Press Release
(ATLANTA – July 3, 2015) In 2000, the annual national Encampment of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War passed the below resolution regarding their position on the Confederate Battle Flag. These men are the descendants of those Union soldiers who fought on the opposite side of the field from our brave forefathers in grey. In light of the current attack upon our beloved Flag, the re-publishing of that resolution is timely. It reads as follows…
GENERAL ORDER NO.26
SERIES 2014-2015
SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR
Display of the Confederate Battle Flag
By the authority vested in me as Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the National Constitution and Regulations, and National Policies, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1:
Recently many individual Brothers, Camps, Departments and the National
Organization have been contacted regarding the position of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) on the display of the Confederate Battle Flag.
Section 2:
The SUVCW already has an official position on file regarding this issue, as
adopted by the 119th National Encampment. As the National Encampment is the supreme governing body of the SUVCW, and as no subsequent National Encampment has revisited this issue, the SUVCW’s official position remains the same. Neither the Commander-in-Chief nor the Council of Administration has the authority to amend the position.
Section 3: For clarity, the official position of the SUVCW regarding the display of t
he Confederate Battle Flag is included in this order, as follows:
RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT
DISPLAY OF BATTLE FLAGS OF THE CONFEDERACY
119TH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE
SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR
LANSING, MICHIGAN AUGUST 19, 2000
A resolution in support of the display of the Confederate Battle Flag.
WHEREAS, we, the members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War,
condemn the use of the confederate battle flag, as well as the flag of the United States, by any and all hate groups; and
WHEREAS, we, the members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War,
support the flying of the Confederate battle flag as a historical piece of this nation’s
history; and
WHEREAS, we, the members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War,
oppose the removal of any Confederate monuments or markers to those gallant soldiers in the former Confederate States, and strongly oppose the removal of ANY reminders of this nation’s bloodiest war on the grounds of it being “politically correct;” and
WHEREAS, we, as the descendants of Union soldiers and sailors who as
members of the Grand Army of the Republic met in joint reunions with the Confederate veterans under both flags in those bonds of Fraternal Friendship, pledge our support and admiration for those gallant soldiers and of their respective flags;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we, the members of the Sons of Union
Veterans of the Civil War in 119th Annual National Encampment, hereby adopt this
resolution.
Dated in Lansing, Michigan, on this nineteenth day of August, in the year of our
Lord Two thousand.
SUVCW General Order No. 26, Series 2014-2015
Section 3:
Individual Brothers, Camps and Departments shall be mindful of the official
position of the SUVCW when addressing issues involving the Confederate battle flag. It is recommended that inquiries about the SUVCW’s official position be directed, without further comment or elaboration, to the Order’s website (http://suvcw.org/flagres.htm) where it can be read in its entirety.
The foregoing General Order is proclaimed this 25th day of June in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen, and of the Independence of the United States of Ameri
ca the two hundred thirty-ninth, in the City of Gilroy, County of Santa Clara, State of California.
Tad D. Campbell, PDC
Commander-in-Chief
