Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley, Camp 2075
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Albuquerque, New Mexico
3/13/2007
General Sibley image -- courtesy of Jack Taylor, Adjutant, Samuel R. Watkins Camp #29, Columbia, TN
Headstone image -- courtesy of Bruce Perkins of Fredericksburg, VA.
Our Confederate ancestors sacrificed All But Their Honor
Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans:
"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vindication of the Cause for which we fought; to your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles he loved and which made him glorious and which you also cherish. Remember, it is your duty to see that the true history of the South is presented to future generations." Lt Gen Stephen D. Lee, CSA, 1906.
On Sunday, April 29, Camps 2075 & 1385 along with Co C, 4th Texas Volunteers commemorated Confederate Memorial Day at the Santa Fe National Cemetery -- to view images -- click here.
The citizen-soldiers who fought for the Confederacy personified the best qualities of America. The preservation of liberty and freedom was the motivating factor in the South's decision to fight the second American Revolution. The tenacity with which Confederate soldiers, seaman, and marines fought underscored their belief in the rights guaranteed by the Constitution. These attributes are the underpinning of our democratic society and represent the foundation on which this nation was built. Today, the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) is preserving the history and legacy of these heroes, so future generations can understand the motives that animated the Southern Cause. Membership in the SCV is open to all male descendants of any veteran who served honorably in the Confederate armed forces. The SCV has ongoing programs at the local, state, and national levels which offer members a wide range of activities. Preservation work, marking Confederate soldier's graves, historical re-enactments, scholarly publications, and regular meetings to discuss the military and political history of the War Between the States are only a few of the activities sponsored by local camps.
Camp 2075 is named after Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley who commanded the Confederate Army of New Mexico (ANM) that consisted of the 4th, 5th & 7th Texas Mounted Volunteers and elements of the 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles. The ANM invaded the New Mexico & Confederate Arizona Territories during late 1861-early 1862 in an attempt to expand the Confederacy to the Pacific and to influence the northern states of the Republic of Mexico to provide Confederate access to Mexican Pacific sea ports. The campaign failed and accordingly Confederate western influence retreated to far west Texas and remained there from about April 1862 to the end of the War. The Federals did attempt to invade Texas from the west in 1864 -- but failed -- to learn more about this failed attempt -- click here. To learn about the political and economic factors influencing the creation of Confederate Arizona and Confederate interest in expanding to the Pacific Ocean -- click here.
Camp 2075 members (left to right) Earl Mount, Dave Lavandoski, & George Bailey participated in the Civil War Perryville (KY) reenactment event -- 10/6-8/2005
Camp 2075 is one of many SCV camps distributed throughout the USA and is one
of several camps located in New Mexico -- the others being Camp 1385, General
William R. Scurry and Camp 2033, Major John Shropshire located in Albuquerque, NM; Camp 1826, Rebels on the Rio
Grande located in the Las Cruces, NM area; Camp 3002, Captain James Walker located in the Alamogordo, NM area; and Camp 2037, Henry Ward Harris located
in Hobbs, NM area. Links to these NM camps, the NM
Division Commander's messages and some SCV camps located in west TX & AZ
as well as to the SCV National HQ, Museum of the Confederacy and some Confederate
reenacting units, etc are available below or by clicking here.
All Camp 2075 members are invited to forward to Pappy information regarding your Confederate ancestor and he will post it on the web for all to see -- to access info of NM SCV member's ancestors -- click here.
A major project of the NM SCV Division, NM SCV Camps 1385, 1826, 2033, 2037, 2075, 3002 and Texas SCV Camp 1441 is to build a database of gravesites of Confederate military veterans buried in New Mexico & west Texas. If you have information of such a gravesite, please complete this form. To view a table of Confederate soldiers killed/died during Sibley's NM campaign click here. To view a table of Confederate soldiers buried in New Mexico or west Texas after the end of the War Between the States click here.
3rd Sgt Samuel H. Kinney, Co A, 7th Texas Mounted Volunteers
Died 3/26/1862 -- Cubero, NM
Any male descendent, living in the Albuquerque area, of a Confederate military veteran who served honorably and who wishes to become a member of SCV Camp 2075, or Camp 1385 or Camp 2033, please e-mail Jim Red. Annual membership fee is $20 plus a one-time registration fee of $5. Annual membership includes a subscription to bi-monthly Confederate Veteran. To research your ancestor's Confederate military service -- click here -- its a free service from the National Park Service. If you cannot establish yourself as a descendent of a Confederate military veteran -- associate membership is available with an annual fee of $20 which includes a subscription to the bi-monthly Confederate Veteran.
A member's wife automatically becomes a member of the Confederate Rose of New Mexico with two chapters -- The Red Rose of New Mexico and The Cross and Rose of St Andrew both based in Albuquerque, NM. For more information contact Jim Red.
To view & learn about some Texas Confederate flags -- click here
To access many songs of the WBTS -- click here
To learn more regarding the ANM -- click here for a pdf file download -- it's rather large so be patient if you don't have high speed internet access.
NM SCV DIVISION COMMANDER'S MESSAGES
NM SCV MEMBER'S CONFEDERATE ANCESTORS
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New Mexico & Confederate Arizona Territories -- 1861-62