Daughters of the Confederacy, United, is an organization of women directly descended from members of the army and navy of the Confederacy. The organization was founded in 1894 at Nashville, Tennessee, by the widows, wives, mothers, and sisters of Confederate fighting men. The original purposes of the group were to honor the memory of the Confederacy and to help needy Confederate soldiers and sailors and their families. The group engages in educational, patriotic, and philanthropic activities, and preserves records and data of the Confederacy. The national office of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is in Richmond, Virginia.
