House (Va.), Battle of, 1864</subject>
    <geogname source="local">Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History</geogname>
    <geogname source="local">Rockingham County (Va.) -- History</geogname>
    <geogname source="local">Orange County (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865</geogname>
    <geogname source="local">Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="sh85139812" source="lcsh">United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="sh85140205" source="lcsh"> United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865</geogname>
    <geogname source="local">United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies, etc. -- Confederate</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="sh85121334" source="lcsh">Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="sh85121336" source="lcsh">Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865</geogname>
    <genreform authfilenumber="300027168" source="aat">Registers (lists)</genreform>
    <corpname authfilenumber="n80001144" source="naf">Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography</corpname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="n50056846" source="naf">United Confederate Veterans -- Records and correspondence</corpname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="n86850270" source="naf">United Confederate Veterans. Virginia Division -- Records and correspondence</corpname>
    <corpname rules="rda" source="local">United Confederate Veterans. Virginia Division. S. B. Gibbons Camp No. 438 (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Records and correspondence</corpname>
    <corpname rules="rda" source="local">Confederate States of America. Army. McNeill Partisan Rangers. Woodson's Company -- Sources</corpname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="n85823289" role="dpt" source="lcnaf">Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society</corpname>
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