James Cornelius Hope Newberry County, South Carolina submitted by Jay Hope jayhope@ charter.net   James Cornelius Hope was born August 23, 1845 and died July 17, 1909, of internal blood poisoning. He was the son of Rev. and Sen. John C. Hope and Louisa Catherine Eichleberger Hope. He volunteered for the Confederacy at the age of 16 and was accompanied by his “man servant”. He was a member of Company G of White's battalion, Light artillery, Capt. W. L. DePass' battery. He surrendered in NC under Gen. Joseph Johnson. At the time of his death he was a member of Jas. D. Nance camp, No. 336, Newberry. Had he died during the war, the Hope name would have been extinct in his home area. James Cornelius Hope would return home and marry Martha Frederika Miller, born August 17, 1848 and died February 7, 1923. James and his wife Martha would have five children.  They were: Mary Louisa (b. 1871); John Clarence (b. 1873 died age:1); James Haskell (b. 1874); George Alva (b. 1877); and John Julius (b. 1879).  James Cornelius Hope and his wife are buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Pomaria. “On Saturday, July 17, Lexington Cty suffered the loss of one of her most prominent and highly respected citizens, Col. J.C. Hope of Hope Station. He was baptized in old historic St. John's Lutheran Church on the first Sunday in November, 1845 by the Rev. Geo. Haltiwanger, Jr. He afterwords became at the time of his death he was a member of Jas. D. Nance camp, No. 336, Newberry.” Co. G (DeSaussure Artillery), 3d (Palmetto) Battalion SC Light Artillery, was organized in May 1862, and was commanded by CPT William L. DePass. The unit spent most of the war assigned to the defenses of Charleston, including Battery Wagner in July 1863. When Charleston was evacuated in February 1865, it was withdrawn with the rest of the Confederate troops to NC, where it was surrendered at Durham Station on 26 April 1865. According to Muster Rolls in the S.C. Archives: " The battalion was formed about November, 1861 with companies A to C. Seven other companies were added at various times, the latest in June of 1863. Companies H, I, and K were not legally founded at were disbanded by Special Order No. 77, A. & I. G. O. dated April 1, 1864. It was known in the field as the Palmetto Battallion Light Artillerry but was officially designated the 3rd Battalion South Carolina Light Artillery. It was also known as White's Battalion South Carolina Light Artillery." The White referenced here is Colonel E.B. White. According to the "Record of Events" that accompanies the muster roll, Company E was stationed at Simons Landing from March 20 - April 30, 1862; Camp Lee - West Lines on James Island, S.C. during May and June , 1862; James Island - July - October, 1862; no record for Nov. & Dec.; Holmes Farm, James Island Jan. - April, 1863; McLeaods, James Island May-August 1863; Redoubt No. 2 -New Lines, James Island, September-December 1863 and Jan. - Feb, 1864; Battery Glover James Island, S.C. - March - April 1864; Battery Haskell James Island, May - Oct, 1864 and Successionville James Island - Nov.-Dec., 1864. A notation indicates that "This company was engaged at Battery Wagner Morris Island So. Ca. from Aug. 31 to Sept. 7, 1863 and is this date at Redoubt No. 2 New Lines James Island." Additionally, there is a notation in the muster rolls for my ggrandfather that at some point late in the war that he was " on detail at Columbia Arsenal to report to his company." That seems to indicate that Company E went to the Columbia Arsenal after leaving Charleston, but could also indicate assignment to another company after Company E. disbanded. Prior to 1889, Confederate veterans had no national organization similar to the Grand Army of the Republic. Several separate fraternal and memorial groups existed on a local and regional level. Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1889, several of these groups united and formed the United Confederate Veterans Association. The organization was founded to serve as a benevolent, historical, social, and literary association. The UCV was active well into the 1940s. Its final reunion was held in Norfolk, Virginia in 1951. The primary functions of the organization were to provide for widows and orphans of former Confederate soldiers, preserve relics and mementos, care for disabled former soldiers, preserve a record of the service of its members, and organize reunions and fraternal gatherings. At its height, membership in the organization was approximately 160,000 former Confederate soldiers organized into 1,885 local camps. A privately produced magazine called Confederate Veteran was popular with UCV members, with articles about events during the war and providing a forum for lost comrades to locate one another. The organizational structure of the UCV was based on a military-style hierarchy with a national headquarters, three departments, divisions within those departments, and finally the local camps. The national officers were at first known as "Generals Commanding" and later as "Commander-in-Chief". Commanders were not based on the actual rank of the veteran while in service. Commanders-in-Chief ranged from former Generals to former Privates. Former Confederate General John Brown Gordon was the first commander of the UCV in 1890, holding this position until his death in 1904, when he was succeeded by Stephen D. Lee. Later commanders included former generals Clement A. Evans, William L. Cabell, and George W. Gordon. The UCV organized many local and national reunions of Confederate veterans. Some of the national reunions attracted thousands of former veterans. In 1875, the Confederate and Union veterans first met in reunion at Bunker Hill. In 1881 Union veterans decorated Confederate graves during Mardi Gras in New Orleans as a sign of respect. Between 1881 and 1887, Federal and Confederate veterans held 24 major reunions together. The fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg attracted 8,000 Confederate and 44,000 Union veterans. It was common practice for both the GAR and the UCV to produce medals, ribbons, and other assorted memorabilia to commemorate reunions and gatherings. These items are considered collector's items today and are much sought after. In 1896, a successor organization, the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) was formed by sons of UCV members for descendants of Confederate veterans.  This is a FREE website. 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