Dakota State University
Madison, SD, USA
The American Civil War

Organizations

• Abraham Lincoln Association
• The American Civil War Institute, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, Kentucky
• Armistead Marker Preservation Committee
• Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites
• The Armory, A Civil War discussion group
• Battle of Nashville Preservation Society
• Camp Nelson Foundation, Kentucky
• Central Virginia Battlefields Trust
• The Civil War Antiques Preservation Society
• Civil War Institute
• Civil War Plymouth Pilgrims Descendants Society
• Club Confédéré et fédéral de France/Confederate & Federal Club of France
• The Civil War Trust
• Jubal A. Early Preservation Trust
• Foundation for Historical Lousiana
• Grand Army of the Republic, 1866-1948 (New York State Library)
• The Ulysses S. Grant Association
• The Ulysses S. Grant Network
• W.S. Hancock Society
• The Longstreet Society
• Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U.S.
• Morgan's Men Association
• National Society Daughters of the Union, 1861-1865
• The Northern Virginia Relic Hunters Association
• The John Pelham Historical Association
• Round Tables
  • A list of Civil War Round Tables web sites
  • Abraham Lincoln, MI
  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Camp Olden, Hamilton, NJ
  • Cape Cod, Sandwich, MA
  • Cleveland
  • Frederick County, Frederick, MD
  • Joliet, IL
  • Kalamazoo, MI
  • Louisville, KY
  • Manitowoc County, WI
  • Olde Colony, Dedham, MA
  • Williamsburg, VA
  • American Civil War Roundtable of Australia - NSW Chapter
• Save the Franklin Battlefield, Inc.
• Society of Civil War Surgeons
• Society for Online Civil War Research
• Sons of Confederate Veterans
  • John K. McNeill Camp 674
  • Savage/Goodner Camp 1513
  • Col. Sherod Hunter Camp 1525
  • Col. John Randolph Lane Camp 1570, Siler City, NC
  • Capt William McKinney Irion Camp #1799
  • Robert C. Newton, Camp #197, Little Rock, AR
  • North Carolina Division
  • Tennessee Division
• Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
  • Department of Michigan
  • Lyon Camp #10, Vineland, NJ
• Third Corps Association
• United Daughters of the Confederacy
  • Virginia Division

Information on Some Specific Organizations

• Abraham Lincoln Association
• Civil War Institute
• National Museum of Civil War Medicine
• National Museum of Health and Medicine, AFIP
• Society of Civil War Surgeons
• Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
• United Daughters of the Confederacy

Abraham Lincoln Association

• Address:
  Cullom Davis, President
  Abraham Lincoln Association
  Old State Capitol
  Springfield, IL 62701
  

  Journal:
  Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, semiannual
  Editors: Thomas Schwartz and Mary Ellen McElligott

  Holds an annual meeting on February 12, featuring a prominent speaker.
  Membership is $25 annually.

Civil War Institute

• Information:
  Tina M. Grim, Program Manager
  Civil War Institute
  Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
  tgrim@gettysburg.edu

  Description:
  The Civil War Institute is an annual conference held in late June-early July for one week. Each year the conference has a different focus/theme. About 330 people are enrolled each year, with 30 spots reserved for high school juniors and history teachers (who are awarded scholarships). The conference is fee-based and has been filled to capacity for the past four years.

  Other events are sponsored throughout the year, including overseeing the annual Lincoln Prize, which is the largest cash prize in the world awarded to the best work on Lincoln or the American Civil War. The recipient is awarded the prize each April at a banquet. Awardees are presented with $50,000 and a bust of Lincoln.

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

• Information:
  48 E. Patrick St.
  PO Box 470
  Frederick, MD 21705
  

  Description:
  A very nicely done museum that opened in 1995. It is the host of an annual conference on Civil War Medicine that is held each September at Hood College.

National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

• Information:
  Alan Hawk
  National Museum of Health and Medicine, AFIP
  Building 54
  Walter Reed Army Medical Center
  Washington, DC 20306-6000
  

  Description:
  This is the old Army Medical Museum that was founded by Surgeon General William Hammond in 1862. It includes pathologial specimens from wounded soldiers along wtih case histories (POC Brian Spatola, brian.spatola@afip.osd.mil), archival documents and photographs of wounded soldiers (POC Mike Rhode, michael.rhode@afip.osd.mil) and Civil War era medical instruments (POC Alan Hawk, alan.hawk@afip.osd.mil). It was the publisher of the "Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion".

Society of Civil War Surgeons, Inc.

• Information:
  539 Bristol Dr. SW
  Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-9653
  

  Description:
  An association of Civil War re-enactors who specialize in recreating period medical personnel.

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, (SUVCW)

• Information: Sons of Union Veterans Home Page

  New Camps:
  Richard Greene
  National Camp and Department Organizer
  9245 Willits Road
  Mayville, MI 48744
  Home (517) 843-5967
  Work (810) 373-4300
  FAX (810) 373-3068
  

  Description:
  "The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) is a patriotic and educational organization similar to the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) and officially recognized as its legal successor. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War was known as the Sons of Veterans of the United States of America when it was formed in 1881 by Major A.P. Davis. President Warren G. Harding and many other prominent men have been enthusiastic members of the Order. The Order was incorporated by Act of Congress approved August 20, 1954. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur led the list of incorporators and Major General Ulysses S. Grant III served as Commander-in-Chief that year.
  

  "The purpose of the SUVCW is to perpetuate the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the men who saved the Union in 1861 to 1865; to assist in every way practicable in the preservation and making available for research of documents pertaining to the Grand Army of the Republic and its members; to cooperate in doing honor to all those who have patriotically served our country in any war; and to teach patriotism, the duties of citizenship, the true history of our country, and the love and honor of our flag.
  

  "The SUVCW participates with other patriotic organizations in the proper observance of our national holidays, especially Memorial Day (MAY 30); seeks out and marks the graves of Civil War Veterans; observes the care and upkeep of Civil War memorials and brings any failure to do so to the attention of the proper authorities.
  

  "Eligibility for membership in the SUVCW is open to male descendants (sons, grandsons, great grandsons, nephews, grand nephews, great grand nephews, etc.), not less than fourteen years of age, of soldiers, sailors or marines who were regularly mustered and served honorably in, or who were honorably discharged from the Army or Navy of the United State during the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, and who have never been convicted of any heinous crime. Ancestral proofs are necessary for membership.
  

  "Currently, we number nearly 4000 members in 135 Camps among 19 Departments across the nation. There is a like number of women in our Auxiliary. We have a Membership-at-Large for those individuals who wish to affiliate when no local Camp or Department is available. Our one-time application fee is $20 and annual dues are $15." (Courtesy Richard D. Orr, Jr. Vice Commander-in-Chief)

United Daughters of the Confederacy

• Address:
  United Daughters of the Confederacy
  328 North Boulevard
  Richmond, VA 23220-4057
  (804) 355-1636

  Information:
  United Daughters of the Confederacy

January 26, 2007