United Confederate Veterans Records, 1899-1905
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: United Confederate Veterans
Title: Records, 1899-1905
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Curator of Special Collections.
Size of Collection: 1 cubic foot
Locator Number: Mss. BC U58b
Scope and Content Note
The United Confederate Veteran records consist of a scrapbook, two minute books, and eight registers from the 1905 UCV Reunion in Louisville. The scrapbook contains correspondence from Confederate veterans around the country as well as from Louisvillians involved in the planning of the reunion. It also includes newspaper clippings related to the reunion and other topics of interest to former Confederates. The minute books contain meeting minutes as well as committee reports. The collection also contains one folder of loose material from the scrapbook and one folder of loose material from the second minute book. Although most of the collection dates from 1904 and 1905, a small amount of correspondence from 1899-1903 is included. The 1905 UCV Reunion was held June 14-16.
Historical Note
The United Confederate Veterans, founded in 1889, was the primary veterans’ organization for former Confederate soldiers. Every summer, UCV held a reunion and their 15 th annual reunion met in Louisville. On June 14-16, 1905, UCV held its fifteenth annual reunion in Louisville. Although the 1905 reunion was smaller than previous reunions, including the 1900 reunion in Louisville, a reported 63,000 people, including veterans and visitors, attended the gathering, despite bad weather on the day of the parade. Although UCV held reunions until 1951, the 1905 reunion was the last one in Kentucky.
Folder List
Folder 1: Minute Book #1
Folder 2: Minute Book #2
Folder 3: Correspondence from Minute Book #2
Folder 4: Receipts from Minute Book #2
Folder 5: Loose Material from Scrapbook
Folder 6: Scrapbook
Folder 7: Register – Alabama
Folder 8: Register – Georgia
Folder 9: Register – Mississippi
Folder 10: Register – Oklahoma
Folder 11: Register – Tennessee
Folder 12: Register – Tennessee
Folder 13: Register – Texas
Folder 14: Register – West Virginia
Folder 15: Register – North Carolina
Folder 16: Register – South Carolina
Folder 17: Register – “C.S. Navy Survivors Association”
Subject Headings
Castleman, John Breckinridge, 1841-1918
Cunningham, Sumner Archibald, 1843-1913
Duke, Basil Wilson, 1838-1916
Leathers, John Hess, 1841-1923
Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill), 1833-1908
Railroads – Southern States
United Confederate Veterans
United States – History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Veterans
Veterans – Societies, etc.
Young, Bennett Henderson, 1843-1919