An Invitation to Join a New Confederate Order
What is the Order of Confederate Rose?
Who may join the OCR?
It is a way for you to support our Confederate heritage, which is now under attack. We formed in 1993 to aid and further the cause of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and to support all endeavors sponsored by the SCV.
Who may join the OCR?
You do not need a relative in the SCV, nor an ancestor in the CSA. All you need is a desire to support our Confederate Heritage. We invite members of other genealogical societies to join as well.
The organization is open to all males and females, sixteen years of age and older, regardless of ancestry. Our younger children are Rosebuds and Young Rebels. It is non-racial, non-political, and non-sectarian. The Order of Confederate Rose will not compete with the United Daughters of the Confederacy, or with any other genealogical organization. See the national website at Order of Confederate Rose
What will the OCR do?
The organization is open to all males and females, sixteen years of age and older, regardless of ancestry. Our younger children are Rosebuds and Young Rebels. It is non-racial, non-political, and non-sectarian. The Order of Confederate Rose will not compete with the United Daughters of the Confederacy, or with any other genealogical organization. See the national website at Order of Confederate Rose
What will the OCR do?
Our goal is to aid and further the cause of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) and support all endeavors sponsored by the SCV, including but not limited to, the support of ALL Confederate symbols. Each state chapter is free to focus on problems important to its own area and to support efforts of a national scope. The OCR will aid the SCV by providing additional communications, promoting continuing educational efforts and organizing social functions.
History of the OCR
History of the OCR
The idea for the Order of Confederate Rose came to Jane Latture of Birmingham, AL, after a Robert E. Lee birthday dinner in January 1993, when the speaker, Charles Lunsford, told Mrs. Latture of an Order of Robert E. Lee that had been reactivated in Georgia. Knowing that other ladies in Alabama felt the need to help combat the growing attack on their Confederate Heritage, Mrs. Latture proposed the idea of their own order to some ladies, including Ellen Daniel, Sharon Dasinger, and Harriet Outlaw. All responded positively. The first name to occur to Mrs. Latture was The Order of the Confederate Rose, based on the movie "The Rose and the Jackal" about Rose O'Neal Greenhow, a Confederate Spy.
Rose O'Neal Greenhow was born in Montgomery County, Maryland in 1817. "Wild Rose", as she was called from a young age, was a leader in Washington society, a passionate secessionist, and one of the most renowned spies in the War for Southern Independence. Among her accomplishments was the secret message she sent to General Pierre G.T. Beauregard, helping him to win at First Manassas. She was imprisoned for her efforts first in her own home and then in the Old Capital Prison.
After her second prison term, she was exiled to the Confederate states where she was received warmly by President Jefferson Davis. Her next mission was to tour Britain and France as a propagandist for the Confederate cause. Two months after her arrival in London, her memoirs were published and enjoyed a wide sale. In Paris, she was received into the court of Napoleon III and was granted an audience with the Emperor at the Tuileries.
In 1864, after a year abroad, she boarded the Condor, a British blockade-runner which was to take her home. Just before reaching her destination, the vessel ran aground at the mouth of the Cape Fear River near Wilmington, North Carolina. In order to avoid the Union gunboat that pursued her ship, Rose fled in rowboat. She never made it to shore. Her little boat capsized and she was dragged down by the weight of the gold she received in royalties for her book. In October 1864, Rose was buried with full military honors in the Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington.
Her coffin was wrapped in the Confederate flag and carried by Confederate troops.
Rose O'Neal Greenhow was born in Montgomery County, Maryland in 1817. "Wild Rose", as she was called from a young age, was a leader in Washington society, a passionate secessionist, and one of the most renowned spies in the War for Southern Independence. Among her accomplishments was the secret message she sent to General Pierre G.T. Beauregard, helping him to win at First Manassas. She was imprisoned for her efforts first in her own home and then in the Old Capital Prison.
After her second prison term, she was exiled to the Confederate states where she was received warmly by President Jefferson Davis. Her next mission was to tour Britain and France as a propagandist for the Confederate cause. Two months after her arrival in London, her memoirs were published and enjoyed a wide sale. In Paris, she was received into the court of Napoleon III and was granted an audience with the Emperor at the Tuileries.
In 1864, after a year abroad, she boarded the Condor, a British blockade-runner which was to take her home. Just before reaching her destination, the vessel ran aground at the mouth of the Cape Fear River near Wilmington, North Carolina. In order to avoid the Union gunboat that pursued her ship, Rose fled in rowboat. She never made it to shore. Her little boat capsized and she was dragged down by the weight of the gold she received in royalties for her book. In October 1864, Rose was buried with full military honors in the Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington.
Her coffin was wrapped in the Confederate flag and carried by Confederate troops.