Confederate Memorial Chapel
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Confederate Chapel, Negative 3184, Jan. 1958
Item — Box SC-21 Box 1: Series SC-21-01; Series SC-21-02, Item: SC21.01.1.003
Identifier: SC21.01.1.003
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
The collection’s inclusive dates are 1885-1958, with the bulk of the material dating from 1885-1937. The collection is comprised of photographs, postcards, reunion ribbons, press clippings, and a guest register.
Dates:
Jan. 1958
R.E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans Papers (SC-21)
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-21
Abstract
The collection documents the history of R.E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans, a large residential complex for poor and infirm Confederate veterans of the Civil War. Altogether a total of nearly three thousand veterans from thirty-three states called the camp home, and after the camp’s closing, the Commonwealth eventually granted use of the buildings and land to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The collection is comprised of photographs and postcards that document the changing...
Dates:
1885-1958
Found in:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Archives
