Stainless Banner, Camp 1440 - San Jose

The Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp for San Jose and the San Francisco Bay
Area

"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vindication of the Cause for which we fought; ... the defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, ... it is your duty to see that the true history of the South is presented to future generations."
--General Stephen Dill Lee, C.S.A.

Camp 1440, "The Stainless Banner," is named for the second national flag of the Confederate States of America. The "Stainless Banner" flew as the official flag of the Confederacy from May 1st, 1863 until March 4, 1865. This flag was first used to drape the casket of General Stonewall Jackson as he lay in state in Richmond, Virginia after falling at the battle of Chancellorsville. It was the last Confederate flag to be furled when the raider C.S.S. Shenandoah lowered its colors in Liverpool, England on November 6th, 1865, nearly seven months after the surrender of the South's two greatest armies.

The camp has periodic meetings, and members gather at several events during the year including a Confederate Memorial Day service, Robert E. Lee supper, Confederate ball, and the SCV California Division's convention as well as parades and reenactments. We worked with the United Daughters of the Confederacy to place headstones over the unmarked graves of Confederate soldiers buried at Colma's Cypress Lawn Cemetery.

If you're proud of your Southern heritage, you'll be welcome in our ranks which include or have included a former U.S. Congressman, a Bay Area police chief, graduate of the Citadel, and a professional bull rider as well as attorneys, surgeons, accountants, teachers, businessmen, military servicemen and tradesmen. The citizen-soldiers of the South personified the best qualities of America. The preservation of liberty and freedom was the motivating factor in the South's decision to fight a second revolution for the right to self-government.

If you are interested in defending your Confederate ancestor against the tide of political correctness, the Stainless Banner Camp and the SCV needs you.