. The photographic history of the civil . nfederate States Army,and Founder and Editor of The Confederate Veteran THE organization known as the United Con-federate Veterans was formed in New Or-leans, June 10, 1889. The inception of the ideafor a large and united association is credited toColonel J. F. Shipp, a gallant Confederate, com-mander of X. B. Forrest Camp, of Chattanooga,Tennessee—the third organized—who was in suc-cessful business for years with a Cnion Shipp had gone to New Orleans in the in-terest of the Chattanooga and Chiekamauga Mili- tary Park, and there p
. The photographic history of the civil . nfederate States Army,and Founder and Editor of The Confederate Veteran THE organization known as the United Con-federate Veterans was formed in New Or-leans, June 10, 1889. The inception of the ideafor a large and united association is credited toColonel J. F. Shipp, a gallant Confederate, com-mander of X. B. Forrest Camp, of Chattanooga,Tennessee—the third organized—who was in suc-cessful business for years with a Cnion Shipp had gone to New Orleans in the in-terest of the Chattanooga and Chiekamauga Mili- tary Park, and there proposed a general organi-zation of Confederates on the order of the GrandArmy of the Republic, bis idea being to bring intoa general association the State organizations, oneof which in Virginia, and another in Tennessee,had already been organized. Following these suggestions, a circular was sentout from New Orleans in regard to the proposedorganization, and the first meeting was held inthat city on June 10, 1889, the organization being \m\. Robert V. Richardson Commanded a Tennessee Brigade, Samuel K. Anderson Commander of a Tennessee Brigade. Benjamin J. Hill Provost-Marshal-General Army of Tennessee. .1 \:s A. Smith Led a Brigade in Cleburnes Division.
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