BOWLING GREEN, Va., July 25 /EMWNews/ -- Union Bankshares

Corporation (Nasdaq: UBSH) announced that G. William Beale, President & CEO

and D. Anthony Peay, EVP & CFO of Union Bankshares Corporation, will be

presenting at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) 9th Annual Community Bank

Investor Conference at the Waldorf Astoria, in New York City on Tuesday,

July 29, 2008. The presentation is scheduled for approximately 8:30 a.m.

Eastern Time.



    The conference presentation may be viewed via live web cast and may be

accessed at http://cc.talkpoint.com/KEEF001/072908a_ak/. All audio and

presentations will be archived for 60 days after the event. Any web cast

related questions should be directed to [email protected] or 212-887-6778.



    ABOUT UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION



    Union Bankshares Corporation is one of the largest community banking

organizations based in Virginia, providing full service banking to the

Northern, Central, Rappahannock, Tidewater and Northern Neck regions of

Virginia through its bank subsidiaries, Union Bank and Trust Company (38

locations in the counties of Albemarle, Caroline, Chesterfield, Fairfax,

Fluvanna, Hanover, Henrico, King George, King William, Nelson,

Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland and the cities of Fredericksburg and

Charlottesville); Northern Neck State Bank (9 locations in the counties of

Richmond, Westmoreland, Essex, Northumberland and Lancaster); Rappahannock

National Bank (7 locations in Washington, Front Royal, Middleburg,

Warrenton, and Winchester) and Bay Community Bank (4 locations in

Williamsburg, Newport News and Grafton). Union Bank and Trust Company also

operates a loan production office in Manassas. Union Investment Services,

Inc. provides full brokerage services; Union Mortgage Group, Inc. provides

a full line of mortgage products; and Union Insurance Group, LLC offers

various lines of insurance products. Bay Community Bank also owns a

non-controlling interest in Johnson Mortgage Company, LLC.



    Additional information is available on the Company's website at

http://www.ubsh.com. The shares of the Company are traded on the NASDAQ

Global Select Market under the symbol "UBSH".