The S.C.V.

"The Confederate soldiers were our kinfolk and our heroes. We testify to the country our enduring fidelity to their memory. We commemorate their valor and devotion. There were some things that were not surrendered at Appomattox. We did not surrender our rights in history, nor was it one of the conditions of surrender that unfriendly lips should be suffered to tell the story of that war or that unfriendly hands should write the epitaphs of the Confederate dead. We have a right to teach our children the true history of that war, the causes that led up to it, and the principles involved."
Tennessee Senator Edward W. Carmack, 1903

CMF

In 1991 at the Gingerbread Man in Gettysburg, three veteran reenactors sat down to discuss the possibilities of starting a fresh organization. From that first step, the organization now known as the Confederate Military Forces, was born. Our common agreement was to never allow the quest for numbers to overshadow the quest for quality.

Although we officially chartered over the winter of 91-92, the CMF roots grow much deeper. We have many core members who have been in the hobby since the early  poly-wool/ school of the company/ desert boot days. The three Tennessee regiments and elements from the Alabama battalion that comprised the 1978 reeactivated Archer’s Brigade are still among our membership. Our Maryland and Virginia companies have several decades under their belts as well; and that being said, most of us knew each other years before the formation of the CMF.

General George Heffner was the first commander of the CMF and led us proudly until his retirement from the hobby. He was succeeded by the appointment of General David Seay who honorably carried us through the next several seasons. Upon his retirement, our senior battalion commander, Colonel Danny Snyder stepped into the command role, where he serves today.

Although we normally function as a regiment, our field and staff have the flexibility to expand when called upon to command events. The administrative wing of the CMF is the Post Council of Administration which is comprised of seven members and currently chaired by LtCol Curtis Utz. This is a board of elected members who investigate, discuss and enact policy of legal and business matters for our organization. We are registered as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit tax exempt organization in the state of Maryland and all of our members are covered under our very affordable liability insurance policy.

With almost two hundred dues paying combatants on our roster, the CMF is the largest sovereign campaigner organization in the hobby today. Our activities include living histories, school lectures, reenactments, parades, honor ceremonies, research road trips, preservation marches and just about anything else we can think of where we get a chance to wear our uniforms.

As respectfully borrowed from the Sons of Confederate Veterans: