In addition to raising money for cemeteries and memorials, the UDC encouraged women to publish their writing about the war, beginning with biographies of major southern figures, such as Varina Davis' of her husband Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy.
In addition to raising money for cemeteries and memorials, the women funded and commissioned memorials to Confederate veterans and battles. The U.D.C. encouraged women to publish their experiences in the the war, beginning with biographies of major southern figures, such as Varina Davis' of her husband Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy.