SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
History of the order
his historical, educational, benevolent and patriotic society was first organized on July 1, 1896, in Richmond, Virginia. The Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) was an auxiliary to the United Confederate Veterans, and is open to all male descendants of the Army, Navy or Civil Service of the Confederate States of America, 12 years of age or older. The SCV is organized in Camps (lodges), Divisions (state organizations), and a General Executive Council (national organization). The SCV publishes The Confederate Veteran as its national journal. The society enjoys warm relations with the other Confederate hereditary organizations, the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Children of the Confederacy.