United Confederate Veterans Ledger
Scope and Content
This ledger contains meeting notes, biographies of members, member roles, and news clippings from Camp Stewart (no. 155) of the United Confederate Veterans in Jasper, Florida. Includes short biographies of Camp officers, news clippings concerning the organization, member lists, and general notes regarding the organization in this volume.
Dates
- Creation: 1868
Creator
- United Confederate Veterans. (Organization)
Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical Note
Henry Stewart formed a company nicknamed the "Hamilton Blues" for the Confederacy during the Civil War. After the war, this Florida native was elected as Camp Commander and namesake for Fort Stewart of the United Confederate Veterans located in Jasper, Florida. The organization was designed to orchestrate memorials to Confederate veterans and support those veterans and their widows.
Extent
0.03 Linear feet (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This ledger contains meeting notes, biographies of members, member roles, and news clippings from Camp Stewart (no. 155) of the United Confederate Veterans in Jasper, Florida.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Subject
- United Confederate Veterans. (Organization)
- Title
- A Guide to the United Confederate Veterans Ledger
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Stephen Jackson
- Date
- December 2007
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
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Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
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