December 17, 2025 END OF YEAR CAMP MEETING
Another packed meeting room last night. Our guest speaker was Teresa Roane, current Archivist at the UDC headquarters and previous archivist at the Museum of the Confederacy. She is a treasure trove of knowledge and a joy to hear speak.
Her talk last night was on “Soldiers, Civilians, and Children, Christmas in the South” She read several moving letters that wartime soldiers had written home telling about their Christmas experiences. She finished on a fun note by reading everyone’s favorite “A Confederate Night Before Christmas”. Thank you Teresa Roane for coming and providing us such an enjoyable evening.
December 13, 2025 END OF YEAR YELLOW TAVERN SITE CLEANUP
Today we had our annual end of year clean up at the Historic Yellow Tavern site where Maj Gen J.E.B. Stuart was mortally wounded. Everything looks good now for the winter months. Before leaving, we put up a Christmas wreath for the season.
December 11, 2025 CELEBRATE HANOVER EVENT-MECHANICSVILLE, VA
We had a great time at the Celebrate Hanover event tonight. Thank you Hanover Chamber of Commerce VA!
November 30, 2025 PETERSBURG BATTLEFIELDS TOUR
One of the benefits of joining the SCV is the opportunity to meet and network with LOCAL historians. These are people who have extensively studied first-hand records in a specific area.
This past Friday a small group of us traveled to Petersburg and experienced a private tour of Petersburg battlefields. Mark Jacobsen, a board member of the Petersburg Battlefield Foundation, was our tour guide. His area of focus for us were the Battles of Weldon Railroad and of Reams Station. Mark gave us green folders containing comprehensive maps that displayed troop locations throughout different times of the day. As we were walking the actual battlefields and seeing the earthworks, he read for us first-hand accounts from soldier’s diaries and letters. We gained a new appreciation of the hardships our ancestors experienced. A very enjoyable tour.
November 19, 2025 $250 DONATION TO HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS USA
Homes for Troops is building a custom home here in Hanover County (Mechanicsville, VA) for Iraq war veteran Brian Pearce. Brian suffered permanent blindness when his vehicle hit an explosive device. This video tells his story. Our camp is sending a $250 donation.
November 19, 2025 WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBER
Another new member, Jimmy Adams! Welcome to our camp and to the SCV!
November 14, 2025 SALEM CHURCH CEMETERY-FREDERICKSBURG, VA
One of our members is from Fredericksburg and he attends Salem Church. Our compatriot volunteered and helped replace some deteriorating fence posts. A leaning Confederate headstone was fixed too. We believe in going to church and keeping CSA graves and cemeteries looking nice.
November 11, 2025 VETERAN’S DAY COMMEMORATION-HUGUENOT SPRINGS CEMETERY- POWHATAN, VA
On November 11th, the Huguenot Springs Cemetery Foundation (with assistance from the J.E.B. Stuart Camp 1343) held their annual Veteran’s Day Commemoration.
Dr. Richard Haas served as the host. Cpt David McKinney was the guest speaker. Knibb’s Battery provided a cannon salute. Pipe Major David Hinton played a musical salute to all U.S. Armed Forces and finished the ceremony playing taps. All the graves were lit and it was a beautiful sight to behold in the early evening hours. Ray Walton and Howie George were there representing the Hanover Dragoons.
November 8, 2025 LT GENERAL A.P. HILL 200TH BIRTHDAY COMMEMORATION
On November 8th our camp traveled to Culpeper, VA to participate in the Lt. General A.P. Hill 200th birthday anniversary event. During the 3:00pm afternoon graveside ceremony, the Pledge of Allegiance and salutes were recited, period music was played, and greetings were provided by SCV National and the UDC. Muskets and cannons were fired as a tribute.
During the evening, a wonderful celebration dinner featured a performance from historical actor Patrick Falci. There were door prizes and a raffle. Everyone had a nice meal and enjoyed some birthday cake. We had a great time. Thank you to the A.P. Hill Memorial Association for inviting us!
November 1-2, 2025 FORT BRANCH RE-ENACTMENT EVENT
Our Penick’s Battery members participated in the Fort Branch re-enactment event on November 1st and 2nd. Three of our compatriots are in this group photo.
October 18, 2025 CEDAR CREEK RE-ENACTMENT
We had several of our members participating at this event with the Penick’s Battery Artillery unit. Allen is in the gray uniform in front wearing a black hat. Larry is pulling the lanyard making the cannon go BOOM!
October 15, 2025 WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS
Welcome to the camp Dana Wright, Bernard Clements, and Howie George! Congratulations on your membership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans!
October 14, 2025 FREEMAN MARKER AREA CLEANUP
This Freeman historical marker on Mechanicsville Pk was overtaken by weeds and overgrowth, so one of our members went by and cleaned up the area.
