United Confederate Veterans

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The United Confederate Veterans was a post–Civil War fraternal organization of former Confederate soldiers that promoted Confederate memory, monuments, and narratives that later became central to the Lost Cause ideology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lost Cause organization ⓘ
fraternal organization ⓘ
veterans organization ⓘ
collaboratesWith Sons of Confederate Veterans ⓘ
United Daughters of the Confederacy ⓘ
country Confederate States of America ⓘ
dissolved mid-20th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork Civil War commemoration ⓘ
Confederate memorialization ⓘ
veterans welfare ⓘ
foundedBy former Confederate soldiers ⓘ
hasMember Confederate Army veterans ⓘ
Confederate Marine Corps veterans ⓘ
Confederate Navy veterans ⓘ
Confederate state militia veterans ⓘ
hasMotto “United Confederate Veterans” (name used as unifying label) ⓘ
hasOrganizationalRole adjutant general and chief of staff ⓘ
commander-in-chief ⓘ
hasPart department-level organizations ⓘ
local camps ⓘ
state divisions ⓘ
headquartersLocation New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans
ideology Lost Cause of the Confederacy ⓘ
Southern nationalism ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
inception 1889 ⓘ
influenced Confederate monument movement ⓘ
Lost Cause historiography ⓘ
Sons of Confederate Veterans ⓘ
United Daughters of the Confederacy ⓘ
locationCountry United States of America ⓘ
memberOf Confederate heritage movement ⓘ
notableLeader Alexander P. Stewart ⓘ
J. E. B. Stuart Jr. ⓘ
linked to: J.E.B. Stuart

John B. Gordon ⓘ
Stephen D. Lee ⓘ
notableWork Confederate Veteran magazine ⓘ
opposedTo Reconstruction policies ⓘ
civil rights for African Americans ⓘ
organizedEvent Confederate veterans reunions ⓘ
annual national reunions ⓘ
publication Confederate Veteran magazine ⓘ
purpose organize reunions of Confederate veterans ⓘ
promote Confederate memory ⓘ
promote Confederate monuments ⓘ
promote Lost Cause ideology ⓘ
provide mutual aid to Confederate veterans ⓘ
significantEvent 1890 New Orleans reunion ⓘ
1903 New Orleans reunion ⓘ
1913 Gettysburg reunion participation ⓘ

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Lost Cause of the Confederacy → influencedBy → United Confederate Veterans ⓘ
75th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg reunion → hasParticipant → Confederate Army veterans ⓘ
linked to: United Confederate Veterans
United Confederate Veterans → hasMotto → “United Confederate Veterans” (name used as unifying label) ⓘ
linked to: United Confederate Veterans
Anna Davenport Raines → associatedWith → Confederate veterans ⓘ
linked to: United Confederate Veterans
presidential address by Franklin D. Roosevelt at the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg reunion → commemorates → American Civil War veterans ⓘ
linked to: United Confederate Veterans
Confederate Veteran → subject → Confederate States Army veterans ⓘ
subject linked to: Confederate Veteran magazine
linked to: United Confederate Veterans
Confederate Veteran → subject → United Confederate Veterans ⓘ
subject linked to: Confederate Veteran magazine
Confederate Veteran → associatedWith → United Confederate Veterans ⓘ
subject linked to: Confederate Veteran magazine
1903 New Orleans reunion → organizer → United Confederate Veterans ⓘ
1903 New Orleans reunion → commemoratedGroup → Confederate States Army veterans ⓘ
linked to: United Confederate Veterans
Stephen Dill Lee → memberOf → United Confederate Veterans ⓘ
Southern Cross of Honor → associatedOrganization → United Confederate Veterans ⓘ