General Orders of the Commander in Chief
The Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) issues General Orders to inform, educate, cite and honor members and nonmembers of the SUVCW, to announce policy and upcoming events, and to clarify items of interest.
As the years pass, maintaining a single page with all General Orders makes the page very cumbersome. This has led us to separate the Digitized General Orders into manageable pages of 20 years each.
2022-2023 - Commander in Chief Bruce D. Frail
- General Order No. 1: (Administration)
- General Order No. 2: Dues Increase
- General Order No. 3: Passing of Queen Elizabeth II
- General Order No. 4: Vicksburg National Cemetery -Burial Recovery and Stabilization Project
- General Order No. 5: Restoration of Lineage Requirements
- General Order No. 6: National Committee on Public Information
- Special Order No. 1: National Special Committee on Fund Raising
- General Order No. 7: Withdrawal of General Order No. 5
- General Order No. 8: Elmer "Bud" Atikinson Lifetime Achievement Award
- General Order No. 9: Passing of Brother Brigadier General Henry E. Shaw, Jr
- Special Message No. 1: SUVCW Promotions and Marketing
- Special Message No. 2: Remembrance Day SVR Breakfast - Call to Arms
- General Order No. 10: Passing of Past Commander-in-Chief David V. Medert
- Special Message No. 3: USMC Birthday, Veteran's Day, SUVCW Birthday
- General Order No. 11: Revocation of General Order No. 7
- General Order No. 12: New and Revised Forms
- General Order No. 13: Reinstatement of Brother Eric D. Richhart, PDC
- General Order No. 14: Passing of Past Commander in Chief Donald W. Shaw
- Special Message No. 4: Quartermaster Status
- General Order No. 15: Revised Form 3
- General Order No. 16: Passing of Past Commander-in-Chief Keith G. Harison
- General Order No. 17: Passing of ASUVCW Past National President Betty J Baker
- Special Message No. 5: IRS 501(c)3 Status Update
- General Order No. 18: Revocation of General George C. Meade Camp 5 Charter
- General Order No. 19: Heinous or Infamous Crime Flagging
- General Order No. 20: Revocation of Joshua L Chamberlain Camp #69 Charter
- General Order No. 21: Revocation of General Alvin C Voris Camp 67 Charter
- Special Message No. 6: New Website Announcement
- General Order No. 22: Revocation of Colgrove-Woodruff Camp 22 Charter
- General Order No. 23: Temporary Replacement of Brother Christopher Workman
- General Order No. 24: Weapons Restrictions
- General Order No. 25: Memorial Day