Honoring Southern Heritage

"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit 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 which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious and which you also cherish."

Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee, Commander General,
United Confederate Veterans,
New Orleans, Louisiana, April 25, 1906

Join us in preserving the legacy of our ancestors who served with honor and courage.

Membership is open to all males (at birth), twelve years and older, who are either a lineal or collateral descendant of a Confederate veteran, regardless of race, ethnicity, or religion. U. S. members must embrace the Constitutional view of the Federal government supported by Confederate Veterans and be loyal and patriotic American citizens. International members must hold similar views while remaining loyal to the nation that reflects their citizenship.

1st Lieutenant Jesse Page (1844-1865)

Jesse Page was born March 25, 1844, in Conecuh County, Alabama, the fourth of nine children and the third son born to Kinchen and Cyrena/Serena Page (Wright). He lived with his parents his entire life, moving with them to the Bethlehem community near Carthage, Panola County, Texas in 1860. Jesse enlisted in the Confederate States Army on March 1, 1862, three days prior to his nineteenth birthday.

He mustered in as a Private with Captain C. L. Davis, Company E, later Captain A. F. Jordan’s Company of the 11th Texas Infantry Regiment, Roberts’ Rangers, alongside his older brothers and brother-in-law. Page served in this capacity until June 23, 1862, when he was elected 1st Lieutenant and assigned duty as such. The 11th Texas Infantry, known as Walker’s Greyhound Division, were in skirmishes and battles throughout Arkansas and Louisiana during General Nathaniel Bank’s Red River Campaign.

1st Lt. Page suffered undescribed wounds on April 8, 1864, during the fierce fighting in the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana. Never fully recovering from his wounds, he died in Shreveport, Louisiana, on March 4, 1865, twenty-six days before his twenty-first birthday and just one day before Company E, received orders to march to Hempstead, Texas, where they disbanded before the formal surrender on May 26, 1865. The belief is 1st Lt. Jesse Page was the last soldier of the 11th Texas to die during the war.

He is buried in the “lost” Page Cemetery in Carthage, Panola County, Texas. His three brothers, 1st Lt. Allen Pierce Page, Pvt. Stephen Pillie Page and 1st Lt. William Randolph Page survived the war. However, brother-in-law, Pvt. Thomas Adolphus “Dolph” Hawthorn, died November 10, 1862, of sickness at Camp Nelson, Arkansas with Stephen by his side.

The Camp has undertaken the task of reviving, improving works, performing maintenance restoring the Page Cemetery to a preserve the final resting place of these Confederate veterans. We are raising funds to place marble, VA style, Confederate headstones on the gravesite of the Page brothers, as well as their brother-in-law, to properly honor their service and sacrifice to defend their Faith, Family and Freedom. There is an effort to have the cemetery recognized as a State Historical Site in recognition of 1st Lt. Jesse Page being the last soldier of the 11th Texas to die during the war.

1st Lt. Allen Pierce "Bud" Page

Private Stephen Pillie Page

Sons of Confederate Veterans 1st Lt. Jesse Page Camp #2351 - Boerne, Texas

1st Lt. William Randolph Page