If there isn't a local Chapter in your city you can contact the business office (see the United Daughters of the Confederacy website) and they will assist you in finding the nearest Chapter. You have to prove your lineage to a Confederate soldier. Good Luck!
Tennessee was the last state in the Union to join the confederacy. Tennessee joined the confederacy of due to laws being passed regarding the institution of slavery.
Georgia joined the Confederacy January 2, 1788.
Any woman over the age of sixteen, regardless of race or geographical residence, who is a lineal descendant or blood collateral descendant of a Confederate soldier may join the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Both lineal and collateral ancestors must be blood relations. A collateral ancestor is the brother of the applicant's lineal ancestor, i.e. an uncle of the applicant. The collateral ancestor, like the lineal ancestor, must have served the Confederacy honorably or rendered material aid or civil service to the Confederacy. Cousins or the husband of a blood aunt (great, great, etc. aunt) are not collateral ancestors.
The southern states were the Confederacy. All the states from Virginia down to Texas, Florida, Mississippi etc. were in the Confederacy.
1861
United Daughters of the Confederacy was created in 1894.
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The address of the United Daughters Of The Confederacy is: Po Box 597, Hallsville, TX 75650-0597
The address of the United Daughters Of The Confederacy is: 106 Pelican Lane, Summerville, SC 29485-6314
The address of the United Daughters Of The Confederacy is: 802 Windy Hill Dr, Anderson, SC 29621-1554
Nell Stephens Murfree has written: 'History of Martha Reid Chapter, No. 19, United Daughters of the Confederacy' -- subject(s): United Daughters of the Confederacy, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Florida Division. Martha Reid Chapter No. 19, Jacksonville
Tennessee was the last state in the Union to join the confederacy. Tennessee joined the confederacy of due to laws being passed regarding the institution of slavery.
The address of the United Daughters Of The Confederacy is: 1831 Sabal Palm Drive Apt 402, Davie, FL 33324-5944
Texas joined the Confederacy in 1861
1867
Georgia joined the Confederacy January 2, 1788.
The state of Missouri did join the confederacy in 1861.