Congresses Held by this Association

Since 2001, our association has held 19 Congresses across the Southeast. Each Congress is held in a different location near where our soldiers once fought and bivouacked. There are three nights of activities and two days of tours. We often use local guides to educate our members and show use the exact locations of where our soldiers stood and fought. The first night has a welcome reception and silent auction. Our second night is called Historian Night, and it is an open forum where members make 15-minute or less presentations about people, places, and things related to our brigade. The third night is a full banquet with a guest speaker. 

Our 2021 Congress was held in Cartersville, Georgia in May and included visits to Cassville, Kingston, Kennesaw Mountain, Allatoona Pass, New Hope Church, and Pickett’s Mill. Our 21st Congress (2022) was held in Franklin, Tennessee. Our 22nd Congress (2023) was headquartered in Kinston, North Carolina and featured tours of the Bentonville and Wyse Fork Battlefields led by Colonel Wade Sokolosky. 

Our 23rd Congress (2024) was headquartered in Gainesville, Georgia and was an adventure into Northeast Georgia (Home of companies from the 42nd, 43rd, and 52nd Georgia) with Mike Couch as our tour guide. Our tours included stops at the Alta Vista Cemetery, the final resting place of Lt. General James Longstreet and 31 of our men; a stop at Longstreet’s Piedmont Hotel; the Cleveland Courthouse (the muster ground of the 52nd Georgia); the Georgia Gold Museum in Dahlonega, and Mount Hope Cemetery, where three companies of the 52nd Georgia rest in peace. Saturday we went into Atlanta for visits to Oakland Cemetery, the trench line at Fort Walker, lunch at the L.P. Grant House, site of the DeGress Battery and the charge of the Stovall Brigade in the Battle of Atlanta, and the restored Cyclorama.

Coming in 2027 will be the May 25th unveiling of an interpretive panel on the role of Stovall’s Brigade at the Battle of New Hope Church. More information soon to follow.