Sons of Confederate Veterans
General William B. Bate Camp 34
Gallatin, Tennessee
About Us
Camp History
The Sons of Confederate Veterans was formed in 1896 and the General William B. Bate Camp 34 here in Gallatin was the 34th Camp nationwide and the 5th in Tennessee. It was affliated with the Donnelson Bivouac of the United Confederate Veterans and we are the inheritors of their legacy and committed to honoring the service of all those who served in the War for Southern Independence.
We meet the second Tuesday of each month at Believers' Fellowship at 126 North Water Avenue, Gallatin, Tennessee 37066.
Our current commander is Randy Lucas and he can be reached by clicking on this button.
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National History
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On July 1, 1896, twenty-four delegates assembled in Richmond, Virginia for the purpose of forming a ″national organization, adopting a constitution similar in every respect to that governing the United Confederate Veterans, and permanently organized under the name United Sons of Confederate Veterans″ (USCV). The preamble to the USCV Constitution read in part: ″To encourage the preservation of history, perpetuate the hallowed memories of brave men, to assist in the observance of Memorial Day, and to perpetuate the record of the services of every Southern Soldier″. Its aims, objects, and purposes were ″not to create or foster, in any manner, any feeling against the North, but to hand down to posterity the story of the glory of the men who wore the gray″.
Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans
"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit the vindication of the cause for which we fought. To your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles which he loved and which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious and which you also cherish."
Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee, Commander General, United Confederate Veterans,
New Orleans, Louisiana, April 25, 1906.