Department of Tennessee
CAMPS
Sultana Camp #1
Clyde Getman, PDC, Commander
(901) 382-7777
cjgetman@juno.com
Located in the Memphis area of West Tennessee, the Sultana Camp was Chartered in 1995 as the first Camp of the Sons of Union Veterans in the State of Tennessee. Chartered as Memphis Camp #1 they changed the name of the Camp in 1998 to honor the dead of the Sultana disaster of 1865.
Meets monthly on the 4th Monday, 7:30 PM, at the Germantown Library,
Germantown, Tn.
Fort Donelson Camp #62
Samuel C. Gant, Camp Commander
580 Jordan Road
Franklin, TN 37067
Tel: 615-794-3896
E-mail: gant92ovi@yahoo.com
David L. Eagan, Secretary/Treasurer
2116 Hartland Road
Franklin, TN 37069
Tel: 615-790-0162
E-mail: jede49@aol.com
Located in North Middle Tennessee, Fort Donelson Camp #62 was Chartered in August 1995 as the 2nd Camp in the State of Tennessee. The Camp draws from the Nashville, Franklin, and Clarksville areas, but has members from all over Tennessee and around the United States. The Camp normally meets quarterly at various places around middle Tennessee. Dates and times are posted in the Camp newsletter. Camp and Auxiliary members support the Fort Donelson National Battlefield by volunteering to serve at the historic Dover Hotel as guides and performing living history demonstrations at various tour stops within the battlefield.
Farragut Camp #6
John Anderson, PDC, Commander
353 Feddie Davis Road
Selmer, TN 38375-5461
(731) 645-4100
johne_anderson@bellsouth.net
Farragut Camp #6 and the Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke, Tent #02, Selmer, TN work together on patriotic activities. The Camp and Tent are always participants in the Memorial Day program at the National Cemetery by special invitation by the American Legion, Post 6, Corinth, MS. Also, the Tent and Camp worked together to assist the last known Union widow until her death.
The Tent and Camp combine their resources on numerous projects for the National Park Service at both Shiloh and Corinth. We are however, separate entities with the Tent being based in Selmer and the Camp headquartered in Savannah.
The camp was chartered in 1995.
Missionary Ridge Camp #63
Chartered in 1997 and located in Chattanooga, Tn., the Missionary Ridge Camp is growing rapidly with members from a large surrounding area. The Camp has been very active in local Civil War related activities.
Major General James H. Wilson Camp #1
Camp Commander
Richard J. Kochendorfer, PCC
507 Briarwood Drive Apt 13D
Enterprise, AL 36330-5016
Koch1952@isp.com
rich661@centurytel.net
(334) 347-1353
Secretary/Treasurer
Thomas Lauria
506 W. Tuskeena St.
Wetumpka, AL 36092
tplauria@gmail.com
(334) 514-6794
Activated in January 1998, and located in the Montgomery, Alabama area it is drawing many new members from the deep south. The Camp is named for the most successful General to operate in Alabama during the war and has been very active.
Pvt. Richard Taylor Camp #53
Tod Jenness
3105 Vicksburg PL SW
Decatur, AL 35603
jennesst@bellsouth.net
256-350-4415
Located in the Huntsville Area of Northern Alabama, the Pvt. Richard Taylor Camp was Chartered October 14, 2000. Private Richard Taylor was born in Madison County, near New Market, Alabama, in 1833. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for the capture of a Confederate Battle Flag on October 19,1864, in the Battle of Cedar Creek, Va. ( 18 miles south of Winchester Va.)
Colonel Robert Byrd Camp# 8
Jay Hacker, Commander
1213 Apache
Athens Tn 37303
jjhacker@bellsouth.net
The Colonel Robert Byrd Camp# 8 was Chartered in 2002 and is located in Athens Tennessee.
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