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Welcome to the Captain James Walker Camp #3002 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, chartered in the Alamogordo, New Mexico area.  This is a new endeavor for our camp and is a growing process.  Check back often!

Our Camp is named after Captain James Walker of the 2nd Regiment Texas Cavalry, otherwise known as the 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles.  James Walker was born on October 15, 1812 in England and immigrated to the United States.  He attended West Point Military Academy for three years.  After West Point, he lived in Missouri and later came to Texas, living in the Halletsville, Lavaca County, Texas area.  Captain Walker first enlisted into service for the State of Texas on April 15, 1861, in Halletsville, Lavaca County, Texas.  He was then mustered into Confederate service on May 23, 1861 as a Captain, at San Antonio, Texas as the commanding and mustering officer.  Also during May of 1861, he was listed as being stationed at Fort Filmore, New Mexico/Arizona.  Later that year, he was listed as being on on duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September of 1861.
In 1863, Captain Walker was promoted to Lt. Colonel, in charge of defenses at Galveston, Texas.  On June 21, 1863, he was wounded at Lafourche Crossing, Louisiana and was on sick leave as a result of the wounds he received.  After recovering, he was again commanding the regiment at Galveston, Texas.  On June 26, 1865, he surrendered while a Prisoner of War and was given a Parole of Honor in Columbia, Texas.  Captain Walker died February 7, 1886, in Lavaca County, Texas.  (This information was obtained from his record of service on file in the NARA records, through Footnote.com and RootsWeb.com)         

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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 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 is preserving the history and legacy of these heroes, so future generations can understand the motives that animated the Southern Cause.

The SCV is the direct heir of the United Confederate Veterans, and the oldest hereditary organization for male descendants of Confederate Soldiers.  Organized at Richmond, Virginia in 1896, The SCV continues to serve as a historical, patriotic, and non-political organization dedicated to ensuring that a true history of the 1861-1865 period is preserved.

Membership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans is open to all male descendants of any veteran who served honorably in the Confederate armed forces.

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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 3002 is one of many SCV camps distributed throughout the USA and is one of several camps located in New Mexico - - the others being General William R. Scurry, Camp 1385, Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley, Camp 2075, & Major John S. Shropshire, Camp 2033 located in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area; Rebels on the Rio Grande, Camp 1826 located in the Las Cruces, New Mexico area; and Henry Ward Harris, Camp 2037 located in the Hobbs, New Mexico area.


 A major project of the New Mexico SCV Division & NM SCV Camps 1385, 1826, 2033, 2037, 2075 & 3002 is to build a database of gravesites of Confederate military veterans buried in New Mexico & West Texas.  If you have information of a Confederate gravesite, please complete this form.
                                                                                


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Charge to Sons of Confederate Veterans

"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will committ 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 which he loved and shich you love also, and those ideals 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. General Stephen Dill Lee, Commanding General,
United Confederate Veterans,
New Orleans, Louisiana, April 25, 1906

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Annual membership fee for Camp 3002 is currently $35 the first year, which includes a $5 registration fee & $30 per year thereafter.  Annual membership fee includes a subscription to the bi-monthly Confederate Veteran magazine.  Click here for application.

If you cannot establish yourself as a descendant of a Confederate military veteran - - associate membership (FOSCV) Friends of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, is availble in any NMSCV camp with an annual fee of $40 that includes a subscription to the bi-monthly Confederate Veteran magazine.  Click here for application.