UPDATE: February 14th 2010

PROJECT COMPLETE!

The restoration of the 58th Virginia Flag is complete!
Check back soon for details and for an unveiling date!

Update: November 11th, 2007

We are pleased to announce that we are now up to $17,000! 

February 7th, 2007
Phase One Complete!

We are pleased to announce that fundraising for Phase One of the 58th Virginia Battle Flag Restoration Project is complete. The $8,000 goal for Oct 31st, 2006 was met ahead of schedule. We are now over half way toward our goal of raising the total of $24,000 needed by our self imposed deadline of Feb 2008. We continue to be overwhelmed by the number of people supporting this project. We are now doubling our efforts to complete phase two of this very worthwhile task and preserve a piece of Civil War history. 

We are now planning a very busy schedule for 2007.  Check our website for upcoming visits, presentations and fundraising activities.  We remind everyone that the 58th Virginia is available to speak to your group about our flag restoration program.  To reach us about this or any other reason, please feel free to Contact Us.


Archive News:

August 30th, 2006
Phase 1 nearing completion  

The 58th Virginia Infantry is pleased to announce that Phase One of the Flag restoration project is nearly complete. Cpt Chris Loving says the group has over $7000 in the companies flag savings account and is ahead of schedule for meeting the self imposed $8,000 goal to be reached by Oct 31st of this year. "Reaching this goal will be a very significant milestone for us. The funds we have raised to date have come mostly from descendants of the 58th, Virginia SCV members and the reenactment community. We are so grateful for their help and support."

The group is planning on several upcoming fundraisers to help put them over the goal. They will be selling t-shirts and raising funds at the Standardsville Reenactment on the weekend of September 23 & 24th. The fundraising tent will then be set up on sutler row at the Cedar Creek event in Middletown Virginia on Oct 21 & 22nd. The Central Virginia Civil War Collectors Association has agreed to donate a space for us to set up at the upcoming Capital of the Confederacy Civil War relic show at the Richmond Raceway on Nov 18 & 19th. A check for $8,000 will be presented to the MOC at the show.

We wish to extend thanks to several groups for their generous support of the flag. Dixie Outfitters has been very gracious in helping us start and maintain our t-shirt sales at a minimal cost to us. Dewey Barber and Dennis Beeton have been wonderful to work with and we so appreciate their help. The Virginia SCV Division recently presented us with $250 and charged each brigade within the state to do the same. SCV Camp 21 in Leesburg (4th Brigade) recently made a $500 donation to our cause and Cpt Loving is very proud of his home group for such a generous gift. The Fincastle Rifles SCV camp 1326 (3rd Brigade) recently presented us $350 and we extend thanks to the boys in '58th Va country'.

We remind everyone that our group is available for presentations about our restoration program. Please Contact Us for more information.