Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

United Confederate (Civil War) Veterans:

An Inventory of the Collection, 1863-1967 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library



Descriptive Summary

CreatorUnited Confederate Veterans
Title:United Confederate Veterans Collection,
Dates:1863-1967 and undated
Abstract:Papers collected by E. E. Ellis concerning the United Confederate Veterans.
Collection #S 1105.2
Quantity: 4 boxes (6.0 linear feet)
LanguageEnglish.
Repository:Texas Tech University, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

Biographical Sketch

The materials in this collection were once the property of E. E. Ellis, who collected them for his personal library. The significance of the Robert E. Lee Camp No. 158, which met in Fort Worth, Texas, was the accumulation of the stories and other accounts of the veterans who fought for the Confederate States of America. The United Confederate Veterans gathered for several years in the late 19th Century and into the early 20th Century to relive the glory days of the struggle within the United States that tore the country apart. The soldiers overcame odds and hardships during and after the war.


Scope and Contents

The collection contains material concerning Confederate Civil War Veterans and the reunions they had at the Robert E. Lee Camp No. 158 in Fort Worth, Texas during the late 1890s through the 1920s.

The correspondence materials contain the veterans' written experiences in the war. The ledgers are rosters of members who attended the reunions. Also includes publications of the Century Warbook: Battles and Leaders of the Civil War and The Confederate Soldier in the Civil War series.


Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research


Index Terms

The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.
Subjects (Organizations)
Confederate States of America. Army
United Confederate Veterans
United Confederate Veterans. Robert E. Lee Camp No. 158
Places
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
Subjects
Reunions--Texas
Veterans--Texas

Related Material

For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:

  • George Washington Littlefield Papers, 1860-1922
  • United Confederate Veterans Collection, 1909-1919

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

United Confederate (Civil War) Veterans Collection, 1863-1967 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Collection accession #(s):
97-0096-A, 1999-0166-B

Gifts, 1997-1999

Processed by

Abel Ramirez, August 2000


Additional Sources

Askew, H. G. "Second Texas Brigade, United Confederate Veterans (The Banner Brigade of the U. C. V. in 1916). "Austin, Texas, 1916.

Philpott, William Bledsoe. "The Sponsor Souvenir Album and History of the United Confederate Veterans' Reunion, 1895."

"Patriotic Poems, War Songs, Romantic Incidents, Biographical and Historical Sketches. "Houston: Sponsor Souvenir Company, 1895.


Collection Inventory

 

Correspondence

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11United Confederate Veterans- Descriptive Lists and Letters of Affirmation (A-M), 1899-1909
2United Confederate Veterans- Descriptive Lists and Letters of Affirmation (N-Z), 1899-1909
3United Confederate Veterans- Descriptive Lists and Letters of Affirmation, 1910-1921
4United Confederate Veterans- Memorial Resolutions and Obituary Notices, 1903-1922
5Miscellaneous- Letters and Thomas A. Mattox Papers, 1863-1956



 

Financial Material

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16Miscellaneous- Bank Statement, Canceled Checks and Receipts, 1910-1941
7Ledger- UCV Cash Book, 1903-1910



 

Printed Material

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18Robert E. Lee Camp No. 158, UCV- Constitution and By-laws, 1905
9Minutes of 24th Annual Reunion, General Orders and Funeral Notices, 1903-1921
10Annual Reports- Texas Confederate Home and Confederate Woman's Home (Austin, TX), 1895-1924
11Confederate Veteran Magazine (4 Issues), 1917-1931
12"Bulletin of the United Daughters of the Confederacy " (6 Issues), 1938-1939
13Newspaper Clippings and Magazine Articles on Civil War and United Confederate Veterans Affairs, 1920-1955 and undated
14Newspaper Clippings and Articles on Texas and Western Frontier History, 1923-1941 and undated
15Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings, 1939-1967 and undated



 

Scrapbook Material

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116UCV Scrapbook with Newspaper Clippings, Train Tickets, Ads and Cards, 1901-1953 and undated
17Photographs of George W. Coe and Billy the Kid post card, 1941



 
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OS Box 1"The Century Warbook: Battles and Leaders of the Civil War ",Vols. 1-18 (18 items), 1894
(Note: Some Volumes are Water Damaged)



 
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OS Box 2Ledgers - Rosters of Robert E. Lee Camp No. 158 of the UCV (2 items), 1906-1921



 
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OS Box 3Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal Company- " The Confederate Soldier in the Civil War ", Series (19 items), April 29-October 4, 1897



 
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OS Box 3"Black Hills Pioneer", Vol. 1, No. 1 (Reproduction), June 8, 1876



 
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OS Box 3"Dixieland "Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 3, December 1906



 
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OS Box 3Copy of Governor Sam Houston's Proclamation (Reproduction), February 9, 1861



 
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OS Box 3Oversized correspondence from UCV Letters of Affirmation file (2 items)



 
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OS Box 3Proposal by United Daughters of the Confederacy to make Jefferson Davis' Birthday a Legal Holiday in the State of Texas, December 1903



 
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OS Box 3"Home State "newsletter (Dallas, TX), December 6, 1913



 
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OS Box 3Picture Section of "Chicago Sunday Tribune, " Includes Colored Lithographs of the Civil War Battles of Chancellorsville and Chickamauga (1863) and a Photograph of the U. S. S. Arizona (6 years before Pearl Harbor) March 24, 1935-



 
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Oversized ItemMap of the Vicinity of Richmond, VA, and Part of the Peninsula (Reproduction), 1864