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 VA 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 58 active chapters with over 1400 Daughters working to protect the good name of their ancestors.

Why I Am A Daughter of the Confederacy

I am a daughter of the Confederacy because I was born a daughter of the Confederacy. A part of my heritage was that I came into this world with the blood of a soldier in my veins…a soldier who may have had nothing more to leave me and those who come after me except a heritage---a heritage so rich in honor and glory that far surpasses any material wealth that could be mine. But it is mine to cherish, to nurture and make grace, and to pass along to those yet to come. I am, therefore, a daughter of the Confederacy because it is my birthright. 

I am a Daughter of the Confederacy because I have an obligation to perform. Like the Man in the Bible, I was given a talent and it is my duty to do something about it. That is why I've joined a group of ladies whose birthright is the same as mine...an organization which has for its purpose the continuance and furtherance of the true history of the South and the ideals of southern womanhood as embodied in its constitution. 

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