Thomas Kevill Confederate Veterans Certificate, 1890.

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Kevill, Thomas, 1826-1896. Thomas Kevill Confederate Veterans Certificate, 1890.

Thomas Kevill Confederate Veterans Certificate, 1890.

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This collection consists of Thomas Kevill's certificate of charter membership to the Pickett-Buchanan Camp Confederate Veterans in Norfolk, Virginia. The certificate provides a description of Kevill's service as a Confederate service member during the Civil War, including his service on the CSS Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads. The Grand Camp Confederate Veterans, Department of Virginia, was formed January 13, 1888 in Richmond, Virginia. Representatives from the Pickett-Buchanan Veterans Camp of Norfolk, Stonewall Veterans Camp of Portsmouth, A.P. Hill Veterans Camp of Petersburg, and R.E. Lee Veterans Camp of Richmond, met during a military conference in Richmond December 1887, and decided to organize themselves under a larger group. They met at the R.E. Lee Camp Hall in Richmond on February 13, 1888, adopted orders and regulations and elected John R. Cooke as the first Grand Commander. The first annual meeting was held at Lee Camp Hall, Richmond, Virginia, on May 8, 1888. On January 20, 1890 the organization was incorporated in Virginia. It is in this context that Kevill's charter membership certificate was prepared. There were over 80 Confederate Veterans camps organized in Virginia, from Alexandria, Ashland, Culpeper, Danville, Fredericksburg, Goochland, Lexington, Lynchburg, Petersburg, Richmond, Roanoke, Williamsburg, Winchester, etc.

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