In the century after the Civil War, the United Daughters of the Confederacy built hundreds of monuments to honor the South’s war dead. Today, the secretive group is fighting to keep those monuments — and its political power — from being toppled.
In the century after the Civil War, the United Daughters of the Confederacy built hundreds of monuments to honor the South’s war dead. Today, the secretive group is fighting to keep those monuments — and its political power — from being toppled.