The UDC sponsors a children's organization for lineal or collateral descendants of Confederate Veterans and membership is open to children from birth through age (18) eighteen. You may apply for membership in the CofC even if your parents are not members of the UDC or SCV. The CofC honors the same objectives as the UDC and works hand-in-hand toward their goals. CofC chapters are sponsored by the local UDC chapters. If you are interested in membership in the CofC and/or scholarships, please contact us.

Boonville, General Robert E. Lee Chapter #759

Columbia, Joseph Madison McKnight Chapter #919

Dexter, Missouri Border Chapter #936

Independence, Mary Custis Lee Chapter #25

Marshall, Clayborn Jackson Chapter

Eligibility

Those eligible for membership are boys and girls who are blood descendants, lineal or collateral of men and women who served honorably in the Confederate Army, Navy, Civil Service or gave Material Aid to the cause or those who are lineal or collateral descendants of members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy or the Sons of Confederate Veterans whose papers are acceptable by the present requirements of membership.

Creed

Because we desire to perpetuate, in love and honor the heroic deeds of those who enlisted in the Confederate Army, and upheld its flag throughout four years of war; we, the Children of the South, have united in an organization called the "Children of the Confederacy®" in which our strength, enthusiasm, and love of justice exert its influence. We, therefore, pledge ourselves to preserve pure ideals, to honor the memory of our beloved Veterans; to study and teach the truths of history (one of the most important of which is that the War Between the States was not a REBELLION, nor was its underlying cause to sustain slavery) and always to act in a manner that will reflect honor on our noble and patriotic ancestors.

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