October 11, 2025 ADOPT A HIGHWAY ROAD CLEANUP
Today we performed some community service by completing our scheduled fall Adopt a Highway clean up.
October 7, 2025 OAKWOOD CEMETERY HEADSTONE INSTALLATIONS
While others were working the Virginia State Fair, our commander was at Oakwood Cemetery for three days assisting in the installation of headstones.
October 1, 2025 VIRGINIA STATE FAIR
This week we provided people to man the Virginia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans booth at the Virginia State Fair. We had volunteers from the Virginia Division UDC assisting with us.
September 25, 2025 HANOVER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GALA EVENT
We attended and had a great time at the Hanover Chamber of Commerce VA annual Gala event. We participated as a Patron Highlight Sponsor and provided two books on Hanover County’s rich history as door prizes. Here is a photo of our two winners.
September 23, 2025 BOWLING GREEN, VA HEADSTONE CLEANINGS
Today members of our camp cleaned 61 veteran headstones at Greenlawn Cemetery and 33 at Lakewood Cemetery. Both cemeteries are in Bowling Green, VA (Caroline County).
September 17, 2025 ANOTHER GREAT CAMP MEETING
We had a another great meeting last night. Our guest speaker, Jim Upton, provided us a nice presentation of the research work behind his book “Leaving Neither Wife, Child, nor Father.” The book is about the Confederate soldiers buried at Woodland Cemetery in Ashland, VA and is available at the Ashland Museum. We also inducted a new member, Bill Welstead. We presented 1st Lt Commander Brian Jones with our 21st Century Confederate Heroes certificate in memory of his father and hung our new flag streamer.
August 20, 2025 MEETING AND DONATIONS
On August 20th we returned from our summer break and had a great meeting. Our guest speaker was Bob Krick who spoke to us on Stuart’s Last Ride: The Road to Yellow Tavern”. During our business session, our 1st Lt Commander Brian Jones donated a $1000 gift to the camp in the memory of his father Kenny Jones, who recently passed. Afterwards, the camp voted to make donations to three Confederate preservation causes. $1000 to SCV National’s 21st Century Confederate Heroes program, $250 to Fort Branch Historical Society in Fort Branch, NC (for use in rebuilding their Confederate Museum), and $250 to Lee Jackson Park in Fairfield, VA to purchase a Memorial Brick.
August 1, 2025 ONGOING WORK
During the dog days of summer, we have to deal with long stretches of humid, 90+ temperatures, and thunderstorms. Nevertheless, our work still gets done. Pictured below are some recent efforts from our Yellow Tavern and Shumansville cemetery teams
July 15, 2025 HANOVER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ACCEPTS US AS A NEW MEMBER
June-July 2025 SUMMER BREAK IN PROGRESS
Our camp takes June and July off for a summer break. Our next meeting is on August 20, 2025. During this period we continue doing our regular maintenance at the Yellow Tavern historical site and grass cuttings at Shumansville Cemetery.
June 8, 2025 HANOVER CONFEDERATE SOLDIER HEADSTONE UNEARTHED
By doing our homework and applying a little effort, we discovered this Confederate veteran’s headstone. Jesse Alexander Brown is one of the original Hanover Dragoons soldiers
May 31, 2025 SHUMANSVILLE CEMETERY GRASS CUT- SHUMANSVILLE, VA
May 26, 2025 MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE AT HUGUENOT SPRINGS CEMETERY- POWHATAN, VA Today we attended the J.E.B Stuart Camp 1343 Memorial Day ceremony at Huguenot Springs Cemetery in Powhatan, VA. We presented our camp wreath. Many area camps were there with us and it was a very nice event.
May 24, 2025 LEE JACKSON PARK MEMORIAL DAY EVENT-We took a road trip and attended the Memorial Day event at Lee Jackson Park, Fairfield, VA. We presented our camp wreath, ate some good food, and met some great people. Kudos to Stonewall Brigade Camp 1296. Every year this project keeps getting bigger and better.
May 18, 2025 HISTORICAL MARKER MOVE COMPLETED-We are happy to report the relocation and restoration of the damaged Confederate Marker (Freeman Marker 29) on Mechanicsville Tnpk (Rt 360) is completed. The cap was installed on top today. Only cosmetic work is left to do.
May 10, 2025 YELLOW TAVERN CEREMONY-Today our camp assisted the Stonewall Jackson Chapter UDC 1705 with their annual Yellow Tavern ceremony commemorating the May 11th anniversary of the mortal wounding of General J.E.B. Stuart. Guest speaker Historian/Author Tom Perry did a terrific talk about The Battle of Yellow Tavern on location where it happened. We had a great audience with many SCV camps and support organizations present. It was a beautiful day and ceremony.
MAY 4, 2025 HEADSTONE/IRON CROSS CEREMONY– Today our camp and Hanover Chapter 1399, UDC held a joint Headstone/Iron cross dedication service to honor Confederate Corp John L Blunt. This Confederate veteran Is no longer forgotten.
