Welcome
Welcome to the South Carolina Division of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy®.
Who Are the United Daughters of the Confederacy®?
The oldest Southern heritage and patriotic organization made up of the
lineal (direct) and collateral female descendants of the soldiers,
sailors, and statesmen of the Confederate States of America (1861 - 1865).
Originally organized as a service organization to aid the Confederate
soldiers and their families, today the UDC (hqudc.org)
is much, much more. The UDC is
a historical, educational, benevolent, patriotic and memorial
organization. Our chapters work at preserving history, especially that
period of our Southern history that relates to the period from 1855 (when
the first stirrings of political unrest were felt) to the present (when we
are still affected by feelings engendered by the War.) That makes us
historical. We are educational by helping students with scholarships. We
are memorial when we mark graves of Confederate soldiers and other markers
of our ancestors who fought so gallantly in a troubling war between
states. We are benevolent when we do special things for our Real Daughters
and Real Granddaughters. We are patriotic when we present Crosses of
Military service to veterans, work in Veterans Administration Hospitals, with our projects for
days of observance, in our respect for the American and the Confederate
flags, and in our genuine love for our nation.
The General organization is divided into State Divisions and the
Divisions are divided into districts and chapters. In South Carolina, we
have 55 active chapters with nearly 1400 Daughters working to protect the
good name of their ancestors.
I am a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy because I feel it
would please my ancestor to know that I appreciate what he did and delight
his soldier love to know that I do not consider the cause which he held so
dear to be lost or forgotten. Rather, I am extremely proud of the fact
that he was part of it and was numbered among some of the greatest and
bravest men that any such cause ever produced.
I am a Daughter of the Confederacy because I can no more help being a
daughter of the Confederacy than I can help being an American, and I feel
that I was greatly favored by inheriting a birthright for both.
---- By Mrs. John S. Moon, Kirkwood Otey Chapter #10
Lynchburg, Virginia, December, 1948
