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Company D, 6th Texas Infantry, Christmas Wreaths 2010
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Written by Nantie Pier Lee
The United
Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is an organization of women who have
dedicated themselves to the preservation of their heritage and the
principles of the Old South, with its honor and integrity, and to
perpetuate the genealogies of the gallant men in gray. Organized The E. S. Rugeley Chapter 542 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was chartered on December 28, 1901. In February, 1902, the chapter had 47 members. Elizabeth Tabitha Elmore (Mrs. H. L.) Rugeley was the first president and she retained that office for 21 years until her death in 1923. The chapter was named in honor of Captain Edward Salmon Rugeley, who was the commanding officer of the Matagorda Company, the "Caney Rifles," during the War Between the States.
In 1913 the
chapter erected the monument to the Confederate soldiers from Matagorda
In 1931, a
memorial marker was erected in historic Matagorda
The old ledger
listing the original members of this UDC chapter states, "Admission
- 10 cents; Annual dues - 70 cents!" The chapter has scrapbooks
from 1901 through current years and ledgers beginning in 1902. The
scrapbooks contain records of many social events organized for the
benefit of the "boys of 1861" and other activities honoring county
Confederate veterans. The scrapbooks and other artifacts are housed at the
Matagorda County Museum in
In 1968 the chapter members discovered and marked two unknown Confederate soldier's graves with the Southern Cross of Honor. The soldier became ill and died while camped in Matagorda County and were buried by their comrades.
The Chapter's membership had slipped to five and in 1987 it was
reactivated and presently has 21 members and one associate member.
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