History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . which are dear to them,and for social, historical, and benevolent purposes. The Tennessee Association of Confederate Soldiers is an exclu-sively Tennessee organization, and has no membership outside theState. This association obtained a charter from the- State December30, 1887, with the following charter members: R. G. Rothrock, John , George F. Hager, E. R. Richardson, Frank Anderson, T. , George B. Guild, Jesse Ely. W. J. McMurray, John W. Morton,T. F. P. Allison, and F. S. Harris. It consists of 36 local divisions,styl
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . which are dear to them,and for social, historical, and benevolent purposes. The Tennessee Association of Confederate Soldiers is an exclu-sively Tennessee organization, and has no membership outside theState. This association obtained a charter from the- State December30, 1887, with the following charter members: R. G. Rothrock, John , George F. Hager, E. R. Richardson, Frank Anderson, T. , George B. Guild, Jesse Ely. W. J. McMurray, John W. Morton,T. F. P. Allison, and F. S. Harris. It consists of 36 local divisions,styled Bivouacs. Delegates from these Bivouacs assemble at theannual reunions and constitute the State Division. This is the Asso-ciation which is recognized by the laws of Tennessee, and to which isentrusted the power to nominate the Trustees for the Soldiers Homeand the Board of Pension Examiners. The United Confederate Veterans is a general organization for theSouthern States. It has a department in Tennessee styled The Ten- 3IO History of Tennessee;.. nessee Division, commanded by Major General George W. Gordon,with John P. Hickman Adjutant General. The department embraces72 camps. When the general association ofU. C. V. was formed the special Tennessee Associ-ation joined it, its Bivouacs becoming Camps ofthe U. C. v., yet still retaining their separate exist-ence. The United Daughters of the Confederacy isa general organization for the Southern States. Itis said to be the largest organization of women inthe world. It has 27 Chapters in Tennessee. C. Goodlett organized this association in Sep-tember, 1892. Mrs. Frank A. Moses is now thePresident, and Mrs. John P. Hickman ladies of this association have devoted especial attention tosocial and benevolent purposes and to the care of the graves of the Con-federate dead. To their exertions and influence are due the erection ofmonuments, the custom of decorating graves, and most of the charitiesto relieve the wa
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