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| SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY® |
History of the South Carolina Division
United Daughters
of the
Confederacy®
United Daughters
of the
Confederacy®
On May 28, 1896, a group of women met in the Senate Chamber of
the State House in Columbia. Their escort of honor was appointed
from Camp Hampton, United Confederate Veterans. Minutes of the
meeting state, that "Vases of flowers had been placed upon the
tables by the United Confederate Veterans and the faculty of
South Carolina College. Every courtesy was shown the delegates."
Representatives from chapters in Abbeville, Charleston, Columbia,
Edgefield, Greenville, Georgetown, Johnston, Marion, and
Spartanburg attended. Mrs. Augustine T. Smythe of Charleston
was appointed temporary chairman. Upon the satisfactory
examination of chapter credentials by an appointed committee,
"The report of the committee was adopted, and the State Division
was declared organized." The first business was the adoption of a
Constitution and Bylaws. Not only was Mrs. Smythe elected as the
first Division President, but she was the first Honorary Life
President.
The South Carolina Division, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, met again in Charleston on December 5, 1896, with
twelve chapters represented. Confederate Veterans from Camps
Sumter and Moultrie also attended. Mrs. Ellison Capers, wife of
Brigadier General Capers, then Bishop of Episcopal Church of
South Carolina, was elected as the second Division President.
During the presidency of Mrs. Capers, a committee was appointed
on "Women's Work in the War." This led to other committees, which
collected material for the book, South Carolina Women of the
Confederacy. In 1897 there were eighteen chapters in South
Carolina
the State House in Columbia. Their escort of honor was appointed
from Camp Hampton, United Confederate Veterans. Minutes of the
meeting state, that "Vases of flowers had been placed upon the
tables by the United Confederate Veterans and the faculty of
South Carolina College. Every courtesy was shown the delegates."
Representatives from chapters in Abbeville, Charleston, Columbia,
Edgefield, Greenville, Georgetown, Johnston, Marion, and
Spartanburg attended. Mrs. Augustine T. Smythe of Charleston
was appointed temporary chairman. Upon the satisfactory
examination of chapter credentials by an appointed committee,
"The report of the committee was adopted, and the State Division
was declared organized." The first business was the adoption of a
Constitution and Bylaws. Not only was Mrs. Smythe elected as the
first Division President, but she was the first Honorary Life
President.
The South Carolina Division, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, met again in Charleston on December 5, 1896, with
twelve chapters represented. Confederate Veterans from Camps
Sumter and Moultrie also attended. Mrs. Ellison Capers, wife of
Brigadier General Capers, then Bishop of Episcopal Church of
South Carolina, was elected as the second Division President.
During the presidency of Mrs. Capers, a committee was appointed
on "Women's Work in the War." This led to other committees, which
collected material for the book, South Carolina Women of the
Confederacy. In 1897 there were eighteen chapters in South
Carolina
