Children

of the

Confederacy

Children of the Confederacy Chapters are made up of auxiliary outreach chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and are open to boys and girls, age newborn to eighteen (18) who can prove lineal or collateral descent from a Confederate soldier or patriot (man or woman) who  served honorably and nobly in the War Between the States. Proof of lineage must be provided for membership and proven by submitting the necessary records, through the use of another member of the CofC's already approved papers (i.e. a sibling, or cousin) or by using the papers of a member of the UDC who is of the same bloodline such as a mother, grandmother or aunt.

At the age of sixteen, if she choses, a young lady who is a member of the CofC may transfer her membership to the UDC. At age eighteen (18), young men may join the (SCV) Sons of Confederate Veterans using their already approved papers.

Contact Shirley Woodlock. 

Background music is

"Goober Peas",

a song by A. Pindar, Esq., 1866

"Goober Peas"

1. Sitting by the roadside on a summer day,

   Chatting with the messmates, passing time away,

   Lying in the shadows underneath the trees,

   Goodness, how delicious, eating Goober Peas!

                                      Chorus:

    Peas! peas! peas! peas! eating Goober Peas!

    Goodness how delicious, eating Goober Peas!

2. When a horseman passes, the soldiers have a rule,

   To cry out at their loudest, "Mister, here's your mule!"

   But another pleasure enchantinger than these,

   Is wearing our your grinders, eating Goober Peas!

   Chorus:

3. Just before the battle the Gen'ral hears a row,

   He says, "The Yanks are coming, I hear their rifles now."

   He turns around in wonder, and what do you think he sees?

   The Georgia Militia - eating Goober Peas!

   Chorus:

4. I think my song has lasted almost long enough,

   The subject's interesting, but rhymes are mighty rough,

    I wish this war was over, when free from rags and fleas,

    We'd kiss our wives and sweethearts and gobble Goober Peas!

    Chorus:

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