United Confederate Veterans

E124587

Lost Cause organization fraternal organization veterans organization

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Confederate Army veterans	1
Confederate veterans	1
United Confederate Veterans canonical	1
“United Confederate Veterans” (name used as unifying label)	1

Statements (50)

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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: “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 ⓘ surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
ideology	Lost Cause of the Confederacy ⓘ Southern nationalism ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ
inception	1889 ⓘ
influenced	Confederate monuments ⓘ surface form: Confederate monument movement Lost Cause historiography ⓘ Sons of Confederate Veterans ⓘ United Daughters of the Confederacy ⓘ
locationCountry	United States of America ⓘ
memberOf	Confederate heritage organizations ⓘ surface form: Confederate heritage movement
notableLeader	Alexander P. Stewart ⓘ J.E.B. Stuart ⓘ surface form: J. E. B. Stuart Jr. 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lost Cause of the Confederacy → influencedBy → United Confederate Veterans ⓘ

75th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg reunion → hasParticipant → United Confederate Veterans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate Army veterans

United Confederate Veterans → hasMotto → United Confederate Veterans self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: “United Confederate Veterans” (name used as unifying label)

Anna Davenport Raines → associatedWith → United Confederate Veterans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate veterans