About the SCV
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The SCV has ongoing programs at the local, state, and national level which offer members a wide range of activities. Preservation work, marking Confederate soldiers' graves, historical re-enactments, scholarly publications, and regular meetings to discuss the military and political history of the War Between the States are only a few of the activities sponsored by local units, called camps.
    All state organizations, known as Divisions, hold annual conventions, and many publish regular newsletters to the membership dealing with statewide issues. Each Division has a corps of officers elected by the membership who coordinate the work of camps and the national organization.

   Nationally, the SCV is governed by its members through elected delegates to the annual convention. The General Executive Council, composed of elected and appointed officers, conducts the organization's business between conventions. The administrative work of the SCV is conducted at the national headquarters,
"Elm Springs," a restored ante-bellum home at Columbia, Tennessee.
    In addition, to the priviledge of belonging to an organization devoted exclusively to commemorating and honoring Confederate soldiers, members are elegible for other benifits. Every member recieves the Confederate Veteran, the
bi-monthly national magazine which contains in depth articles on the war along with news affecting Southern heritage. The programs of the SCV range from assistance to undergraduate students through the General Stand Watie Scholarship  to medical research grants given through the Brooks Fund. National Historical symposiums, reprinting of rare historical books, and the erection of monuments are just a few of the other projects endorsed by the SCV.

   The SCV works in conjunction with other historical groups to preserve Confederate history. However, it is not affiliated with any organization other than the Military Order of the Stars and Bars, composed of male descendants of the Southern officer corp. The SCV rejects any group whose actions tarnish or distort the image of the Confederate soldier or his reasons for fighting.
    If you are interested in perpetuating the ideals that motivated your Confederate ancestor, the SCV needs you. The memory and reputation of the Confederate soldier, as well as the motives for his suffering and sacrifice, are being consciously distorted by some in an attempt to alter history. Unless the descendants of
Southern soldiers resist those efforts, a unique part of our nation's cultural heritage will cease to exist.