MAY 3, 2025 YELLOW TAVERN WORK PARTY DAY: Today we performed maintenance at the Historic Yellow Tavern site. We cut the grass, trimmed, and did a overall general clean up. Before leaving we replaced the worn flag and put a fresh coat of paint on the wall.
APRIL 27, 2025 FREEMAN MARKER PROJECT PROGRESS UPDATE: We are making progress on the relocation and restoration of the damaged Confederate Marker (Freeman Marker 29) on Mechanicsville Tnpk. The entire base has now been moved and rebuilt and we are getting close to putting the cap on top. With Hanover County approval, we have been relocating, repairing, and restoring this marker. Thanks to the General W.C. Wickham SCV Camp 2250, the A.P. Hill Memorial Association, and our friend Neal Williams for working with us to make this happen. We believe in preserving historic markers.
April 26, 2025 ADOPT A HIGHWAY CLEAN UP Today our camp performed some community service. We participated in VDOT’s Adopt a Highway program cleaning up our stretch of highway.
APRIL 12, 2025 SCV VIRGINIA DIVISION CONVENTION Our camp attended the SCV Virginia Division Convention in Winchester, VA. We received an Outstanding Camp Award.
MARCH 30, 2025 HOWLETT LINE EARTHWORKS CLEAN UP We assisted 3 other camps in a cleanup that removed vegetation to expose the original earthworks from the Howlett Line of the Bermuda Hundred Campaign. In attendance were the Chester Station Camp, A.P. Hill Camp #167, Hanover Dragoons Camp #827, and the Mechanized Cavalry,
MARCH 29, 2025 OAKWOOD CEMETERY HEADSTONE INSTALLATIONS We assisted the SCV Virginia Division in installing 5 new headstones.
MARCH 28, 2025 YELLOW TAVERN HISTORICAL SITE TREE DAMAGE CLEANED UP Recent storms caused a lot of tree damage. We sent a team out and cleaned the area up. Here is a photo of the debris pile.
MARCH 28, 2025 APRIL IS CONFEDERATE HISTORY AND HERITAGE MONTH YARD SIGN INSTALLED. Today we installed a yard sign at Yellow Tavern, the site where General J.E.B. Stuart was mortally wounded.
MARCH 27, 2025 ADOPT A HIGHWAY RECOGNITION A recently installed Adopt a Highway sign recognizes us for our community service work.
MARCH 22, 2025 APRIL IS CONFEDERATE HISTORY AND HERITAGE MONTH BANNER INSTALLED Our camp purchased a 3ft x 8ft banner, mounted it on a board to keep it looking nice and installed it at the RT 33/Ashland Rd intersection in Hanover County.
MARCH 14, 2025 GROUNDBREAKING DAY!
This damaged Confederate Marker (Freeman Marker 29) on Mechanicsville Tnpk needed to be relocated due to road widening. With Hanover County approval, we will repair and restore this marker in a new location just 24ft away. Our camp is working with General W.C. Wickham SCV Camp 2250, the A.P. Hill Memorial Association, and some private individuals to make this happen. We believe in preserving historic markers.
March 2, 2025 New Headstone Installation
Members of our camp installed a new VA headstone for Corp John L Blunt. It was placed at the Fork Episcopal Church cemetery in Doswell, VA (Hanover County). His grave was previously unmarked.
March 2, 2025 Shockoe Cemetery Cleanup
We worked with other SCV compatriots at Historic Shockoe Cemetery’s Cleanup Day on March 2nd.
March 1, 2025 Confederate Flag Day
We attended the VA Division’s Confederate Flag Day celebration on March 1st at Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond, VA. 90 headstones were installed over the past year. At the ceremony they were dedicated and flagged.
February 19, 2025 Camp Meeting rescheduled.
We had to reschedule our monthly meeting a day earlier due to a snow storm. Despite the weather forecast, we had a full house. Our guest speakers are shown here with our new April yard signs.
February 2, 2025 Oakwood Cemetery New headstones
A SCV member from Missouri was in town. We assisted him in installing two headstones for two Missouri soldiers. Our new friend then added some Missouri soil around them. A nice touch. Later that day we installed six more for a total of 8 new headstones at Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond, VA. These soldiers deserve to be remembered.
January 26, 2025 Oakwood Cemetery Damage
Somebody thought it would be a good idea to go four wheeling over the Confederate gravestones at Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond, VA. SCV volunteers from our camp went out there and put the grave markers back in place.
January 18, 2025 ANNUAL CAMP LEE JACKSON BANQUET
We had a great turnout at our annual camp banquet. Our guest speaker gave an excellent talk. The topic was “Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: His life and legacy, then and today”. Our commander recapped our 2024 activity in his comments. Everyone enjoyed a nice meal and had a great time.
