Confederate Veteran

Confederate Veteran Magazine from May 1896

The Confederate Veteran is a magazine about veterans of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War of 1861-1865.

History

The Confederate Veteran was established by Sumner Archibald Cunningham in Nashville, Tennessee in 1893.[1][2][3] Initially, it began as a fundraising newsletter for the construction of a monument in honor of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, in Richmond, Virginia.[1][2] Its first issue included several articles about Jefferson Davis written by Cunningham, Abram Joseph Ryan's poem entitled, The Conquered Banner,[3] and an article about the town of Lexington, Virginia written by J. William Jones, a Southern Baptist minister.[2]

The magazine became "the official organ first of the United Confederate Veterans and later of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the Confederate Southern Memorial Society."[3] Over the years, the magazine became "one of the New South's most influential monthlies."[1] It had a readership of over 20,000 by 1900.[2] After Cunningham's death in 1913, the second editor was Edith P. Pope. The magazine ceased publication in 1932.[1]

The magazine was revived in 1984 under the auspices of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Military Order of Stars & Bars. The current magazine is published six times a year and maintains a blog.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Simpson, John A. (December 25, 2009). "Sumner A. Cunningham". The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Tennessee Historical Society & University of Tennessee Press. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Goff, Reda C. (Spring 1972). "The Confederate Veteran Magazine". Tennessee Historical Quarterly 31 (1): 45–60. Retrieved December 19, 2015 – via JSTOR. (registration required (help)).
  3. 1 2 3 Evans, Josephine King (Winter 1989). "Nostalgia for a Nickel: The "Confederate Veteran"". Tennessee Historical Quarterly 48 (4): 238–244. Retrieved December 24, 2015 – via JSTOR. (registration required (help)).
  4. ↑ Confederate veteran on worldcat

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