Camp McDonald 1552, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Cobb County, Georgia

02/16/2026

On this Presidents Day or Washington’s Birthday as it was originally called, we Confederate descendants also remember the only person who served as president of the Confederate States of America - Jefferson Davis. Davis was a native of Kentucky who later became a prominent Mississippian, serving in the United States Congress prior to the “War Between the States.” Davis was sworn in as president of the Confederacy on the steps of the Alabama state Capitol in Montgomery and remained in office through the duration of the war. Davis died in 1889 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

06/18/2025

A former member of the Camp McDonald SCV camp, who now lives in Texas, took these pictures of the Ellis County courthouse in Waxahachie, Texas, on June 14, 2025. The Confederate monument - erected in 1912 - still has a very prominent position on the courthouse grounds.

04/25/2025

Members of the Coweta Camp, United Confederate Veterans pose on the steps of the 1904 courthouse in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia circa 1920.

04/19/2025

This is a wartime photo of Private Eldred Johnson Kay, Company L, Orr's South Carolina Rifles. He was a third great uncle of Camp McDonald SCV commander David Meyer. Orr's Rifles was known for its distinctive large hats. He carries a cartridge box, cap box, and what appears to be a Springfield bayonet and scabbard. A magnifying glass is needed to see but his buttons are actually imprinted with a palmetto tree, the symbol of South Carolina. Eldred perished on August 12,1862 of typhoid fever at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. It was the largest hospital in the Confederate States. He was laid to rest in Oakwood Cemetery not far from the hospital. His grave is marked with a VA stone. Eldred left behind a wife and two small children.

03/14/2025

This is a photo of Pvt. Leroy T. Holland, Co. L, 2nd SC Rifles. He was the 3rd great uncle of Camp McDonald Commander David Meyer. Notice he is holding a French style kepi in his lap rather than one of the more common slouch hats. Leroy was born 24 September 1835 in Anderson County, SC to John Holland and Elizabeth Majors. In 1854 he married Amanda Elizabeth Scott and they had eleven children. In early 1862 Leroy joined the 2nd SC Rifles. The unit served in many of the major battles of the Army of Northern Virginia including Gaines Mill, 2nd Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Siege of Knoxville, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, and the surrender at Appomattox. Leroy passed away 4 May 1892 in Whitfield County, GA and is buried in the Deep Spring Baptist Church Cemetery. His grave is marked with a VA headstone.

03/12/2025

This is a portrait of First Lieutenant Andrew P. Brown, Company A ("Newnan Artillery"), 12th Battalion Georgia Light Artillery. He was the first cousin four times removed of Camp McDonald commander David Meyer. He served first in Company A, Ramsey's First Georgia Infantry in the ill-fated western Virginia campaign of 1861-1862. A one-year regiment, the First Georgia was mustered out in March of 1862 and this company became part of the 12th Georgia Artillery Battalion. In the summer of 1863 the battalion served in the defenses around Charleston Harbor. Lt. Brown was mortally wounded in Fort Sumter by the explosion of a shell fired from a federal monitor class ship on October 28, 1863. The location of his grave is unknown.

02/23/2025

12/02/2024

Happy December and the beginning of the Christmas season from Camp McDonald SCV!

10/21/2024

A member of ours has recently moved to Texas and has now affiliated with the Robert E. Lee Camp in Fort Worth. There are many great SCV members in Texas!

09/29/2024

Happy Sunday, Dixie Lovers! It was a great game of two Southern super powers last night in Tuscaloosa between Alabama and Georgia!
If anyone here would like to get involved with the SCV and this chapter in Cobb County, Georgia, please reach out with a private message for more information on how. We will be glad to help get you onboarded!

09/20/2024

Three members of Camp McDonald were recently awarded SCV service medals by the SCV Georgia Division Commander, Tim Pilgrim.

07/04/2024

The photo below was taken by a Camp McDonald member on April 19, 2016, in Lexington, Massachusetts, at the site where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired.
Many Southern Patriots who are ancestors of our Confederate veteran ancestors, were instrumental in the defeat of the British during battles such as Cowpens, Kettle Creek, Yorktown, and many others.
Without our Southern Patriots, there would not be a United States of America.

Happy Independence Day, folks!