Sons Of Confederate Veterans Camp 872 Gastonia, North Carolina
Confederate Heritage Youth Day Saturday May 22, 2020 at 10am
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Veterans organizations have existed in this country since the Revolutionary War.
Because the veterans realized that their combined efforts can help them serve their needs.
These needs usually included caring for the sick an elderly veterans,fostering camaraderie and life-long friendships
developed during the war and reminding the public of the sacrifices endured during war.
Thirty-one years after the end of the War of 1861-1865, in 1896,Confederate veterans organized the
United Confederate Veterans ( U.C.V. ) with these objectives in mind. Camps or local chapters sprung
up across the fifteen states that had supplied men to the South.
Gaston Beginnings
The William Gamble Camp 1184 of the U.C.V. was formed in Gaston County August 8th, 1898.
Mr. Gamble was the first Gastonite to die at the Hanover Courthouse Battle
on May 27, 1862. During the first four decades of the twentieth century, annual U.C.V. conventions were
held throughout the South (1929 in Charlotte N.C. where Memorial Stadium now sits)
Realizing that the vast majority of veterans could no longer care for themselves.
The Sons of Confederate ( S.C.V. ) was formed. Gaston County's S.C.V. camp the Robert F. Hoke Camp,# 872
was named after the Lincoln County general and it was established on April 9th,1929.
The S.C.V. is the oldest Historical Honor Society in America today.
The SCV today has the responsibility of protecting the honor of the Confederate Veterans,
ensuring that the Veterans are memorialized through activities such as Confederate Memorial Day
( May 10th in N.C. & S.C.), Lee-Jackson balls,Veterans's Day parades. S.C.V. members are further charged with educating the public about the Veterans by sponsoring literary contest,writing articles in the local newspaper, placing literature in the public libraries,and participating in community festivals.
The oldest Gaston County Camp is the Maj. Charles Q. Petty Camp, No 872 and it was formed on April 9th 1992
( one hundred and twenty-seven years after the surrender at Appomattox ).